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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