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 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 271 446 60.8% 56.2%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 152 294 51.7% 46.0%
3 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
5 Inwood Rd. 7.3 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
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 48 45.8% 32.6%
8 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 45 111 40.5% 31.9%
9 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
10 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
11 Schenck Forest 3.6 71 207 34.3% 28.2%
12 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
13 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 14 39 35.9% 22.7%
14 Lake Benson 11.9 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
15 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
16 Fallon park 8.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
18 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 56 30.4% 19.9%
19 White Deer Park 11.6 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
20 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 41 203 20.2% 15.3%
21 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
22 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
23 Wendell Park 22.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
24 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 17 92 18.5% 11.9%
25 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
26 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 25 167 15.0% 10.4%
27 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 18 117 15.4% 10.0%
28 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 46 358 12.8% 9.8%
29 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
30 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
32 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 13 88 14.8% 8.8%
34 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
35 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
36 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
37 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
38 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
39 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
40 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
41 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
42 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 152 7.2% 4.1%
43 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
44 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
45 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
46 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
47 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 6 105 5.7% 2.6%
48 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 32 888 3.6% 2.6%
50 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
51 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
52 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
53 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
54 Pullen Park 6.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
55 Lake Betz 7.3 7 177 4.0% 1.9%
56 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
57 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
58 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
59 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
60 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 9 369 2.4% 1.3%
61 Lake Lynn 7.7 15 734 2.0% 1.2%
62 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 175 2.9% 1.2%
63 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
64 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
65 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
66 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
67 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 12 680 1.8% 1.0%
68 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
69 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 4 162 2.5% 1.0%
70 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
71 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
72 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
73 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
74 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 8 443 1.8% 0.9%
75 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 3 114 2.6% 0.9%
76 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
77 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
78 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
79 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
80 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 6 439 1.4% 0.6%
81 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
82 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
83 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
84 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
85 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
86 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
87 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
88 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
89 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
90 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
91 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
92 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
93 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
94 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 108 0.9% 0.2%
95 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 176 0.6% 0.1%
96 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 201 0.5% 0.1%