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Where to find Swamp Sparrow in October
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 October. 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	43	77	55.8%	44.7%
2			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	26	52	50.0%	36.9%
3			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
4			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	98	254	38.6%	32.8%
5			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
6			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	11	25	44.0%	26.7%
7			Williamson Preserve	19.2	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
8			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
9			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
10			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	91	352	25.9%	21.6%
11			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	10	27	37.0%	21.5%
12			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
13			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
14			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
15			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	13	47	27.7%	16.9%
16			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	12	43	27.9%	16.7%
17			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
18			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
19			Little Creek Trail	15.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
20			Lake Betz	7.3	31	153	20.3%	14.7%
21			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	31	157	19.7%	14.3%
22			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	8	32	25.0%	13.3%
23			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	11	50	22.0%	12.8%
24			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	57	369	15.4%	12.1%
25			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	58	380	15.3%	12.0%
26			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	8	36	22.2%	11.7%
27			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	8	38	21.1%	11.1%
28			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	7	32	21.9%	11.0%
29			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	20	122	16.4%	10.9%
30			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	54	403	13.4%	10.4%
31			Bond Park	2.7	24	171	14.0%	9.6%
32			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	15	101	14.9%	9.2%
33			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	39	325	12.0%	8.9%
34			Schenck Forest	3.6	25	201	12.4%	8.6%
35			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	14	100	14.0%	8.5%
36			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
37			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
38			Apex Community Park	3.7	9	61	14.8%	8.0%
39			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
40			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
41			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
42			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	6	40	15.0%	7.1%
43			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
44			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
45			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	6	44	13.6%	6.4%
46			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
47			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
48			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	7	65	10.8%	5.3%
49			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	38	527	7.2%	5.3%
50			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	5	44	11.4%	5.0%
51			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
52			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	8	87	9.2%	4.7%
53			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
54			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	9	104	8.7%	4.6%
55			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
56			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
57			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	11	152	7.2%	4.1%
58			Beaver Marsh	16.7	11	161	6.8%	3.9%
59			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
60			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
61			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
62			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
63			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	4	45	8.9%	3.5%
64			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	4	47	8.5%	3.4%
65			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	5	66	7.6%	3.3%
66			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
67			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
68			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
69			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
70			Lake Raleigh	6.0	4	61	6.6%	2.6%
71			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
72			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
73			Lake Lynn	7.7	18	477	3.8%	2.4%
74			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	3	44	6.8%	2.3%
75			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	3	44	6.8%	2.3%
76			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	22	647	3.4%	2.3%
77			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
78			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
79			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
80			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
81			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
82			Town Lake Park	23.4	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
83			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
84			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
85			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
86			Homestead Park	19.3	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
87			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
88			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
89			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	5	146	3.4%	1.5%
90			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
91			Parker Preserve	15.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
92			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
93			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
94			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	3	92	3.3%	1.1%
95			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
96			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	2	52	3.8%	1.1%
97			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
98			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
99			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
100			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
101			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
102			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
103			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
104			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
105			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
106			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	2	145	1.4%	0.4%
107			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
108			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	1	66	1.5%	0.3%
109			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	1	68	1.5%	0.3%
110			Shelley Lake	8.1	1	78	1.3%	0.2%
111			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	1	99	1.0%	0.2%
112			17 Acre Woods	18.0	1	107	0.9%	0.2%
113			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	1	168	0.6%	0.1%