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

This page shows the top birding locations in August. 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 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 216 138
2 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 202 136
3 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 203 126
4 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 215 121
5 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 450 116
6 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 306 113
7 Schenck Forest 3.6 84 108
8 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 137 108
9 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 87 106
10 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 315 106
11 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 495 106
12 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 231 104
13 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 242 104
14 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 32 101
15 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 25 97
16 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 42 95
17 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 43 94
18 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 21 93
19 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 15 92
20 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 183 92
21 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 130 91
22 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 44 91
23 Lake Lynn 7.7 143 91
24 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 107 91
25 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 158 91
26 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 12 90
27 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 287 90
28 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 184 90
29 Lake Betz 7.3 206 89
30 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 47 88
31 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 50 88
32 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 16 81
33 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 59 80
34 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 50 80
35 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 92 80
36 Falls Lake 15.1 28 79
37 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 12 79
38 Bond Park 2.7 100 79
39 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 18 79
40 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 30 78
41 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 74 77
42 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 29 77
43 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 14 76
44 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 112 75
45 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 68 75
46 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 159 74
47 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 27 73
48 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 15 73
49 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 30 72
50 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 15 72
51 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 40 71
52 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 11 71
53 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 27 70
54 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 58 70
55 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 51 69
56 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 69
57 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 61 69
58 Shelley Lake 8.1 70 68
59 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 68
60 Town Lake Park 23.4 64 68
61 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 35 68
62 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 61 68
63 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 56 67
64 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 26 66
65 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 29 66
66 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 34 66
67 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 25 66
68 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 10 65
69 Lake Benson 11.9 26 65
70 Lake Raleigh 6.0 31 65
71 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 19 64
72 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 93 64
73 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 7 63
74 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 15 63
75 Beaver Marsh 16.7 146 63
76 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 33 63
77 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 39 63
78 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 13 62
79 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 49 62
80 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 23 60
81 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 76 60
82 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 14 60
83 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 29 60
84 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 9 60
85 Lake Wheeler 8.2 35 59
86 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 10 59
87 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 59
88 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 17 59
89 Fearrington Village 17.5 16 58
90 White Deer Park 11.6 22 58
91 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 19 57
92 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 16 57
93 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 24 57
94 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 27 57
95 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 57
96 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 15 56
97 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 25 56
98 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 46 56
99 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 19 56
100 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 29 55
101 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 15 55
102 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 6 54
103 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 23 54
104 Raven Rock SP 23.9 14 53
105 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 17 53
106 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 50 53
107 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 35 53
108 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 13 53
109 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 31 52
110 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 7 52
111 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 22 52
112 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 72 52
113 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 15 51
114 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 17 51
115 Dorothea Dix 6.6 20 51
116 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 30 50
117 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 11 50
118 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 50
119 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 8 50
120 17 Acre Woods 18.0 27 49
121 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 49
122 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 10 49
123 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 10 49
124 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 47 49
125 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 13 48
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 48
127 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 34 48
128 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 11 48
129 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 28 48
130 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 12 47
131 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 11 47
132 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 22 47
133 Homestead Park 19.3 8 47
134 Wendell Park 22.6 11 47
135 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 3 47
136 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 27 46
137 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 10 46
138 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 13 46
139 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 11 46
140 Inwood Rd. 7.3 22 46
141 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 12 46
142 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 11 46
143 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 17 45
144 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 17 45
145 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 12 45
146 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 8 45
147 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 44
148 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 17 43
149 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 43
150 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 43
151 Apex Nature Park 8.6 6 43
152 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 14 42
153 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 11 42
154 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 6 42
155 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 42
156 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 42
157 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 4 42
158 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 5 42
159 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 42
160 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 16 41
161 Crowder District Park 6.8 16 41
162 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 41
163 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 13 41
164 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 41
165 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 23 40
166 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 12 40
167 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 9 40
168 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 21 39
169 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 7 39
170 Parker Preserve 15.5 18 39
171 Ritter Park 4.3 13 38
172 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 48 38
173 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 38
174 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 4 38
175 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 38
176 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 7 37
177 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 9 37
178 Salem Pond Park 4.5 6 37
179 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 23 37
180 Pullen Park 6.6 8 36
181 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 6 36
182 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 36
183 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 14 36
184 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 36
185 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 12 35
186 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 4 35
187 Higgins Greenway 1.2 7 35
188 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 11 35
189 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 14 35
190 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 9 34
191 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 34
192 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 8 34
193 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 34
194 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 8 34
195 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 8 33
196 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 33
197 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 7 33
198 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 32
199 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 8 32
200 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 5 32
201 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 20 31
202 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 10 31
203 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 31
204 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 30
205 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 29
206 Northgate Park 17.2 5 29
207 Indian Trail Park 18.1 11 28
208 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 28
209 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 6 28
210 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 8 28
211 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 66 28
212 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 8 27
213 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 27
214 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 27
215 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 7 27
216 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 27
217 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 8 26
218 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 13 26
219 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 26
220 Eastgate Park 9.5 4 26
221 Strickland Park 8.9 7 26
222 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 26
223 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 26
224 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 4 25
225 Carpenter Park 5.1 6 25
226 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 25
227 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 25
228 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 24
229 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 24
230 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 24
231 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 3 24
232 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 2 24
233 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 24
234 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 23
235 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 23
236 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 4 23
237 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 6 23
238 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 3 23
239 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 23
240 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 23
241 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 23
242 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 4 22
243 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 21
244 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 21
245 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 21
246 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 21
247 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 3 21
248 Lyon Park 15.6 3 21
249 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 20
250 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 2 20
251 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 9 19
252 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 18
253 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 18
254 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 18
255 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 18
256 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 18
257 South Durham WRF 13.3 3 17
258 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 17
259 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 3 17
260 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 4 16
261 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 16
262 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 15
263 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 15
264 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 2 15
265 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 15
266 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 14
267 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 14
268 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 14
269 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 13
270 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 13
271 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 13
272 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 2 13
273 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 12
274 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 12
275 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 12
276 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 2 12
277 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 12
278 Action Park 13.9 1 12
279 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 11
280 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 11
281 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 11
282 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 10
283 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 4 10
284 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 5 10
285 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 10
286 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 9
287 Leesville Park 7.5 2 9
288 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 9
289 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 4 9
290 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 3 9
291 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 8
292 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 8
293 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 8
294 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 8
295 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 3 8
296 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 8
297 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7
298 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 6 7
299 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 7
300 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 5 7
301 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 4 6
302 Heritage Lake 19.2 2 6
303 Duke Park 16.6 2 6
304 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 6
305 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 4
306 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 4
307 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 2 4
308 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 4
309 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3
310 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 3
311 Bethesda Park 11.2 1 3
312 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 3
313 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2
314 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 3 2
315 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 1
316 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 1
317 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1
318 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1
319 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1
320 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1