Bird Finder

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

based on 15395 checklists in 395 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of May. 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 May are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak April May Change
1   Northern Cardinal
80.3% 79.6% 0.7%
2   Carolina Wren
70.5% 70.4% 0.1%
3   Tufted Titmouse
69.5% 64.4% 5.0%
4   Carolina Chickadee
66.0% 60.0% 6.1%
5   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
62.4% 56.9% 5.5%
6   American Crow
56.3% 56.6% 0.4%
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker
58.1% 54.0% 4.1%
8   Red-eyed Vireo
29.9% 51.4% 21.5%
9   Eastern Bluebird
48.2% 49.4% 1.1%
10   Mourning Dove
45.9% 48.3% 2.4%
11   Great Crested Flycatcher
19.8% 48.1% 28.3%
12   Great Blue Heron
44.7% 46.6% 1.9%
13   Indigo Bunting
12.5% 45.4% 32.9%
14   American Goldfinch
45.1% 44.3% 0.7%
15   Blue Jay
49.8% 43.0% 6.8%
16   Canada Goose
49.1% 41.7% 7.4%
17   Common Yellowthroat
33.3% 40.8% 7.6%
18   Pine Warbler
43.0% 39.7% 3.3%
19   Turkey Vulture
42.7% 39.6% 3.1%
20   Downy Woodpecker
38.7% 39.6% 0.9%
21   American Robin
42.6% 38.6% 3.9%
22   Chipping Sparrow
43.0% 37.8% 5.3%
23   Eastern Towhee
46.4% 37.5% 8.8%
24   Summer Tanager
13.8% 37.1% 23.3%
25   Northern Parula
36.0% 36.4% 0.4%
26   Common Grackle
27.2% 35.7% 8.5%
27   Brown-headed Cowbird
35.4% 35.0% 0.4%
28   Eastern Phoebe
34.3% 34.4% 0.1%
29   White-eyed Vireo
37.8% 33.6% 4.2%
30   Fish Crow
35.7% 33.3% 2.5%
31   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
29.8% 32.1% 2.3%
32   Red-shouldered Hawk
32.5% 31.5% 0.9%
33   Northern Mockingbird
28.3% 31.0% 2.7%
34   Gray Catbird
18.9% 30.8% 12.0%
35   Barn Swallow
19.2% 30.6% 11.3%
36   Brown-headed Nuthatch
31.3% 30.2% 1.2%
37   Mallard
30.2% 29.0% 1.2%
38   Chimney Swift
13.3% 28.3% 15.0%
39   House Finch
25.3% 27.5% 2.2%
40   Red-winged Blackbird
26.1% 27.5% 1.4%
41   Eastern Kingbird
11.9% 26.6% 14.6%
42   Acadian Flycatcher
2.3% 26.0% 23.8%
43   Blue Grosbeak
8.6% 23.5% 14.9%
44   White-breasted Nuthatch
21.9% 23.4% 1.4%
45   American Redstart
8.8% 22.7% 13.9%
46   European Starling
21.3% 22.4% 1.0%
47   Eastern Wood-Pewee
1.5% 21.4% 19.9%
48   Black Vulture
19.8% 21.0% 1.2%
49   Killdeer
16.5% 20.0% 3.5%
50   Pileated Woodpecker
19.7% 19.1% 0.6%
51   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
8.4% 18.8% 10.4%
52   Ovenbird
19.0% 18.7% 0.3%
53   Double-crested Cormorant
26.6% 18.3% 8.4%
54   Brown Thrasher
20.8% 17.2% 3.6%
55   Spotted Sandpiper
7.4% 16.4% 9.0%
56   Prothonotary Warbler
12.1% 16.2% 4.1%
57   Osprey
16.9% 15.9% 1.0%
58   Black-and-white Warbler
14.2% 15.9% 1.7%
59   Yellow-throated Warbler
19.9% 15.6% 4.3%
60   Orchard Oriole
6.6% 15.3% 8.6%
61   Song Sparrow
22.7% 14.9% 7.8%
62   Tree Swallow
12.3% 14.5% 2.2%
63   Black-throated Blue Warbler
6.2% 13.8% 7.6%
64   Wood Thrush
8.1% 13.7% 5.6%
65   Cedar Waxwing
6.2% 13.3% 7.1%
66   Red-tailed Hawk
13.4% 13.3% 0.1%
67   Wood Duck
13.5% 13.0% 0.4%
68   Scarlet Tanager
4.4% 11.9% 7.5%
69   Belted Kingfisher
18.5% 11.8% 6.7%
70   Hooded Warbler
9.1% 11.4% 2.3%
71   Yellow-rumped Warbler
46.3% 11.3% 35.0%
72   Yellow-breasted Chat
2.8% 11.1% 8.4%
73   Red-headed Woodpecker
14.3% 10.7% 3.5%
74   Green Heron
6.9% 10.6% 3.7%
75   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1.1% 10.4% 9.3%
76   Purple Martin
6.3% 10.4% 4.1%
77   Bald Eagle
12.0% 10.3% 1.7%
78   House Wren
10.5% 9.6% 0.9%
79   Northern Flicker
13.9% 8.8% 5.1%
80   Eastern Meadowlark
6.8% 8.7% 1.9%
81   Hairy Woodpecker
9.0% 8.4% 0.6%
82   White-throated Sparrow
56.5% 8.4% 48.2%
83   Solitary Sandpiper
5.6% 8.1% 2.6%
84   Yellow Warbler
2.8% 8.1% 5.2%
85   Barred Owl
8.8% 7.8% 1.0%
86   Prairie Warbler
8.0% 7.6% 0.4%
87   Louisiana Waterthrush
10.3% 7.4% 2.9%
88   Blackpoll Warbler
0.3% 7.3% 7.0%
89   Northern Waterthrush
3.5% 7.0% 3.5%
90   Yellow-throated Vireo
5.7% 6.7% 1.0%
91   Rock Pigeon
5.6% 6.2% 0.6%
92   Swainson's Thrush
0.9% 6.0% 5.1%
93   Least Sandpiper
1.0% 5.5% 4.5%
94   Cliff Swallow
3.4% 5.4% 2.0%
95   House Sparrow
2.3% 3.7% 1.4%
96   Magnolia Warbler
0.2% 3.6% 3.4%
97   Field Sparrow
11.8% 3.6% 8.2%
98   Veery
1.4% 3.5% 2.1%
99   Bobolink
1.6% 3.2% 1.6%
100   Semipalmated Sandpiper
0.1% 3.2% 3.1%
101   Grasshopper Sparrow
1.6% 2.8% 1.2%
102   Cooper's Hawk
3.8% 2.7% 1.1%
103   Semipalmated Plover
0.2% 2.4% 2.2%
104   Kentucky Warbler
0.7% 2.3% 1.6%
105   Mississippi Kite
0.2% 2.3% 2.1%
106   Great Egret
2.6% 2.2% 0.3%
107   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1.3% 2.2% 0.9%
108   Swamp Sparrow
13.5% 2.1% 11.4%
109   Hooded Merganser
2.2% 1.8% 0.4%
110   Warbling Vireo
0.0% 1.6% 1.6%
111   Ring-billed Gull
7.3% 1.6% 5.7%
112   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
32.8% 1.6% 31.2%
113   Wild Turkey
1.8% 1.5% 0.3%
114   Chestnut-sided Warbler
0.2% 1.5% 1.3%
115   Lesser Yellowlegs
1.3% 1.4% 0.1%
116   Bank Swallow
0.3% 1.4% 1.1%
117   Red-necked Phalarope
0% 1.3% 1.3%
118   Muscovy Duck
0.9% 1.2% 0.3%
119   Blue-headed Vireo
4.3% 1.2% 3.1%
120   Greater Yellowlegs
0.7% 1.2% 0.5%
121   Savannah Sparrow
4.3% 1.2% 3.1%
122   Worm-eating Warbler
2.3% 1.2% 1.1%
123   Baltimore Oriole
0.6% 1.1% 0.4%
124   Horned Lark
1.1% 1.0% 0.0%
125   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
0.6% 1.0% 0.4%
126   Broad-winged Hawk
1.0% 0.9% 0.1%
127   Palm Warbler
8.6% 0.9% 7.7%
128   Caspian Tern
3.0% 0.8% 2.1%
129   Cape May Warbler
0.4% 0.8% 0.4%
130   Pine Siskin
3.6% 0.8% 2.9%
131   White-rumped Sandpiper
0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
132   American Kestrel
1.1% 0.7% 0.4%
133   Dickcissel
0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
134   Wilson's Warbler
0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
135   Dunlin
0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
136   Swainson's Warbler
0.3% 0.6% 0.3%
137   Black-throated Green Warbler
0.6% 0.6% 0.0%
138   Gray-cheeked Thrush
0.0% 0.5% 0.5%
139   Loggerhead Shrike
0.3% 0.5% 0.3%
140   Great Horned Owl
0.9% 0.5% 0.4%
141   Eastern Whip-poor-will
0.4% 0.5% 0.0%
142   Graylag Goose
0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
143   Bay-breasted Warbler
0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
144   Canada Warbler
0.0% 0.4% 0.4%
145   Ruddy Duck
2.9% 0.4% 2.5%
146   Blue-winged Teal
2.3% 0.4% 1.9%
147   Common Loon
0.6% 0.4% 0.2%
148   Northern Bobwhite
0.1% 0.4% 0.2%
149   Chuck-will's-widow
0.3% 0.4% 0.1%
150   Least Bittern
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
151   Hermit Thrush
8.2% 0.3% 7.8%
152   Northern Harrier
0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
153   Mute Swan
0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
154   Blue-winged Warbler
1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
155   Painted Bunting
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
156   Sharp-shinned Hawk
1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
157   Blackburnian Warbler
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
158   Anhinga
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
159   Snowy Egret
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
160   Pectoral Sandpiper
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
161   Laughing Gull
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
162   Black-billed Cuckoo
0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
163   Common Tern
0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
164   Willow Flycatcher
0% 0.2% 0.2%
165   Olive-sided Flycatcher
0% 0.2% 0.2%
166   Common Raven
0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
167   Red-breasted Merganser
0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
168   American Coot
1.0% 0.2% 0.8%
169   Western Sandpiper
0% 0.2% 0.2%
170   Common Nighthawk
0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
171   Black-bellied Plover
0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
172   Short-billed Dowitcher
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
173   Merlin
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
174   Bonaparte's Gull
3.8% 0.2% 3.7%
175   White-crowned Sparrow
0.5% 0.1% 0.3%
176   Black Tern
0% 0.1% 0.1%
177   Cattle Egret
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
178   American Bittern
1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
179   Ring-necked Duck
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
180   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
181   Pied-billed Grebe
2.4% 0.1% 2.3%
182   Tennessee Warbler
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
183   Red-breasted Nuthatch
0.9% 0.1% 0.8%
184   Black-necked Stilt
0% 0.1% 0.1%
185   Herring Gull
0.6% 0.1% 0.5%
186   Little Blue Heron
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
187   Northern Shoveler
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
188   American Woodcock
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
189   American Pipit
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
190   Ruddy Turnstone
0% 0.1% 0.1%
191   Tricolored Heron
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
192   Dark-eyed Junco
4.5% 0.1% 4.5%
193   Least Tern
0% 0.1% 0.1%
194   Whimbrel
0% 0.1% 0.1%
195   Lesser Scaup
0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
196   Horned Grebe
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
197   Common Gallinule
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
198   Black-crowned Night-Heron
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
199   Willet
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
200   Cerulean Warbler
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
201   Forster's Tern
0.3% 0.1% 0.2%
202   Glossy Ibis
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
203   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
204   Least Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
205   Wilson's Snipe
1.0% 0.0% 1.0%
206   Northern Pintail
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
207   Lincoln's Sparrow
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
208   American Black Duck
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
209   Virginia Rail
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
210   Sedge Wren
0.4% 0.0% 0.3%
211   Brown Creeper
0.4% 0.0% 0.3%
212   American Wigeon
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
213   Nashville Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
214   Rusty Blackbird
0.9% 0.0% 0.9%
215   Sanderling
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
216   Swallow-tailed Kite
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
217   Purple Finch
0.7% 0.0% 0.6%
218   Gadwall
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
219   Sora
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
220   Marsh Wren
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
221   Orange-crowned Warbler
0.3% 0.0% 0.3%
222   Lesser Black-backed Gull
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
223   Common Merganser
0% 0.0% 0.0%
224   Greater Scaup
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
225   Mourning Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
226   Peregrine Falcon
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
227   Stilt Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
228   American White Pelican
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
229   Alder Flycatcher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
230   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
231   Connecticut Warbler
0% 0.0% 0.0%
232   Redhead
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
233   American Avocet
0% 0.0% 0.0%
234   Golden-crowned Kinglet
0.8% 0.0% 0.8%
235   King Rail
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
236   Barn Owl
0% 0.0% 0.0%
237   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
238   Piping Plover
0% 0.0% 0.0%
239   Swan Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.