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Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in June
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 June. 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 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
2 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
3 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
4 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
5 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 29 41 70.7% 55.5%
6 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 32 46 69.6% 55.2%
7 Schenck Forest 3.6 52 81 64.2% 53.3%
8 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 90 153 58.8% 50.9%
9 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 165 296 55.7% 50.0%
10 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 53 90 58.9% 48.6%
11 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
12 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
13 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 25 40 62.5% 47.0%
14 Homestead Park 19.3 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
15 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
16 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
17 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 23 38 60.5% 44.7%
18 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 21 36 58.3% 42.2%
19 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 34 66 51.5% 39.7%
20 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
21 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 132 306 43.1% 37.7%
22 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 21 40 52.5% 37.5%
23 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 59 133 44.4% 36.2%
24 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 17 33 51.5% 35.2%
25 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 24 50 48.0% 34.8%
26 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
27 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
28 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
32 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
33 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 29 68 42.6% 31.6%
34 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
35 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
36 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 122 348 35.1% 30.2%
37 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
38 Bond Park 2.7 27 68 39.7% 28.9%
39 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
40 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 18 44 40.9% 27.7%
41 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
42 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 46 140 32.9% 25.6%
43 Lake Betz 7.3 43 130 33.1% 25.6%
44 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 51 158 32.3% 25.5%
45 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 22 61 36.1% 25.2%
46 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
47 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
48 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
49 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
50 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
51 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 20 60 33.3% 22.7%
52 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 32 106 30.2% 22.3%
53 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
54 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
55 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
56 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
57 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
58 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 19 60 31.7% 21.3%
59 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
60 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
61 Strickland Park 8.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
62 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
63 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
71 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
72 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 56 219 25.6% 20.2%
73 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
74 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 12 36 33.3% 20.2%
75 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 17 56 30.4% 19.9%
76 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
77 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
78 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 13 41 31.7% 19.6%
79 Wendell Park 22.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
80 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
81 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
82 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
83 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
84 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
85 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
86 Shelley Lake 8.1 18 66 27.3% 18.0%
87 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
88 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
89 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 13 46 28.3% 17.3%
90 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
91 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
92 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
93 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
94 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 20 82 24.4% 16.4%
95 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 26 112 23.2% 16.4%
96 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
97 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 13 49 26.5% 16.2%
98 Lake Lynn 7.7 21 88 23.9% 16.2%
99 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
100 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
101 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
102 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
103 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
104 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
105 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
106 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
107 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
108 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
109 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 11 45 24.4% 14.2%
110 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
111 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
112 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 57 320 17.8% 14.0%
113 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 10 41 24.4% 13.8%
114 Eastgate Park 9.5 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
115 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 30 159 18.9% 13.5%
116 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
117 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
118 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
119 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
120 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
121 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
122 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
123 White Deer Park 11.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
124 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
125 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
126 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
127 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 11 58 19.0% 10.9%
128 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
129 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
130 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
131 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
132 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
133 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
134 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
135 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
136 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
143 Ritter Park 4.3 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
144 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
145 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
146 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 17 129 13.2% 8.4%
147 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
148 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
149 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
150 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 14 104 13.5% 8.2%
151 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
152 Town Lake Park 23.4 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
153 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
154 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 16 145 11.0% 6.9%
155 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
156 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
157 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
158 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
159 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
160 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
161 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
162 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
163 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
164 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
165 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
166 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
167 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
168 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
169 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
170 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
171 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
172 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
173 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
174 Lake Benson 11.9 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
175 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
176 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
177 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
178 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
179 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
180 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
181 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
182 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
183 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
184 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
185 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
186 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
187 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
188 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
189 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
190 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
191 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
192 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
193 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
194 Lake Raleigh 6.0 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
195 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
196 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
197 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 6 80 7.5% 3.5%
198 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 70 7.1% 3.1%
199 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
200 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
201 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
202 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
203 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
204 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
205 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
206 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
207 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
208 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
209 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
210 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
211 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
212 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
213 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
214 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
215 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
216 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
217 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
218 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
219 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
220 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
221 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
222 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
223 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
224 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
225 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
226 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
227 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
228 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
229 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
230 Northgate Park 17.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
231 Beaver Marsh 16.7 3 123 2.4% 0.8%
232 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%