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Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in September
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

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. 6.7 184 429 42.9% 38.3%
2 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 42 123 34.1% 26.4%
3 Schenck Forest 3.6 59 224 26.3% 21.0%
4 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
5 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 68 319 21.3% 17.2%
7 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
8 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 11 54 20.4% 11.8%
9 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
10 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
11 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 9 51 17.6% 9.6%
12 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
13 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 12 83 14.5% 8.5%
14 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
15 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
16 Lake Benson 11.9 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
17 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
18 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
19 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 14 172 8.1% 4.9%
20 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 14 174 8.0% 4.9%
21 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
22 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
23 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
24 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 27 423 6.4% 4.4%
25 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 8 102 7.8% 4.0%
26 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
27 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
28 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
29 White Deer Park 11.6 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
30 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
31 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
32 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 10 190 5.3% 2.9%
33 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
34 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
35 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
36 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
37 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
38 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
39 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
40 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 18 591 3.0% 1.9%
42 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
43 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
44 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
45 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 6 155 3.9% 1.8%
46 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
47 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 8 261 3.1% 1.6%
48 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
49 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
50 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
51 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
52 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
53 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
54 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
55 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
56 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 10 505 2.0% 1.1%
57 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
58 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
59 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
60 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 8 459 1.7% 0.9%
61 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
62 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
63 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
64 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
65 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
66 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
67 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 4 245 1.6% 0.6%
68 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
69 Lake Lynn 7.7 9 825 1.1% 0.6%
70 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
71 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 3 183 1.6% 0.6%
72 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
73 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 187 1.6% 0.5%
74 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
75 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 3 191 1.6% 0.5%
76 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 19 2414 0.8% 0.5%
77 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
78 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
79 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 137 1.5% 0.4%
80 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 289 1.0% 0.4%
81 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 5 607 0.8% 0.4%
82 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
83 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
84 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
85 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
86 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
87 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
88 Lake Betz 7.3 2 302 0.7% 0.2%
89 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
90 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 313 0.6% 0.2%
91 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
92 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
93 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 127 0.8% 0.1%
94 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 234 0.4% 0.1%
95 Bond Park 2.7 1 259 0.4% 0.1%
96 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 295 0.3% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.