Bird Finder

Top Birds at Lake Raleigh in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 177 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Raleigh in February. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference Relative
1   Double-crested Cormorant 30.0% 81.9% 51.9% 2.7x
2   Bufflehead 13.6% 71.2% 57.6% 5.2x
3   Northern Cardinal 65.1% 64.4% 0.7% 1.0x
4   White-throated Sparrow 51.1% 64.4% 13.4% 1.3x
5   Canada Goose 45.5% 62.7% 17.2% 1.4x
6   Great Blue Heron 37.9% 62.7% 24.8% 1.7x
7   Mallard 35.3% 62.7% 27.4% 1.8x
8   Ruddy Duck 14.8% 59.9% 45.0% 4.0x
9   Song Sparrow 50.1% 59.3% 9.3% 1.2x
10   Carolina Wren 60.6% 54.8% 5.8% 0.9x
11   American Crow 57.2% 54.8% 2.4% 1.0x
12   Pied-billed Grebe 14.4% 50.3% 35.8% 3.5x
13   Carolina Chickadee 60.4% 47.5% 13.0% 0.8x
14   Tufted Titmouse 57.3% 45.8% 11.6% 0.8x
15   Eastern Towhee 36.5% 45.8% 9.2% 1.3x
16   Belted Kingfisher 17.8% 45.2% 27.4% 2.5x
17   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 37.2% 44.6% 7.4% 1.2x
18   Red-bellied Woodpecker 50.6% 44.1% 6.5% 0.9x
19   Yellow-rumped Warbler 37.3% 44.1% 6.8% 1.2x
20   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 39.5% 12.2% 1.4x
21   Fish Crow 14.1% 37.9% 23.7% 2.7x
22   Blue Jay 39.4% 35.0% 4.4% 0.9x
23   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.3% 30.5% 0.8% 1.0x
24   Ring-billed Gull 26.5% 30.5% 4.0% 1.2x
25   American Robin 44.4% 28.2% 16.2% 0.6x
26   Mourning Dove 37.9% 27.7% 10.2% 0.7x
27   Downy Woodpecker 42.4% 26.0% 16.4% 0.6x
28   Pine Warbler 39.0% 25.4% 13.6% 0.7x
29   Northern Shoveler 3.0% 25.4% 22.4% 8.5x
30   Mute Swan 0.7% 24.9% 24.2% 35.1x
31   Brown Thrasher 15.1% 24.3% 9.2% 1.6x
32   Turkey Vulture 39.7% 23.2% 16.5% 0.6x
33   Eastern Phoebe 25.1% 23.2% 1.9% 0.9x
34   Northern Flicker 25.7% 21.5% 4.2% 0.8x
35   American Goldfinch 22.6% 20.9% 1.7% 0.9x
36   House Finch 24.5% 19.2% 5.3% 0.8x
37   Dark-eyed Junco 29.0% 18.1% 10.9% 0.6x
38   Golden-crowned Kinglet 22.1% 18.1% 4.0% 0.8x
39   Lesser Scaup 5.0% 18.1% 13.1% 3.6x
40   Gadwall 4.0% 18.1% 14.1% 4.5x
41   White-breasted Nuthatch 28.8% 17.5% 11.3% 0.6x
42   White-winged Scoter 0.5% 17.5% 17.0% 32.3x
43   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.9% 16.9% 15.9% 0.5x
44   Wood Duck 7.7% 16.9% 9.3% 2.2x
45   Eastern Bluebird 48.4% 14.7% 33.8% 0.3x
46   Hooded Merganser 18.3% 13.6% 4.7% 0.7x
47   Ring-necked Duck 8.2% 13.6% 5.4% 1.7x
48   Bald Eagle 15.4% 13.0% 2.4% 0.8x
49   Hermit Thrush 14.1% 13.0% 1.1% 0.9x
50   Red-winged Blackbird 16.0% 9.6% 6.4% 0.6x
51   Cedar Waxwing 4.8% 9.6% 4.8% 2.0x
52   American Coot 3.5% 9.0% 5.5% 2.5x
53   Killdeer 19.4% 8.5% 10.9% 0.4x
54   Field Sparrow 12.6% 8.5% 4.2% 0.7x
55   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17.9% 7.3% 10.5% 0.4x
56   Winter Wren 8.6% 7.3% 1.3% 0.9x
57   Rock Pigeon 6.0% 7.3% 1.4% 1.2x
58   Red-tailed Hawk 17.3% 6.2% 11.1% 0.4x
59   Pileated Woodpecker 12.2% 6.2% 6.0% 0.5x
60   European Starling 18.9% 5.1% 13.8% 0.3x
61   Chipping Sparrow 17.7% 5.1% 12.6% 0.3x
62   Swamp Sparrow 14.2% 5.1% 9.1% 0.4x
63   Hairy Woodpecker 9.6% 5.1% 4.5% 0.5x
64   Black Vulture 16.5% 4.5% 12.0% 0.3x
65   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.7% 4.5% 3.8% 6.3x
66   Brown Creeper 7.5% 3.4% 4.1% 0.5x
67   Greater/Lesser Scaup 1.0% 3.4% 2.4% 3.5x
68   Canvasback 1.5% 2.3% 0.7% 1.5x
69   Peregrine Falcon 0.6% 2.3% 1.7% 3.8x
70   Gray Catbird 0.5% 2.3% 1.7% 4.3x
71   Fox Sparrow 5.0% 1.7% 3.3% 0.3x
72   Green-winged Teal 2.7% 1.7% 1.0% 0.6x
73   Great Egret 1.2% 1.7% 0.5% 1.4x
74   Black-and-white Warbler 0.9% 1.7% 0.8% 1.9x
75   Common Grackle 11.5% 1.1% 10.4% 0.1x
76   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.1% 1.1% 9.9% 0.1x
77   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.5% 1.1% 5.4% 0.2x
78   Cooper's Hawk 4.4% 1.1% 3.3% 0.3x
79   Wilson's Snipe 2.8% 1.1% 1.7% 0.4x
80   House Wren 0.9% 1.1% 0.2% 1.2x
81   American Black Duck 0.8% 1.1% 0.3% 1.4x
82   American Wigeon 0.7% 1.1% 0.4% 1.6x
83   Osprey 0.6% 1.1% 0.5% 1.9x
84   Barred Owl 5.6% 0.6% 5.0% 0.1x
85   Purple Finch 3.3% 0.6% 2.7% 0.2x
86   Rusty Blackbird 2.9% 0.6% 2.3% 0.2x
87   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.4% 0.6% 1.8% 0.2x
88   Horned Grebe 2.2% 0.6% 1.6% 0.3x
89   Greater Scaup 1.9% 0.6% 1.3% 0.3x
90   gull sp. 1.5% 0.6% 0.9% 0.4x
91   Tree Swallow 1.3% 0.6% 0.7% 0.4x
92   new world sparrow sp. 1.1% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5x
93   Muscovy Duck 0.9% 0.6% 0.3% 0.6x
94   Blue-headed Vireo 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
95   blackbird sp. 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 1.2x
96   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.4% 0.6% 0.1% 1.4x
97   Common Yellowthroat 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 1.8x
98   Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 2.5x
99   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 2.5x