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Where to find Ruby-crowned Kinglet in December
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 Ruby-crowned Kinglet in December. 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 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 18 18 100.0% 82.4%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 163 187 87.2% 81.6%
3 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 25 27 92.6% 76.6%
4 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 30 34 88.2% 73.4%
5 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
6 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 29 33 87.9% 72.7%
7 Williamson Preserve 19.2 29 34 85.3% 69.9%
8 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
9 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 186 255 72.9% 67.2%
10 17 Acre Woods 18.0 45 57 78.9% 66.7%
11 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 97 130 74.6% 66.5%
12 Schenck Forest 3.6 92 125 73.6% 65.3%
13 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
14 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
15 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 46 62 74.2% 62.1%
16 Lake Benson 11.9 52 72 72.2% 61.0%
17 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
18 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 31 42 73.8% 58.9%
19 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 40 56 71.4% 58.5%
20 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 41 58 70.7% 58.0%
21 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
22 Lake Lynn 7.7 89 138 64.5% 56.2%
23 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 40 58 69.0% 56.2%
24 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 55 83 66.3% 55.6%
25 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
26 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 35 51 68.6% 55.0%
27 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
28 Raven Rock SP 23.9 21 29 72.4% 54.3%
29 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 26 37 70.3% 54.2%
30 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 163 273 59.7% 53.8%
31 Lake Betz 7.3 86 139 61.9% 53.6%
32 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
33 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
34 Apex Community Park 3.7 45 70 64.3% 52.6%
35 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
36 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 168 290 57.9% 52.2%
37 Shelley Lake 8.1 66 109 60.6% 51.2%
38 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
39 Ritter Park 4.3 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
40 Homestead Park 19.3 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
41 White Deer Park 11.6 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
42 Lake Raleigh 6.0 53 89 59.6% 49.2%
43 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 24 37 64.9% 48.8%
44 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
45 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
46 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 25 39 64.1% 48.4%
47 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 25 68.0% 48.4%
48 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
49 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
50 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
51 Town Lake Park 23.4 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
52 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
53 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
54 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
55 Bond Park 2.7 54 97 55.7% 45.8%
56 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
57 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 30 51 58.8% 45.2%
58 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
59 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
60 Dorothea Dix 6.6 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
61 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
62 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
63 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
64 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
65 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
66 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 54 102 52.9% 43.3%
67 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
68 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 26 46 56.5% 42.2%
69 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 23 40 57.5% 42.2%
70 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 85 173 49.1% 41.8%
71 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 29 53 54.7% 41.5%
72 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
73 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 63 130 48.5% 40.0%
75 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
76 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 31 60 51.7% 39.3%
77 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 25 47 53.2% 39.2%
78 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 47 96 49.0% 39.2%
79 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
80 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 135 304 44.4% 38.9%
81 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
82 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
83 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 17 31 54.8% 37.8%
84 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
85 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
86 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
87 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 28 56 50.0% 37.3%
88 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
89 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
90 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
91 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
92 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 28 59 47.5% 35.3%
93 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 152 383 39.7% 34.9%
94 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 19 38 50.0% 34.8%
95 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 18 36 50.0% 34.5%
96 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
97 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
98 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
99 Walltown Park 17.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
100 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
101 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
102 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
103 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 22 47 46.8% 33.3%
104 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
105 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
106 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 51 126 40.5% 32.3%
107 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
108 Higgins Greenway 1.2 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
109 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
110 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 16 34 47.1% 31.5%
111 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
112 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
113 Indian Trail Park 18.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
114 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
115 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
116 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
117 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
118 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
119 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
120 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
121 Strickland Park 8.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
122 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
123 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
124 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
125 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
126 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
127 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
128 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 72 206 35.0% 28.8%
129 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 59 167 35.3% 28.5%
130 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
131 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
132 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
133 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
134 Wendell Park 22.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
135 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 52 156 33.3% 26.4%
136 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
137 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 21 58 36.2% 25.1%
138 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
139 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
140 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
141 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
142 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
143 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
144 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
145 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
146 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 19 52 36.5% 24.8%
147 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
148 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 139 497 28.0% 24.2%
149 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 18 51 35.3% 23.6%
150 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
151 Lake Wheeler 8.2 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
152 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
153 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
154 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
155 Northgate Park 17.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
156 Leesville Park 7.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
157 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
158 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
159 Eastgate Park 9.5 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
160 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
161 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
162 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
163 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
164 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
165 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
166 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
167 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
168 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
169 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
170 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
171 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
172 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
173 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
174 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
175 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
176 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
177 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
178 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
179 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
180 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
181 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
182 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
183 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
184 Lyon Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
185 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
186 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
187 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 28 103 27.2% 19.5%
188 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 14 45 31.1% 19.5%
189 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
190 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
191 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
192 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
193 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
194 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
195 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
196 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
197 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
198 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
199 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
200 Pullen Park 6.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
201 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
202 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
203 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
204 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
205 Beaver Marsh 16.7 39 190 20.5% 15.4%
206 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
207 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
208 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
209 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
210 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
211 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
212 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
213 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
214 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
215 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
216 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
217 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
218 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
219 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
220 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 16 78 20.5% 13.0%
221 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
222 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 12 59 20.3% 12.0%
223 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
224 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
225 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
226 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
227 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
228 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
229 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
230 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
231 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
232 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
233 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
234 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
235 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
236 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
237 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
238 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
239 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
240 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
241 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
242 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
243 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
244 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
245 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
246 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
247 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
248 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
249 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
250 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
251 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
252 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
253 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
254 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
255 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
256 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
257 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
258 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
259 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
260 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
261 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
262 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
263 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
264 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
265 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
266 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
267 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
268 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
269 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
270 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
271 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
272 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
273 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%