Bird Finder

Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in October
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 Brown-headed Cowbird in October. 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 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 219 369 59.3% 54.3%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 136 254 53.5% 47.4%
4 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
5 Inwood Rd. 7.3 20 37 54.1% 38.4%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
7 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 22 46 47.8% 34.1%
8 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 42 104 40.4% 31.5%
9 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
10 Schenck Forest 3.6 69 201 34.3% 28.1%
11 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
12 Lake Benson 11.9 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
13 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 14 40 35.0% 22.1%
14 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
15 Fallon park 8.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 16 52 30.8% 19.9%
17 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 34 168 20.2% 14.9%
18 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
19 Wendell Park 22.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
20 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
21 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
22 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 13 71 18.3% 11.0%
23 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 17 101 16.8% 10.8%
24 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 43 325 13.2% 10.0%
25 White Deer Park 11.6 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
26 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
27 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
28 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
29 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
30 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 22 157 14.0% 9.4%
32 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 12 77 15.6% 9.1%
33 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
34 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
35 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
36 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
37 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
38 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
39 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 145 7.6% 4.3%
40 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
41 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
42 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
43 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
44 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 11 208 5.3% 3.0%
45 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
46 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 91 5.5% 2.4%
47 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
48 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
49 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
50 Lake Betz 7.3 7 153 4.6% 2.2%
51 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 21 647 3.2% 2.1%
52 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
53 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
54 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
55 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 9 352 2.6% 1.4%
56 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 4 122 3.3% 1.3%
57 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
58 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
59 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
60 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 11 527 2.1% 1.2%
61 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
62 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
63 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
64 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
65 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 4 152 2.6% 1.0%
66 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 8 403 2.0% 1.0%
67 Lake Lynn 7.7 9 480 1.9% 1.0%
68 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
69 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
70 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
71 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
72 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
73 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 6 380 1.6% 0.7%
74 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
75 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
76 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
77 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
78 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
79 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
80 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
81 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
82 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
83 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
84 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
85 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
86 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
87 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
88 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 146 0.7% 0.1%
89 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 159 0.6% 0.1%