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

based on 389 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Sandy Creek Park 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
1   Northern Cardinal 64.3% 82.8% 18.5%
2   Carolina Chickadee 59.2% 82.3% 23.1%
3   Carolina Wren 59.7% 78.1% 18.5%
4   Tufted Titmouse 56.3% 74.8% 18.5%
5   Song Sparrow 49.3% 74.3% 25.0%
6   White-throated Sparrow 50.1% 74.0% 23.9%
7   Canada Goose 44.7% 73.8% 29.0%
8   American Crow 56.4% 73.0% 16.6%
9   Red-bellied Woodpecker 49.4% 71.7% 22.3%
10   Downy Woodpecker 40.8% 71.7% 30.9%
11   Mallard 34.6% 69.2% 34.6%
12   Eastern Bluebird 47.0% 66.1% 19.1%
13   Red-shouldered Hawk 30.0% 61.2% 31.2%
14   Great Blue Heron 37.5% 60.7% 23.1%
15   American Robin 43.5% 58.4% 14.8%
16   Eastern Phoebe 23.8% 58.4% 34.6%
17   Yellow-rumped Warbler 36.7% 52.4% 15.7%
18   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 36.6% 50.4% 13.8%
19   Brown-headed Nuthatch 31.7% 49.4% 17.7%
20   Eastern Towhee 36.3% 44.0% 7.6%
21   Turkey Vulture 39.2% 43.2% 4.0%
22   Pine Warbler 38.4% 42.4% 4.0%
23   American Goldfinch 21.5% 42.4% 20.9%
24   Blue Jay 39.2% 38.0% 1.2%
25   White-breasted Nuthatch 28.0% 37.3% 9.3%
26   Northern Flicker 25.2% 35.7% 10.5%
27   Dark-eyed Junco 28.3% 35.2% 6.9%
28   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 33.7% 6.3%
29   European Starling 18.2% 33.7% 15.4%
30   Swamp Sparrow 13.3% 33.2% 19.8%
31   Red-winged Blackbird 15.4% 32.4% 17.0%
32   Mourning Dove 38.0% 28.0% 9.9%
33   Belted Kingfisher 17.9% 27.8% 9.8%
34   Black Vulture 15.7% 27.8% 12.1%
35   Chipping Sparrow 16.9% 25.4% 8.5%
36   Hooded Merganser 18.0% 25.2% 7.2%
37   Winter Wren 8.0% 25.2% 17.2%
38   Brown Thrasher 15.0% 24.7% 9.7%
39   House Finch 24.2% 23.9% 0.3%
40   Golden-crowned Kinglet 22.0% 22.6% 0.6%
41   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17.3% 22.6% 5.3%
42   Hermit Thrush 13.5% 22.1% 8.6%
43   Pileated Woodpecker 11.7% 19.8% 8.1%
44   Wood Duck 7.4% 19.0% 11.6%
45   Common Grackle 11.1% 17.7% 6.6%
46   Field Sparrow 12.4% 17.0% 4.5%
47   Hairy Woodpecker 9.1% 14.4% 5.2%
48   Brown Creeper 7.2% 14.1% 6.9%
49   Killdeer 19.5% 10.8% 8.7%
50   Red-tailed Hawk 17.3% 10.3% 7.0%
51   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.0% 10.0% 0.9%
52   Pine Siskin 3.6% 9.0% 5.4%
53   Pied-billed Grebe 15.3% 7.7% 7.6%
54   Great Egret 1.0% 6.9% 6.0%
55   Barred Owl 5.4% 6.7% 1.3%
56   Fish Crow 14.8% 5.9% 8.9%
57   Black-and-white Warbler 0.7% 4.9% 4.1%
58   Ring-billed Gull 27.4% 4.4% 23.0%
59   Purple Finch 3.0% 4.1% 1.1%
60   Cedar Waxwing 4.9% 3.3% 1.6%
61   Cooper's Hawk 4.3% 3.3% 0.9%
62   Fox Sparrow 5.0% 2.3% 2.7%
63   American Coot 3.7% 1.8% 1.9%
64   Sharp-shinned Hawk 1.9% 1.5% 0.3%
65   Rusty Blackbird 2.9% 1.3% 1.6%
66   Ruddy Duck 16.2% 1.0% 15.2%
67   Bald Eagle 15.8% 0.8% 15.0%
68   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.6% 0.8% 5.9%
69   Gray Catbird 0.6% 0.8% 0.2%
70   Common Yellowthroat 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
71   Rock Pigeon 6.2% 0.5% 5.7%
72   Savannah Sparrow 3.4% 0.5% 2.9%
73   Orange-crowned Warbler 0.8% 0.5% 0.3%
74   Common Raven 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
75   Double-crested Cormorant 32.1% 0.3% 31.8%
76   Green-winged Teal 2.8% 0.3% 2.5%
77   Red-breasted Nuthatch 2.3% 0.3% 2.1%
78   American Pipit 1.7% 0.3% 1.5%
79   House Sparrow 1.7% 0.3% 1.4%
80   White-crowned Sparrow 1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
81   House Wren 1.0% 0.3% 0.7%
82   Blue-winged Teal 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%