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Where to find Brown Thrasher in October
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 Brown Thrasher in October. 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 64 77 83.1% 73.2%
2 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
3 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
4 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
5 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 38 52 73.1% 59.7%
7 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 69 101 68.3% 58.7%
8 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 28 38 73.7% 58.0%
9 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 161 254 63.4% 57.3%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 315 527 59.8% 55.5%
11 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 28 40 70.0% 54.6%
12 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
13 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
14 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 23 33 69.7% 52.7%
15 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
16 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
17 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 194 352 55.1% 49.9%
18 17 Acre Woods 18.0 62 107 57.9% 48.5%
19 Lake Lynn 7.7 251 480 52.3% 47.8%
20 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
21 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
22 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 196 380 51.6% 46.6%
23 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 85 157 54.1% 46.3%
24 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
25 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
26 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
27 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
28 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
29 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 147 325 45.2% 39.9%
30 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
31 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 19 34 55.9% 39.5%
32 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 58 122 47.5% 38.9%
33 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
34 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 22 41 53.7% 38.7%
35 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
36 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 22 44 50.0% 35.8%
37 Schenck Forest 3.6 84 201 41.8% 35.2%
38 Bond Park 2.7 71 171 41.5% 34.4%
39 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
40 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
41 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
42 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
43 Williamson Preserve 19.2 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
44 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 14 27 51.9% 34.0%
45 Lake Betz 7.3 63 153 41.2% 33.7%
46 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
47 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
48 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 63 159 39.6% 32.4%
49 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 21 46 45.7% 32.2%
50 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
51 Homestead Park 19.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
52 Lake Raleigh 6.0 26 61 42.6% 31.0%
53 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
54 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 39 99 39.4% 30.3%
55 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 19 44 43.2% 29.7%
56 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
57 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
58 Wendell Park 22.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
59 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
60 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 48 145 33.1% 26.0%
61 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 66 208 31.7% 25.8%
62 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
63 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 23 65 35.4% 24.9%
64 Lake Benson 11.9 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
65 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
66 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
67 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
68 White Deer Park 11.6 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
69 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
70 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
71 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
72 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
73 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
74 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
75 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
76 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
77 Fallon park 8.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
78 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
79 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
80 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
81 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
82 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
83 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
84 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
85 East End Park 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
86 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
87 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 11 32 34.4% 20.4%
88 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
89 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 28 100 28.0% 20.1%
90 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
91 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
92 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 24 87 27.6% 19.3%
93 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 19 66 28.8% 19.3%
94 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
95 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
96 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 13 44 29.5% 18.2%
97 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
98 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 34 152 22.4% 16.5%
99 Ritter Park 4.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
100 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
101 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
102 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
103 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
104 Northgate Park 17.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
105 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
106 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
107 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
108 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 29 146 19.9% 14.2%
109 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 10 41 24.4% 13.8%
110 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
111 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 12 52 23.1% 13.7%
112 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
113 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 38 23.7% 13.0%
114 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
115 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
116 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
117 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 58 369 15.7% 12.4%
118 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
119 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
120 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 19 104 18.3% 12.0%
121 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
122 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
123 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
124 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
125 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
126 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
127 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
128 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
129 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 16 91 17.6% 11.1%
130 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
131 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
132 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 24 168 14.3% 9.8%
133 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
134 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
135 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
136 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
143 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
144 Beaver Marsh 16.7 22 161 13.7% 9.2%
145 Apex Community Park 3.7 10 61 16.4% 9.2%
146 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
147 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
148 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
149 Shelley Lake 8.1 11 78 14.1% 8.1%
150 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
151 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
152 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
153 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
154 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
155 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
156 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
157 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
158 Action Park 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
159 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
160 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
161 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
162 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
163 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
164 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
165 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
166 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 30 403 7.4% 5.3%
167 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
168 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
169 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
170 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
171 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
172 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
173 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
174 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
175 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
176 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
177 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
178 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 65 9.2% 4.3%
179 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
180 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
181 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
182 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
183 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
184 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
185 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
186 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
187 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
188 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
189 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
190 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
191 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
192 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
193 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 4 71 5.6% 2.2%
194 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
195 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
196 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
197 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
198 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
199 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 17 647 2.6% 1.6%
200 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
201 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
202 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
203 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
204 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
205 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
206 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
207 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
208 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
209 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%