Bird Finder

Top Birds in March
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

based on 10347 checklists in 385 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of March. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. Species that peak in March are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include the current month.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak February March Change Relative
1   Northern Cardinal
64.0% 75.0% 11.0% 1.2x
2   Carolina Chickadee
59.7% 68.4% 8.8% 1.1x
3   Carolina Wren
59.8% 66.9% 7.1% 1.1x
4   Tufted Titmouse
56.3% 65.9% 9.7% 1.2x
5   American Crow
57.6% 58.7% 1.1% 1.0x
6   Red-bellied Woodpecker
50.0% 55.7% 5.7% 1.1x
7   White-throated Sparrow
49.9% 53.9% 4.0% 1.1x
8   American Robin
42.2% 52.9% 10.7% 1.3x
9   Canada Goose
46.0% 50.9% 4.9% 1.1x
10   Eastern Bluebird
47.0% 50.4% 3.4% 1.1x
11   Pine Warbler
37.0% 50.3% 13.4% 1.4x
12   Song Sparrow
50.0% 48.9% 1.1% 1.0x
13   Downy Woodpecker
40.6% 46.4% 5.8% 1.1x
14   Turkey Vulture
39.5% 45.9% 6.4% 1.2x
15   Blue Jay
38.5% 45.1% 6.7% 1.2x
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler
34.8% 44.6% 9.8% 1.3x
17   Great Blue Heron
38.0% 44.3% 6.3% 1.2x
18   Eastern Towhee
35.4% 43.2% 7.9% 1.2x
19   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
36.5% 41.9% 5.3% 1.1x
20   Mourning Dove
37.3% 41.1% 3.8% 1.1x
21   Eastern Phoebe
24.4% 40.9% 16.6% 1.7x
22   Mallard
36.4% 38.3% 1.9% 1.1x
23   Fish Crow
13.9% 35.8% 21.9% 2.6x
24   Red-shouldered Hawk
30.0% 34.5% 4.5% 1.2x
25   Brown-headed Nuthatch
31.1% 34.3% 3.2% 1.1x
26   Double-crested Cormorant
30.2% 33.9% 3.7% 1.1x
27   American Goldfinch
21.1% 31.3% 10.1% 1.5x
28   Chipping Sparrow
16.5% 31.2% 14.7% 1.9x
29   Northern Mockingbird
28.1% 29.7% 1.7% 1.1x
30   Northern Flicker
25.0% 27.6% 2.7% 1.1x
31   White-breasted Nuthatch
28.2% 25.5% 2.6% 0.9x
32   House Finch
22.8% 25.1% 2.3% 1.1x
33   Dark-eyed Junco
26.7% 24.3% 2.3% 0.9x
34   Belted Kingfisher
18.5% 22.1% 3.7% 1.2x
35   Red-winged Blackbird
14.9% 21.4% 6.5% 1.4x
36   Brown Thrasher
15.5% 21.3% 5.8% 1.4x
37   European Starling
19.5% 20.1% 0.6% 1.0x
38   Common Grackle
11.3% 18.3% 6.9% 1.6x
39   Golden-crowned Kinglet
21.7% 18.0% 3.6% 0.8x
40   Ring-billed Gull
28.1% 17.9% 10.1% 0.6x
41   Black Vulture
16.0% 17.8% 1.8% 1.1x
42   Pileated Woodpecker
12.0% 17.3% 5.3% 1.4x
43   Killdeer
19.5% 17.2% 2.3% 0.9x
44   Field Sparrow
13.1% 16.5% 3.5% 1.3x
45   Swamp Sparrow
14.1% 16.1% 2.1% 1.1x
46   Brown-headed Cowbird
5.9% 15.6% 9.8% 2.7x
47   Red-tailed Hawk
17.5% 15.6% 1.8% 0.9x
48   Wood Duck
7.8% 15.4% 7.6% 2.0x
49   Bald Eagle
14.9% 15.2% 0.2% 1.0x
50   Hermit Thrush
14.0% 15.1% 1.1% 1.1x
51   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
17.8% 14.8% 3.0% 0.8x
52   Osprey
0.5% 14.6% 14.1% 31.8x
53   Pied-billed Grebe
15.1% 13.9% 1.2% 0.9x
54   Ruddy Duck
16.1% 13.8% 2.3% 0.9x
55   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
0.1% 13.7% 13.6% 119.7x
56   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
0.1% 12.6% 12.6% 157.4x
57   Bufflehead
14.8% 11.9% 2.9% 0.8x
58   Red-headed Woodpecker
10.9% 11.7% 0.8% 1.1x
59   Hooded Merganser
18.9% 9.8% 9.0% 0.5x
60   Hairy Woodpecker
9.4% 9.6% 0.3% 1.0x
61   Winter Wren
8.8% 8.6% 0.2% 1.0x
62   Tree Swallow
1.2% 7.8% 6.6% 6.5x
63   Yellow-throated Warbler
0% 7.4% 7.4% ∞
64   Barred Owl
5.6% 7.2% 1.6% 1.3x
65   Brown Creeper
8.0% 6.8% 1.2% 0.8x
66   Bonaparte's Gull
4.7% 6.6% 1.8% 1.4x
67   Common Yellowthroat
0.3% 5.9% 5.6% 19.2x
68   Pine Siskin
4.5% 5.6% 1.1% 1.3x
69   Ring-necked Duck
8.5% 5.1% 3.4% 0.6x
70   Cooper's Hawk
4.4% 5.0% 0.5% 1.1x
71   Eastern Meadowlark
5.5% 4.9% 0.6% 0.9x
72   Rock Pigeon
6.6% 4.9% 1.8% 0.7x
73   American Coot
4.1% 4.3% 0.3% 1.1x
74   Lesser Scaup
5.7% 4.3% 1.4% 0.8x
75   Cedar Waxwing
5.1% 3.8% 1.3% 0.7x
76   Louisiana Waterthrush
0.0% 3.8% 3.8% 328.4x
77   Northern Parula
0.1% 3.7% 3.5% 31.8x
78   Wilson's Snipe
2.9% 3.6% 0.7% 1.3x
79   White-eyed Vireo
0.0% 3.5% 3.5% 307.4x
80   Rusty Blackbird
2.6% 3.4% 0.7% 1.3x
81   Savannah Sparrow
3.4% 3.2% 0.3% 0.9x
82   Green-winged Teal
2.9% 3.0% 0.1% 1.1x
83   American Kestrel
4.8% 2.9% 1.9% 0.6x
84   Purple Martin
0.1% 2.8% 2.7% 27.1x
85   Northern Shoveler
3.8% 2.7% 1.2% 0.7x
86   Horned Grebe
1.9% 2.7% 0.7% 1.4x
87   Black-and-white Warbler
0.9% 2.6% 1.7% 2.8x
88   Herring Gull
4.0% 2.6% 1.4% 0.6x
89   Gadwall
4.5% 2.4% 2.2% 0.5x
90   Fox Sparrow
4.6% 2.3% 2.2% 0.5x
91   Red-breasted Merganser
1.8% 2.3% 0.5% 1.3x
92   Red-breasted Nuthatch
2.5% 2.2% 0.3% 0.9x
93   Palm Warbler
1.5% 2.1% 0.6% 1.4x
94   Great Egret
1.0% 2.1% 1.1% 2.1x
95   House Sparrow
1.6% 2.0% 0.4% 1.2x
96   Blue-headed Vireo
0.6% 1.7% 1.1% 2.8x
97   Purple Finch
2.3% 1.7% 0.5% 0.8x
98   Sharp-shinned Hawk
2.0% 1.7% 0.3% 0.9x
99   Barn Swallow
0.0% 1.6% 1.6% 143.2x
100   Blue-winged Teal
0.1% 1.6% 1.4% 10.6x
101   crow sp.
0.9% 1.6% 0.7% 1.8x
102   House Wren
1.0% 1.4% 0.4% 1.4x
103   Horned Lark
1.7% 1.3% 0.4% 0.8x
104   duck sp.
1.0% 1.2% 0.2% 1.2x
105   Greater Scaup
2.0% 1.2% 0.8% 0.6x
106   American Woodcock
2.9% 1.2% 1.8% 0.4x
107   gull sp.
1.5% 1.2% 0.3% 0.8x
108   Lesser Black-backed Gull
1.0% 1.2% 0.2% 1.2x
109   American Pipit
1.6% 1.1% 0.5% 0.7x
110   Great Horned Owl
1.0% 1.0% 0.1% 1.1x
111   Mute Swan
1.3% 1.0% 0.2% 0.8x
112   Greater/Lesser Scaup
1.0% 1.0% 0.0% 1.0x
113   Common Loon
1.1% 1.0% 0.1% 0.9x
114   Muscovy Duck
0.9% 1.0% 0.1% 1.1x
115   new world sparrow sp.
1.2% 1.0% 0.3% 0.8x
116   American Bittern
0.3% 1.0% 0.6% 2.9x
117   Red-necked Grebe
0.2% 0.9% 0.7% 5.5x
118   White-winged Scoter
0.6% 0.8% 0.2% 1.3x
119   Wild Turkey
0.1% 0.7% 0.5% 4.5x
120   American Wigeon
0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 1.0x
121   Graylag Goose
0.8% 0.7% 0.1% 0.9x
122   Gray Catbird
0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.4x
123   Northern Harrier
0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.4x
124   Ovenbird
0% 0.6% 0.6% ∞
125   Tundra Swan
0.4% 0.6% 0.2% 1.4x
126   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
0.4% 0.6% 0.1% 1.3x
127   swallow sp.
0.0% 0.6% 0.6% 49.7x
128   White-crowned Sparrow
0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.7x
129   hawk sp.
0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
130   Orange-crowned Warbler
0.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.6x
131   Green Heron
0.1% 0.5% 0.4% 5.4x
132   Vesper Sparrow
0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 1.1x
133   Redhead
1.1% 0.4% 0.6% 0.4x
134   Common Raven
0.5% 0.4% 0.0% 0.9x
135   Accipiter sp.
0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.4x
136   blackbird sp.
0.5% 0.4% 0.2% 0.7x
137   Pectoral Sandpiper
0% 0.3% 0.3% ∞
138   Merlin
0.7% 0.3% 0.4% 0.5x
139   Cape May Warbler
0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 2.2x
140   Canvasback
1.8% 0.3% 1.5% 0.2x
141   Loggerhead Shrike
0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 0.5x
142   American Black Duck
0.9% 0.3% 0.7% 0.3x
143   Black-headed Gull
0% 0.3% 0.3% ∞
144   Greater Yellowlegs
0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 5.9x
145   Cliff Swallow
0% 0.2% 0.2% ∞
146   Prairie Warbler
0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5x
147   Virginia Rail
0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 1.1x
148   Long-tailed Duck
0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.6x
149   Rufous Hummingbird
0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.8x
150   Buteo sp.
0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.9x
151   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 1.4x
152   American White Pelican
0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.8x
153   woodpecker sp.
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.0x
154   Northern Pintail
0.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3x
155   Great Black-backed Gull
0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5x
156   Common Goldeneye
1.1% 0.1% 1.0% 0.1x
157   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.2x
158   House/Purple Finch
0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.6x
159   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.6x
160   Chimney Swift
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
161   new world vulture sp.
0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.7x
162   Varied Thrush
0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4x
163   Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4x
164   Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5x
165   King Rail
0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.6x
166   Baltimore Oriole
0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4x
167   Caspian Tern
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
168   Eared Grebe
0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 1.5x
169   Spotted Sandpiper
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 5.9x
170   Peregrine Falcon
0.6% 0.1% 0.5% 0.1x
171   Yellow-throated Vireo
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
172   Lesser Yellowlegs
0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 2.9x
173   passerine sp.
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8x
174   Red-eyed Vireo
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
175   Lincoln's Sparrow
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8x
176   Marsh Wren
0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 1.3x
177   Eastern Whip-poor-will
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
178   American/Fish Crow
0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 2.5x
179   Cattle Egret
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
180   Little Blue Heron
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
181   Evening Grosbeak
0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4x
182   Black-throated Green Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
183   Northern Bobwhite
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7x
184   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
185   Mississippi Kite
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
186   Red Crossbill
0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3x
187   Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5x
188   Yellow Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
189   Indigo Bunting
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
190   Forster's Tern
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
191   Broad-winged Hawk
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
192   Anhinga
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
193   Red-throated Loon
0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2x
194   Least Sandpiper
0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3x
195   Stilt Sandpiper
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
196   Sora
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
197   Snow Goose
0.6% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0x
198   Black-crowned Night-Heron
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
199   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
200   Prothonotary Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
201   Barnacle Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7x
202   Red Phalarope
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
203   Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6x
204   Swan Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4x
205   vireo sp.
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
206   Iceland Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3x
207   Yellow-breasted Chat
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8x
208   Common Merganser
0.4% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0x
209   Solitary Sandpiper
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
210   Semipalmated Sandpiper
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
211   American Redstart
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
212   Common Gallinule
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
213   peep sp.
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
214   Dunlin
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8x
215   Grasshopper Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
216   Cackling Goose
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
217   Black-necked Swan
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4x
218   Swallow-tailed Kite
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
219   shorebird sp.
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8x
220   Little Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3x
221   Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
222   Sterna sp.
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8x
223   falcon sp.
0% 0.0% 0.0% ∞
224   wren sp.
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8x
225   finch sp.
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8x
226   Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8x
227   small falcon sp.