Bird Finder

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 23.4 156 188 83.0% 77.0%
2 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
3 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 37 63 58.7% 46.4%
4 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
5 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 118 255 46.3% 40.3%
6 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 60 126 47.6% 39.1%
7 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
8 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 111 273 40.7% 35.0%
9 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
11 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
12 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 14 31 45.2% 29.2%
13 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
14 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 102 306 33.3% 28.3%
15 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
16 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 89 290 30.7% 25.7%
17 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
18 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
19 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
20 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 20 58 34.5% 23.6%
21 Lake Betz 7.3 42 138 30.4% 23.4%
22 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
23 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
24 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
25 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Williamson Preserve 19.2 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
32 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 25 93 26.9% 18.9%
33 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
34 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
35 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
36 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
37 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
38 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 76 384 19.8% 16.1%
39 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
40 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 14 56 25.0% 15.5%
41 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
42 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 91 498 18.3% 15.1%
43 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
44 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
45 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
46 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
47 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
48 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
49 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 12 51 23.5% 14.0%
50 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
51 Beaver Marsh 16.7 34 190 17.9% 13.1%
52 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
53 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
54 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
55 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
56 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
57 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 10 57 17.5% 9.8%
58 Lake Benson 11.9 12 72 16.7% 9.8%
59 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
60 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 58 17.2% 9.6%
61 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 10 59 16.9% 9.5%
62 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Schenck Forest 3.6 17 123 13.8% 8.8%
69 Lake Raleigh 6.0 13 89 14.6% 8.7%
70 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
71 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
72 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
73 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
75 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
76 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
77 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
78 Apex Community Park 3.7 9 70 12.9% 6.9%
79 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 12 102 11.8% 6.9%
80 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
81 Wendell Park 22.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
82 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
83 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
84 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
85 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
86 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
87 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
88 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 11 130 8.5% 4.8%
89 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
90 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
91 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
92 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
93 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
94 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 12 167 7.2% 4.2%
95 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
96 Shelley Lake 8.1 8 109 7.3% 3.8%
97 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
98 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
99 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 11 173 6.4% 3.6%
100 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
101 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
102 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
103 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
104 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
105 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
106 Lake Lynn 7.7 7 138 5.1% 2.5%
107 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
108 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
109 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
110 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
111 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
112 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 4 78 5.1% 2.0%
113 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
114 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
115 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
116 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
117 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
118 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
119 Homestead Park 19.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
120 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
121 White Deer Park 11.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
122 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
123 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
124 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
125 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
126 Bond Park 2.7 3 97 3.1% 1.1%
127 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
128 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
129 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
130 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
131 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
132 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
133 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
134 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
135 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
136 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
137 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
138 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 130 1.5% 0.4%
139 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
140 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
141 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%