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Where to find Wood Thrush in May
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 Wood Thrush 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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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 17 Acre Woods 18.0 79 121 65.3% 56.5%
2 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
3 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
4 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 34 58 58.6% 45.8%
5 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
6 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
7 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 44 82 53.7% 42.9%
8 Indian Trail Park 18.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
9 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 38 77 49.4% 38.5%
10 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
11 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
12 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 19 36 52.8% 37.0%
13 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
14 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
15 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
17 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
18 Ritter Park 4.3 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
19 Schenck Forest 3.6 81 206 39.3% 32.9%
20 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 43 105 41.0% 32.0%
21 White Deer Park 11.6 18 40 45.0% 30.7%
22 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
23 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 31 79 39.2% 29.2%
24 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 20 48 41.7% 28.8%
25 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 23 57 40.4% 28.6%
26 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 91 283 32.2% 27.0%
27 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 28 81 34.6% 25.1%
28 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 18 50 36.0% 24.1%
29 Shelley Lake 8.1 35 109 32.1% 24.1%
30 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
31 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
32 Raven Rock SP 23.9 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
33 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 18 55 32.7% 21.8%
34 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
35 Parker Preserve 15.5 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
36 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
37 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
38 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
39 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
40 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
41 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
42 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 13 42 31.0% 19.1%
45 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 37 150 24.7% 18.5%
46 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 16 56 28.6% 18.4%
47 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 18 65 27.7% 18.3%
48 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
49 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 90 424 21.2% 17.6%
50 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
51 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 16 60 26.7% 17.1%
52 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
53 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
54 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
55 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 76 387 19.6% 16.0%
56 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 33 154 21.4% 15.7%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
58 Valley Springs Park 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
59 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
60 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 16 71 22.5% 14.4%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
62 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
63 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
64 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
65 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
66 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
67 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 10 45 22.2% 12.5%
68 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 93 617 15.1% 12.5%
69 Fearrington Village 17.5 11 53 20.8% 12.0%
70 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
71 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 49 20.4% 11.5%
72 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
73 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
74 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
75 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
76 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
77 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
78 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
79 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
80 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
81 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 12 78 15.4% 9.0%
86 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 8 47 17.0% 8.9%
87 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
88 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
89 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
90 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
91 Bond Park 2.7 21 182 11.5% 7.7%
92 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 14 113 12.4% 7.5%
93 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
94 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 9 67 13.4% 7.2%
95 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
96 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
97 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
98 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
99 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
100 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
101 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
102 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
103 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
104 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
105 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
106 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
107 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 9 82 11.0% 5.9%
109 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
110 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
111 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
112 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
113 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
114 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 18 208 8.7% 5.5%
115 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
116 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
117 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 21 264 8.0% 5.3%
118 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 7 69 10.1% 5.0%
119 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
120 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
121 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
122 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
123 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
124 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
125 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
126 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
127 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
128 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
129 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
130 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
131 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
132 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
133 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 28 515 5.4% 3.8%
134 Lake Lynn 7.7 11 164 6.7% 3.8%
135 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
136 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
137 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
138 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 23 427 5.4% 3.6%
139 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
140 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
141 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
142 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
143 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
144 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
145 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
146 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
147 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
148 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
149 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
150 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
151 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
152 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
153 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
154 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 93 5.4% 2.3%
155 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
156 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
157 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
158 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
159 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
160 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
161 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
162 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
163 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
164 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
165 Fallon park 8.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
166 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 5 147 3.4% 1.5%
167 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
168 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
169 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
170 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 14 629 2.2% 1.3%
171 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
172 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
173 Wendell Park 22.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
174 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
175 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
176 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
177 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 10 568 1.8% 1.0%
178 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
179 Falls Lake 15.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
180 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 6 334 1.8% 0.8%
181 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
182 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 194 2.1% 0.8%
183 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
184 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
185 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
186 Lake Betz 7.3 4 261 1.5% 0.6%
187 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 4 264 1.5% 0.6%
188 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 4 270 1.5% 0.6%
189 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
190 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
191 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
192 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
193 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 121 0.8% 0.1%