Bird Finder

Top Birds at Mason Farm Biological Reserve in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 279 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Mason Farm Biological Reserve 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   White-throated Sparrow 48.7% 85.7% 36.9% 1.8x
2   Northern Cardinal 63.6% 76.7% 13.1% 1.2x
3   Carolina Wren 59.2% 75.3% 16.0% 1.3x
4   Song Sparrow 49.4% 70.3% 20.9% 1.4x
5   Tufted Titmouse 55.9% 69.5% 13.7% 1.2x
6   Eastern Towhee 34.3% 69.5% 35.3% 2.0x
7   Carolina Chickadee 59.4% 67.4% 8.0% 1.1x
8   Red-bellied Woodpecker 49.5% 65.6% 16.1% 1.3x
9   American Crow 57.5% 60.6% 3.1% 1.1x
10   Eastern Bluebird 46.7% 57.3% 10.7% 1.2x
11   Downy Woodpecker 40.0% 56.6% 16.6% 1.4x
12   Blue Jay 37.9% 56.6% 18.8% 1.5x
13   Red-headed Woodpecker 9.5% 52.0% 42.4% 5.5x
14   Turkey Vulture 39.2% 48.7% 9.5% 1.2x
15   Northern Flicker 24.2% 47.0% 22.7% 1.9x
16   Mourning Dove 37.0% 45.5% 8.5% 1.2x
17   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 36.3% 42.3% 5.9% 1.2x
18   Northern Mockingbird 27.6% 40.5% 12.9% 1.5x
19   Swamp Sparrow 13.2% 39.8% 26.6% 3.0x
20   American Robin 42.4% 36.9% 5.5% 0.9x
21   Hermit Thrush 13.3% 34.8% 21.4% 2.6x
22   Dark-eyed Junco 26.4% 34.1% 7.6% 1.3x
23   Red-shouldered Hawk 29.9% 33.7% 3.8% 1.1x
24   Barred Owl 4.7% 33.7% 29.0% 7.2x
25   Field Sparrow 12.4% 33.0% 20.6% 2.7x
26   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17.3% 32.6% 15.3% 1.9x
27   Brown Thrasher 15.0% 30.5% 15.5% 2.0x
28   Great Blue Heron 38.3% 28.3% 10.0% 0.7x
29   European Starling 19.2% 28.0% 8.8% 1.5x
30   Pine Warbler 37.3% 27.6% 9.7% 0.7x
31   Red-tailed Hawk 17.1% 27.2% 10.1% 1.6x
32   Yellow-rumped Warbler 35.0% 26.5% 8.5% 0.8x
33   White-breasted Nuthatch 28.2% 25.8% 2.4% 0.9x
34   Golden-crowned Kinglet 21.5% 25.8% 4.3% 1.2x
35   Red-winged Blackbird 14.6% 24.4% 9.8% 1.7x
36   American Woodcock 2.3% 23.7% 21.4% 10.5x
37   Winter Wren 8.3% 23.3% 15.0% 2.8x
38   Eastern Phoebe 24.5% 21.1% 3.3% 0.9x
39   Pileated Woodpecker 11.7% 20.8% 9.1% 1.8x
40   American Goldfinch 21.2% 20.1% 1.1% 0.9x
41   Black Vulture 15.9% 19.4% 3.5% 1.2x
42   Chipping Sparrow 16.4% 19.0% 2.6% 1.2x
43   Canada Goose 46.9% 18.3% 28.6% 0.4x
44   Mallard 37.1% 16.1% 20.9% 0.4x
45   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.6% 15.4% 16.2% 0.5x
46   Brown Creeper 7.8% 14.7% 6.9% 1.9x
47   Ring-billed Gull 28.5% 13.3% 15.3% 0.5x
48   Rusty Blackbird 2.3% 12.9% 10.6% 5.7x
49   Wood Duck 7.7% 12.5% 4.9% 1.6x
50   Killdeer 19.8% 11.1% 8.7% 0.6x
51   Hairy Woodpecker 9.3% 11.1% 1.8% 1.2x
52   Common Grackle 11.4% 10.4% 1.0% 0.9x
53   Belted Kingfisher 18.7% 10.0% 8.7% 0.5x
54   Fish Crow 14.1% 7.5% 6.6% 0.5x
55   Fox Sparrow 4.5% 6.8% 2.3% 1.5x
56   House Finch 23.4% 6.1% 17.3% 0.3x
57   Cooper's Hawk 4.4% 6.1% 1.7% 1.4x
58   Cedar Waxwing 5.2% 4.3% 0.9% 0.8x
59   Great Horned Owl 0.9% 3.6% 2.7% 4.1x
60   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 2.9% 0.9% 1.5x
61   Savannah Sparrow 3.5% 2.2% 1.3% 0.6x
62   new world sparrow sp. 1.2% 1.8% 0.6% 1.5x
63   Hooded Merganser 19.4% 1.4% 18.0% 0.1x
64   Purple Finch 2.3% 1.4% 0.9% 0.6x
65   House Wren 1.0% 1.4% 0.4% 1.5x
66   blackbird sp. 0.5% 1.4% 0.9% 2.9x
67   hawk sp. 0.5% 1.4% 0.9% 2.9x
68   American Kestrel 4.9% 1.1% 3.8% 0.2x
69   Wilson's Snipe 2.9% 1.1% 1.9% 0.4x
70   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.5% 1.1% 1.5% 0.4x
71   Double-crested Cormorant 31.2% 0.7% 30.5% 0.0x
72   Rock Pigeon 6.8% 0.7% 6.1% 0.1x
73   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.0% 0.7% 5.3% 0.1x
74   Pine Siskin 4.6% 0.7% 3.9% 0.2x
75   Gray Catbird 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 1.6x
76   Accipiter sp. 0.2% 0.7% 0.5% 2.9x
77   Pied-billed Grebe 15.6% 0.4% 15.3% 0.0x
78   Bald Eagle 15.4% 0.4% 15.0% 0.0x
79   Green-winged Teal 2.9% 0.4% 2.6% 0.1x
80   House Sparrow 1.7% 0.4% 1.3% 0.2x
81   duck sp. 1.0% 0.4% 0.6% 0.4x
82   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.9% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4x
83   Blue-headed Vireo 0.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6x
84   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 0.5% 0.4% 0.1% 0.8x
85   Common Yellowthroat 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.2x
86   Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.4x
87   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 1.8x
88   Buteo sp. 0.2% 0.4% 0.2% 2.0x
89   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.) 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 3.8x
90   Lincoln's Sparrow 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 6.0x