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Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in March
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 March. 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 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 172 312 55.1% 49.6%
2 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
3 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 56 109 51.4% 42.1%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
5 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 171 428 40.0% 35.4%
6 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
7 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
8 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
9 Ritter Park 4.3 29 74 39.2% 28.9%
10 Lake Benson 11.9 27 71 38.0% 27.6%
11 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 17 42 40.5% 27.0%
12 Williamson Preserve 19.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
13 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
14 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 38 118 32.2% 24.4%
15 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 36 113 31.9% 24.0%
16 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
17 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
18 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
19 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Schenck Forest 3.6 50 194 25.8% 20.1%
22 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 58 232 25.0% 19.9%
23 Wendell Park 22.6 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
24 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
25 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
26 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 14 48 29.2% 18.2%
27 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
28 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 12 41 29.3% 17.6%
29 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 13 46 28.3% 17.3%
30 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
31 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
32 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
33 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 53 26.4% 16.4%
34 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 101 532 19.0% 15.9%
35 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
36 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
37 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 51 251 20.3% 15.8%
38 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
39 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 52 25.0% 15.2%
40 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
41 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
42 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 16 68 23.5% 15.0%
43 Bond Park 2.7 36 179 20.1% 14.9%
44 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 74 23.0% 14.9%
45 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 16 70 22.9% 14.6%
46 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
47 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
48 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
49 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
50 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
51 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
52 Fearrington Village 17.5 10 44 22.7% 12.8%
53 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
54 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
55 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 34 199 17.1% 12.5%
56 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 17 88 19.3% 12.4%
57 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
58 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
59 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
60 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 90 649 13.9% 11.4%
61 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
62 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 11 59 18.6% 10.7%
63 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 13 73 17.8% 10.7%
64 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 68 524 13.0% 10.4%
65 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
66 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
67 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
68 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
69 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
70 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
71 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
72 White Deer Park 11.6 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
73 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
74 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
75 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
76 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
77 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
78 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 12 79 15.2% 8.9%
80 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
81 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
82 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 12 80 15.0% 8.8%
83 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 12 82 14.6% 8.6%
84 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
85 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 13 93 14.0% 8.4%
86 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 65 617 10.5% 8.4%
87 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
88 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
89 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 13 97 13.4% 8.0%
90 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
91 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 63 14.3% 7.7%
92 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 10 77 13.0% 7.2%
93 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 14 118 11.9% 7.2%
94 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
95 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
96 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
97 Lake Betz 7.3 27 285 9.5% 6.6%
98 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
99 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
100 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
101 Homestead Park 19.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
102 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
103 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
104 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
105 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
106 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
107 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
109 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 12 119 10.1% 5.9%
110 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
111 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 15 159 9.4% 5.8%
112 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 9 84 10.7% 5.7%
113 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
114 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
115 Lake Lynn 7.7 16 182 8.8% 5.5%
116 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 15 174 8.6% 5.3%
117 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
118 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
119 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
120 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 19 252 7.5% 4.9%
121 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
122 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
123 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
124 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
125 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
126 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
127 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
128 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
129 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
130 Fallon park 8.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
131 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
132 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
133 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
134 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
135 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
136 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
137 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
138 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
139 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
140 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
141 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
142 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
143 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
144 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 5 55 9.1% 3.9%
145 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
146 Apex Community Park 3.7 9 129 7.0% 3.7%
147 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
148 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
149 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
150 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
151 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
152 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
153 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
154 Shelley Lake 8.1 8 125 6.4% 3.3%
155 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
156 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
157 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
158 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
159 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
160 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
161 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
162 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
163 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
164 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
165 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 5 76 6.6% 2.8%
166 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
167 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
168 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
169 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
170 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
171 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
172 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
173 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
174 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
175 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
176 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
177 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 131 4.6% 2.1%
178 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
179 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
180 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
181 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
182 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
183 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
184 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
185 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
186 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 5 118 4.2% 1.8%
187 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
188 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
189 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
190 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
191 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 5 139 3.6% 1.5%
192 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
193 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
194 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
195 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
196 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
197 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 169 3.0% 1.3%
198 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
199 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
200 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
201 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
202 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
203 Northgate Park 17.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
204 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
205 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
206 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
207 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
208 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
209 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
210 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
211 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 416 1.0% 0.4%