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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	106	126	84.1%	76.8%
2			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	26	31	83.9%	67.4%
3			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	275	384	71.6%	66.9%
4			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	53	68	77.9%	66.7%
5			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	161	233	69.1%	62.9%
6			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	213	314	67.8%	62.5%
7			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	43	58	74.1%	61.6%
8			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	199	309	64.4%	58.9%
9			Lake Betz	7.3	181	285	63.5%	57.8%
10			Bond Park	2.7	128	199	64.3%	57.5%
11			South Durham WRF	13.3	8	9	88.9%	56.5%
12			Lake Lynn	7.7	133	211	63.0%	56.3%
13			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	267	450	59.3%	54.7%
14			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	44	66	66.7%	54.7%
15			Beaver Marsh	16.7	120	199	60.3%	53.4%
16			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
17			Schenck Forest	3.6	121	217	55.8%	49.1%
18			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	397	755	52.6%	49.0%
19			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	26	43	60.5%	45.6%
20			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	245	491	49.9%	45.5%
21			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	151	300	50.3%	44.7%
22			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
23			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	56	108	51.9%	42.5%
24			Lake Raleigh	6.0	62	121	51.2%	42.4%
25			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	18	30	60.0%	42.3%
26			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	70	139	50.4%	42.2%
27			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	30	55	54.5%	41.5%
28			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	19	33	57.6%	40.8%
29			Shelley Lake	8.1	65	134	48.5%	40.2%
30			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	42	88	47.7%	37.6%
31			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
32			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
33			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	16	31	51.6%	34.8%
34			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
35			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
36			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	33	76	43.4%	32.9%
37			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	22	48	45.8%	32.6%
38			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	13	26	50.0%	32.1%
39			Apex Community Park	3.7	24	54	44.4%	32.0%
40			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	40	101	39.6%	30.6%
41			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%
42			Hoffman Lake	2.4	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
43			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
44			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
45			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	20	48	41.7%	28.8%
46			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	20	49	40.8%	28.2%
47			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
48			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	194	626	31.0%	27.5%
49			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	28	76	36.8%	26.9%
50			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	27	74	36.5%	26.4%
51			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	14	34	41.2%	26.4%
52			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
53			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	11	26	42.3%	25.5%
54			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
55			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	11	27	40.7%	24.5%
56			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	28	86	32.6%	23.6%
57			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	8	19	42.1%	23.1%
58			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	18	53	34.0%	22.7%
59			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
60			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	17	52	32.7%	21.5%
61			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
62			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
63			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	11	31	35.5%	21.1%
64			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	18	57	31.6%	21.0%
65			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
66			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
67			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	19	62	30.6%	20.6%
68			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	158	681	23.2%	20.2%
69			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	22	79	27.8%	19.2%
70			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
71			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	12	39	30.8%	18.6%
72			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
73			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	104	513	20.3%	17.0%
74			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
75			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	9	30	30.0%	16.7%
76			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	33	152	21.7%	15.9%
77			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	8	27	29.6%	15.9%
78			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
79			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
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			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	120	681	17.6%	14.9%
83			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	9	35	25.7%	14.2%
84			Inwood Rd.	7.3	14	62	22.6%	14.0%
85			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	10	41	24.4%	13.8%
86			Dorothea Dix	6.6	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
87			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
88			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	15	70	21.4%	13.4%
89			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
90			Lake Wheeler	8.2	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
91			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	11	54	20.4%	11.8%
92			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
93			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
94			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	11	57	19.3%	11.1%
95			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	31	201	15.4%	11.1%
96			White Deer Park	11.6	12	64	18.8%	11.1%
97			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	12	64	18.8%	11.1%
98			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
99			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	7	34	20.6%	10.3%
100			Falls Lake	15.1	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
101			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	7	35	20.0%	10.0%
102			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	6	29	20.7%	9.8%
103			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	6	29	20.7%	9.8%
104			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
105			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
106			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
107			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
108			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
109			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	6	30	20.0%	9.5%
110			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
111			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
112			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
113			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
114			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	9	54	16.7%	9.0%
115			Pullen Park	6.6	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
116			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	19	145	13.1%	8.6%
117			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	8	49	16.3%	8.5%
118			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
119			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	10	70	14.3%	7.9%
120			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	6	37	16.2%	7.7%
121			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
122			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
123			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
124			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	10	77	13.0%	7.2%
125			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
126			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	7	52	13.5%	6.7%
127			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
128			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
129			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
130			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
131			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
132			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
133			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
134			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
135			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
136			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
137			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
138			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	8	73	11.0%	5.7%
139			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
140			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	5	40	12.5%	5.5%
141			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	12	129	9.3%	5.4%
142			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
143			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
144			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
145			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
146			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
147			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
148			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
149			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
150			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
151			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
152			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
153			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
154			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
155			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
156			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
157			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	28	616	4.5%	3.2%
158			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
159			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
160			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	7	111	6.3%	3.1%
161			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
162			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
163			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
164			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
165			Raven Rock SP	23.9	4	53	7.5%	3.0%
166			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
167			17 Acre Woods	18.0	7	134	5.2%	2.6%
168			Fearrington Village	17.5	4	63	6.3%	2.5%
169			Town Lake Park	23.4	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
170			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
171			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
172			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
173			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
174			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	3	47	6.4%	2.2%
175			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	3	47	6.4%	2.2%
176			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
177			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
178			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
179			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	4	89	4.5%	1.8%
180			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
181			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
182			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
183			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
184			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
185			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	3	65	4.6%	1.6%
186			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
187			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
188			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
189			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
190			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
191			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
192			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	92	3.3%	1.1%
193			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
194			Ritter Park	4.3	2	51	3.9%	1.1%
195			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
196			Northgate Park	17.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
197			Homestead Park	19.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
198			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
199			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
200			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
201			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
202			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
203			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
204			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
205			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
206			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
207			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
208			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
209			Lake Benson	11.9	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
210			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	1	172	0.6%	0.1%