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Top Birds at Lake Wheeler marshes in February
relative to other locations within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 99 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Lake Wheeler marshes 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   Canada Goose 45.5% 82.8% 37.4% 1.8x
2   Mallard 35.4% 81.8% 46.5% 2.3x
3   Great Blue Heron 37.9% 79.8% 41.9% 2.1x
4   American Crow 57.1% 64.6% 7.5% 1.1x
5   Pied-billed Grebe 14.6% 64.6% 50.1% 4.4x
6   Ring-billed Gull 26.2% 62.6% 36.4% 2.4x
7   Double-crested Cormorant 30.6% 60.6% 30.0% 2.0x
8   Carolina Wren 60.6% 49.5% 11.1% 0.8x
9   Killdeer 18.9% 47.5% 28.6% 2.5x
10   Tufted Titmouse 57.3% 46.5% 10.8% 0.8x
11   Bald Eagle 15.0% 46.5% 31.4% 3.1x
12   Northern Cardinal 65.3% 44.4% 20.9% 0.7x
13   Pine Warbler 38.8% 43.4% 4.7% 1.1x
14   Brown-headed Nuthatch 32.6% 36.4% 3.8% 1.1x
15   Fish Crow 14.3% 36.4% 22.0% 2.5x
16   Wood Duck 7.6% 36.4% 28.8% 4.8x
17   Gadwall 4.0% 35.4% 31.4% 8.9x
18   Carolina Chickadee 60.5% 34.3% 26.1% 0.6x
19   Red-bellied Woodpecker 50.7% 32.3% 18.3% 0.6x
20   Red-shouldered Hawk 31.3% 30.3% 1.0% 1.0x
21   Belted Kingfisher 18.2% 28.3% 10.1% 1.6x
22   Hooded Merganser 18.1% 28.3% 10.2% 1.6x
23   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 37.4% 26.3% 11.2% 0.7x
24   Pileated Woodpecker 11.9% 26.3% 14.3% 2.2x
25   Wilson's Snipe 2.6% 26.3% 23.7% 10.2x
26   Blue Jay 39.5% 24.2% 15.2% 0.6x
27   Eastern Bluebird 48.1% 20.2% 27.9% 0.4x
28   Yellow-rumped Warbler 37.6% 20.2% 17.4% 0.5x
29   Turkey Vulture 39.6% 19.2% 20.4% 0.5x
30   Golden-crowned Kinglet 22.1% 19.2% 2.9% 0.9x
31   Northern Shoveler 3.2% 19.2% 16.0% 6.0x
32   Great Egret 1.0% 17.2% 16.1% 16.4x
33   Ring-necked Duck 8.2% 16.2% 8.0% 2.0x
34   Green-winged Teal 2.5% 16.2% 13.6% 6.4x
35   Mourning Dove 38.0% 12.1% 25.9% 0.3x
36   American Wigeon 0.6% 12.1% 11.5% 20.3x
37   Song Sparrow 50.6% 11.1% 39.5% 0.2x
38   Northern Flicker 25.8% 11.1% 14.7% 0.4x
39   Ruddy Duck 15.6% 11.1% 4.5% 0.7x
40   Mute Swan 1.0% 10.1% 9.1% 9.8x
41   Downy Woodpecker 42.5% 9.1% 33.4% 0.2x
42   Red-winged Blackbird 15.9% 9.1% 6.8% 0.6x
43   Brown Thrasher 15.3% 9.1% 6.2% 0.6x
44   Eastern Phoebe 25.2% 7.1% 18.2% 0.3x
45   Red-tailed Hawk 17.2% 7.1% 10.1% 0.4x
46   Common Grackle 11.4% 7.1% 4.3% 0.6x
47   Herring Gull 3.6% 6.1% 2.4% 1.7x
48   White-throated Sparrow 51.7% 5.1% 46.7% 0.1x
49   American Robin 44.5% 5.1% 39.5% 0.1x
50   Northern Mockingbird 27.8% 5.1% 22.8% 0.2x
51   Black Vulture 16.4% 5.1% 11.3% 0.3x
52   Eastern Towhee 37.0% 4.0% 32.9% 0.1x
53   White-breasted Nuthatch 28.9% 4.0% 24.8% 0.1x
54   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 17.8% 4.0% 13.8% 0.2x
55   Hermit Thrush 14.2% 4.0% 10.1% 0.3x
56   Tree Swallow 1.3% 4.0% 2.8% 3.2x
57   Merlin 0.6% 4.0% 3.5% 7.0x
58   American Goldfinch 22.7% 3.0% 19.7% 0.1x
59   Chipping Sparrow 17.6% 3.0% 14.6% 0.2x
60   Barred Owl 5.5% 3.0% 2.5% 0.6x
61   American Coot 3.6% 3.0% 0.6% 0.8x
62   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.9% 3.0% 2.1% 3.4x
63   crow sp. 0.7% 3.0% 2.3% 4.4x
64   Tundra Swan 0.3% 3.0% 2.7% 9.3x
65   Dark-eyed Junco 29.0% 2.0% 27.0% 0.1x
66   Bufflehead 14.7% 2.0% 12.7% 0.1x
67   Red-headed Woodpecker 11.0% 2.0% 9.0% 0.2x
68   Cooper's Hawk 4.4% 2.0% 2.3% 0.5x
69   duck sp. 1.0% 2.0% 1.0% 2.1x
70   House Finch 24.6% 1.0% 23.6% 0.0x
71   European Starling 18.8% 1.0% 17.8% 0.1x
72   Hairy Woodpecker 9.6% 1.0% 8.6% 0.1x
73   Winter Wren 8.7% 1.0% 7.7% 0.1x
74   Brown Creeper 7.5% 1.0% 6.5% 0.1x
75   Brown-headed Cowbird 6.5% 1.0% 5.5% 0.2x
76   Eastern Meadowlark 5.3% 1.0% 4.3% 0.2x
77   Lesser Scaup 5.3% 1.0% 4.3% 0.2x
78   Greater Scaup 1.9% 1.0% 0.9% 0.5x
79   new world sparrow sp. 1.1% 1.0% 0.1% 0.9x
80   Great Horned Owl 0.9% 1.0% 0.1% 1.1x
81   American Black Duck 0.8% 1.0% 0.2% 1.3x
82   Graylag Goose 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% 1.4x
83   Northern Pintail 0.3% 1.0% 0.7% 2.9x
84   Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) 0.1% 1.0% 1.0% 17.5x