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.
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Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | April | May | Change | |
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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 |
|