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Where to find Northern Rough-winged Swallow in May
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 May. 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 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 96 113 85.0% 77.2%
2 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 49 62 79.0% 67.4%
3 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 235 334 70.4% 65.3%
4 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 23 28 82.1% 64.4%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 146 208 70.2% 63.7%
6 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 182 264 68.9% 63.1%
7 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 36 48 75.0% 61.2%
8 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 185 283 65.4% 59.7%
9 Bond Park 2.7 119 182 65.4% 58.2%
10 Lake Lynn 7.7 106 164 64.6% 57.1%
11 Lake Betz 7.3 164 261 62.8% 56.8%
12 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 163 270 60.4% 54.4%
13 Beaver Marsh 16.7 118 194 60.8% 53.8%
14 South Durham WRF 13.3 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
15 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
16 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
17 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 335 629 53.3% 49.4%
18 Lake Raleigh 6.0 55 93 59.1% 49.0%
19 Schenck Forest 3.6 113 206 54.9% 48.0%
20 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
21 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 208 427 48.7% 44.0%
22 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
23 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 50 94 53.2% 43.2%
24 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
25 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 129 264 48.9% 42.9%
26 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 29 52 55.8% 42.3%
27 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
28 Shelley Lake 8.1 54 109 49.5% 40.3%
29 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 23 42 54.8% 39.9%
30 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
31 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 33 69 47.8% 36.5%
32 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
33 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
34 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 37 81 45.7% 35.3%
35 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 22 45 48.9% 35.0%
36 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
37 Apex Community Park 3.7 20 42 47.6% 33.4%
38 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 20 43 46.5% 32.5%
39 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 34 82 41.5% 31.4%
40 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
41 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 180 515 35.0% 31.0%
42 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
43 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
44 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
45 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
46 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
47 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
48 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
49 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 27 72 37.5% 27.2%
50 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
51 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
52 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 24 68 35.3% 25.0%
53 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 28 82 34.1% 24.8%
54 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 18 50 36.0% 24.1%
55 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 17 47 36.2% 24.0%
56 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
57 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
58 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
59 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
60 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 49 34.7% 22.9%
61 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
62 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 48 33.3% 21.7%
63 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
64 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
65 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
66 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 138 568 24.3% 20.9%
67 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
68 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 95 387 24.5% 20.5%
71 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
72 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
73 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
74 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 12 39 30.8% 18.6%
75 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
76 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
77 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 33 147 22.4% 16.5%
78 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
79 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 15 60 25.0% 15.8%
80 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
81 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 111 617 18.0% 15.2%
82 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
83 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
84 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
85 Inwood Rd. 7.3 14 58 24.1% 15.0%
86 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
87 Pullen Park 6.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
88 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
89 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
90 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
91 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
92 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 27 150 18.0% 12.7%
93 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
94 White Deer Park 11.6 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
95 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 13 65 20.0% 12.1%
96 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
97 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
98 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
99 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
100 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
101 Falls Lake 15.1 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
102 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 17 105 16.2% 10.4%
103 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 9 49 18.4% 10.0%
104 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
105 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
106 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
107 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
108 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
109 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
110 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
111 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
112 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
113 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
114 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
115 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
116 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
117 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
118 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
119 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
120 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
121 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 9 61 14.8% 8.0%
122 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
123 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
124 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
125 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
127 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
128 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
129 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
130 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
131 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
132 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
133 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
134 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
135 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
136 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
137 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 7 67 10.4% 5.2%
138 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
139 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
140 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
141 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
142 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
143 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
144 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
145 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
146 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
147 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 10 121 8.3% 4.6%
148 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
149 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 7 79 8.9% 4.4%
150 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
151 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
152 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
153 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
154 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
155 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
156 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
157 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
158 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
159 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
160 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
161 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
162 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
163 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 19 424 4.5% 2.9%
164 17 Acre Woods 18.0 7 121 5.8% 2.8%
165 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
166 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
167 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
168 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
169 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 4 71 5.6% 2.2%
170 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
171 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
172 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
173 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
174 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
175 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
176 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
177 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
178 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
179 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
180 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
181 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
182 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
183 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
184 Northgate Park 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
185 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
186 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
187 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
188 Homestead Park 19.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
189 Ritter Park 4.3 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
190 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
191 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
192 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
193 Lake Benson 11.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
194 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
195 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
196 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
197 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
198 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
199 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
200 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
201 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
202 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
203 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 154 0.6% 0.1%