Top Birds at Brier Creek Reservoir in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 109 checklists
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Brier Creek Reservoir during the month of 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.
Rank | Info | Pics | Species | Entire Region | This Location | Difference | Relative | |
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1 | Great Blue Heron | 37.6% | 67.9% | 30.3% | 1.8x | |||
2 | Lesser Scaup | 4.9% | 67.0% | 62.1% | 13.7x | |||
3 | Hooded Merganser | 18.3% | 65.1% | 46.9% | 3.6x | |||
4 | Double-crested Cormorant | 29.8% | 63.3% | 33.5% | 2.1x | |||
5 | Ring-billed Gull | 27.6% | 61.5% | 33.8% | 2.2x | |||
6 | Greater Scaup | 1.4% | 51.4% | 50.0% | 36.2x | |||
7 | Ruddy Duck | 15.7% | 45.9% | 30.1% | 2.9x | |||
8 | Ring-necked Duck | 8.1% | 42.2% | 34.1% | 5.2x | |||
9 | Bufflehead | 14.5% | 34.9% | 20.4% | 2.4x | |||
10 | Canada Goose | 46.1% | 33.0% | 13.1% | 0.7x | |||
11 | Mallard | 36.4% | 33.0% | 3.4% | 0.9x | |||
12 | Bald Eagle | 14.7% | 31.2% | 16.5% | 2.1x | |||
13 | Blue Jay | 38.6% | 28.4% | 10.1% | 0.7x | |||
14 | Canvasback | 1.5% | 27.5% | 26.0% | 18.2x | |||
15 | Mourning Dove | 37.4% | 25.7% | 11.7% | 0.7x | |||
16 | American Crow | 58.0% | 24.8% | 33.2% | 0.4x | |||
17 | Killdeer | 19.4% | 24.8% | 5.3% | 1.3x | |||
18 | Green-winged Teal | 2.6% | 24.8% | 22.2% | 9.6x | |||
19 | Carolina Chickadee | 60.1% | 22.9% | 37.2% | 0.4x | |||
20 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 34.9% | 20.2% | 14.8% | 0.6x | |||
21 | Brown-headed Nuthatch | 31.2% | 20.2% | 11.0% | 0.6x | |||
22 | Greater/Lesser Scaup | 0.8% | 20.2% | 19.4% | 25.5x | |||
23 | Tufted Titmouse | 56.8% | 19.3% | 37.5% | 0.3x | |||
24 | Northern Cardinal | 64.6% | 18.3% | 46.2% | 0.3x | |||
25 | Carolina Wren | 60.3% | 18.3% | 41.9% | 0.3x | |||
26 | Turkey Vulture | 39.8% | 18.3% | 21.4% | 0.5x | |||
27 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 36.8% | 18.3% | 18.4% | 0.5x | |||
28 | Belted Kingfisher | 18.5% | 17.4% | 1.0% | 0.9x | |||
29 | Song Sparrow | 50.5% | 15.6% | 34.9% | 0.3x | |||
30 | Northern Mockingbird | 28.2% | 15.6% | 12.6% | 0.6x | |||
31 | Eastern Towhee | 35.6% | 14.7% | 21.0% | 0.4x | |||
32 | Pied-billed Grebe | 15.1% | 14.7% | 0.5% | 1.0x | |||
33 | White-throated Sparrow | 50.4% | 13.8% | 36.6% | 0.3x | |||
34 | American Robin | 42.6% | 13.8% | 28.8% | 0.3x | |||
35 | Downy Woodpecker | 41.0% | 9.2% | 31.8% | 0.2x | |||
36 | Northern Flicker | 25.2% | 9.2% | 16.0% | 0.4x | |||
37 | Fish Crow | 13.9% | 9.2% | 4.8% | 0.7x | |||
38 | House Finch | 23.0% | 8.3% | 14.7% | 0.4x | |||
39 | Golden-crowned Kinglet | 21.8% | 8.3% | 13.6% | 0.4x | |||
40 | Redhead | 1.0% | 8.3% | 7.3% | 8.6x | |||
41 | Hermit Thrush | 14.1% | 7.3% | 6.8% | 0.5x | |||
42 | gull sp. | 1.4% | 7.3% | 5.9% | 5.1x | |||
43 | Red-shouldered Hawk | 30.3% | 6.4% | 23.9% | 0.2x | |||
44 | Dark-eyed Junco | 26.9% | 6.4% | 20.5% | 0.2x | |||
45 | Red-tailed Hawk | 17.6% | 6.4% | 11.2% | 0.4x | |||
46 | Pine Warbler | 37.4% | 5.5% | 31.9% | 0.1x | |||
47 | Black Vulture | 16.1% | 5.5% | 10.6% | 0.3x | |||
48 | Eastern Bluebird | 47.5% | 4.6% | 42.9% | 0.1x | |||
49 | American Goldfinch | 21.4% | 4.6% | 16.8% | 0.2x | |||
50 | Field Sparrow | 13.2% | 4.6% | 8.6% | 0.3x | |||
51 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 50.6% | 3.7% | 46.9% | 0.1x | |||
52 | Eastern Phoebe | 24.6% | 3.7% | 20.9% | 0.1x | |||
53 | Chipping Sparrow | 16.7% | 3.7% | 13.0% | 0.2x | |||
54 | Gadwall | 4.6% | 3.7% | 0.9% | 0.8x | |||
55 | Northern Shoveler | 3.8% | 3.7% | 0.2% | 1.0x | |||
56 | Tree Swallow | 1.2% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3.1x | |||
57 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 28.5% | 2.8% | 25.7% | 0.1x | |||
58 | European Starling | 19.7% | 2.8% | 16.9% | 0.1x | |||
59 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 18.0% | 2.8% | 15.2% | 0.2x | |||
60 | Brown Thrasher | 15.7% | 2.8% | 12.9% | 0.2x | |||
61 | Red-winged Blackbird | 15.1% | 2.8% | 12.3% | 0.2x | |||
62 | Swamp Sparrow | 14.2% | 2.8% | 11.4% | 0.2x | |||
63 | Wood Duck | 7.9% | 2.8% | 5.2% | 0.3x | |||
64 | duck sp. | 1.0% | 2.8% | 1.8% | 2.9x | |||
65 | Common Grackle | 11.5% | 1.8% | 9.6% | 0.2x | |||
66 | American Woodcock | 3.0% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.6x | |||
67 | Wilson's Snipe | 2.9% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.6x | |||
68 | crow sp. | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 2.2x | |||
69 | Rock Pigeon | 6.7% | 0.9% | 5.8% | 0.1x | |||
70 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 5.9% | 0.9% | 5.0% | 0.2x | |||
71 | Eastern Meadowlark | 5.6% | 0.9% | 4.6% | 0.2x | |||
72 | Cedar Waxwing | 5.2% | 0.9% | 4.3% | 0.2x | |||
73 | Fox Sparrow | 4.6% | 0.9% | 3.7% | 0.2x | |||
74 | Cooper's Hawk | 4.5% | 0.9% | 3.5% | 0.2x | |||
75 | Herring Gull | 4.0% | 0.9% | 3.1% | 0.2x | |||
76 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.5x | |||
77 | Horned Grebe | 1.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.5x | |||
78 | House Sparrow | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.6x | |||
79 | Mute Swan | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.7x | |||
80 | blackbird sp. | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.8x | |||
81 | Osprey | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 2.0x | |||
82 | Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 4.6x | |||
83 | shorebird sp. | 0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | ∞ |