Bird Finder

Where to find Belted Kingfisher in September
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 September. 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 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 87 109 79.8% 71.3%
2 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 27 34 79.4% 63.2%
3 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 195 305 63.9% 58.4%
4 Shelley Lake 8.1 40 58 69.0% 56.2%
5 Town Lake Park 23.4 18 24 75.0% 55.1%
6 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
7 Bond Park 2.7 95 157 60.5% 52.7%
8 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
9 Lake Raleigh 6.0 25 39 64.1% 48.4%
10 Lake Betz 7.3 118 219 53.9% 47.3%
11 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 38 67 56.7% 44.8%
12 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 42 77 54.5% 43.5%
13 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 104 210 49.5% 42.8%
14 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
15 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 538 1293 41.6% 39.0%
16 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 71 154 46.1% 38.4%
17 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 57 122 46.7% 38.1%
18 Lake Lynn 7.7 158 373 42.4% 37.4%
19 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 37 77 48.1% 37.3%
20 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
21 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 65 152 42.8% 35.2%
22 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
23 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 180 471 38.2% 33.9%
24 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 19 39 48.7% 33.9%
25 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 101 261 38.7% 33.0%
26 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 129 371 34.8% 30.1%
27 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 38 100 38.0% 29.1%
28 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 33 88 37.5% 28.1%
29 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
30 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 18 50 36.0% 24.1%
31 Apex Community Park 3.7 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
32 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 14 38 36.8% 23.4%
33 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
34 Schenck Forest 3.6 53 189 28.0% 22.1%
35 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 17 51 33.3% 22.0%
36 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
37 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
38 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
40 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 55 214 25.7% 20.3%
41 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
42 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
43 Beaver Marsh 16.7 38 148 25.7% 19.3%
44 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
45 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
46 Lake Benson 11.9 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
47 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
48 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 16 59 27.1% 17.4%
49 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
50 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
51 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
52 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
53 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
54 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
55 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
56 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 30 152 19.7% 14.2%
57 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 32 165 19.4% 14.1%
58 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
59 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
60 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
61 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
62 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
63 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
64 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
65 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
66 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
67 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 55 392 14.0% 10.9%
68 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 11 58 19.0% 10.9%
69 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
70 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 9 48 18.8% 10.2%
71 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
72 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 27 192 14.1% 9.8%
73 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
74 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
75 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
76 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
77 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
78 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 10 60 16.7% 9.3%
82 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 61 16.4% 9.2%
83 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
84 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
85 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 21 160 13.1% 8.7%
86 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
87 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
88 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
89 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
90 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
91 Wendell Park 22.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
92 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 13 110 11.8% 7.0%
93 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
94 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
95 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
96 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
97 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
98 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
99 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
100 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
101 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
103 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
104 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 74 10.8% 5.6%
105 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
106 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
107 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
108 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
109 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
110 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
111 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
112 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
113 White Deer Park 11.6 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
114 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
115 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
116 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
117 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
118 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
119 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
120 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
121 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
122 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
123 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
124 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
125 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 13 242 5.4% 3.2%
126 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
127 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 7 111 6.3% 3.1%
128 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
129 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
130 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
131 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
132 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
133 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
134 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
135 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
136 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
137 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
138 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
139 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 8 224 3.6% 1.8%
140 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
141 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
142 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
143 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
144 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
145 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 89 3.4% 1.2%
146 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 100 3.0% 1.0%
147 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
148 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
149 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
150 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
151 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 52 1.9% 0.3%