Bird Finder

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.

Back to the Top Birds list

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%