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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 23.4 161 189 85.2% 79.4%
2 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
3 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 28 44 63.6% 48.9%
4 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 43 72 59.7% 48.2%
5 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
6 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 91 174 52.3% 44.9%
7 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 71 141 50.4% 42.2%
8 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 138 327 42.2% 37.0%
9 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
11 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 150 401 37.4% 32.8%
12 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
13 Lake Betz 7.3 101 298 33.9% 28.8%
14 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 135 413 32.7% 28.3%
15 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
16 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 15 36 41.7% 27.1%
17 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 110 358 30.7% 26.2%
18 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 22 59 37.3% 26.1%
19 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
20 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
21 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 20 67 29.9% 20.2%
25 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
26 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
27 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
28 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
29 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
30 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 12 42 28.6% 17.2%
31 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 14 57 24.6% 15.2%
32 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
33 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
34 Wendell Park 22.6 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
35 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 103 661 15.6% 13.0%
36 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 32 181 17.7% 12.8%
37 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
38 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
39 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
40 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
41 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
42 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 15 90 16.7% 10.4%
43 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
44 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
45 Beaver Marsh 16.7 43 322 13.4% 10.1%
46 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
47 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
48 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 13 81 16.0% 9.6%
49 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
50 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
51 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
52 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
55 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
56 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 23 174 13.2% 9.0%
57 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
58 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
59 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
60 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 56 541 10.4% 8.1%
61 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 20 165 12.1% 8.0%
62 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
63 Schenck Forest 3.6 25 235 10.6% 7.3%
64 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
65 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 12 99 12.1% 7.1%
66 Lake Raleigh 6.0 13 112 11.6% 6.9%
67 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Apex Community Park 3.7 21 243 8.6% 5.7%
71 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
72 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 8 75 10.7% 5.5%
73 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
74 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
75 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
76 Falls Lake 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
77 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
79 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
80 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
81 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
82 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
83 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
84 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
85 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
86 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
87 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
88 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 10 192 5.2% 2.9%
89 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 6 98 6.1% 2.8%
90 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
91 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
92 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 137 5.1% 2.5%
93 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
94 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
95 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
96 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
97 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
98 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
99 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
100 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 8 232 3.4% 1.8%
101 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
102 Bond Park 2.7 5 137 3.6% 1.6%
103 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
104 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
105 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 110 3.6% 1.4%
106 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
107 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
108 Lake Lynn 7.7 4 146 2.7% 1.1%
109 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
110 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
111 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
112 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
113 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
114 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
115 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 123 2.4% 0.8%
116 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
117 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
118 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
119 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
120 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
121 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
122 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
123 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
124 White Deer Park 11.6 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
125 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 231 1.3% 0.4%
127 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
128 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 158 1.3% 0.3%
129 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
130 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
131 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
132 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
133 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
134 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
135 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
136 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 130 0.8% 0.1%