Bird Finder

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

This page shows the top birding locations in September. 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	497	167
2		Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	223	166
3		Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	132	161
4		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	164	161
5		Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	1701	145
6		Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	105	140
7		Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	411	138
8		Schenck Forest	3.6	195	137
9		Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	311	136
10		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	56	135
11		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	263	134
12		Lake Lynn	7.7	577	133
13		Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	130	132
14		Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	232	124
15		Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	337	120
16		Sandy Creek Park	16.1	413	119
17		Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	248	119
18		Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	64	117
19		Yates Mill County Park	7.2	296	116
20		Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	136	115
21		Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	141	114
22		Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	83	111
23		Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	181	111
24		Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	43	109
25		Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	176	108
26		Bond Park	2.7	181	108
27		E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	64	108
28		William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	83	107
29		Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	86	107
30		Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	55	106
31		Lake Johnson Park	4.2	192	106
32		Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	156	106
33		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	26	105
34		Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	181	101
35		Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	109	100
36		Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	31	99
37		Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	104	99
38		Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	163	99
39		Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	25	98
40		Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	33	98
41		Lake Betz	7.3	231	98
42		Harris Lake County Park	14.0	64	96
43		Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	23	95
44		17 Acre Woods	18.0	95	93
45		Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	33	93
46		Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	83	92
47		Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	21	92
48		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	48	91
49		Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	49	90
50		Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	32	89
51		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	11	89
52		Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	39	89
53		Shelley Lake	8.1	81	89
54		Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	7	88
55		Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	25	87
56		Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	18	86
57		Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	77	86
58		Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	33	85
59		Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	52	85
60		Lake Raleigh	6.0	46	84
61		Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	19	82
62		Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	58	82
63		Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	12	82
64		Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	28	81
65		Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	86	80
66		Apex Community Park	3.7	48	80
67		North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	39	80
68		Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	63	80
69		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	11	79
70		American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	69	79
71		Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	18	78
72		Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	28	78
73		Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	45	78
74		North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	98	77
75		Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	47	77
76		DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	22	76
77		White Deer Park	11.6	31	76
78		Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	39	75
79		Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	34	75
80		Raven Rock SP	23.9	26	74
81		Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	37	74
82		Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	36	74
83		William B. Umstead SP	5.4	27	73
84		Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	18	73
85		Beaver Marsh	16.7	148	73
86		Williamson Preserve	19.2	18	73
87		White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	27	72
88		Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	30	72
89		Town Lake Park	23.4	31	72
90		Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	70	71
91		Lake Benson	11.9	24	71
92		Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	19	70
93		Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	9	69
94		Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	9	68
95		North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	45	68
96		Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	20	67
97		Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	22	67
98		Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	11	67
99		White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	15	67
100		Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	49	67
101		White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	22	66
102		Apex Nature Park	8.6	30	65
103		Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	46	65
104		Ritter Park	4.3	28	64
105		William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	10	64
106		Lake Wheeler	8.2	19	63
107		Falls Lake	15.1	28	63
108		Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	8	63
109		Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	28	63
110		Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	18	62
111		Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	42	62
112		Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	62
113		stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	81	62
114		Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	13	61
115		Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	61
116		Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	5	61
117		New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	15	60
118		South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	17	59
119		Fearrington Village	17.5	17	59
120		Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	13	59
121		University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	22	59
122		Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	20	59
123		Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	25	59
124		Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	14	58
125		Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	5	58
126		North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	21	57
127		Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	12	57
128		Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	11	57
129		Horace Williams Tract	19.1	17	56
130		Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	11	56
131		Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	39	56
132		Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	8	55
133		Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	22	55
134		Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	42	55
135		Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	14	55
136		Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	30	54
137		Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	10	54
138		Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	28	54
139		Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	20	54
140		American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	11	54
141		Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	5	53
142		Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	8	53
143		Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	12	53
144		Merritt's Pasture	16.9	10	53
145		Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	25	53
146		Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	8	52
147		North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	75	52
148		Baileywick Road Park	10.2	10	52
149		UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	29	51
150		Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	7	51
151		Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	10	51
152		Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	2	51
153		Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	36	50
154		AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	17	48
155		Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	9	48
156		Wendell Park	22.6	8	48
157		Pullen Park	6.6	11	47
158		Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	19	47
159		Indian Trail Park	18.1	12	47
160		Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	26	47
161		Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	6	47
162		Crowder District Park	6.8	13	46
163		Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	16	46
164		Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	6	45
165		North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	13	45
166		Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	14	44
167		Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	13	44
168		Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	13	44
169		Forest Ridge Park	16.5	6	44
170		Hoffman Lake	2.4	4	43
171		Northgate Park	17.2	13	43
172		Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	43
173		Historic Oak View Park	11.8	4	43
174		Lee Game Land	22.6	4	42
175		Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	4	42
176		Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	41
177		Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	8	41
178		Higgins Greenway	1.2	13	40
179		Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	75	40
180		Dorothea Dix	6.6	10	39
181		Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	3	39
182		Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	4	38
183		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	9	38
184		Homestead Park	19.3	11	38
185		Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	8	38
186		Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	16	37
187		Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	9	37
188		Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	5	37
189		Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	4	37
190		North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	6	37
191		Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	10	36
192		Parker Preserve	15.5	15	36
193		Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	6	36
194		Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	7	35
195		Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	4	35
196		Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	35
197		Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	5	34
198		West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	6	34
199		Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	34
200		Shaw Lake	9.9	3	34
201		Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	5	34
202		Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	10	33
203		Inwood Rd.	7.3	10	33
204		Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	3	33
205		New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	33
206		Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	5	33
207		Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	9	33
208		Shiloh Greenway	5.1	6	33
209		Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	4	33
210		Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	7	32
211		East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	2	32
212		Twin Lakes Park	14.5	4	32
213		Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	5	31
214		Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	4	31
215		Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	6	31
216		Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	30
217		Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	5	30
218		Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	3	29
219		UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	5	29
220		Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	5	28
221		J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	9	28
222		Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	28
223		Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	2	28
224		Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	2	28
225		Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	13	27
226		Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	11	27
227		Salem Pond Park	4.5	2	27
228		Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	5	27
229		Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	26
230		Heritage Lake	19.2	1	26
231		Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	2	26
232		Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	8	26
233		Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	4	26
234		Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	8	26
235		Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	26
236		Duke University--East Campus	16.6	13	25
237		Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	3	25
238		Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	3	25
239		Eastgate Park	9.5	5	25
240		Chandler's Swamp	16.9	4	25
241		Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	25
242		Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	3	25
243		Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	24
244		NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	4	24
245		Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	7	24
246		O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	24
247		Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	3	24
248		Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	5	24
249		Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	5	24
250		Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	2	23
251		Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	23
252		RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	2	23
253		Carrboro High School	18.4	5	23
254		Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	4	23
255		Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	2	23
256		Forest Hills Park	15.0	1	23
257		Greene Tract	20.0	1	23
258		Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	7	22
259		Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	22
260		Carpenter Park	5.1	6	22
261		Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	4	22
262		Laurel Hill Park	5.4	6	21
263		Cedar Falls Park	18.2	3	21
264		Fallon park	8.1	3	21
265		Valley Springs Park	20.7	2	21
266		Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	5	21
267		Strickland Park	8.9	3	20
268		Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	20
269		Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	5	19
270		Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	4	19
271		American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	19
272		Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	19
273		Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	18
274		Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	19	18
275		Leesville Park	7.5	3	18
276		American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	2	18
277		Rock Ridge Park	23.8	1	18
278		Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	2	17
279		Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	3	17
280		Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	2	17
281		Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	17
282		Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	17
283		Lyon Park	15.6	3	17
284		Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	16
285		Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	1	16
286		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	16
287		American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	16
288		Clayton Community Park	19.2	1	16
289		Duke Park	16.6	2	15
290		American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	15
291		Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	3	14
292		Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	5	14
293		Krzyzewskiville	16.8	3	14
294		Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	4	14
295		Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	12
296		Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	12
297		Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	11
298		Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	2	10
299		South Durham WRF	13.3	1	10
300		Jack Marley Park	19.7	2	10
301		Walltown Park	17.3	1	10
302		Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	9
303		Durham Hotel Rooftop	15.7	9	9
304		Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	9
305		William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	8
306		Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	8
307		Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court	15.1	1	8
308		Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	8
309		Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	2	7
310		Higgins Park	1.8	1	7
311		UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	1	6
312		Camden Ave Pond	16.3	1	6
313		Eden Lakes	23.7	1	5
314		Morrisville Community Park	3.9	6	5
315		Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	2	4
316		Millbrook Exchange Park	11.1	1	4
317		Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	3	3
318		Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	3
319		American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	3
320		American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	1	2
321		American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	2
322		Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	1
323		Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	1	1
324		Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	1