Bird Finder

Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in September
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 September. 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. 6.7 152 337 45.1% 39.9%
2 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 37 109 33.9% 25.7%
3 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 67 248 27.0% 21.9%
5 Schenck Forest 3.6 53 195 27.2% 21.4%
6 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 11 48 22.9% 13.3%
10 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 56 19.6% 11.3%
11 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
12 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
13 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
14 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
15 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
16 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 14 156 9.0% 5.4%
17 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
18 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 8 86 9.3% 4.8%
19 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 13 163 8.0% 4.7%
20 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
21 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
22 Lake Benson 11.9 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
23 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
24 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
25 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 69 8.7% 4.0%
26 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
27 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 18 296 6.1% 3.9%
28 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 5 64 7.8% 3.4%
29 White Deer Park 11.6 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
30 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
31 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
32 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
33 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
34 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
35 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
36 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
37 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
38 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 6 130 4.6% 2.1%
39 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 8 192 4.2% 2.1%
40 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
41 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
42 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
43 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
44 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
45 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
46 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
47 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
48 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
49 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
50 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
51 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 8 411 1.9% 1.0%
52 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
53 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
54 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
55 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
56 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
57 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
58 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 4 223 1.8% 0.7%
59 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 164 1.8% 0.6%
60 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
61 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
62 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
63 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
64 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 14 1701 0.8% 0.5%
65 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 132 1.5% 0.4%
66 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 141 1.4% 0.4%
67 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 4 413 1.0% 0.4%
68 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
69 Lake Lynn 7.7 5 577 0.9% 0.4%
70 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
71 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
72 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 4 497 0.8% 0.3%
73 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
74 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 2 181 1.1% 0.3%
75 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
76 Lake Betz 7.3 2 231 0.9% 0.2%
77 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
78 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
79 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
80 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
81 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 263 0.8% 0.2%
82 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 311 0.6% 0.2%
83 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 136 0.7% 0.1%
84 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
85 Bond Park 2.7 1 181 0.6% 0.1%