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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	521	145
2		Yates Mill County Park	7.2	648	136
3		Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	232	128
4		Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	531	125
5		Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	174	123
6		Schenck Forest	3.6	194	118
7		Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	428	117
8		Sandy Creek Park	16.1	617	116
9		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	74	115
10		Lake Johnson Park	4.2	252	113
11		Lake Lynn	7.7	182	113
12		Lake Raleigh	6.0	130	113
13		Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	169	109
14		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	118	108
15		Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	312	108
16		Lake Betz	7.3	285	108
17		American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	113	108
18		Harris Lake County Park	14.0	97	104
19		Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	88	104
20		Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	118	102
21		Beaver Marsh	16.7	416	101
22		Lake Benson	11.9	71	100
23		Apex Community Park	3.7	129	98
24		Bond Park	2.7	179	98
25		Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	251	98
26		Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	199	97
27		Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	82	96
28		William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	119	95
29		Shelley Lake	8.1	125	95
30		Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	109	94
31		Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	79	94
32		Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	159	92
33		Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	56	90
34		Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	59	88
35		Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	80	88
36		Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	25	88
37		William B. Umstead SP	5.4	50	87
38		Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	54	86
39		Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	29	86
40		Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	86	86
41		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	30	86
42		Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	36	85
43		Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	46	85
44		Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	84	84
45		Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	35	84
46		Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	70	84
47		Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	76	84
48		New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	36	83
49		Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	40	83
50		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	14	83
51		White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	53	83
52		Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	17	82
53		Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	48	81
54		Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	70	81
55		Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	73	80
56		Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	68	79
57		Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	16	78
58		Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	63	78
59		Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	22	78
60		Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	26	77
61		Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	26	77
62		Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	77	77
63		Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	34	77
64		Ritter Park	4.3	74	76
65		Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	34	76
66		Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	33	76
67		Fearrington Village	17.5	44	76
68		Lake Wheeler	8.2	34	75
69		Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	117	75
70		Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	36	75
71		William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	19	75
72		White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	28	74
73		Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	52	74
74		Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	35	73
75		Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	26	73
76		Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	40	73
77		Raven Rock SP	23.9	35	72
78		17 Acre Woods	18.0	53	72
79		Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	21	72
80		White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	36	71
81		Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	9	70
82		North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	139	70
83		Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	41	70
84		Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	9	69
85		North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	42	69
86		Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	47	69
87		Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	53	68
88		Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	22	68
89		Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	55	68
90		Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	10	68
91		Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	32	68
92		Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	10	68
93		Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	18	67
94		Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	42	66
95		Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	17	66
96		AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	20	66
97		E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	22	66
98		Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	19	66
99		American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	17	66
100		Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	26	65
101		Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	8	65
102		Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	41	65
103		UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	87	64
104		Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	16	64
105		Wendell Park	22.6	22	64
106		Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	45	64
107		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	4	63
108		Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	48	63
109		Williamson Preserve	19.2	14	63
110		Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	36	62
111		Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	19	62
112		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	11	62
113		Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	39	62
114		Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	26	61
115		Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	12	61
116		Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	8	61
117		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	12	61
118		Inwood Rd.	7.3	28	60
119		Town Lake Park	23.4	27	60
120		Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	17	60
121		Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	43	60
122		Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	8	60
123		Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	15	59
124		North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	25	59
125		Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	15	59
126		Merritt's Pasture	16.9	24	59
127		Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	11	59
128		Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	38	58
129		Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	18	58
130		Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	26	58
131		Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	7	58
132		White Deer Park	11.6	23	58
133		Parker Preserve	15.5	32	58
134		Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	14	57
135		North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	32	57
136		Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	11	57
137		Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	14	57
138		Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	9	56
139		New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	11	56
140		Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	23	56
141		Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	28	56
142		Little Creek Trail	15.3	10	56
143		Apex Nature Park	8.6	9	56
144		Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	6	56
145		Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	17	56
146		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	9	55
147		Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	62	55
148		Horace Williams Tract	19.1	19	54
149		North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	60	54
150		Baileywick Road Park	10.2	13	54
151		Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	23	54
152		South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	26	53
153		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	53
154		Laurel Hill Park	5.4	14	53
155		Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	13	53
156		Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	10	53
157		University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	15	52
158		North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	15	52
159		Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	21	52
160		Higgins Greenway	1.2	15	52
161		Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	18	52
162		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	22	51
163		American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	6	51
164		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	6	51
165		Carpenter Park	5.1	9	51
166		Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	2	51
167		Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	23	51
168		Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	15	50
169		Crowder District Park	6.8	21	50
170		Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	18	50
171		Homestead Park	19.3	9	49
172		Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	10	49
173		Chandler's Swamp	16.9	13	49
174		Shiloh Greenway	5.1	8	49
175		stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	30	49
176		Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	12	48
177		Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	4	48
178		Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	8	48
179		Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	6	47
180		East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	14	46
181		Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	9	45
182		Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	18	45
183		Forest Ridge Park	16.5	9	45
184		Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	25	45
185		Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	45
186		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	5	44
187		Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	9	44
188		Eden Lakes	23.7	3	44
189		Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	8	44
190		Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	9	44
191		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	7	43
192		Leigh Farm Park	14.5	9	43
193		Hoffman Lake	2.4	5	43
194		Northgate Park	17.2	19	43
195		Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	4	43
196		Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	5	43
197		Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	8	43
198		Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	6	43
199		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	6	43
200		Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	93	43
201		Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	6	43
202		Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	42
203		Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	3	42
204		Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	9	42
205		Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	42
206		Dorothea Dix	6.6	8	41
207		American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	6	41
208		Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	17	41
209		Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	11	41
210		Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	7	41
211		Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	9	40
212		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	17	40
213		Salem Pond Park	4.5	8	40
214		Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	7	40
215		Pullen Park	6.6	12	39
216		Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	7	39
217		Falls Lake	15.1	7	39
218		NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	13	39
219		Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	8	39
220		Duke University--East Campus	16.6	28	39
221		Cedar Falls Park	18.2	13	39
222		Fallon park	8.1	4	39
223		Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	6	38
224		J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	10	38
225		Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	8	38
226		Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	4	38
227		Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	5	38
228		Jack Marley Park	19.7	3	38
229		Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	10	38
230		Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	4	37
231		Shaw Lake	9.9	2	37
232		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	8	36
233		Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	36
234		O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	4	36
235		Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	4	36
236		Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	2	35
237		Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	7	35
238		Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	4	35
239		Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	3	35
240		Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	34
241		West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	8	34
242		Historic Oak View Park	11.8	4	34
243		Rock Ridge Park	23.8	7	34
244		American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	3	34
245		Walltown Park	17.3	6	34
246		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	4	33
247		Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	2	33
248		American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	4	33
249		Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	2	33
250		Cedar Hills Park	9.7	3	33
251		Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	2	32
252		Eastgate Park	9.5	6	31
253		Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	6	30
254		Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	6	30
255		Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	30
256		Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	6	29
257		Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	4	29
258		Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	5	29
259		Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	9	29
260		Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	4	29
261		Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	29
262		Leesville Park	7.5	2	29
263		Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	2	29
264		Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	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		Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	4	27
270		Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	4	27
271		Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	2	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		Mount Hope Cemetery	7.8	2	26
277		Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	26
278		Duke Park	16.6	4	25
279		Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	2	25
280		American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road	11.4	2	25
281		Strickland Park	8.9	1	25
282		South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	3	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		Krzyzewskiville	16.8	8	23
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		Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	5	22
291		Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	2	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		Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	4	21
297		Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	21
298		Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	4	21
299		American Tobacco Trail--O'Kelly Chapel Road	9.0	3	21
300		Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	6	20
301		Lyon Park	15.6	3	20
302		Millbrook Exchange Park	11.1	1	20
303		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	19
304		Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court	15.1	4	19
305		Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	19
306		Morrisville Community Park	3.9	6	19
307		American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	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		Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	16
315		Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	2	16
316		Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	2	16
317		Greenview Ponds	7.6	5	15
318		Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	14
319		Forest Hills Park	15.0	2	13
320		The Hamner Institutes	8.7	2	12
321		Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	2	12
322		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	11
323		Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	2	11
324		Camden Ave Pond	16.3	3	11
325		Twin Lakes Park	14.5	2	11
326		Berkshire Downs West Park	14.1	1	11
327		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
328		American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road	12.9	1	9
329		Eva Perry Library	4.2	3	9
330		Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	8
331		Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	7
332		Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	2	7
333		American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park	13.7	1	7
334		Durham Hotel Rooftop	15.7	2	6
335		Bethesda Park	11.2	1	6
336		Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	2	5
337		Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	1	5
338		Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	4
339		Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	1	4
340		stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019)	18.4	1	4
341		Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	2	3
342		Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	3
343		Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	2	3
344		West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	3	2
345		Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	2
346		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	2
347		Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	1
348		Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1
349		Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	1