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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%