Top Birds in March
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 12450 checklists in 395 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 recently submitted checklists.
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| Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | February | March | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Cardinal |
|
65.0% | 75.1% | 10.2% | |||
| 2 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
60.1% | 68.5% | 8.4% | |||
| 3 | Carolina Wren |
|
60.4% | 67.4% | 7.1% | |||
| 4 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
57.0% | 66.2% | 9.2% | |||
| 5 | American Crow |
|
57.0% | 58.5% | 1.5% | |||
| 6 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
50.2% | 55.6% | 5.3% | |||
| 7 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
51.0% | 54.5% | 3.4% | |||
| 8 | American Robin |
|
44.1% | 53.3% | 9.2% | |||
| 9 | Pine Warbler |
|
38.5% | 51.0% | 12.5% | |||
| 10 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
47.7% | 50.7% | 3.1% | |||
| 11 | Canada Goose |
|
45.8% | 50.3% | 4.5% | |||
| 12 | Song Sparrow |
|
50.3% | 50.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 13 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
41.9% | 46.9% | 4.9% | |||
| 14 | Blue Jay |
|
39.2% | 45.4% | 6.3% | |||
| 15 | Turkey Vulture |
|
39.3% | 45.1% | 5.8% | |||
| 16 | Great Blue Heron |
|
38.4% | 44.2% | 5.8% | |||
| 17 | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
|
37.3% | 44.2% | 6.9% | |||
| 18 | Eastern Towhee |
|
36.6% | 43.2% | 6.6% | |||
| 19 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
37.1% | 42.3% | 5.2% | |||
| 20 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
25.0% | 41.3% | 16.3% | |||
| 21 | Mourning Dove |
|
37.6% | 40.8% | 3.2% | |||
| 22 | Mallard |
|
35.9% | 37.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 23 | Fish Crow |
|
14.4% | 36.1% | 21.6% | |||
| 24 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
32.3% | 34.9% | 2.6% | |||
| 25 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
31.2% | 34.7% | 3.5% | |||
| 26 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
30.9% | 34.4% | 3.5% | |||
| 27 | American Goldfinch |
|
22.3% | 32.8% | 10.5% | |||
| 28 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
17.2% | 32.7% | 15.5% | |||
| 29 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
27.6% | 29.3% | 1.7% | |||
| 30 | Northern Flicker |
|
25.6% | 28.0% | 2.4% | |||
| 31 | Dark-eyed Junco |
|
28.5% | 26.1% | 2.5% | |||
| 32 | House Finch |
|
24.2% | 25.5% | 1.3% | |||
| 33 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
28.3% | 25.3% | 3.0% | |||
| 34 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
16.0% | 21.9% | 5.9% | |||
| 35 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
18.3% | 21.8% | 3.5% | |||
| 36 | Brown Thrasher |
|
15.3% | 20.7% | 5.4% | |||
| 37 | European Starling |
|
18.8% | 19.1% | 0.3% | |||
| 38 | Golden-crowned Kinglet |
|
22.0% | 18.6% | 3.4% | |||
| 39 | Black Vulture |
|
16.1% | 17.8% | 1.6% | |||
| 40 | Common Grackle |
|
11.4% | 17.8% | 6.4% | |||
| 41 | Killdeer |
|
19.2% | 17.1% | 2.1% | |||
| 42 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
26.5% | 17.0% | 9.5% | |||
| 43 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
12.0% | 17.0% | 5.1% | |||
| 44 | Swamp Sparrow |
|
14.1% | 16.9% | 2.8% | |||
| 45 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
6.4% | 16.2% | 9.8% | |||
| 46 | Field Sparrow |
|
12.6% | 16.1% | 3.6% | |||
| 47 | Hermit Thrush |
|
13.8% | 15.8% | 2.0% | |||
| 48 | Bald Eagle |
|
15.3% | 15.7% | 0.5% | |||
| 49 | Osprey |
|
0.6% | 15.3% | 14.7% | |||
| 50 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
17.0% | 15.2% | 1.8% | |||
| 51 | Wood Duck |
|
7.8% | 14.7% | 6.9% | |||
| 52 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
0.1% | 14.6% | 14.4% | |||
| 53 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
17.5% | 14.4% | 3.2% | |||
| 54 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
15.1% | 13.7% | 1.3% | |||
| 55 | Ruddy Duck |
|
15.6% | 13.1% | 2.5% | |||
| 56 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
10.9% | 12.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 57 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
0.1% | 12.0% | 12.0% | |||
| 58 | Bufflehead |
|
14.6% | 11.5% | 3.1% | |||
| 59 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
9.3% | 9.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 60 | Hooded Merganser |
|
18.2% | 9.2% | 9.0% | |||
| 61 | Winter Wren |
|
8.6% | 8.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 62 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
0% | 7.7% | 7.7% | |||
| 63 | Tree Swallow |
|
1.3% | 7.6% | 6.4% | |||
| 64 | Barred Owl |
|
5.5% | 7.3% | 1.8% | |||
| 65 | Bonaparte's Gull |
|
5.4% | 7.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 66 | Brown Creeper |
|
7.5% | 6.4% | 1.1% | |||
| 67 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
0.3% | 6.1% | 5.8% | |||
| 68 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
8.3% | 5.0% | 3.3% | |||
| 69 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
5.3% | 4.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 70 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
4.2% | 4.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 71 | Pine Siskin |
|
3.8% | 4.7% | 0.9% | |||
| 72 | Rock Pigeon |
|
6.0% | 4.6% | 1.4% | |||
| 73 | American Coot |
|
3.6% | 4.0% | 0.4% | |||
| 74 | Lesser Scaup |
|
5.2% | 4.0% | 1.3% | |||
| 75 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
0.0% | 3.9% | 3.9% | |||
| 76 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
0.0% | 3.8% | 3.8% | |||
| 77 | Northern Parula |
|
0.1% | 3.5% | 3.4% | |||
| 78 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
4.9% | 3.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 79 | Rusty Blackbird |
|
2.9% | 3.4% | 0.6% | |||
| 80 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
2.8% | 3.2% | 0.4% | |||
| 81 | Savannah Sparrow |
|
3.3% | 3.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 82 | Purple Martin |
|
0.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | |||
| 83 | Horned Grebe |
|
2.1% | 2.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 84 | Green-winged Teal |
|
2.7% | 2.8% | 0.1% | |||
| 85 | American Kestrel |
|
4.4% | 2.7% | 1.8% | |||
| 86 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
0.9% | 2.6% | 1.7% | |||
| 87 | Purple Finch |
|
3.1% | 2.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 88 | Fox Sparrow |
|
4.9% | 2.5% | 2.4% | |||
| 89 | Herring Gull |
|
3.6% | 2.5% | 1.2% | |||
| 90 | Palm Warbler |
|
1.6% | 2.4% | 0.8% | |||
| 91 | Northern Shoveler |
|
3.4% | 2.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 92 | Gadwall |
|
4.3% | 2.2% | 2.1% | |||
| 93 | Red-breasted Merganser |
|
1.6% | 2.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 94 | Great Egret |
|
1.2% | 2.0% | 0.8% | |||
| 95 | House Sparrow |
|
1.6% | 1.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 96 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
2.3% | 1.8% | 0.4% | |||
| 97 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
0.6% | 1.7% | 1.1% | |||
| 98 | Barn Swallow |
|
0.0% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 99 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
1.9% | 1.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 100 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.1% | 1.5% | 1.4% | |||
| 101 | Common Loon |
|
1.1% | 1.4% | 0.3% | |||
| 102 | House Wren |
|
1.0% | 1.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 103 | American Woodcock |
|
2.9% | 1.2% | 1.7% | |||
| 104 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
0.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% | |||
| 105 | Horned Lark |
|
1.6% | 1.1% | 0.4% | |||
| 106 | Greater Scaup |
|
1.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 107 | American Pipit |
|
1.7% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |||
| 108 | Muscovy Duck |
|
0.9% | 1.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 109 | Great Horned Owl |
|
0.9% | 1.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 110 | Mute Swan |
|
1.1% | 0.9% | 0.2% | |||
| 111 | American Bittern |
|
0.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | |||
| 112 | Wild Turkey |
|
0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | |||
| 113 | Red-necked Grebe |
|
0.1% | 0.7% | 0.6% | |||
| 114 | Gray Catbird |
|
0.6% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
| 115 | American Wigeon |
|
0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 116 | Northern Harrier |
|
0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | |||
| 117 | White-winged Scoter |
|
0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | |||
| 118 | Graylag Goose |
|
0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | |||
| 119 | Red-footed Booby |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 120 | Ovenbird |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 121 | White-crowned Sparrow |
|
1.0% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 122 | Vesper Sparrow |
|
0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | |||
| 123 | Orange-crowned Warbler |
|
0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | |||
| 124 | Tundra Swan |
|
0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |||
| 125 | Common Raven |
|
0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | |||
| 126 | Green Heron |
|
0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
| 127 | Redhead |
|
0.9% | 0.4% | 0.5% | |||
| 128 | Lincoln's Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 129 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.0% | 0.3% | 0.2% | |||
| 130 | Merlin |
|
0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 131 | Pectoral Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 132 | Canvasback |
|
1.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | |||
| 133 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 134 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 135 | Virginia Rail |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
| 136 | American Black Duck |
|
0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | |||
| 137 | Black-headed Gull |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 138 | Cliff Swallow |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 139 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 140 | American White Pelican |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
| 141 | Prairie Warbler |
|
0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
| 142 | Long-tailed Duck |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 143 | Rufous Hummingbird |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 144 | Northern Pintail |
|
0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 145 | Chimney Swift |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 146 | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 147 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 148 | Great Black-backed Gull |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 149 | Common Goldeneye |
|
0.9% | 0.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 150 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 151 | Caspian Tern |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 152 | Varied Thrush |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 153 | Evening Grosbeak |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
| 154 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
| 155 | King Rail |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 156 | Eared Grebe |
|
0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 157 | Red-eyed Vireo |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 158 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 159 | Little Blue Heron |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 160 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
| 161 | Yellow-throated Vireo |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| 162 | Marsh Wren |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 163 | Cattle Egret |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 164 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 165 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 166 | Mississippi Kite |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 167 | Anhinga |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 168 | Red Crossbill |
|
0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 169 | Yellow Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 170 | Indigo Bunting |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 171 | Forster's Tern |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 172 | Broad-winged Hawk |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 173 | Prothonotary Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 174 | Red-throated Loon |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 175 | Least Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 176 | Stilt Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 177 | Sora |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 178 | Snow Goose |
|
0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 179 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 180 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 181 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 182 | Red Phalarope |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 183 | Swan Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 184 | Iceland Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 185 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 186 | Common Merganser |
|
0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 187 | Solitary Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 188 | Semipalmated Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 189 | American Redstart |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 190 | Snowy Egret |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 191 | Common Gallinule |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 192 | Dunlin |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 193 | Grasshopper Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 194 | Worm-eating Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 195 | Cackling Goose |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 196 | Swallow-tailed Kite |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 197 | Little Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |