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Where to find Brown Thrasher in May
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 Brown Thrasher 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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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 127 197 64.5% 57.6%
2 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 34 51 66.7% 53.0%
3 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 17 25 68.0% 48.4%
4 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
5 Higgins Greenway 1.2 16 24 66.7% 46.7%
6 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
7 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 22 37 59.5% 43.5%
8 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 24 42 57.1% 42.2%
9 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
10 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 162 362 44.8% 39.7%
11 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 17 30 56.7% 39.2%
12 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
13 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 80 177 45.2% 38.0%
14 Walnut Street Park 2.4 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
15 Fearrington Village 17.5 31 66 47.0% 35.4%
16 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 103 282 36.5% 31.1%
17 Salem Pond Park 4.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
18 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
19 Carpenter Park 5.1 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
20 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
21 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 74 210 35.2% 29.1%
22 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 29 77 37.7% 27.7%
23 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
24 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 54 166 32.5% 25.9%
25 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
26 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
27 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
28 Carrboro High School 18.4 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
29 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 19 52 36.5% 24.8%
30 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
31 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
32 Lake Lynn 7.7 86 320 26.9% 22.3%
33 Lake Raleigh 6.0 52 186 28.0% 22.0%
34 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 28 93 30.1% 21.7%
35 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
36 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 31 107 29.0% 21.2%
37 Bond Park 2.7 61 233 26.2% 21.0%
38 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
40 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
42 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
43 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 12 37 32.4% 19.6%
44 Schenck Forest 3.6 69 290 23.8% 19.3%
45 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 23 83 27.7% 19.2%
46 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 28 106 26.4% 19.0%
47 Eva Perry Library 4.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
48 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 92 414 22.2% 18.5%
49 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
50 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 37 155 23.9% 17.8%
51 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
52 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 27 110 24.5% 17.5%
53 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 17 64 26.6% 17.3%
54 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
55 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
56 Forest Hills Park 15.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
57 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
58 Downtown Cary Park 0.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
59 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
60 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
61 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 22 95 23.2% 15.8%
62 Raven Rock SP 23.9 17 71 23.9% 15.5%
63 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 82 445 18.4% 15.1%
64 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 17 73 23.3% 15.1%
65 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
66 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
67 Northgate Park 17.2 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
68 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
69 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 23 110 20.9% 14.4%
70 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
71 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 11 46 23.9% 13.9%
72 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 18 85 21.2% 13.8%
73 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
74 Lake Benson 11.9 14 63 22.2% 13.7%
75 White Deer Park 11.6 19 93 20.4% 13.5%
76 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 10 42 23.8% 13.5%
77 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 148 946 15.6% 13.5%
78 Ritter Park 4.3 12 53 22.6% 13.5%
79 17 Acre Woods 18.0 32 174 18.4% 13.3%
80 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
81 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 152 999 15.2% 13.1%
82 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 14 66 21.2% 13.1%
83 Fallon park 8.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
84 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
85 Homestead Park 19.3 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
86 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
87 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 121 847 14.3% 12.1%
88 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 66 19.7% 11.9%
89 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 11 54 20.4% 11.8%
90 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
91 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
92 Shelley Lake 8.1 32 205 15.6% 11.3%
93 Wendell Park 22.6 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
94 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
95 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
96 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
97 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
98 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
99 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
100 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
101 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 105 886 11.9% 9.9%
102 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
103 Little Creek Trail 15.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
104 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 14 88 15.9% 9.7%
105 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
106 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
107 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
108 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
109 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
110 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
111 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 85 780 10.9% 8.9%
112 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
113 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
114 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
115 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
116 Lake Betz 7.3 47 431 10.9% 8.3%
117 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
118 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 14 107 13.1% 8.0%
119 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
120 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
121 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 16 132 12.1% 7.6%
122 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
123 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
124 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 11 85 12.9% 7.4%
125 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
126 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 63 698 9.0% 7.1%
127 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
128 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
129 Pullen Park 6.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
130 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
131 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
132 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
133 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
134 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
135 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
136 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
137 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
138 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
139 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
140 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
141 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
142 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
143 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
144 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
145 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
146 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
147 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
148 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 23 265 8.7% 5.9%
149 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
150 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
151 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
152 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
153 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
154 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
155 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
156 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 86 10.5% 5.6%
157 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 74 10.8% 5.6%
158 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 18 207 8.7% 5.6%
159 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
160 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 7 66 10.6% 5.2%
161 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 9 92 9.8% 5.2%
162 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 8 80 10.0% 5.2%
163 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
164 Apex Community Park 3.7 7 68 10.3% 5.1%
165 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
166 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
167 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
168 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
169 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
170 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
171 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
172 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
173 Falls Lake 15.1 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
174 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
175 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
176 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
177 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 66 9.1% 4.2%
178 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
179 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
180 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 29 490 5.9% 4.2%
181 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
182 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 72 8.3% 3.9%
183 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
184 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 11 162 6.8% 3.8%
185 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
186 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
187 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
188 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
189 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
190 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
191 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
192 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
193 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 30 594 5.1% 3.6%
194 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
195 Beaver Marsh 16.7 13 224 5.8% 3.4%
196 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 7 109 6.4% 3.1%
197 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
198 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 29 659 4.4% 3.1%
199 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 178 5.6% 3.1%
200 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
201 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
202 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
203 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
204 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
205 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
206 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
207 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
208 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
209 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
210 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
211 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
212 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
213 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
214 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
215 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
216 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 6 137 4.4% 2.0%
217 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
218 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
219 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
220 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
221 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 9 265 3.4% 1.8%
222 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
223 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 88 4.5% 1.8%
224 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
225 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
226 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
227 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
228 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
229 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
230 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
231 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
232 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
233 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 110 3.6% 1.4%
234 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
235 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
236 Strickland Park 8.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
237 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
238 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
239 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
240 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
241 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
242 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
243 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
244 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 105 2.9% 1.0%
245 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
246 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
247 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
248 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
249 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
250 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
251 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
252 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
253 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 139 2.2% 0.7%
254 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
255 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 86 2.3% 0.6%
256 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
257 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
258 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
259 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
260 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
261 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
262 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 72 1.4% 0.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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