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Where to find Swamp Sparrow in December
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 December. 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	175	212	82.5%	76.9%
2			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	14	16	87.5%	64.0%
3			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	43	72	59.7%	48.2%
4			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
5			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	150	295	50.8%	45.2%
6			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	14	23	60.9%	40.8%
7			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	64	132	48.5%	40.1%
8			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	23	42	54.8%	39.9%
9			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
10			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	127	308	41.2%	35.9%
11			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
12			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	12	22	54.5%	34.7%
13			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
14			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	16	33	48.5%	32.5%
15			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
16			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	116	336	34.5%	29.6%
17			Lake Betz	7.3	64	177	36.2%	29.4%
18			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	118	347	34.0%	29.2%
19			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	26	72	36.1%	26.0%
20			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	26	73	35.6%	25.6%
21			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
22			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
23			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
24			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	11	28	39.3%	23.6%
25			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
26			Williamson Preserve	19.2	15	42	35.7%	23.0%
27			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
28			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	23	75	30.7%	21.4%
29			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
30			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
31			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
32			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
33			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
34			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	27	102	26.5%	18.9%
35			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
36			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	130	608	21.4%	18.3%
37			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
38			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
39			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
40			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
41			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
42			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
43			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
44			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
45			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
46			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
47			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	12	49	24.5%	14.6%
48			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	77	441	17.5%	14.2%
49			Beaver Marsh	16.7	39	206	18.9%	14.2%
50			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
51			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
52			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
53			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
54			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	10	43	23.3%	13.2%
55			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	11	49	22.4%	13.0%
56			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	15	76	19.7%	12.3%
57			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
58			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
59			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
60			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	8	40	20.0%	10.5%
61			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
62			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	6	29	20.7%	9.8%
63			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	11	65	16.9%	9.7%
64			Schenck Forest	3.6	20	137	14.6%	9.7%
65			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
66			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
67			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
68			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
69			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
70			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	8	46	17.4%	9.1%
71			Lake Benson	11.9	14	94	14.9%	9.1%
72			Apex Community Park	3.7	13	86	15.1%	9.1%
73			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
74			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
75			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	10	69	14.5%	8.1%
76			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
77			Lake Raleigh	6.0	13	99	13.1%	7.8%
78			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	24	214	11.2%	7.7%
79			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
80			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	13	108	12.0%	7.2%
81			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
82			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
83			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
84			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
85			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
86			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
87			Wendell Park	22.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
88			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	6	45	13.3%	6.3%
89			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
90			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
91			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
92			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
93			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
94			Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
95			Lake Lynn	7.7	15	166	9.0%	5.6%
96			Shelley Lake	8.1	12	131	9.2%	5.3%
97			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	14	163	8.6%	5.2%
98			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	7	67	10.4%	5.2%
99			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	47	10.6%	4.6%
100			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	5	47	10.6%	4.6%
101			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
102			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
103			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
104			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	4	39	10.3%	4.1%
105			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
106			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
107			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
108			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
109			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
110			Dorothea Dix	6.6	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
111			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
112			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
113			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
114			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
115			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	4	54	7.4%	2.9%
116			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	11	218	5.0%	2.8%
117			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
118			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
119			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
120			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
121			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
122			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
123			Lake Wheeler	8.2	3	49	6.1%	2.1%
124			Bond Park	2.7	5	110	4.5%	2.0%
125			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	4	86	4.7%	1.8%
126			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
127			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	4	93	4.3%	1.7%
128			17 Acre Woods	18.0	3	63	4.8%	1.6%
129			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
130			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
131			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
132			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
133			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
134			Homestead Park	19.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
135			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
136			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
137			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
138			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
139			Higgins Greenway	1.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
140			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
141			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
142			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	5	227	2.2%	0.9%
143			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
144			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
145			White Deer Park	11.6	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
146			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
147			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
148			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
149			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
150			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	2	109	1.8%	0.5%
151			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
152			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
153			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
154			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
155			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
156			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	1	67	1.5%	0.3%