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Where to find Wild Turkey in May
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Wild Turkey 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 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 25 92 27.2% 19.1%
2 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 33 177 18.6% 13.6%
3 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
4 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
5 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 12 62 19.4% 11.4%
6 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
7 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
8 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 30 265 11.3% 8.0%
9 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
10 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
11 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
12 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 8 86 9.3% 4.8%
13 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
14 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
15 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
16 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
17 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
18 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
19 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
20 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
21 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
22 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
23 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
24 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
25 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
26 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
27 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
28 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
29 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
30 Falls Lake 15.1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
31 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
32 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
34 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 110 4.5% 2.0%
35 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
36 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 22 780 2.8% 1.9%
37 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
38 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
39 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
40 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 110 3.6% 1.4%
41 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
42 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
43 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 5 162 3.1% 1.3%
44 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 9 362 2.5% 1.3%
45 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
46 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 85 3.5% 1.2%
47 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
48 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
49 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
50 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 6 282 2.1% 1.0%
51 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
52 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
53 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
54 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
55 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 139 2.2% 0.7%
56 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
57 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
58 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
59 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
60 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 8 886 0.9% 0.5%
61 Schenck Forest 3.6 3 290 1.0% 0.4%
62 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
63 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 5 698 0.7% 0.3%
64 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
65 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
66 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
67 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
68 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 106 0.9% 0.2%
69 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
70 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 132 0.8% 0.1%
71 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 186 0.5% 0.1%
72 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 594 0.3% 0.1%
73 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 205 0.5% 0.1%
74 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 946 0.2% 0.1%
75 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 2 999 0.2% 0.1%
76 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 1 659 0.2% 0.0%
77 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 1 847 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.