Bird Finder

Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in December
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 December. 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. 6.7 215 498 43.2% 38.9%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 116 273 42.5% 36.8%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
4 Lake Benson 11.9 25 72 34.7% 24.8%
5 Inwood Rd. 7.3 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
6 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
8 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
9 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
10 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
11 Schenck Forest 3.6 13 123 10.6% 6.3%
12 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
13 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
14 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
15 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 7 104 6.7% 3.3%
16 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 11 188 5.9% 3.3%
17 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
18 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
19 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 15 306 4.9% 3.0%
20 Bond Park 2.7 6 97 6.2% 2.9%
21 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
22 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
23 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 4 78 5.1% 2.0%
24 Pullen Park 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
25 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
26 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
27 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
28 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
29 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
30 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
31 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
32 White Deer Park 11.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
33 Lake Betz 7.3 4 138 2.9% 1.1%
34 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
35 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
36 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
37 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 3 126 2.4% 0.8%
38 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
39 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
40 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
41 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
42 Shelley Lake 8.1 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
43 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
44 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
45 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
46 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
47 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 206 1.0% 0.3%
48 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
49 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
50 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
51 Lake Lynn 7.7 1 138 0.7% 0.1%
52 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 156 0.6% 0.1%
53 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 167 0.6% 0.1%
54 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 173 0.6% 0.1%
55 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 1 255 0.4% 0.1%
56 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 1 290 0.3% 0.1%
57 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 1 384 0.3% 0.0%