Bird Finder

Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in July
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 July. 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 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 106 214 49.5% 42.9%
3 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 42 95 44.2% 34.6%
4 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 49 119 41.2% 32.7%
5 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 74 197 37.6% 31.1%
6 Schenck Forest 3.6 27 74 36.5% 26.4%
7 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
8 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
9 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
10 Wendell Park 22.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
11 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
12 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 River Forest Park 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
16 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
17 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 32 150 21.3% 15.5%
18 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
19 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
20 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
21 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
22 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
23 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
24 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
25 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
26 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
27 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
28 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
29 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
30 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
31 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 10 54 18.5% 10.4%
32 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
33 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
34 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
35 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
36 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
37 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
38 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
39 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 29 214 13.6% 9.6%
40 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
41 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
45 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
46 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
47 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
48 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
49 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
50 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 13 96 13.5% 8.1%
51 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
52 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 10 72 13.9% 7.7%
53 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
54 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
55 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
56 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 14 118 11.9% 7.2%
57 Homestead Park 19.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
58 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
59 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 15 135 11.1% 6.8%
60 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
61 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 28 296 9.5% 6.6%
62 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
63 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
64 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
65 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
66 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
73 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
74 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
75 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 12 124 9.7% 5.6%
76 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
77 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
78 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
79 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
80 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
81 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
82 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
83 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
84 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
85 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
86 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
87 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
88 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
89 Lake Betz 7.3 10 145 6.9% 3.8%
90 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 15 248 6.0% 3.7%
91 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 7 93 7.5% 3.7%
92 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
93 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
94 17 Acre Woods 18.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
95 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
96 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
97 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
98 Shelley Lake 8.1 6 83 7.2% 3.4%
99 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
100 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
101 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
102 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
103 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
104 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
105 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
106 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
107 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
108 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
109 Bond Park 2.7 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
110 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
111 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
112 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
113 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
114 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
115 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
116 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
117 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
118 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
119 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
120 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
121 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
122 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
123 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
124 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
125 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
126 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
127 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
128 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
129 Lake Benson 11.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
130 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
131 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
132 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
133 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
134 Lake Lynn 7.7 6 182 3.3% 1.5%
135 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
136 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
137 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
138 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 146 3.4% 1.5%
139 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 5 152 3.3% 1.4%
140 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
141 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
142 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
143 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
144 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 6 220 2.7% 1.3%
145 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
146 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
147 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
148 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
149 Ritter Park 4.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
150 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
151 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
152 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
153 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
154 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
155 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
156 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
157 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
158 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
159 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 108 1.9% 0.5%
160 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
161 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 58 1.7% 0.3%