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Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in October
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 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 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 311 508 61.2% 56.9%
2 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
3 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 167 358 46.6% 41.5%
5 Inwood Rd. 7.3 22 40 55.0% 39.8%
6 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 51 119 42.9% 34.3%
7 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 22 51 43.1% 30.5%
8 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
9 Schenck Forest 3.6 78 223 35.0% 29.0%
10 Lake Benson 11.9 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
11 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
12 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
13 Williamson Preserve 19.2 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
14 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 44 144 30.6% 23.6%
15 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 14 40 35.0% 22.1%
16 Fallon park 8.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
18 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 14 48 29.2% 18.2%
19 White Deer Park 11.6 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
20 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 54 247 21.9% 17.2%
21 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
22 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
23 Wendell Park 22.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
24 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
25 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
26 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 72 449 16.0% 12.9%
27 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 24 138 17.4% 12.0%
28 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
29 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 11 57 19.3% 11.1%
30 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 26 177 14.7% 10.2%
31 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
32 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
37 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
38 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 13 113 11.5% 6.8%
39 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
40 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 76 1101 6.9% 5.6%
42 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 152 7.2% 4.1%
43 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
44 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
45 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
46 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
47 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
48 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
49 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 16 351 4.6% 2.8%
50 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
51 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 6 112 5.4% 2.5%
52 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
53 Lake Betz 7.3 8 205 3.9% 2.0%
54 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
55 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
56 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
57 Pullen Park 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
58 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
59 Lake Lynn 7.7 25 1002 2.5% 1.7%
60 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
61 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
62 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 5 136 3.7% 1.6%
63 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 181 3.3% 1.5%
64 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
65 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
66 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
67 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 17 825 2.1% 1.3%
68 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 9 403 2.2% 1.2%
69 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
70 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
71 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
72 Lake Raleigh 6.0 3 99 3.0% 1.0%
73 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
74 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 9 481 1.9% 1.0%
75 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
76 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 4 165 2.4% 0.9%
77 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
78 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
79 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
80 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
81 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
82 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
83 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
84 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 8 488 1.6% 0.8%
85 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
86 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 137 2.2% 0.7%
87 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
88 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
89 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
90 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
91 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
92 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
93 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
94 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 2 242 0.8% 0.2%
95 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
96 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
97 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
98 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
99 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
100 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
101 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 138 0.7% 0.1%
102 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 198 0.5% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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