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Where to find Swamp Sparrow in May
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

Swamp Sparrow
© Ryan Schain / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Swamp Sparrow in May. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek
13.7 0 3 2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
2 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek
14.8 0 5 3 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
3 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment
23.4 3 8 32 42 298 14.1% 10.6%
4 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields
23.2 0 2 1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
5 Mason Farm Biological Reserve
14.6 3 25 54 72 849 8.5% 6.8%
6 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)
14.1 0 2 5 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
7 Duke Forest--Gate 12
19.9 0 1 1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
8 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End
17.3 1 3 3 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
9 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.
9.8 3 6 27 37 543 6.8% 5.0%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North
22.2 7 7 66 68 1157 5.9% 4.7%
11 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)
21.9 0 6 9 8 97 8.2% 4.2%
12 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34
21.5 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
13 Sandy Creek Park
16.1 2 10 42 46 1106 4.2% 3.1%
14 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek
18.2 0 9 7 16 325 4.9% 3.1%
15 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.
12.6 0 6 3 7 114 6.1% 3.0%
16 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.
13.3 0 2 3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
17 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats
18.8 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
18 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve
22.1 0 2 1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
19 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access
10.5 0 5 6 5 90 5.6% 2.4%
20 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access
9.5 0 2 3 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
21 Barksdale Drive Greenway
9.9 0 1 1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
22 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park
13.5 0 2 3 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
23 Lake Betz
7.3 0 6 17 16 508 3.1% 1.9%
24 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek
14.5 0 5 10 7 186 3.8% 1.8%
25 Fred Fletcher Park
7.4 1 2 2 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
26 Yates Mill County Park
7.2 1 11 21 22 965 2.3% 1.5%
27 Lake Crabtree County Park
3.6 1 7 13 17 706 2.4% 1.5%
28 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road
18.1 1 3 5 6 195 3.1% 1.4%
29 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake
5.7 0 2 3 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
30 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access
18.4 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
31 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access
15.2 0 2 2 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
32 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)
21.9 0 3 7 3 82 3.7% 1.3%
33 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning
3.9 0 7 5 9 384 2.3% 1.2%
34 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.
17.4 0 1 2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
35 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek
14.0 0 2 1 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
36 New Hope Bottomlands
15.5 0 1 1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
37 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek
10.6 0 2 1 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
38 Lake Benson
11.9 0 2 2 3 102 2.9% 1.0%
39 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)
12.0 0 2 2 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
40 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment
23.9 0 1 1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
41 Turnipseed Preserve
20.5 0 2 2 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
42 Shelley Lake
8.1 0 2 3 5 237 2.1% 0.9%
43 Third Fork Creek Trail
13.6 0 3 3 3 116 2.6% 0.9%
44 Salem Pond Park
4.5 0 1 1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
45 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.
11.9 0 2 2 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
46 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve
15.1 0 2 3 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
47 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'
16.4 0 1 2 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
48 Hilltop Needmore Park--North
11.1 0 1 1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
49 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve
20.5 0 2 3 3 158 1.9% 0.6%
50 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only
15.3 0 1 1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
51 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.
17.1 0 1 1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
52 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill
16.3 0 1 1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
53 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland
6.1 1 1 1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
54 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park
15.6 0 1 1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
55 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland
16.0 0 2 4 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
56 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side
6.7 0 1 2 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
57 Dorothea Dix Park
6.9 0 3 4 4 275 1.5% 0.6%
58 Bass Lake Park & Trail
10.7 0 3 2 3 200 1.5% 0.5%
59 Brumley Nature Preserve--South
22.7 0 1 1 2 114 1.8% 0.5%
60 Schenck Forest
3.6 0 4 6 4 329 1.2% 0.5%
61 Lake Lynn
7.7 0 2 5 5 454 1.1% 0.5%
62 Horton Grove Nature Preserve
24.6 0 2 2 2 117 1.7% 0.5%
63 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina
13.2 0 1 1 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
64 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp
18.4 0 1 1 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
65 Lake Raleigh
6.0 0 3 3 3 254 1.2% 0.4%
66 Horace Williams Tract
19.1 0 1 1 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
67 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance
3.3 0 4 5 5 573 0.9% 0.4%
68 Falls Lake--Old Weaver Trail (Wake Co.)
20.1 0 1 2 2 150 1.3% 0.4%
69 Mid Pines Rd.
6.7 0 3 10 7 1019 0.7% 0.3%
70 Berryhill Park and Trails
18.4 0 1 1 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
71 Mingo Creek Trail
15.1 1 1 1 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
72 Cedar Fork District Park
3.1 0 1 1 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
73 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest
14.7 0 1 1 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
74 Parker Preserve
15.5 0 1 1 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
75 Morgan Creek Trail
17.5 0 1 3 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
76 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum
20.3 0 1 1 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
77 Pinehurst Drive Ponds
15.6 0 1 1 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
78 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)
24.1 0 3 6 4 695 0.6% 0.2%
79 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY
12.4 0 1 1 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
80 Blackwood Farm Park
22.9 0 1 1 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
81 Bond Park
2.7 0 2 2 2 271 0.7% 0.2%
82 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park
13.6 0 1 1 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
83 Beaver Marsh
16.7 0 2 1 2 280 0.7% 0.2%
84 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point
15.0 0 1 1 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
85 Rainbow Soccer Complex
16.2 0 1 1 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
86 Swift Creek Bluffs
5.3 0 1 3 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
87 Duke University--Reclamation Pond
17.3 0 1 1 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
88 Eno River SP--Few's Ford
23.2 0 1 1 1 188 0.5% 0.1%
89 17 Acre Woods
18.0 0 1 1 1 190 0.5% 0.1%
90 Lake Johnson Park
4.2 0 1 1 1 491 0.2% 0.0%
91 Old Bynum Bridge
20.4 0 1 2 1 828 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2026. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. June 2026.