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

This page shows the top birding locations in March. 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	524	131
2		Yates Mill County Park	7.2	649	123
3		Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	232	116
4		Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	174	112
5		Schenck Forest	3.6	194	111
6		Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	532	109
7		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	74	106
8		Lake Johnson Park	4.2	252	106
9		Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	428	106
10		Lake Raleigh	6.0	131	106
11		Sandy Creek Park	16.1	617	102
12		Lake Lynn	7.7	182	102
13		Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	169	102
14		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	118	100
15		Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	312	98
16		Lake Betz	7.3	285	98
17		Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	88	97
18		American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	113	97
19		Harris Lake County Park	14.0	97	96
20		Lake Benson	11.9	71	96
21		Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	118	95
22		Apex Community Park	3.7	129	94
23		Bond Park	2.7	179	94
24		Beaver Marsh	16.7	416	92
25		Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	159	91
26		Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	82	90
27		William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	119	89
28		Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	56	88
29		Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	199	88
30		Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	79	88
31		Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	251	88
32		Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	25	88
33		Shelley Lake	8.1	125	87
34		Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	109	87
35		William B. Umstead SP	5.4	50	85
36		Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	54	84
37		Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	59	84
38		Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	36	82
39		Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	29	82
40		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	31	82
41		Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	40	82
42		Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	35	82
43		Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	70	82
44		Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	17	81
45		Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	80	81
46		Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	86	81
47		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	14	81
48		Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	84	80
49		Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	46	80
50		Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	48	79
51		Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	73	79
52		White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	53	79
53		Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	70	78
54		New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	36	78
55		Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	76	78
56		Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	68	77
57		Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	26	77
58		Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	22	77
59		Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	26	76
60		Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	16	76
61		Fearrington Village	17.5	44	76
62		Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	118	74
63		Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	36	74
64		Ritter Park	4.3	74	74
65		Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	77	74
66		William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	19	74
67		Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	63	74
68		Lake Wheeler	8.2	34	73
69		Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	34	73
70		Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	33	73
71		Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	34	73
72		White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	28	72
73		Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	21	71
74		Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	40	71
75		Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	52	71
76		Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	35	70
77		Raven Rock SP	23.9	35	70
78		17 Acre Woods	18.0	53	70
79		Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	26	69
80		White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	37	69
81		Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	9	69
82		North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	42	69
83		Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	10	68
84		Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	41	68
85		Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	53	67
86		Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	9	67
87		Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	47	67
88		Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	32	67
89		Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	10	67
90		North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	139	66
91		Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	17	66
92		Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	55	65
93		AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	20	65
94		American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	17	65
95		Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	18	64
96		Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	16	64
97		Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	41	64
98		Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	22	63
99		Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	8	63
100		E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	22	63
101		Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	19	63
102		Williamson Preserve	19.2	14	63
103		Wendell Park	22.6	22	63
104		Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	45	63
105		Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	42	62
106		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	4	62
107		Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	39	62
108		Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	36	61
109		Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	48	61
110		UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	87	60
111		Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	26	60
112		Inwood Rd.	7.3	28	60
113		Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	19	60
114		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	11	60
115		Town Lake Park	23.4	27	60
116		Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	17	60
117		Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	43	60
118		Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	13	59
119		Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	15	59
120		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	12	59
121		White Deer Park	11.6	23	58
122		Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	8	58
123		Parker Preserve	15.5	32	58
124		Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	8	58
125		Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	15	57
126		North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	25	57
127		Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	38	57
128		Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	11	57
129		Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	26	57
130		Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	14	57
131		Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	7	57
132		Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	11	57
133		Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	14	56
134		Little Creek Trail	15.3	10	56
135		Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	6	56
136		Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	27	55
137		North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	32	55
138		Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	18	55
139		Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	9	55
140		New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	11	55
141		Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	28	55
142		Apex Nature Park	8.6	9	55
143		Merritt's Pasture	16.9	24	55
144		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	9	54
145		Baileywick Road Park	10.2	13	54
146		Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	17	54
147		Horace Williams Tract	19.1	19	53
148		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	53
149		Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	23	53
150		Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	13	53
151		Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	23	53
152		Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	10	53
153		North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	60	52
154		Laurel Hill Park	5.4	14	52
155		University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	15	52
156		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	22	51
157		North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	15	51
158		Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	18	51
159		Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	2	51
160		Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	23	51
161		South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	26	50
162		Crowder District Park	6.8	21	50
163		American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	6	50
164		Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	18	50
165		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	6	50
166		Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	21	50
167		Carpenter Park	5.1	9	50
168		Higgins Greenway	1.2	15	49
169		Shiloh Greenway	5.1	8	49
170		Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	12	48
171		Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	4	48
172		Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	8	48
173		Homestead Park	19.3	9	48
174		Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	10	48
175		stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	30	48
176		Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	15	47
177		Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	6	47
178		Chandler's Swamp	16.9	13	47
179		East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	14	46
180		Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	9	45
181		Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	26	45
182		Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	45
183		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	5	44
184		Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	9	44
185		Eden Lakes	23.7	3	44
186		Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	18	44
187		Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	9	44
188		Forest Ridge Park	16.5	9	44
189		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	7	43
190		Hoffman Lake	2.4	5	43
191		Northgate Park	17.2	19	43
192		Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	8	43
193		Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	4	43
194		Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	8	43
195		Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	6	43
196		Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	93	43
197		Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	6	43
198		Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	6	43
199		Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	42
200		Leigh Farm Park	14.5	9	42
201		Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	3	42
202		Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	5	42
203		Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	42
204		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	6	42
205		Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	9	41
206		Dorothea Dix	6.6	8	41
207		American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	6	41
208		Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	11	41
209		Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	7	41
210		Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	7	40
211		Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	9	39
212		NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	13	39
213		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	17	39
214		Salem Pond Park	4.5	8	39
215		Duke University--East Campus	16.6	28	39
216		Cedar Falls Park	18.2	13	39
217		Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	17	39
218		Pullen Park	6.6	12	38
219		Falls Lake	15.1	7	38
220		Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	6	38
221		Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	8	38
222		J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	10	38
223		Fallon park	8.1	4	38
224		Jack Marley Park	19.7	3	38
225		Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	10	38
226		Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	8	37
227		Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	5	37
228		Shaw Lake	9.9	2	37
229		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	8	36
230		Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	36
231		Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	4	36
232		Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	4	36
233		Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	4	35
234		Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	3	35
235		Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	34
236		Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	7	34
237		Historic Oak View Park	11.8	4	34
238		Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	4	34
239		Rock Ridge Park	23.8	7	34
240		American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	3	34
241		Walltown Park	17.3	6	34
242		Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	7	34
243		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	4	33
244		West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	8	33
245		O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	4	33
246		Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	2	33
247		American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	4	33
248		Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	2	33
249		Cedar Hills Park	9.7	3	33
250		Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	2	32
251		Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	2	31
252		Eastgate Park	9.5	6	30
253		Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	6	30
254		Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	30
255		Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	6	29
256		Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	4	29
257		Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	9	29
258		Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	4	29
259		Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	29
260		Leesville Park	7.5	2	29
261		Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	2	29
262		Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	6	28
263		Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	6	28
264		Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	6	28
265		William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	4	28
266		Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	28
267		North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	28
268		Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	28
269		Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	5	27
270		Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	4	27
271		Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	4	27
272		Indian Trail Park	18.1	3	26
273		Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	2	26
274		Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	2	26
275		Carrboro High School	18.4	5	26
276		Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	26
277		Mount Hope Cemetery	7.8	2	25
278		American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road	11.4	2	25
279		Strickland Park	8.9	1	25
280		Duke Park	16.6	4	24
281		South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	3	24
282		Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	2	24
283		Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	4	24
284		Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	2	24
285		Higgins Park	1.8	2	24
286		Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	2	24
287		Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	23
288		Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	4	23
289		Cates Creek Park	25.0	2	23
290		Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	2	22
291		Krzyzewskiville	16.8	8	22
292		Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	4	22
293		UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	11	22
294		American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft	12.3	2	22
295		American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	4	22
296		Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	5	21
297		Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	4	21
298		Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	4	20
299		Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	20
300		Lyon Park	15.6	3	20
301		Millbrook Exchange Park	11.1	1	20
302		Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	6	19
303		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	19
304		American Tobacco Trail--O'Kelly Chapel Road	9.0	3	19
305		Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court	15.1	4	19
306		Morrisville Community Park	3.9	6	19
307		Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	18
308		Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	2	17
309		Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	17
310		American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	4	17
311		Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	17
312		Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	16
313		Valley Springs Park	20.7	2	16
314		American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	1	16
315		Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	16
316		Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	2	16
317		Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	2	16
318		Greenview Ponds	7.6	5	15
319		Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	14
320		Forest Hills Park	15.0	2	13
321		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	11
322		Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	2	11
323		Camden Ave Pond	16.3	3	11
324		Twin Lakes Park	14.5	2	11
325		Berkshire Downs West Park	14.1	1	11
326		Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	1	11
327		American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road	12.9	1	9
328		Eva Perry Library	4.2	3	9
329		Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	8
330		Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	7
331		Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	2	7
332		American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park	13.7	1	7
333		Durham Hotel Rooftop	15.7	2	6
334		Bethesda Park	11.2	1	6
335		Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	1	5
336		Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	4
337		Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	1	4
338		Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	2	4
339		stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019)	18.4	1	4
340		Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	2	3
341		Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	3
342		Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	2	3
343		West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	3	2
344		Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	2
345		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	2
346		Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	1
347		Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1
348		Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	1