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

This page shows the top birding locations in May. 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	491	163
2		Yates Mill County Park	7.2	626	155
3		Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	681	154
4		Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	384	140
5		Sandy Creek Park	16.1	755	139
6		Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	201	137
7		Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	681	137
8		Schenck Forest	3.6	217	136
9		Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	314	135
10		Lake Johnson Park	4.2	309	133
11		Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	616	133
12		Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	513	131
13		Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	145	129
14		Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	76	127
15		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	86	126
16		Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	450	124
17		Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	28	123
18		Lake Lynn	7.7	211	123
19		Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	49	121
20		Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	233	121
21		Bond Park	2.7	199	121
22		Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	300	120
23		Lake Betz	7.3	285	119
24		Lake Raleigh	6.0	121	118
25		Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	126	116
26		Shelley Lake	8.1	134	115
27		Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	108	115
28		Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	129	113
29		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	70	113
30		Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	101	112
31		17 Acre Woods	18.0	134	111
32		Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	139	108
33		Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	62	107
34		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	34	107
35		American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	79	107
36		Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	111	106
37		Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	92	106
38		Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	152	106
39		Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	49	104
40		Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	35	104
41		Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	30	104
42		Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	17	104
43		William B. Umstead SP	5.4	54	103
44		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	41	102
45		Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	57	102
46		White Deer Park	11.6	64	102
47		Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	19	101
48		Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	57	101
49		Lake Wheeler	8.2	18	99
50		Falls Lake	15.1	22	99
51		Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	35	99
52		Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	54	99
53		University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	30	99
54		Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	76	99
55		Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	64	97
56		Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	89	97
57		Harris Lake County Park	14.0	73	97
58		White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	74	97
59		Raven Rock SP	23.9	53	96
60		Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	89	96
61		Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	77	95
62		Ritter Park	4.3	51	95
63		Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	65	95
64		Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	31	95
65		Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	17	94
66		Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	52	94
67		Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	15	94
68		William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	48	93
69		Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	23	92
70		Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	8	92
71		Lake Benson	11.9	35	92
72		Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	16	92
73		Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	53	92
74		Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	59	91
75		New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	27	91
76		E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	30	91
77		Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	66	90
78		North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	172	90
79		Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	70	90
80		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	10	90
81		Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	55	90
82		Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	20	90
83		Beaver Marsh	16.7	199	89
84		Fearrington Village	17.5	63	89
85		Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	39	89
86		Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	64	89
87		Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	26	88
88		Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	30	88
89		Apex Community Park	3.7	54	88
90		Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	48	88
91		Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	31	88
92		Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	52	88
93		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	12	88
94		Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	62	87
95		Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	22	87
96		Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	47	87
97		Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	17	87
98		Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	21	87
99		South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	49	87
100		Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	6	87
101		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	13	87
102		Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	4	87
103		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	11	86
104		Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	12	86
105		Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	29	85
106		White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	40	85
107		Merritt's Pasture	16.9	34	85
108		Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	10	85
109		Inwood Rd.	7.3	62	84
110		Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	23	84
111		Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	62	84
112		Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	43	84
113		Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	10	84
114		White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	26	84
115		Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	88	84
116		Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	16	83
117		Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	80	82
118		Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	12	82
119		Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	15	81
120		Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	30	81
121		Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	37	81
122		Parker Preserve	15.5	38	81
123		Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	23	80
124		Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	17	79
125		North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	27	78
126		Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	14	78
127		Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	68	78
128		Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	12	77
129		Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	47	77
130		Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	58	77
131		Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	20	76
132		Horace Williams Tract	19.1	29	76
133		William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	17	76
134		Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	20	76
135		DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	17	76
136		Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	32	76
137		NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	29	75
138		Little Creek Trail	15.3	9	75
139		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	4	74
140		West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	18	74
141		Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	14	74
142		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	7	73
143		North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	37	73
144		Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	10	73
145		Wendell Park	22.6	14	73
146		Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	10	73
147		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	7	72
148		Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	6	72
149		North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	27	72
150		Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	8	71
151		Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	16	71
152		Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	28	71
153		Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	8	70
154		AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	19	70
155		Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	28	70
156		New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	8	69
157		Leigh Farm Park	14.5	14	68
158		Baileywick Road Park	10.2	16	68
159		Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	18	68
160		Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	31	68
161		Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	20	68
162		Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	68
163		Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	33	67
164		Homestead Park	19.3	17	67
165		Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	30	67
166		Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	24	66
167		Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	8	66
168		Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	6	66
169		Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	25	66
170		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	5	65
171		Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	20	65
172		Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	4	65
173		Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	11	65
174		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	28	64
175		Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	15	64
176		Apex Nature Park	8.6	12	64
177		Dorothea Dix	6.6	12	63
178		Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	26	63
179		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	11	62
180		Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	16	62
181		Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	10	62
182		Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	6	62
183		Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	5	62
184		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	3	61
185		Indian Trail Park	18.1	15	61
186		Town Lake Park	23.4	23	61
187		William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	5	61
188		Williamson Preserve	19.2	8	61
189		Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	3	61
190		Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	10	61
191		Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	24	60
192		Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	27	60
193		Crowder District Park	6.8	17	60
194		Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	60
195		Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	18	59
196		Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	4	59
197		Higgins Greenway	1.2	17	59
198		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	7	59
199		Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	8	58
200		Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	40	58
201		Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	9	58
202		Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	6	58
203		Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	10	57
204		American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	6	57
205		Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	18	56
206		Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	8	56
207		stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	10	56
208		stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	26	56
209		Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	7	55
210		American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	11	55
211		North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	20	54
212		UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	38	53
213		Carpenter Park	5.1	11	53
214		Forest Ridge Park	16.5	12	53
215		North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	4	53
216		RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	8	52
217		Fallon park	8.1	13	52
218		Shiloh Greenway	5.1	11	52
219		American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	6	52
220		Hoffman Lake	2.4	6	51
221		J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	18	51
222		Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	3	51
223		East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	13	51
224		Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	4	51
225		Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	5	50
226		Salem Pond Park	4.5	10	50
227		Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	11	50
228		Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	13	50
229		Shaw Lake	9.9	5	50
230		North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	16	49
231		Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	55	49
232		Coker Pinetum	16.4	4	49
233		Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	21	48
234		Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	14	48
235		Northgate Park	17.2	17	47
236		Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	15	47
237		Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	7	46
238		South Durham WRF	13.3	9	46
239		Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	23	46
240		Historic Oak View Park	11.8	4	46
241		Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	4	46
242		Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	3	46
243		Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	3	45
244		Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	12	45
245		Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	9	44
246		Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	5	44
247		Carrboro High School	18.4	11	44
248		Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	5	44
249		Pullen Park	6.6	12	43
250		Cedar Falls Park	18.2	9	43
251		Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	5	43
252		Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	4	43
253		Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	4	42
254		Lee Game Land	22.6	3	42
255		Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	10	42
256		Strickland Park	8.9	11	42
257		Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	4	42
258		Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	42
259		Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	41
260		Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	3	41
261		Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	5	41
262		Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	6	41
263		Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	16	41
264		Duke Park	16.6	3	40
265		Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	7	40
266		Duke University--East Campus	16.6	15	39
267		Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	5	38
268		Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	2	38
269		Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	38
270		Forest Hills Park	15.0	9	38
271		Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	3	37
272		Eva Perry Library	4.2	3	36
273		Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	7	36
274		Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	5	35
275		Laurel Hill Park	5.4	3	35
276		Valley Springs Park	20.7	4	35
277		Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	6	35
278		Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	11	35
279		Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	2	35
280		Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	6	34
281		Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	2	34
282		Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	3	34
283		Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	2	34
284		Eastgate Park	9.5	8	33
285		Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	3	33
286		Cates Creek Park	25.0	2	33
287		Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	6	33
288		Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	4	32
289		Raftery Park	7.8	1	31
290		American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	3	31
291		Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	31
292		East Clayton Community Park	23.0	3	31
293		Heritage Lake	19.2	4	30
294		Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	3	30
295		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	29
296		Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	7	29
297		Camden Ave Pond	16.3	4	29
298		Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	3	28
299		Chandler's Swamp	16.9	11	28
300		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	4	28
301		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	7	27
302		Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	3	27
303		O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	27
304		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	4	27
305		Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	2	27
306		UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	7	26
307		Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	2	25
308		Rock Ridge Park	23.8	3	25
309		Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	3	25
310		American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	7	24
311		American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	24
312		Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	3	22
313		Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	5	22
314		American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft	12.3	1	22
315		Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	2	21
316		Leesville Park	7.5	2	21
317		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	21
318		West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	3	20
319		Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	19
320		Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	1	19
321		Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	3	19
322		Jack Marley Park	19.7	2	19
323		Walltown Park	17.3	1	18
324		Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	17
325		Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	3	16
326		American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	1	16
327		Bethesda Park	11.2	2	16
328		Berkshire Downs West Park	14.1	1	16
329		Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	7	15
330		Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	15
331		American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	2	15
332		Krzyzewskiville	16.8	2	14
333		Action Park	13.9	1	14
334		Morrisville Community Park	3.9	4	14
335		Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	3	13
336		Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	1	11
337		stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018)	19.0	1	11
338		Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	9
339		Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	2	7
340		Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	6
341		American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park	13.7	1	6
342		Greene Tract	20.0	1	5
343		American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road	12.9	1	4
344		American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	3	4
345		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	3
346		Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	3
347		William B. Umstead SP--Graylyn Trail	5.4	1	3
348		Greenview Ponds	7.6	3	2
349		Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	2
350		Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	2
351		Forgotten Pond	19.2	1	2
352		Cedar Hills Park	9.7	2	2
353		Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1
354		Durham Hotel Rooftop	15.7	1	1
355		Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	1
356		stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019)	18.4	1	1
357		Park West Village Greenway	2.4	1	1