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Top Locations in February
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

This page shows the top birding locations in February. The chart shows how many species can be found in the region for each month of the year as a measure of local "birdiness".

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Rank Map Location Distance Checklists Species
1 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 496 116
2 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 437 106
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 592 99
4 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 136 98
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 135 97
6 Lake Betz 7.3 240 97
7 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 85 96
8 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 382 95
9 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 122 95
10 Schenck Forest 3.6 208 93
11 Apex Community Park 3.7 176 92
12 Lake Raleigh 6.0 177 92
13 Lake Benson 11.9 86 89
14 Bond Park 2.7 142 86
15 Lake Lynn 7.7 127 84
16 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 323 83
17 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 129 83
18 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 114 82
19 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 54 82
20 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 389 82
21 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 171 82
22 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 79 82
23 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 22 81
24 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 134 81
25 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 52 81
26 Shelley Lake 8.1 135 80
27 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 99 80
28 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 70 80
29 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 67 79
30 Beaver Marsh 16.7 295 78
31 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 59 78
32 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 146 78
33 Lake Wheeler 8.2 44 77
34 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 35 77
35 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 68 77
36 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 132 77
37 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 15 75
38 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 60 75
39 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 75 74
40 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 96 73
41 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 20 73
42 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 74 73
43 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 13 71
44 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 49 71
45 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 31 69
46 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 176 69
47 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 16 68
48 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 59 67
49 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 23 67
50 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 15 66
51 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 80 66
52 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 34 66
53 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 34 66
54 Williamson Preserve 19.2 13 66
55 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 19 65
56 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 17 65
57 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 46 65
58 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 45 65
59 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 14 65
60 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 69 64
61 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 13 64
62 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 32 64
63 Ritter Park 4.3 22 63
64 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 25 63
65 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 93 62
66 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 18 62
67 Raven Rock SP 23.9 23 62
68 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 27 62
69 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 34 62
70 White Deer Park 11.6 43 62
71 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 73 61
72 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 35 60
73 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 34 60
74 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 95 60
75 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 54 60
76 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 33 60
77 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 21 59
78 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 17 59
79 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 15 59
80 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 59
81 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 58
82 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 17 57
83 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 57
84 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 51 56
85 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 10 56
86 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 39 56
87 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 18 56
88 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 60 56
89 Wendell Park 22.6 23 56
90 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 14 56
91 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 10 55
92 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 38 55
93 Little Creek Trail 15.3 9 55
94 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 65 55
95 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 13 55
96 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 6 55
97 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 83 54
98 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 54
99 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 9 54
100 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 39 54
101 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 4 54
102 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 28 53
103 17 Acre Woods 18.0 34 53
104 Inwood Rd. 7.3 49 53
105 Fearrington Village 17.5 21 53
106 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 28 53
107 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 28 53
108 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 52
109 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 70 52
110 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 12 52
111 Carpenter Park 5.1 17 52
112 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 11 52
113 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 21 52
114 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 18 51
115 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 13 51
116 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 16 51
117 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 26 51
118 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 10 51
119 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 44 51
120 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 51
121 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 13 50
122 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 16 50
123 Town Lake Park 23.4 17 50
124 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 28 50
125 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 9 50
126 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 50
127 Pullen Park 6.6 16 49
128 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 18 49
129 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 31 49
130 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 12 49
131 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 18 49
132 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 22 49
133 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 22 49
134 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 9 49
135 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 11 48
136 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 18 48
137 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 14 47
138 Salem Pond Park 4.5 17 47
139 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 47
140 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 47
141 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 47
142 Apex Nature Park 8.6 10 47
143 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 13 47
144 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 47
145 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 33 47
146 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 8 46
147 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 46
148 Dorothea Dix 6.6 10 46
149 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 16 46
150 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 26 45
151 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 20 45
152 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 44
153 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 20 44
154 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 21 44
155 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 7 44
156 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 44
157 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 15 43
158 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 16 43
159 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 43
160 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 18 43
161 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 10 43
162 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 14 43
163 Parker Preserve 15.5 13 43
164 Crowder District Park 6.8 18 42
165 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 11 42
166 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 11 42
167 Falls Lake 15.1 7 41
168 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 41
169 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 15 41
170 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 11 41
171 Jack Marley Park 19.7 8 41
172 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 39
173 Eastgate Park 9.5 10 39
174 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 5 39
175 Higgins Greenway 1.2 14 39
176 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 8 39
177 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 6 39
178 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 39
179 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 17 38
180 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 38
181 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 14 38
182 Northgate Park 17.2 13 38
183 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 38
184 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 4 38
185 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 6 38
186 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 12 37
187 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 11 37
188 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 37
189 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 12 37
190 Homestead Park 19.3 8 37
191 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 37
192 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 9 37
193 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 10 37
194 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 15 37
195 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 17 36
196 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 16 36
197 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 36
198 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 8 36
199 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 76 36
200 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 3 35
201 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 16 35
202 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 35
203 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 7 35
204 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 12 35
205 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 35
206 Greenview Ponds 7.6 4 34
207 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 34
208 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 8 34
209 Carrboro High School 18.4 8 34
210 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 19 34
211 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 6 33
212 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 12 33
213 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 8 33
214 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 33
215 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 8 32
216 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 32
217 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 32
218 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 13 32
219 Fallon park 8.1 14 32
220 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 32
221 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 3 32
222 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 32
223 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 32
224 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 32
225 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 11 32
226 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 13 31
227 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 31
228 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 31
229 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 2 30
230 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 30
231 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 5 30
232 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 15 30
233 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 4 30
234 Leesville Park 7.5 7 30
235 Forest Hills Park 15.0 4 30
236 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 5 29
237 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 29
238 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 29
239 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 29
240 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 29
241 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 29
242 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 4 28
243 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 4 28
244 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 2 28
245 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 28
246 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 5 27
247 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 27
248 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 27
249 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 5 27
250 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 5 27
251 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 27
252 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 26
253 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 4 26
254 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 3 26
255 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 4 26
256 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 3 26
257 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 26
258 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 26
259 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 6 26
260 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 25
261 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 25
262 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 4 25
263 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 24
264 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 3 24
265 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 23
266 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 23
267 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 4 23
268 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 23
269 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 4 22
270 Eden Lakes 23.7 5 22
271 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 6 22
272 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 7 22
273 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 22
274 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 4 21
275 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 21
276 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 4 20
277 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 20
278 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 19
279 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 19
280 Jaycee Park 6.6 2 19
281 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 4 18
282 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 18
283 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 18
284 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 18
285 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 18
286 Cates Creek Park 25.0 2 18
287 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 13 17
288 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 5 17
289 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 17
290 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 4 17
291 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 17
292 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 16
293 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 16
294 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 6 16
295 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 16
296 Eva Perry Library 4.2 3 16
297 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 16
298 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 3 15
299 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 2 15
300 Bethesda Park 11.2 1 15
301 Strickland Park 8.9 1 14
302 Lyon Park 15.6 2 14
303 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 9 13
304 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 13
305 Oberlin Cemetery 6.9 3 13
306 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 12
307 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 12
308 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 12
309 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 4 11
310 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 11
311 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 11
312 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 2 11
313 Walltown Park 17.3 1 11
314 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 1 11
315 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 2 10
316 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 10
317 Duke Park 16.6 2 10
318 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 10
319 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 2 10
320 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 9
321 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 5 9
322 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 9
323 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 2 9
324 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 9
325 Raftery Park 7.8 1 9
326 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 8
327 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 8
328 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 8
329 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 7
330 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 3 7
331 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 7
332 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 6
333 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 3 6
334 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 6
335 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 5
336 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 2 3
337 Forgotten Pond 19.2 1 3
338 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 2 3
339 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3
340 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 2 2
341 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2
342 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 1
343 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 1 1
344 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 1
345 American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park 13.7 1 1
346 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 2 1