Bird Finder

Where to find Killdeer 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 Killdeer 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 Shelley Lake 8.1 88 131 67.2% 58.7%
2 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 105 166 63.3% 55.7%
4 Beaver Marsh 16.7 127 206 61.7% 54.9%
5 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 121 214 56.5% 49.8%
6 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 63 108 58.3% 48.9%
7 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 123 227 54.2% 47.7%
8 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 115 218 52.8% 46.1%
9 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 25 43 58.1% 43.3%
10 Schenck Forest 3.6 62 137 45.3% 37.2%
11 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
12 Lake Benson 11.9 40 94 42.6% 33.0%
13 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 22 49 44.9% 31.9%
14 Williamson Preserve 19.2 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
15 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
16 South Durham WRF 13.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
17 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
18 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 143 441 32.4% 28.2%
19 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 34 93 36.6% 27.5%
20 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 188 608 30.9% 27.4%
21 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 35 102 34.3% 25.8%
22 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 35 109 32.1% 24.1%
23 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 31 95 32.6% 24.0%
24 Bond Park 2.7 32 110 29.1% 21.4%
25 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Lake Betz 7.3 43 177 24.3% 18.6%
28 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 16 65 24.6% 15.8%
29 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
30 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
31 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
32 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
33 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 14 58 24.1% 15.0%
34 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 19 86 22.1% 14.6%
35 Inwood Rd. 7.3 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
36 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
37 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
38 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
39 Apex Community Park 3.7 18 86 20.9% 13.7%
40 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
41 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
42 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 26 178 14.6% 10.2%
43 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
44 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
45 Lake Raleigh 6.0 14 99 14.1% 8.6%
46 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 36 336 10.7% 7.8%
47 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 10 72 13.9% 7.7%
48 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
49 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
50 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
51 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
52 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
53 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
54 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
55 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
56 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
57 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
58 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 7 75 9.3% 4.6%
59 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
60 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
61 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
62 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
63 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 21 308 6.8% 4.5%
64 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
65 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
66 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
67 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
68 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
69 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 18 295 6.1% 3.9%
70 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
71 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
72 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
73 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
74 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
75 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
76 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
77 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
78 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
79 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
80 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
81 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
82 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
83 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
84 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
85 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
86 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
87 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
88 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
89 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
90 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 13 347 3.7% 2.2%
91 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
92 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
93 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
94 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
95 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
96 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
97 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
98 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
99 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
100 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 6 212 2.8% 1.3%
101 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
102 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
103 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
104 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
105 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
106 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
107 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
108 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
109 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
110 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
111 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
112 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
113 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
114 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
115 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
116 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
117 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
118 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
119 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
120 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
121 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
122 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
123 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
124 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
125 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 1 72 1.4% 0.2%