Bird Finder

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

based on 12715 checklists in 385 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 the current month.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak April May Change Relative
1   Northern Cardinal
80.6% 79.4% 1.2% 1.0x
2   Carolina Wren
70.3% 70.0% 0.3% 1.0x
3   Tufted Titmouse
70.1% 64.7% 5.3% 0.9x
4   Carolina Chickadee
66.9% 60.5% 6.4% 0.9x
5   American Crow
56.4% 56.7% 0.2% 1.0x
6   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
62.2% 56.4% 5.7% 0.9x
7   Red-bellied Woodpecker
58.9% 55.2% 3.7% 0.9x
8   Red-eyed Vireo
29.6% 51.4% 21.8% 1.7x
9   Eastern Bluebird
48.0% 49.4% 1.4% 1.0x
10   Mourning Dove
46.4% 49.3% 2.9% 1.1x
11   Great Blue Heron
45.6% 48.0% 2.4% 1.1x
12   Great Crested Flycatcher
19.5% 48.0% 28.5% 2.5x
13   Indigo Bunting
11.8% 44.9% 33.0% 3.8x
14   Blue Jay
50.3% 44.4% 5.9% 0.9x
15   American Goldfinch
44.1% 43.5% 0.6% 1.0x
16   Canada Goose
49.4% 42.3% 7.1% 0.9x
17   Common Yellowthroat
33.1% 40.7% 7.6% 1.2x
18   Turkey Vulture
43.4% 39.4% 4.0% 0.9x
19   Downy Woodpecker
39.0% 39.3% 0.2% 1.0x
20   Pine Warbler
42.9% 39.0% 3.9% 0.9x
21   American Robin
43.1% 38.0% 5.0% 0.9x
22   Summer Tanager
13.8% 37.8% 24.0% 2.7x
23   Eastern Towhee
46.6% 37.8% 8.8% 0.8x
24   Chipping Sparrow
42.3% 37.2% 5.2% 0.9x
25   Common Grackle
28.0% 36.9% 8.9% 1.3x
26   Northern Parula
36.1% 36.3% 0.1% 1.0x
27   Brown-headed Cowbird
35.4% 35.8% 0.4% 1.0x
28   Eastern Phoebe
33.2% 34.0% 0.7% 1.0x
29   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
30.7% 33.3% 2.6% 1.1x
30   Fish Crow
35.4% 33.2% 2.2% 0.9x
31   White-eyed Vireo
36.0% 31.9% 4.0% 0.9x
32   Red-shouldered Hawk
32.5% 31.6% 0.9% 1.0x
33   Northern Mockingbird
28.7% 31.3% 2.6% 1.1x
34   Barn Swallow
18.9% 31.3% 12.4% 1.7x
35   Gray Catbird
19.6% 31.3% 11.7% 1.6x
36   Brown-headed Nuthatch
31.5% 30.6% 0.9% 1.0x
37   Mallard
31.3% 30.4% 0.9% 1.0x
38   Chimney Swift
13.4% 28.8% 15.4% 2.1x
39   House Finch
25.3% 27.2% 1.9% 1.1x
40   Red-winged Blackbird
25.7% 27.1% 1.4% 1.1x
41   Acadian Flycatcher
2.5% 26.7% 24.3% 10.7x
42   Eastern Kingbird
12.1% 26.4% 14.3% 2.2x
43   White-breasted Nuthatch
22.1% 23.6% 1.6% 1.1x
44   Blue Grosbeak
8.0% 23.4% 15.3% 2.9x
45   European Starling
21.8% 22.7% 0.9% 1.0x
46   American Redstart
8.3% 22.6% 14.2% 2.7x
47   Eastern Wood-Pewee
1.6% 21.7% 20.1% 13.5x
48   Black Vulture
19.9% 21.2% 1.3% 1.1x
49   Killdeer
16.7% 20.0% 3.3% 1.2x
50   Pileated Woodpecker
20.2% 19.4% 0.8% 1.0x
51   Double-crested Cormorant
26.7% 19.0% 7.6% 0.7x
52   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
8.5% 19.0% 10.5% 2.2x
53   Ovenbird
19.3% 18.7% 0.5% 1.0x
54   Brown Thrasher
20.9% 16.8% 4.1% 0.8x
55   Prothonotary Warbler
11.8% 16.5% 4.7% 1.4x
56   Spotted Sandpiper
7.7% 16.2% 8.5% 2.1x
57   Osprey
16.7% 15.5% 1.2% 0.9x
58   Black-and-white Warbler
14.4% 15.4% 1.1% 1.1x
59   Orchard Oriole
6.4% 15.2% 8.8% 2.4x
60   Yellow-throated Warbler
18.8% 14.8% 4.0% 0.8x
61   Black-throated Blue Warbler
6.6% 14.7% 8.1% 2.2x
62   Wood Thrush
8.1% 14.2% 6.1% 1.8x
63   Song Sparrow
22.0% 14.1% 7.8% 0.6x
64   Red-tailed Hawk
13.9% 14.1% 0.2% 1.0x
65   Tree Swallow
11.7% 13.2% 1.4% 1.1x
66   Cedar Waxwing
6.8% 13.0% 6.2% 1.9x
67   Wood Duck
13.8% 12.7% 1.1% 0.9x
68   Scarlet Tanager
4.3% 12.1% 7.8% 2.8x
69   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1.2% 12.1% 10.9% 10.2x
70   Belted Kingfisher
19.3% 12.0% 7.4% 0.6x
71   Yellow-rumped Warbler
47.5% 11.3% 36.3% 0.2x
72   Red-headed Woodpecker
14.1% 11.1% 2.9% 0.8x
73   Yellow-breasted Chat
2.6% 11.1% 8.5% 4.3x
74   Hooded Warbler
8.6% 11.0% 2.4% 1.3x
75   Green Heron
7.1% 10.7% 3.6% 1.5x
76   Bald Eagle
11.8% 10.4% 1.4% 0.9x
77   Purple Martin
6.0% 10.1% 4.1% 1.7x
78   Northern Flicker
14.1% 9.2% 4.9% 0.7x
79   House Wren
10.3% 9.2% 1.1% 0.9x
80   Hairy Woodpecker
8.9% 8.3% 0.6% 0.9x
81   Eastern Meadowlark
6.5% 8.3% 1.8% 1.3x
82   Barred Owl
8.8% 8.1% 0.7% 0.9x
83   Solitary Sandpiper
5.8% 8.0% 2.2% 1.4x
84   Yellow Warbler
2.7% 7.9% 5.2% 3.0x
85   Prairie Warbler
8.3% 7.7% 0.5% 0.9x
86   White-throated Sparrow
56.2% 7.5% 48.6% 0.1x
87   Blackpoll Warbler
0.3% 7.5% 7.2% 28.1x
88   Northern Waterthrush
3.7% 7.3% 3.7% 2.0x
89   Louisiana Waterthrush
10.0% 7.3% 2.7% 0.7x
90   Rock Pigeon
5.7% 6.6% 0.8% 1.1x
91   Swainson's Thrush
1.0% 6.5% 5.5% 6.7x
92   Yellow-throated Vireo
5.1% 6.4% 1.4% 1.3x
93   Cliff Swallow
3.3% 5.5% 2.3% 1.7x
94   Least Sandpiper
1.1% 5.2% 4.1% 4.7x
95   Field Sparrow
11.7% 3.7% 8.0% 0.3x
96   Magnolia Warbler
0.2% 3.7% 3.5% 19.4x
97   Veery
1.5% 3.5% 2.0% 2.3x
98   House Sparrow
2.5% 3.3% 0.8% 1.3x
99   Semipalmated Sandpiper
0.1% 3.1% 3.0% 34.5x
100   Bobolink
1.5% 3.0% 1.5% 2.0x
101   Grasshopper Sparrow
1.2% 2.9% 1.7% 2.4x
102   Cooper's Hawk
3.7% 2.7% 1.0% 0.7x
103   Great Egret
2.7% 2.4% 0.3% 0.9x
104   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1.4% 2.4% 0.9% 1.6x
105   Semipalmated Plover
0.2% 2.3% 2.1% 11.9x
106   Kentucky Warbler
0.7% 1.9% 1.3% 2.9x
107   Swamp Sparrow
13.4% 1.9% 11.5% 0.1x
108   Mississippi Kite
0.1% 1.9% 1.8% 16.1x
109   Ring-billed Gull
7.5% 1.8% 5.7% 0.2x
110   Warbling Vireo
0.0% 1.8% 1.8% 37.1x
111   crow sp.
1.6% 1.8% 0.2% 1.1x
112   Hooded Merganser
2.4% 1.7% 0.7% 0.7x
113   Chestnut-sided Warbler
0.2% 1.6% 1.4% 8.7x
114   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
32.6% 1.5% 31.1% 0.0x
115   Wild Turkey
1.7% 1.4% 0.3% 0.8x
116   Red-necked Phalarope
0% 1.4% 1.4% ∞
117   Lesser Yellowlegs
1.3% 1.4% 0.1% 1.1x
118   Muscovy Duck
1.0% 1.3% 0.4% 1.4x
119   Greater Yellowlegs
0.7% 1.3% 0.6% 1.8x
120   Bank Swallow
0.4% 1.2% 0.9% 3.4x
121   Savannah Sparrow
4.0% 1.2% 2.7% 0.3x
122   Horned Lark
1.1% 1.2% 0.1% 1.1x
123   swallow sp.
1.1% 1.2% 0.1% 1.1x
124   Worm-eating Warbler
2.4% 1.1% 1.3% 0.5x
125   Blue-headed Vireo
4.3% 1.1% 3.2% 0.3x
126   Caspian Tern
3.2% 1.0% 2.2% 0.3x
127   Baltimore Oriole
0.6% 1.0% 0.4% 1.7x
128   peep sp.
0.2% 0.9% 0.7% 4.3x
129   Palm Warbler
8.7% 0.9% 7.8% 0.1x
130   White-rumped Sandpiper
0.0% 0.9% 0.9% 128.0x
131   Pine Siskin
4.5% 0.9% 3.6% 0.2x
132   Broad-winged Hawk
0.9% 0.9% 0.0% 1.0x
133   Cape May Warbler
0.5% 0.8% 0.4% 1.8x
134   American Kestrel
1.1% 0.8% 0.4% 0.7x
135   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
0.4% 0.7% 0.3% 1.9x
136   Wilson's Warbler
0.0% 0.7% 0.7% 50.0x
137   Dunlin
0.2% 0.6% 0.4% 3.8x
138   Swainson's Warbler
0.0% 0.6% 0.5% 16.6x
139   Loggerhead Shrike
0.3% 0.6% 0.3% 2.2x
140   Black-throated Green Warbler
0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 1.0x
141   duck sp.
0.7% 0.6% 0.2% 0.7x
142   warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)
0.5% 0.5% 0.1% 1.2x
143   Gray-cheeked Thrush
0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 10.9x
144   hawk sp.
0.6% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
145   Great Horned Owl
0.9% 0.5% 0.4% 0.6x
146   Eastern Whip-poor-will
0.5% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0x
147   Bay-breasted Warbler
0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 22.1x
148   Common Loon
0.6% 0.5% 0.2% 0.7x
149   Canada Warbler
0.0% 0.5% 0.4% 21.7x
150   Graylag Goose
0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.7x
151   Least Bittern
0.0% 0.4% 0.4% 14.9x
152   Northern Harrier
0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.6x
153   Blue-winged Teal
2.5% 0.4% 2.1% 0.2x
154   Mute Swan
0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.6x
155   Chuck-will's-widow
0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 1.3x
156   Northern Bobwhite
0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 3.3x
157   Hermit Thrush
8.6% 0.3% 8.2% 0.0x
158   Sharp-shinned Hawk
1.1% 0.3% 0.8% 0.3x
159   Ruddy Duck
3.3% 0.3% 3.0% 0.1x
160   Laughing Gull
0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 5.0x
161   Black-billed Cuckoo
0.0% 0.3% 0.3% 43.8x
162   Anhinga
0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 2.8x
163   Common Tern
0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 4.7x
164   Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 1.0x
165   Blue-winged Warbler
1.3% 0.3% 1.0% 0.2x
166   Willow Flycatcher
0% 0.3% 0.3% ∞
167   Empidonax sp.
0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 4.9x
168   Blackburnian Warbler
0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 1.4x
169   Olive-sided Flycatcher
0% 0.3% 0.3% ∞
170   Buteo sp.
0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 1.4x
171   Snowy Egret
0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 2.0x
172   Red-breasted Merganser
0.7% 0.2% 0.5% 0.3x
173   American Coot
1.1% 0.2% 0.8% 0.2x
174   Western Sandpiper
0% 0.2% 0.2% ∞
175   Black-bellied Plover
0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 10.1x
176   Pectoral Sandpiper
0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.9x
177   new world sparrow sp.
0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5x
178   Common Nighthawk
0.0% 0.2% 0.2% 14.6x
179   Short-billed Dowitcher
0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 2.7x
180   Common Raven
0.4% 0.2% 0.2% 0.5x
181   Merlin
0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.6x
182   Catharus sp.
0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 2.1x
183   White-crowned Sparrow
0.5% 0.2% 0.3% 0.4x
184   Cattle Egret
0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.9x
185   passerine sp.
0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.8x
186   Black Tern
0% 0.2% 0.2% ∞
187   Ring-necked Duck
0.4% 0.1% 0.3% 0.3x
188   American Bittern
1.2% 0.1% 1.0% 0.1x
189   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8x
190   Black-necked Stilt
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
191   Bonaparte's Gull
3.8% 0.1% 3.7% 0.0x
192   Tennessee Warbler
0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 2.2x
193   Red-breasted Nuthatch
1.1% 0.1% 1.0% 0.1x
194   woodpecker sp.
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.1x
195   Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8x
196   Herring Gull
0.6% 0.1% 0.5% 0.2x
197   Little Blue Heron
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8x
198   Northern Shoveler
0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.5x
199   Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 3.6x
200   new world vulture sp.
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 1.0x
201   Summer/Scarlet Tanager
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 2.4x
202   Ruddy Turnstone
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
203   Pied-billed Grebe
2.6% 0.1% 2.5% 0.0x
204   Tricolored Heron
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 6.7x
205   gull sp.
0.5% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2x
206   Accipiter sp.
0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4x
207   American Woodcock
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7x
208   vireo sp.
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.9x
209   American Pipit
0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4x
210   Least Tern
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
211   Whimbrel
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
212   Dickcissel
0% 0.1% 0.1% ∞
213   Horned Grebe
0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3x
214   Common Gallinule
0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 3.7x
215   Willet
0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 2.5x
216   Black-crowned Night-Heron
0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7x
217   shorebird sp.
0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 1.4x
218   Lesser Scaup
0.7% 0.1% 0.7% 0.1x
219   Glossy Ibis
0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 3.0x
220   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 1.3x
221   Least Flycatcher
0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 2.0x
222   Forster's Tern
0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2x
223   Wilson's Snipe
1.0% 0.1% 1.0% 0.1x
224   Dark-eyed Junco
4.7% 0.0% 4.6% 0.0x
225   Cerulean Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4x
226   American Black Duck