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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 3.9 146 274 53.3% 47.4%
2 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 49 95 51.6% 41.7%
3 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
5 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
6 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
7 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
8 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
9 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 139 366 38.0% 33.2%
10 Lake Benson 11.9 25 61 41.0% 29.5%
11 Ritter Park 4.3 23 58 39.7% 28.1%
12 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
13 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 16 38 42.1% 27.9%
14 Wendell Park 22.6 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
15 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
16 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
17 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
18 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
21 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
22 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
23 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
24 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 19 70 27.1% 18.1%
25 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 11 36 30.6% 18.0%
26 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 20 75 26.7% 18.0%
27 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
28 Schenck Forest 3.6 41 176 23.3% 17.7%
29 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 43 197 21.8% 16.6%
30 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
31 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
32 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
33 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
34 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 37 178 20.8% 15.5%
35 Bond Park 2.7 33 160 20.6% 15.1%
36 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
37 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 76 426 17.8% 14.5%
38 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
39 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
40 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 15 69 21.7% 13.6%
41 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
42 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
43 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 30 166 18.1% 13.0%
44 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 80 511 15.7% 12.8%
45 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
46 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
47 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
48 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
49 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
50 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
51 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
52 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
53 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
54 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
55 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
56 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 12 72 16.7% 9.8%
57 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
58 White Deer Park 11.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
59 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
60 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
61 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
62 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
63 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 The Hamner Institutes 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
69 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
70 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 53 461 11.5% 8.9%
71 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
72 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
73 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
74 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
75 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
76 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
77 Homestead Park 19.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
78 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 10 68 14.7% 8.2%
79 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 10 70 14.3% 7.9%
80 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
81 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 55 549 10.0% 7.8%
82 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
83 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
84 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 11 84 13.1% 7.5%
85 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
86 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
87 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
88 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 9 68 13.2% 7.1%
89 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
90 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
91 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
92 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
93 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
94 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
95 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
96 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
97 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 7 56 12.5% 6.2%
98 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 67 11.9% 6.2%
99 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
100 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
101 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
103 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
104 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
105 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
106 Lake Lynn 7.7 15 153 9.8% 6.0%
107 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
108 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
109 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
110 Lake Betz 7.3 20 250 8.0% 5.2%
111 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
112 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
113 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
114 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 10 112 8.9% 4.9%
115 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
116 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 13 160 8.1% 4.8%
117 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
118 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
119 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
120 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
121 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
122 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
123 Fallon park 8.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
124 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
125 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
126 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
127 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
128 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
129 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
130 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
131 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 6 65 9.2% 4.3%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
133 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 11 153 7.2% 4.1%
134 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
135 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
136 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
137 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
138 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
139 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
140 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
141 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
142 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
143 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
144 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
145 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
146 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 86 7.0% 3.2%
147 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
148 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
149 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
150 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
151 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
152 Shelley Lake 8.1 6 105 5.7% 2.6%
153 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
154 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
155 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
156 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
157 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
158 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
159 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
160 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 5 97 5.2% 2.2%
161 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
162 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
163 Northgate Park 17.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
164 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
165 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
166 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
167 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
168 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
169 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
170 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
171 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
172 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
173 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
174 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
175 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
176 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 138 3.6% 1.6%
177 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
178 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
179 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
180 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 6 201 3.0% 1.4%
181 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 79 3.8% 1.3%
182 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
183 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
184 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
185 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
186 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
187 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
188 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
189 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 3 124 2.4% 0.8%
190 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
191 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
192 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 396 1.0% 0.4%