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Where to find Northern Rough-winged Swallow in April
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 Rough-winged Swallow in April. 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 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 133 155 85.8% 79.4%
2 Lake Betz 7.3 240 317 75.7% 70.7%
3 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 168 219 76.7% 70.7%
4 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 49 64 76.6% 64.9%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 58 78 74.4% 63.7%
6 Beaver Marsh 16.7 217 318 68.2% 62.9%
7 Lake Lynn 7.7 136 213 63.8% 57.2%
8 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 41 59 69.5% 56.9%
9 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 516 865 59.7% 56.3%
10 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 207 343 60.3% 55.1%
11 Bond Park 2.7 121 195 62.1% 55.1%
12 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 30 43 69.8% 54.9%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 159 274 58.0% 52.1%
14 Lake Raleigh 6.0 76 126 60.3% 51.6%
15 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 105 181 58.0% 50.7%
16 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 57 96 59.4% 49.4%
17 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 50 84 59.5% 48.8%
18 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 21 34 61.8% 45.0%
19 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
20 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 27 48 56.2% 42.3%
21 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 21 36 58.3% 42.2%
22 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 30 55 54.5% 41.5%
23 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 168 369 45.5% 40.5%
24 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 20 36 55.6% 39.6%
25 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
26 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
27 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 30 63 47.6% 35.8%
28 Shelley Lake 8.1 53 123 43.1% 34.7%
29 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
31 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
32 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
33 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
34 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
35 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
36 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
38 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 187 564 33.2% 29.4%
39 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
40 Apex Community Park 3.7 16 37 43.2% 28.7%
41 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
42 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
43 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 34 93 36.6% 27.5%
44 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
45 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 99 314 31.5% 26.6%
46 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
47 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
48 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 132 465 28.4% 24.5%
49 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
50 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 38 122 31.1% 23.6%
51 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
52 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
53 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
54 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
55 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
56 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 53 34.0% 22.7%
57 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 19 57 33.3% 22.5%
58 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
59 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
60 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 20 62 32.3% 22.0%
61 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
62 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
63 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
64 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 17 54 31.5% 20.7%
65 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Inwood Rd. 7.3 20 69 29.0% 19.6%
69 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
70 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
71 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
72 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 40 30.0% 18.1%
73 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
74 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
75 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 91 432 21.1% 17.5%
76 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
77 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
78 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 159 845 18.8% 16.3%
79 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 45 26.7% 16.0%
80 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
81 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
82 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
83 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 14 61 23.0% 14.2%
84 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 24 117 20.5% 14.2%
85 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 22 109 20.2% 13.7%
86 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
87 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
88 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 19 96 19.8% 13.1%
89 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 12 56 21.4% 12.7%
90 Pullen Park 6.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
91 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
92 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
93 Lake Benson 11.9 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
94 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
95 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
96 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
97 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 33 217 15.2% 11.0%
98 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
99 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
100 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
101 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
102 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 19 120 15.8% 10.4%
103 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 14 84 16.7% 10.2%
104 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
105 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
106 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
107 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
108 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
109 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
110 White Deer Park 11.6 9 56 16.1% 8.7%
111 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
112 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
113 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
114 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
115 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
116 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
117 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 13 106 12.3% 7.3%
118 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
119 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
120 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
121 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
122 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 56 12.5% 6.2%
123 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
124 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
125 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
126 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 16 166 9.6% 6.0%
127 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
128 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
129 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
130 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 10 98 10.2% 5.6%
131 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
132 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
133 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
134 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
135 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 9 92 9.8% 5.2%
136 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
137 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
138 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
139 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
140 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
141 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
142 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
143 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
144 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
145 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
146 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
147 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
148 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
149 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
150 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
151 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
152 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
153 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
154 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
155 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
156 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
157 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
158 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
159 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
160 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
161 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
162 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
163 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
164 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 6 98 6.1% 2.8%
165 Wendell Park 22.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
166 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
167 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
168 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
169 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
170 Northgate Park 17.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
171 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
172 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
173 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
174 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
175 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
176 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
177 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
178 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
179 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 5 156 3.2% 1.4%
180 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
182 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
183 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
184 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
185 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
186 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
187 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
188 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
189 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 124 2.4% 0.8%
190 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 3 143 2.1% 0.7%
191 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
192 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
193 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
194 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 6 453 1.3% 0.6%
195 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 108 1.9% 0.5%
196 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
197 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
198 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
199 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
200 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
201 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
202 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
203 Ritter Park 4.3 1 111 0.9% 0.2%