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Where to find Belted Kingfisher in October
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Belted Kingfisher in October. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 23 27 85.2% 67.5%
2 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 105 152 69.1% 61.3%
3 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 79 114 69.3% 60.3%
4 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 119 201 59.2% 52.3%
5 Lake Betz 7.3 105 177 59.3% 52.0%
6 Lake Lynn 7.7 403 734 54.9% 51.3%
7 Bond Park 2.7 112 195 57.4% 50.4%
8 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 109 203 53.7% 46.8%
9 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
10 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 28 47 59.6% 45.3%
11 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 92 176 52.3% 44.9%
12 Shelley Lake 8.1 49 90 54.4% 44.2%
13 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 62 117 53.0% 44.0%
14 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 212 439 48.3% 43.7%
15 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
16 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
17 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 89 175 50.9% 43.5%
18 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 313 680 46.0% 42.3%
19 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
20 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
21 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 202 443 45.6% 41.0%
22 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
23 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
24 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 51 104 49.0% 39.6%
25 Apex Community Park 3.7 35 69 50.7% 39.2%
26 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 157 358 43.9% 38.8%
27 Lake Raleigh 6.0 35 71 49.3% 38.0%
28 Lake Benson 11.9 15 29 51.7% 34.4%
29 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 20 41 48.8% 34.3%
30 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 27 59 45.8% 33.7%
32 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
33 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
34 Schenck Forest 3.6 78 207 37.7% 31.4%
35 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
36 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
37 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 36 92 39.1% 29.8%
38 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 40 105 38.1% 29.4%
39 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 37 97 38.1% 29.1%
40 Town Lake Park 23.4 15 35 42.9% 28.0%
41 Beaver Marsh 16.7 57 165 34.5% 27.7%
42 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
43 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
44 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
45 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
46 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 17 46 37.0% 24.5%
47 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
48 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 29 88 33.0% 24.0%
49 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 19 54 35.2% 23.8%
50 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
51 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
52 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
53 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
54 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
55 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
56 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
57 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
58 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
59 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
62 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 14 44 31.8% 20.0%
69 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 48 31.2% 19.9%
70 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 43 167 25.7% 19.7%
71 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 17 57 29.8% 19.5%
72 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 16 53 30.2% 19.5%
73 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
74 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
75 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 13 46 28.3% 17.3%
76 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 27 112 24.1% 17.1%
77 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
78 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
79 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 35 162 21.6% 16.0%
80 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
81 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
82 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 72 369 19.5% 15.8%
83 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 14 56 25.0% 15.5%
84 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
85 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
86 Strickland Park 8.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
87 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 13 54 24.1% 14.6%
88 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
89 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 13 55 23.6% 14.4%
90 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 13 55 23.6% 14.4%
91 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 11 45 24.4% 14.2%
92 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
93 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
94 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
95 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
96 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
97 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 128 888 14.4% 12.3%
98 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
99 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
100 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
101 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
102 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 9 47 19.1% 10.4%
103 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
104 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
105 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 8 44 18.2% 9.5%
106 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
107 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
108 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
109 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
110 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
111 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
112 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
113 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
114 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 2 50.0% 9.5%
115 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
116 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 9 54 16.7% 9.0%
117 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
118 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
119 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
120 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
121 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
122 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
123 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
124 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
125 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
126 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
127 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
128 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
129 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
130 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
131 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
132 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
133 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
134 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
135 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
136 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
137 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
138 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
139 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
140 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
141 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
142 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
143 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
144 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
145 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
146 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
147 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
148 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
149 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
150 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 27 446 6.1% 4.2%
151 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
152 Ritter Park 4.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
153 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
154 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
155 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
156 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
157 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
158 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
159 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
160 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
161 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
162 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
163 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
164 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
165 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
166 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
167 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 6 111 5.4% 2.5%
168 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
169 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
170 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
171 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
172 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
173 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
174 17 Acre Woods 18.0 5 108 4.6% 2.0%
175 Wendell Park 22.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
176 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 10 294 3.4% 1.9%
177 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
178 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
179 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
180 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
181 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
182 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
183 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
184 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
185 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
186 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 6 268 2.2% 1.0%
187 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
188 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
189 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 63 1.6% 0.3%