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Where to find Field Sparrow in January
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 Field Sparrow in January. 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 107 189 56.6% 49.5%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 222 413 53.8% 48.9%
3 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 75 165 45.5% 38.0%
4 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
5 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 18 36 50.0% 34.5%
6 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
7 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
8 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 56 141 39.7% 32.0%
9 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 115 327 35.2% 30.2%
10 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
11 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
12 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
13 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
14 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
15 Schenck Forest 3.6 68 235 28.9% 23.5%
16 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 20 59 33.9% 23.1%
17 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 50 181 27.6% 21.6%
18 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
19 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 149 661 22.5% 19.5%
23 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
24 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
25 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 14 48 29.2% 18.2%
26 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 83 401 20.7% 17.0%
27 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
28 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 66 358 18.4% 14.8%
29 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
30 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
31 Lake Betz 7.3 53 298 17.8% 13.9%
32 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
33 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 15 76 19.7% 12.3%
34 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
35 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
36 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 29 174 16.7% 11.9%
37 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
38 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
39 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
40 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
41 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
42 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
43 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
45 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
46 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
47 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
48 Lake Raleigh 6.0 15 112 13.4% 8.3%
49 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
50 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
51 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
52 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
53 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
54 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
55 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 9 75 12.0% 6.4%
56 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 17 174 9.8% 6.2%
57 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
58 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
59 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
60 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
62 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
63 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
64 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
65 Falls Lake 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
66 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
67 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
68 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
69 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
70 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
71 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 13 192 6.8% 4.0%
72 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 7 90 7.8% 3.8%
73 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
74 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 7 98 7.1% 3.5%
75 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
76 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
77 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
78 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
79 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 5 67 7.5% 3.2%
80 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
81 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
82 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
83 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
84 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
85 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
86 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 99 6.1% 2.8%
87 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
88 Bond Park 2.7 7 137 5.1% 2.5%
89 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
90 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
91 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
92 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
93 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
94 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 5 97 5.2% 2.2%
95 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 18 541 3.3% 2.1%
96 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 137 4.4% 2.0%
97 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
98 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
99 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
100 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 87 4.6% 1.8%
101 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
102 Apex Community Park 3.7 8 243 3.3% 1.7%
103 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
104 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
105 Homestead Park 19.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
106 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
107 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
108 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
109 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
110 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
111 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 110 3.6% 1.4%
112 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
113 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
114 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 85 3.5% 1.2%
115 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
116 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
117 Beaver Marsh 16.7 7 322 2.2% 1.1%
118 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
119 Wendell Park 22.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
120 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
121 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
122 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
123 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
124 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
125 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
126 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
127 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 4 232 1.7% 0.7%
128 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
129 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
130 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 231 1.3% 0.4%
132 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
133 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
134 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 71 1.4% 0.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.