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Where to find Killdeer in January
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Killdeer in January. 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 Beaver Marsh 16.7 280 373 75.1% 70.4%
2 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 24 29 82.8% 65.5%
3 Shelley Lake 8.1 97 158 61.4% 53.6%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 99 182 54.4% 47.1%
5 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 144 287 50.2% 44.4%
6 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 30 53 56.6% 43.3%
7 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 176 397 44.3% 39.5%
8 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 158 358 44.1% 39.1%
9 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 323 925 34.9% 31.9%
11 Inwood Rd. 7.3 37 95 38.9% 29.8%
12 Schenck Forest 3.6 95 284 33.5% 28.2%
13 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 44 125 35.2% 27.4%
14 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
15 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
16 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 75 241 31.1% 25.6%
17 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
18 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 21 60 35.0% 24.2%
19 Lake Benson 11.9 56 187 29.9% 23.8%
20 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 57 194 29.4% 23.4%
21 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 61 212 28.8% 23.1%
22 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 172 657 26.2% 23.0%
23 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
24 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
25 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
26 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
27 Bond Park 2.7 40 158 25.3% 19.2%
28 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 30 124 24.2% 17.5%
29 Lake Betz 7.3 95 460 20.7% 17.2%
30 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 19 84 22.6% 15.0%
31 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 90 509 17.7% 14.6%
32 Lake Raleigh 6.0 30 153 19.6% 14.1%
33 Apex Community Park 3.7 46 269 17.1% 13.1%
34 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
35 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
36 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
37 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 13 68 19.1% 11.5%
38 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 14 78 17.9% 11.0%
39 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 16 93 17.2% 10.9%
40 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
41 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 13 75 17.3% 10.4%
42 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
43 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 18 116 15.5% 10.0%
44 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 28 201 13.9% 9.8%
45 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 73 16.4% 9.7%
46 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
48 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 23 176 13.1% 8.9%
49 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
50 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
51 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
52 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
53 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
54 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
55 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
56 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
57 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
58 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 36 399 9.0% 6.6%
59 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 53 13.2% 6.5%
60 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 18 182 9.9% 6.3%
61 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
62 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
63 Lyon Park 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
64 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
65 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
66 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 East End Park 15.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 42 516 8.1% 6.1%
69 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
70 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 12 134 9.0% 5.2%
71 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
72 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
73 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
74 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 33 493 6.7% 4.8%
75 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
76 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
77 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 14 196 7.1% 4.3%
78 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
79 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 10 149 6.7% 3.7%
80 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
81 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
82 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 5 63 7.9% 3.4%
83 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
84 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
85 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
86 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 123 5.7% 2.8%
87 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 5 80 6.2% 2.7%
88 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
89 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
90 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
91 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
92 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
93 Downtown Cary Park 0.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
94 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
95 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 9 231 3.9% 2.1%
96 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
97 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
98 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 83 4.8% 1.9%
99 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 88 4.5% 1.8%
100 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
101 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
102 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
103 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
104 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
105 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 107 3.7% 1.5%
106 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
107 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
108 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
109 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
110 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
111 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
112 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
113 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
114 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
115 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
116 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
117 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
118 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
119 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 116 2.6% 0.9%
120 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
121 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
122 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
123 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
124 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
125 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
126 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
127 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 182 1.6% 0.6%
128 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
129 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
130 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
131 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
132 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
133 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 3 226 1.3% 0.5%
134 White Deer Park 11.6 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
135 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
136 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
137 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 119 0.8% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.