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Where to find Northern Rough-winged Swallow in May
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 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 3.5 151 197 76.6% 70.3%
2 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 308 445 69.2% 64.8%
3 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 63 85 74.1% 63.9%
4 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 28 36 77.8% 61.9%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 187 282 66.3% 60.6%
6 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 318 490 64.9% 60.6%
7 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 66 95 69.5% 59.6%
8 Bond Park 2.7 151 233 64.8% 58.5%
9 Lake Betz 7.3 264 431 61.3% 56.6%
10 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 358 594 60.3% 56.3%
11 Lake Lynn 7.7 190 320 59.4% 53.9%
12 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 242 414 58.5% 53.7%
13 South Durham WRF 13.3 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
14 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 48 77 62.3% 51.2%
15 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 506 946 53.5% 50.3%
16 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 146 265 55.1% 49.1%
17 Beaver Marsh 16.7 124 224 55.4% 48.8%
18 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 24 38 63.2% 47.3%
19 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 328 659 49.8% 46.0%
20 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 39 68 57.4% 45.5%
21 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 182 362 50.3% 45.1%
22 Schenck Forest 3.6 145 290 50.0% 44.3%
23 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
24 Shelley Lake 8.1 103 205 50.2% 43.5%
25 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 81 166 48.8% 41.3%
26 Hoffman Lake 2.4 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
27 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 20 37 54.1% 38.4%
28 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
29 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
30 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
31 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 48 110 43.6% 34.7%
32 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 20 42 47.6% 33.4%
33 Apex Community Park 3.7 30 68 44.1% 32.9%
34 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 26 58 44.8% 32.7%
35 Lake Raleigh 6.0 72 186 38.7% 32.0%
36 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
37 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 79 210 37.6% 31.3%
38 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
39 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
40 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%
41 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 18 41 43.9% 29.9%
42 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
43 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 26 66 39.4% 28.5%
44 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 47 132 35.6% 28.0%
45 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 34 93 36.6% 27.5%
46 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
47 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 38 110 34.5% 26.3%
48 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
49 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
50 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 30 86 34.9% 25.7%
51 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
52 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
53 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 13 33 39.4% 24.7%
54 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 23 66 34.8% 24.5%
55 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 20 56 35.7% 24.5%
56 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 224 847 26.4% 23.6%
57 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
58 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 28 92 30.4% 22.0%
59 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
60 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
61 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
62 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
63 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
64 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 207 886 23.4% 20.7%
65 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land) 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 66 30.3% 20.6%
68 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 24 85 28.2% 19.8%
69 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
70 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 17 62 27.4% 17.9%
71 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 22 85 25.9% 17.8%
72 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
73 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
74 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 41 178 23.0% 17.5%
75 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
76 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
77 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
78 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
79 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 18 77 23.4% 15.3%
80 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
81 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
82 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
83 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 132 780 16.9% 14.5%
84 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
85 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
86 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 115 698 16.5% 13.9%
87 Inwood Rd. 7.3 15 68 22.1% 13.8%
88 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 16 74 21.6% 13.8%
89 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 80 21.2% 13.7%
90 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 10 42 23.8% 13.5%
91 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 17 83 20.5% 13.2%
92 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
93 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
94 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 10 45 22.2% 12.5%
95 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
96 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
97 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 20 107 18.7% 12.4%
98 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 41 22.0% 12.0%
99 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 14 72 19.4% 12.0%
100 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
101 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
102 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
103 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
104 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
105 Pullen Park 6.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
106 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
107 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 36 265 13.6% 10.0%
108 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
109 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
110 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 14 88 15.9% 9.7%
111 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
112 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
113 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
114 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
115 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
116 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
117 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
118 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
119 Falls Lake 15.1 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
120 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
121 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
122 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
123 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
124 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
125 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
126 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 10 72 13.9% 7.7%
127 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
128 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
129 White Deer Park 11.6 12 93 12.9% 7.5%
130 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
131 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
132 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
133 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
134 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 19 177 10.7% 7.0%
135 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
136 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
137 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 11 107 10.3% 5.8%
138 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
139 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
140 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
141 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 13 137 9.5% 5.6%
142 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 66 10.6% 5.2%
143 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
144 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
145 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
146 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
147 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
148 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
149 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
150 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 9 106 8.5% 4.5%
151 Lake Benson 11.9 6 63 9.5% 4.4%
152 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
153 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
154 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
155 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
156 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
157 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
158 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
159 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
160 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
161 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
162 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
163 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
164 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
165 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
166 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
167 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
168 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
169 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
170 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 73 6.8% 3.0%
171 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
172 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
173 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
174 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
175 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
176 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 162 4.9% 2.5%
177 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 34 999 3.4% 2.4%
178 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
179 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
180 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 66 6.1% 2.4%
181 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
182 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
183 17 Acre Woods 18.0 7 174 4.0% 2.0%
184 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
185 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
186 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
187 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
188 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 5 139 3.6% 1.5%
189 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 105 3.8% 1.5%
190 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
191 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
192 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
193 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
194 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
195 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
196 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
197 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 86 3.5% 1.2%
198 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
199 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
200 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
201 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
202 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
203 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
204 Ritter Park 4.3 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
205 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 109 2.8% 0.9%
206 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
207 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
208 Homestead Park 19.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
209 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
210 Northgate Park 17.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
211 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
212 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
213 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
214 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 88 2.3% 0.6%
215 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
216 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
217 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
218 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 2 155 1.3% 0.4%
219 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
220 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
221 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
222 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 207 0.5% 0.1%