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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 13.2 150 176 85.2% 79.2%
2 Lake Betz 7.3 270 355 76.1% 71.4%
3 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 179 238 75.2% 69.4%
4 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 62 82 75.6% 65.3%
5 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 53 71 74.6% 63.4%
6 Beaver Marsh 16.7 226 330 68.5% 63.3%
7 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 45 64 70.3% 58.2%
8 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 43 61 70.5% 58.1%
9 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 42 61 68.9% 56.4%
10 Lake Lynn 7.7 164 266 61.7% 55.7%
11 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 575 984 58.4% 55.3%
12 Bond Park 2.7 134 217 61.8% 55.1%
13 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 89 143 62.2% 54.1%
14 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 229 390 58.7% 53.8%
15 Schenck Forest 3.6 168 294 57.1% 51.4%
16 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 79 133 59.4% 50.9%
17 Lake Raleigh 6.0 92 157 58.6% 50.8%
18 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 114 199 57.3% 50.3%
19 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
20 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
21 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
22 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
23 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 205 435 47.1% 42.5%
24 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 29 54 53.7% 40.6%
25 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 32 61 52.5% 40.2%
26 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 39 83 47.0% 36.6%
27 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 19 38 50.0% 34.8%
28 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
29 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 31 68 45.6% 34.3%
30 Apex Community Park 3.7 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
31 Shelley Lake 8.1 59 143 41.3% 33.5%
32 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
33 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
34 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 47 117 40.2% 31.7%
35 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 125 356 35.1% 30.3%
36 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 34 85 40.0% 30.2%
37 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
38 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
39 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
40 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 201 627 32.1% 28.5%
41 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
42 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
43 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
44 Salem Pond Park 4.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
45 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
46 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
47 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
48 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
49 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
50 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
51 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 156 596 26.2% 22.8%
52 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 42 142 29.6% 22.7%
53 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
54 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
55 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 19 58 32.8% 22.1%
56 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 19 58 32.8% 22.1%
57 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
58 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 19 59 32.2% 21.7%
59 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
60 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
61 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
62 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 19 61 31.1% 20.9%
63 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
64 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
67 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 40 30.0% 18.1%
68 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
69 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
70 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 170 899 18.9% 16.5%
71 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
72 Inwood Rd. 7.3 26 113 23.0% 16.2%
73 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
74 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
75 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
76 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
77 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
78 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
79 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 25 120 20.8% 14.5%
80 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 99 592 16.7% 13.9%
81 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
82 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
83 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 23 116 19.8% 13.6%
84 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
85 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 13 60 21.7% 13.1%
86 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 22 115 19.1% 13.0%
87 Pullen Park 6.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
88 Lake Benson 11.9 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
89 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
90 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 21 114 18.4% 12.4%
91 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
92 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
93 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 14 71 19.7% 12.1%
94 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
95 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
96 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 42 268 15.7% 11.8%
97 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
98 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
99 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
100 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
101 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
102 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 60 18.3% 10.6%
103 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 16 102 15.7% 9.9%
104 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
105 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
106 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
107 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
108 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
109 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
110 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
111 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 19 139 13.7% 8.9%
112 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
113 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
114 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 17 133 12.8% 8.1%
115 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
116 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
117 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
118 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
119 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
120 White Deer Park 11.6 9 72 12.5% 6.7%
121 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
122 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
123 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
124 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
125 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
127 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
128 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
129 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
130 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
131 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 16 173 9.2% 5.8%
132 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 61 11.5% 5.7%
133 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
134 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 10 102 9.8% 5.4%
135 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
136 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 10 105 9.5% 5.3%
137 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
138 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
139 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 69 10.1% 5.0%
140 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
141 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
142 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
143 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
144 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
145 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
146 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
147 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
148 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
149 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
150 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
151 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
152 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
153 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
154 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
155 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
156 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
157 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
158 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
159 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
160 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
161 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
162 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
163 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
164 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
165 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
166 Wendell Park 22.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
167 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
168 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
169 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
170 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
171 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
172 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
173 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 6 121 5.0% 2.3%
174 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
175 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
176 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
177 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
178 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
179 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
180 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
181 Northgate Park 17.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
182 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
183 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
184 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
185 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
186 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 6 195 3.1% 1.4%
187 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
188 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
189 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
190 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
191 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
192 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
193 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
194 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
195 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 11 603 1.8% 1.0%
196 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
197 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
198 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
199 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
200 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
201 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
202 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
203 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 139 2.2% 0.7%
204 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
205 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 3 156 1.9% 0.7%
206 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
207 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
208 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 122 1.6% 0.5%
209 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
210 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
211 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
212 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
213 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
214 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
215 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
216 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
217 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
218 Ritter Park 4.3 1 132 0.8% 0.1%