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Where to find Swamp Sparrow in January
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 Swamp Sparrow in January. 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 98 116 84.5% 76.8%
2 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
3 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
4 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 34 61 55.7% 43.3%
5 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 68 136 50.0% 41.7%
6 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
7 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 116 255 45.5% 39.5%
8 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
9 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 125 343 36.4% 31.5%
11 Lake Betz 7.3 95 266 35.7% 30.2%
12 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 116 345 33.6% 28.8%
14 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
15 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 19 48 39.6% 27.0%
16 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 88 304 28.9% 24.1%
17 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
18 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
19 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
20 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 19 64 29.7% 19.9%
27 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
28 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
29 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
30 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 12 42 28.6% 17.2%
31 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
32 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
33 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
34 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
35 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 51 23.5% 14.0%
36 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
37 Wendell Park 22.6 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
38 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
39 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 82 556 14.7% 12.0%
40 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 27 168 16.1% 11.3%
41 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 13 71 18.3% 11.0%
42 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
43 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
44 Beaver Marsh 16.7 41 295 13.9% 10.4%
45 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
46 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
47 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
48 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
49 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
50 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
51 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
52 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 23 167 13.8% 9.4%
53 Apex Community Park 3.7 13 85 15.3% 9.2%
54 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
55 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 17 123 13.8% 8.8%
56 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
57 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 12 87 13.8% 8.1%
58 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 9 63 14.3% 7.7%
59 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 50 509 9.8% 7.5%
60 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
61 Lake Raleigh 6.0 12 97 12.4% 7.2%
62 Schenck Forest 3.6 22 208 10.6% 7.1%
63 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
64 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
66 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
68 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
69 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
70 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
71 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
72 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
73 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
74 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
75 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
76 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
77 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 9 143 6.3% 3.3%
78 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
79 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
80 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
81 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
82 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
83 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 125 5.6% 2.7%
84 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
85 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
86 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
87 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
88 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
89 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
90 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
91 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
92 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
93 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
94 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
95 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
96 Bond Park 2.7 4 122 3.3% 1.3%
97 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
98 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
99 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 93 3.2% 1.1%
100 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
101 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
102 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
103 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 4 174 2.3% 0.9%
104 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 115 2.6% 0.9%
105 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
106 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
107 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
108 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
109 White Deer Park 11.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
110 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
111 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
112 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
113 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
114 Lake Lynn 7.7 2 115 1.7% 0.5%
115 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
116 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
117 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
118 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 198 1.0% 0.3%
119 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
120 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
121 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
122 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
123 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 105 1.0% 0.2%