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.
| 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 |