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Where to find Northern Cardinal in August
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 Northern Cardinal in August. 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 53 54 98.1% 90.2%
2 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 341 366 93.2% 90.1%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 158 169 93.5% 88.7%
4 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 25 25 100.0% 86.7%
5 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 46 48 95.8% 86.0%
6 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 65 69 94.2% 86.0%
7 Lake Lynn 7.7 107 116 92.2% 85.9%
8 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 92 100 92.0% 85.0%
9 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 20 20 100.0% 83.9%
10 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 14 14 100.0% 78.5%
11 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 21 22 95.5% 78.2%
12 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 166 200 83.0% 77.2%
13 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 173 209 82.8% 77.1%
14 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 31 34 91.2% 77.0%
15 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 81 95 85.3% 76.8%
16 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 12 12 100.0% 75.7%
17 White Deer Park 11.6 18 19 94.7% 75.4%
18 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
19 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 47 55 85.5% 73.8%
20 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 49 58 84.5% 73.1%
21 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
22 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
23 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 45 54 83.3% 71.3%
24 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 27 31 87.1% 71.1%
25 Bond Park 2.7 76 95 80.0% 70.9%
26 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 44 53 83.0% 70.8%
27 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 151 196 77.0% 70.7%
28 Fearrington Village 17.5 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
29 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
30 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
31 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
32 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
33 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
34 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
35 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
36 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
37 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 22 26 84.6% 66.5%
38 Schenck Forest 3.6 61 80 76.2% 65.9%
39 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
40 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
41 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 187 264 70.8% 65.1%
42 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
43 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
44 Homestead Park 19.3 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
45 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
46 Strickland Park 8.9 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
47 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 20 24 83.3% 64.1%
48 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 35 45 77.8% 63.7%
49 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 27 34 79.4% 63.2%
50 Dorothea Dix 6.6 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
51 Wendell Park 22.6 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
52 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 65 90 72.2% 62.2%
53 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
54 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
55 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
56 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
57 Shelley Lake 8.1 44 61 72.1% 59.8%
58 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 40 55 72.7% 59.8%
59 Town Lake Park 23.4 38 52 73.1% 59.7%
60 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 38 52 73.1% 59.7%
61 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
62 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 58 83 69.9% 59.3%
63 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 21 27 77.8% 59.2%
64 Ritter Park 4.3 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
65 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
66 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 98 151 64.9% 57.0%
67 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
68 Apex Community Park 3.7 19 25 76.0% 56.6%
69 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
70 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
71 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
72 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 28 39 71.8% 56.2%
73 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 34 49 69.4% 55.5%
74 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 71 110 64.5% 55.3%
75 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
76 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 59 91 64.8% 54.6%
77 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 69 109 63.3% 53.9%
78 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
79 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
80 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
81 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
82 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
83 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
84 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
85 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
86 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
87 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
88 Crowder District Park 6.8 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
89 17 Acre Woods 18.0 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
90 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 20 30 66.7% 48.8%
91 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
92 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
93 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
94 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
95 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 27 43 62.8% 47.9%
96 Lake Betz 7.3 104 191 54.5% 47.4%
97 Lake Raleigh 6.0 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
98 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
99 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 113 210 53.8% 47.1%
100 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 125 238 52.5% 46.2%
101 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 25 41 61.0% 45.7%
102 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 122 238 51.3% 44.9%
103 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
104 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
105 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
106 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
107 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
108 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
109 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
110 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
111 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
112 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
113 Lyon Park 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
114 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
115 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
116 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
117 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
118 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
119 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 45 85 52.9% 42.4%
120 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
121 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
122 Pullen Park 6.6 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
123 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
124 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
125 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
126 Lake Wheeler 8.2 19 34 55.9% 39.5%
127 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
128 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
129 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
130 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
131 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
132 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
133 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
134 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
135 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
136 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
137 Parker Preserve 15.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
138 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
139 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
140 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
141 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
142 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
143 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
144 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
145 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
146 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
147 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
148 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
149 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
150 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
151 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
152 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
153 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
154 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
155 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
156 Beaver Marsh 16.7 56 140 40.0% 32.3%
157 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 161 444 36.3% 31.9%
158 Lake Benson 11.9 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
159 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
160 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
161 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
162 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
163 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
164 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
165 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
166 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
167 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
168 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 36 92 39.1% 29.8%
169 Indian Trail Park 18.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
170 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
171 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
172 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
173 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
174 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
175 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
176 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
177 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
178 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
179 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
180 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
181 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
182 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
183 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
184 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
185 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
186 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
187 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
188 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
189 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
190 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
191 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
192 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
193 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
194 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
195 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
196 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
197 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
198 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
199 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
200 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
201 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
202 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
203 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
204 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
205 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
206 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
207 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
208 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
209 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
210 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
211 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
212 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
213 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
214 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
215 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
216 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
217 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
218 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
219 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
220 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
221 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 16 66 24.2% 15.5%
222 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 16 66 24.2% 15.5%
223 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
224 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
225 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
226 Northgate Park 17.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
227 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
228 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
229 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
230 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
231 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
232 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
233 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
234 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
235 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
236 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
237 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
238 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
239 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
240 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
241 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
242 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
243 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
244 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
245 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
246 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
247 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
248 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
249 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
250 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
251 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
252 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
253 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
254 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
255 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
256 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
257 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
258 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
259 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
260 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
261 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
262 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
263 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
264 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
265 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
266 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
267 Falls Lake 15.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
268 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%