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Where to find Belted Kingfisher in May
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

Belted Kingfisher
© Charlie Bruggemann / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Belted Kingfisher in May. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.
9.8 4 10 120 287 543 52.9% 48.7%
2 Shelley Lake
8.1 5 14 96 122 237 51.5% 45.1%
3 Lake Johnson Park
4.2 1 16 70 238 491 48.5% 44.1%
4 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve
22.1 0 5 6 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway
3.5 4 8 46 94 236 39.8% 33.8%
6 Yates Mill County Park
7.2 14 17 169 331 965 34.3% 31.4%
7 Bond Park
2.7 1 15 24 97 271 35.8% 30.3%
8 Apex Community Park
3.7 2 6 20 29 81 35.8% 26.2%
9 Lake Lynn
7.7 2 16 92 125 454 27.5% 23.6%
10 Beaver Creek Greenway
7.0 0 2 18 17 48 35.4% 23.4%
11 Durant Nature Preserve
13.3 1 14 41 43 144 29.9% 23.0%
12 University Lake, Chapel Hill
19.3 0 8 11 15 45 33.3% 21.4%
13 Lake Crabtree Dam
3.3 2 7 35 70 269 26.0% 21.1%
14 Lake Raleigh
6.0 0 11 27 66 254 26.0% 21.0%
15 Hamlin Rd.--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Access
19.1 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Falls Lake Bayleaf Park
14.6 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Lake Betz
7.3 5 14 70 117 508 23.0% 19.6%
18 Sandy Creek Park
16.1 1 18 165 225 1106 20.3% 18.1%
19 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek
14.5 0 12 27 38 186 20.4% 15.3%
20 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park
13.5 1 7 12 13 52 25.0% 15.2%
21 Neuse River Trail--Falls River
15.6 0 2 3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
22 Schenck Forest
3.6 1 17 47 62 329 18.8% 15.0%
23 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway
21.1 0 5 8 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
24 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road
15.5 0 3 5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
25 Bass Lake Park & Trail
10.7 0 9 26 36 200 18.0% 13.3%
26 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge
13.6 0 5 5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
27 Eastgate Park
9.5 0 2 1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
28 Symphony Lake Greenway
4.4 0 7 4 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
29 Beaver Marsh
16.7 0 12 17 45 280 16.1% 12.2%
30 Laurel Hill Park
5.4 0 1 1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
31 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road
18.1 0 6 26 31 195 15.9% 11.4%
32 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park
10.0 0 4 2 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
33 Lake Wheeler marshes
6.9 0 7 12 21 140 15.0% 10.0%
34 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake
5.7 0 7 12 12 73 16.4% 9.7%
35 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)
12.0 0 3 3 10 58 17.2% 9.6%
36 Lake Crabtree County Park
3.6 4 12 68 82 706 11.6% 9.5%
37 Leesville Park
7.5 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane
15.0 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
17.8 0 2 1 9 52 17.3% 9.4%
40 Falls Lake--Dam
15.2 0 6 9 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
41 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave
9.6 0 3 3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
42 Barksdale Drive Greenway
9.9 0 3 2 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
43 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade
19.0 1 7 14 19 150 12.7% 8.3%
44 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road
20.9 0 4 10 9 61 14.8% 8.0%
45 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access
15.2 0 4 5 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
46 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve
20.5 0 6 21 19 158 12.0% 7.8%
47 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake
3.8 0 5 4 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
48 Ritter Park
4.3 0 4 6 8 56 14.3% 7.4%
49 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek
18.2 0 9 9 33 325 10.2% 7.3%
50 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64
18.7 0 4 11 8 58 13.8% 7.2%
51 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir
18.0 0 3 3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
52 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve
20.0 0 4 10 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
53 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill
21.2 0 2 2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
54 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse
15.1 0 2 3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
55 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St
5.1 0 3 3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
56 Lassiter Mill Historical Park
7.7 0 1 2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
57 Swift Creek Bluffs
5.3 0 7 13 11 107 10.3% 5.8%
58 Brumley Nature Preserve--North
22.2 0 6 84 81 1157 7.0% 5.7%
59 E. Carroll Joyner Park
20.6 1 3 11 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
60 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)
9.4 0 3 2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
61 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula
12.1 0 2 3 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
62 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek
10.3 0 3 4 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
63 Morgan Creek Trail
17.5 1 6 7 8 76 10.5% 5.4%
64 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum
20.3 0 6 7 8 77 10.4% 5.4%
65 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access
10.5 0 5 6 9 90 10.0% 5.4%
66 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland
6.1 1 4 3 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
67 Berryhill Park and Trails
18.4 0 2 1 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
68 White Pines Nature Preserve
24.5 0 6 7 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
69 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park
17.9 0 6 5 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
70 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)
12.6 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
71 Erwin Road Swamp
17.7 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
72 Cates Creek Park
25.0 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam
18.7 0 6 7 8 93 8.6% 4.4%
74 Falls Lake
15.1 0 2 3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
75 Hilltop Needmore Park--North
11.1 0 2 3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
76 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance
3.3 0 8 27 33 573 5.8% 4.1%
77 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek
10.6 0 4 3 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
78 Lake Wheeler
8.2 0 3 4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
79 Mason Farm Biological Reserve
14.6 0 21 33 45 849 5.3% 4.0%
80 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access
13.1 0 4 3 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
81 Town Lake Park
23.4 2 3 2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
82 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve
15.1 0 3 7 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
83 Crabtree Creek Watershed
4.7 0 6 6 11 167 6.6% 3.7%
84 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)
13.8 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)
14.1 0 2 4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
86 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland
16.0 0 4 7 7 96 7.3% 3.6%
87 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area
13.8 0 2 2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
88 Horace Williams Tract
19.1 0 3 4 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
89 Lake Benson
11.9 0 3 5 7 102 6.9% 3.4%
90 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.
11.9 0 5 6 5 67 7.5% 3.2%
91 Merritt's Pasture
16.9 0 2 4 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
92 Orange County Sportsplex Pond
24.9 0 2 3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
93 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.
12.6 0 4 9 7 114 6.1% 3.0%
94 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp
18.9 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
95 Eva Perry Library
4.2 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
96 Mid Pines Rd.
6.7 0 8 33 40 1019 3.9% 2.9%
97 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment
23.4 0 6 22 14 298 4.7% 2.8%
98 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.
17.4 0 4 6 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
99 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'
16.4 2 3 6 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
100 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center
16.3 0 1 1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
101 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp
16.8 0 1 2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
102 Dorothea Dix Park
6.9 0 2 12 12 275 4.4% 2.5%
103 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station
21.6 0 3 5 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
104 Old Bynum Bridge
20.4 0 7 40 29 828 3.5% 2.4%
105 Brumley Nature Preserve--South
22.7 0 2 6 6 114 5.3% 2.4%
106 Harris Lake County Park
14.0 0 5 7 6 116 5.2% 2.4%
107 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp
14.8 0 2 2 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
108 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek
14.8 0 2 2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
109 Haw River--Bynum Dam
20.5 0 2 2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
110 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.
17.1 0 1 2 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
111 Forest Ridge Park
16.5 0 2 2 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
112 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning
3.9 0 7 7 12 384 3.1% 1.8%
113 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)
13.5 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
114 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive
1.6 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
115 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment
13.8 0 2 2 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
116 Juniper Level Botanic Garden
13.9 0 1 2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
117 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)
21.9 0 4 6 4 97 4.1% 1.6%
118 Rainbow Soccer Complex
16.2 0 4 4 4 97 4.1% 1.6%
119 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf
15.9 0 1 1 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
120 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)
8.2 0 3 4 4 104 3.8% 1.5%
121 Little Creek Trail
15.3 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
122 Eno River SP--Few's Ford
23.2 0 6 7 6 188 3.2% 1.5%
123 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate
19.7 0 2 1 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
124 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access
18.4 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
125 Duke Forest--Gate 4
18.1 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
126 Wooten Meadow Park
6.8 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
127 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park
13.5 0 1 2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
128 Duke Forest--Korstian Division
19.6 0 2 4 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
129 Third Fork Creek Trail
13.6 0 2 3 4 116 3.4% 1.3%
130 Brier Creek Reservoir
5.9 0 2 2 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
131 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY
12.4 0 1 6 3 79 3.8% 1.3%
132 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail
23.4 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
133 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)
21.9 0 2 8 3 82 3.7% 1.3%
134 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden
4.6 0 1 2 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
135 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center
13.8 0 1 1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
136 North Carolina Botanical Garden
16.0 0 2 5 6 234 2.6% 1.2%
137 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek
14.0 0 2 1 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
138 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff
12.6 0 1 2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
139 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side
6.7 0 3 1 3 97 3.1% 1.1%
140 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access
21.6 0 1 1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
141 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment
23.9 0 1 1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
142 Baileywick Road Park
10.2 0 1 1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
143 Mingo Creek Trail
15.1 0 2 2 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
144 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center
12.7 0 1 1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
145 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.
13.3 0 1 2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
146 Downtown Cary Park
0.5 0 1 1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
147 Middle Creek Bottomlands II
24.9 0 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
148 Blue Jay Point County Park
14.5 0 2 2 3 131 2.3% 0.8%
149 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek
15.0 0 1 1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
150 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park
4.4 0 1 1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
151 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook
16.7 0 1 1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
152 Crowder District Park
6.8 0 1 1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
153 Piedmont Nature Trail
15.9 0 1 1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
154 Raven Rock SP
23.9 0 2 2 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
155 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp
15.5 0 2 2 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
156 Glennstone/Heron Rookery
18.4 0 2 2 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
157 Northgate Park
17.2 0 1 1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
158 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park
13.6 0 2 2 2 89 2.2% 0.6%
159 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond
4.7 0 1 2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
160 Lower Booker Creek Trail
17.0 0 1 1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
161 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point
15.0 0 2 2 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
162 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point
16.1 0 1 1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
163 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform
12.3 0 1 1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
164 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park
15.6 0 1 1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
165 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End
17.3 0 1 1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
166 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)
14.1 0 1 1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
167 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth
14.9 0 1 1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
168 North Carolina State University Campus
6.2 0 1 1 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
169 Rocky Branch Greenway
6.4 0 1 1 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
170 Cedar Fork District Park
3.1 0 1 1 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
171 Pinehurst Drive Ponds
15.6 0 1 1 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
172 William B. Umstead SP
5.4 0 1 1 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
173 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve
4.6 0 1 1 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
174 Hank Anderson Community Park
20.3 0 1 1 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
175 White Deer Park
11.6 0 1 1 1 106 0.9% 0.2%
176 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)
24.1 0 2 3 3 695 0.4% 0.1%
177 Sarah P. Duke Gardens
16.8 0 1 1 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
178 Brian P's Yard (Private)
14.4 0 1 1 1 184 0.5% 0.1%
179 17 Acre Woods
18.0 0 1 1 1 190 0.5% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2026. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. June 2026.