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Where to find Swamp Sparrow in February
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 February. 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 23.4 103 135 76.3% 68.5%
2 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 81 132 61.4% 52.8%
3 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 31 54 57.4% 44.2%
4 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
5 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
6 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
7 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 133 323 41.2% 35.9%
8 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
9 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 19 39 48.7% 33.9%
10 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
11 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 25 59 42.4% 30.6%
12 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 149 437 34.1% 29.8%
13 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 129 389 33.2% 28.7%
14 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 23 60 38.3% 27.1%
15 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
16 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 106 382 27.7% 23.5%
17 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 26 80 32.5% 23.2%
18 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
19 Lake Betz 7.3 66 240 27.5% 22.2%
20 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
21 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
22 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
26 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
27 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
28 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
29 Wendell Park 22.6 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
30 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 25 114 21.9% 15.3%
31 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 15 68 22.1% 13.8%
32 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
33 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 17 85 20.0% 12.9%
34 Beaver Marsh 16.7 45 295 15.3% 11.6%
35 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
36 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
37 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
38 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 73 592 12.3% 9.9%
39 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
40 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
41 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
45 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
46 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
48 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 57 496 11.5% 9.0%
49 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
50 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
51 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
52 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
53 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
54 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
55 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
56 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
57 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 7 51 13.7% 6.8%
58 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
59 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
60 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 70 11.4% 5.9%
66 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 15 176 8.5% 5.2%
67 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
68 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 7 69 10.1% 5.0%
69 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
70 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
71 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
72 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 79 8.9% 4.4%
73 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
74 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
75 Apex Community Park 3.7 12 176 6.8% 3.9%
76 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 9 122 7.4% 3.9%
77 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
78 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
79 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
80 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
81 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
82 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
83 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
84 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
85 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 8 129 6.2% 3.2%
86 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 75 6.7% 2.9%
87 Lake Raleigh 6.0 9 177 5.1% 2.7%
88 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
89 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
90 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
91 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 7 171 4.1% 2.0%
92 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
93 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
94 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
95 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
96 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 5 134 3.7% 1.6%
97 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
98 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
99 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
100 Schenck Forest 3.6 6 208 2.9% 1.3%
101 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
102 Lake Lynn 7.7 4 127 3.1% 1.2%
103 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
104 Lake Benson 11.9 3 86 3.5% 1.2%
105 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
106 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
107 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
108 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
109 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
110 Bond Park 2.7 3 142 2.1% 0.7%
111 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
112 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
113 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
114 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
115 Shelley Lake 8.1 2 135 1.5% 0.4%
116 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
117 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
118 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 146 1.4% 0.4%
119 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
120 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
121 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
122 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
123 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 136 0.7% 0.1%