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Top Birds at Brier Creek Reservoir in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 133 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Brier Creek Reservoir 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   Great Blue Heron 37.9% 70.7% 32.8% 1.9x
2   Double-crested Cormorant 30.4% 69.2% 38.8% 2.3x
3   Lesser Scaup 4.4% 69.2% 64.8% 15.6x
4   Hooded Merganser 17.5% 68.4% 50.9% 3.9x
5   Ring-billed Gull 26.1% 65.4% 39.4% 2.5x
6   Greater Scaup 1.2% 54.1% 52.9% 45.2x
7   Ruddy Duck 15.2% 44.4% 29.1% 2.9x
8   Ring-necked Duck 7.8% 41.4% 33.5% 5.3x
9   Mallard 35.8% 37.6% 1.8% 1.1x
10   Bufflehead 14.3% 36.8% 22.5% 2.6x
11   Canada Goose 46.0% 33.1% 12.9% 0.7x
12   Blue Jay 39.4% 30.8% 8.6% 0.8x
13   Bald Eagle 15.1% 30.1% 14.9% 2.0x
14   Mourning Dove 37.8% 28.6% 9.3% 0.8x
15   American Crow 57.6% 27.8% 29.7% 0.5x
16   Carolina Chickadee 60.7% 26.3% 34.4% 0.4x
17   Northern Cardinal 65.6% 25.6% 40.1% 0.4x
18   Killdeer 19.1% 25.6% 6.5% 1.3x
19   Green-winged Teal 2.4% 24.8% 22.4% 10.4x
20   Yellow-rumped Warbler 37.6% 22.6% 15.1% 0.6x
21   Canvasback 1.3% 22.6% 21.3% 17.8x
22   Greater/Lesser Scaup 0.7% 22.6% 21.8% 31.2x
23   Carolina Wren 61.0% 21.8% 39.2% 0.4x
24   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 37.6% 20.3% 17.3% 0.5x
25   Tufted Titmouse 57.6% 19.5% 38.1% 0.3x
26   Eastern Towhee 36.9% 19.5% 17.3% 0.5x
27   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.8% 19.5% 13.2% 0.6x
28   Song Sparrow 50.6% 18.0% 32.6% 0.4x
29   Turkey Vulture 39.7% 18.0% 21.6% 0.5x
30   Northern Mockingbird 27.7% 18.0% 9.7% 0.7x
31   Belted Kingfisher 18.3% 18.0% 0.2% 1.0x
32   White-throated Sparrow 51.7% 17.3% 34.4% 0.3x
33   American Robin 44.5% 16.5% 28.0% 0.4x
34   Pied-billed Grebe 15.1% 13.5% 1.5% 0.9x
35   Downy Woodpecker 42.5% 12.0% 30.5% 0.3x
36   Northern Flicker 25.8% 10.5% 15.3% 0.4x
37   Golden-crowned Kinglet 22.2% 10.5% 11.6% 0.5x
38   Fish Crow 14.6% 10.5% 4.1% 0.7x
39   House Finch 24.6% 9.8% 14.8% 0.4x
40   Dark-eyed Junco 29.0% 9.0% 20.0% 0.3x
41   gull sp. 1.4% 7.5% 6.1% 5.4x
42   Red-bellied Woodpecker 51.1% 6.8% 44.3% 0.1x
43   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.6% 6.8% 24.8% 0.2x
44   Gadwall 4.2% 6.8% 2.5% 1.6x
45   Redhead 0.8% 6.8% 5.9% 8.0x
46   Pine Warbler 39.2% 6.0% 33.2% 0.2x
47   Red-tailed Hawk 17.2% 6.0% 11.2% 0.3x
48   Red-winged Blackbird 16.0% 6.0% 10.0% 0.4x
49   Hermit Thrush 14.2% 6.0% 8.1% 0.4x
50   Eastern Bluebird 48.4% 5.3% 43.2% 0.1x
51   Eastern Phoebe 25.3% 5.3% 20.1% 0.2x
52   Field Sparrow 12.7% 5.3% 7.4% 0.4x
53   American Goldfinch 22.8% 4.5% 18.3% 0.2x
54   Black Vulture 16.4% 4.5% 11.9% 0.3x
55   Fox Sparrow 4.9% 4.5% 0.4% 0.9x
56   Chipping Sparrow 17.6% 3.8% 13.9% 0.2x
57   Swamp Sparrow 14.2% 3.8% 10.4% 0.3x
58   White-breasted Nuthatch 28.9% 3.0% 25.9% 0.1x
59   European Starling 18.8% 3.0% 15.8% 0.2x
60   Brown Thrasher 15.4% 3.0% 12.4% 0.2x
61   Wood Duck 7.9% 3.0% 4.9% 0.4x
62   Northern Shoveler 3.4% 3.0% 0.4% 0.9x
63   American Woodcock 2.9% 3.0% 0.1% 1.0x
64   Tree Swallow 1.3% 3.0% 1.7% 2.4x
65   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17.9% 2.3% 15.6% 0.1x
66   Bonaparte's Gull 5.5% 2.3% 3.2% 0.4x
67   Wilson's Snipe 2.8% 2.3% 0.5% 0.8x
68   duck sp. 1.0% 2.3% 1.3% 2.3x
69   Common Grackle 11.5% 1.5% 10.0% 0.1x
70   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.5% 1.5% 5.0% 0.2x
71   Herring Gull 3.7% 1.5% 2.2% 0.4x
72   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.8% 1.5% 0.7% 1.9x
73   crow sp. 0.7% 1.5% 0.8% 2.1x
74   Osprey 0.6% 1.5% 0.9% 2.5x
75   shorebird sp. 0% 1.5% 1.5%
76   Hairy Woodpecker 9.6% 0.8% 8.9% 0.1x
77   Rock Pigeon 6.1% 0.8% 5.3% 0.1x
78   Eastern Meadowlark 5.3% 0.8% 4.6% 0.1x
79   Cedar Waxwing 4.9% 0.8% 4.2% 0.2x
80   Cooper's Hawk 4.4% 0.8% 3.6% 0.2x
81   Horned Grebe 2.2% 0.8% 1.4% 0.3x
82   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 0.8% 1.2% 0.4x
83   House Sparrow 1.6% 0.8% 0.9% 0.5x
84   Palm Warbler 1.6% 0.8% 0.8% 0.5x
85   Mute Swan 1.1% 0.8% 0.4% 0.7x
86   blackbird sp. 0.5% 0.8% 0.3% 1.6x
87   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 0.2% 0.8% 0.5% 3.4x
88   Least Sandpiper 0.0% 0.8% 0.7% 15.6x