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Where to find Brown Thrasher in May
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 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	94	126	74.6%	66.4%
2			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	27	38	71.1%	55.2%
3			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	14	18	77.8%	54.8%
4			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
5			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	21	30	70.0%	52.1%
6			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	20	30	66.7%	48.8%
7			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	20	31	64.5%	46.9%
8			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	16	24	66.7%	46.7%
9			Eva Perry Library	4.2	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
10			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
11			Higgins Greenway	1.2	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
12			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	136	300	45.3%	39.8%
13			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	15	26	57.7%	38.9%
14			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	67	144	46.5%	38.6%
15			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
16			Fearrington Village	17.5	30	63	47.6%	35.8%
17			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	39	88	44.3%	34.4%
18			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	45	107	42.1%	33.1%
19			Salem Pond Park	4.5	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
20			Carrboro High School	18.4	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
21			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
22			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
23			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	27	66	40.9%	29.9%
24			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
25			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	18	43	41.9%	28.4%
26			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
27			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	77	233	33.0%	27.3%
28			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	28	75	37.3%	27.3%
29			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	28	76	36.8%	26.9%
30			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
31			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	12	28	42.9%	26.5%
32			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
33			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
34			Lake Raleigh	6.0	37	119	31.1%	23.5%
35			Bond Park	2.7	58	199	29.1%	23.3%
36			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
37			Williamson Preserve	19.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
38			Lake Lynn	7.7	57	211	27.0%	21.5%
39			Carpenter Park	5.1	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
40			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	25	84	29.8%	21.0%
41			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
42			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
43			Action Park	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
44			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
45			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	21	70	30.0%	20.5%
46			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	11	32	34.4%	20.4%
47			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	8	22	36.4%	19.7%
48			Schenck Forest	3.6	54	216	25.0%	19.7%
49			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	74	309	23.9%	19.5%
50			Forest Hills Park	15.0	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
51			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
52			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
53			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	130	616	21.1%	18.1%
54			Raven Rock SP	23.9	15	53	28.3%	18.0%
55			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	11	37	29.7%	17.5%
56			Northgate Park	17.2	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
57			Homestead Park	19.3	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
58			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	9	29	31.0%	17.3%
59			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	8	25	32.0%	17.2%
60			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
61			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
62			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	78	384	20.3%	16.6%
63			Shelley Lake	8.1	30	134	22.4%	16.2%
64			17 Acre Woods	18.0	30	134	22.4%	16.2%
65			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	9	31	29.0%	16.1%
66			White Deer Park	11.6	16	64	25.0%	16.0%
67			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
68			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	8	28	28.6%	15.3%
69			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
70			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	16	68	23.5%	15.0%
71			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
72			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
73			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
74			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	128	755	17.0%	14.4%
75			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
76			Ritter Park	4.3	12	51	23.5%	14.0%
77			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
78			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	7	26	26.9%	13.7%
79			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
80			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	13	58	22.4%	13.6%
81			Fallon park	8.1	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
82			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
83			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	12	57	21.1%	12.5%
84			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	8	34	23.5%	12.4%
85			Little Creek Trail	15.3	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
86			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	14	73	19.2%	11.8%
87			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	89	624	14.3%	11.7%
88			Wendell Park	22.6	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
89			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	10	49	20.4%	11.5%
90			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	10	49	20.4%	11.5%
91			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
92			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
93			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
94			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
95			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	6	27	22.2%	10.6%
96			Lake Benson	11.9	7	34	20.6%	10.3%
97			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	82	680	12.1%	9.8%
98			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
99			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
100			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
101			Krzyzewskiville	16.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
102			Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
103			American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
104			Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
105			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
106			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
107			Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
108			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	12	76	15.8%	9.3%
109			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	8	46	17.4%	9.1%
110			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	10	62	16.1%	9.0%
111			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	10	62	16.1%	9.0%
112			Lake Wheeler	8.2	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
113			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	7	39	17.9%	9.0%
114			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
115			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
116			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
117			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	66	676	9.8%	7.7%
118			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	13	101	12.9%	7.7%
119			Lake Betz	7.3	30	285	10.5%	7.5%
120			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
121			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
122			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
123			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
124			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	48	513	9.4%	7.1%
125			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	6	40	15.0%	7.1%
126			Indian Trail Park	18.1	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
127			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	21	199	10.6%	7.0%
128			Town Lake Park	23.4	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
129			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	7	52	13.5%	6.7%
130			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
131			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
132			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	17	172	9.9%	6.3%
133			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
134			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
135			Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
136			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
137			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
138			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
139			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
140			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
141			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
142			East Clayton Community Park	23.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
143			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	6	49	12.2%	5.7%
144			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
145			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	8	74	10.8%	5.6%
146			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
147			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	6	53	11.3%	5.3%
148			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	6	54	11.1%	5.2%
149			Pullen Park	6.6	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
150			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
151			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
152			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
153			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	6	57	10.5%	4.9%
154			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	8	86	9.3%	4.8%
155			Falls Lake	15.1	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
156			Dorothea Dix	6.6	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
157			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
158			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
159			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	22	314	7.0%	4.7%
160			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
161			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
162			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
163			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%
164			Coker Pinetum	16.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
165			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
166			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
167			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
168			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	6	64	9.4%	4.4%
169			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
170			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	9	111	8.1%	4.3%
171			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	5	52	9.6%	4.2%
172			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	4	38	10.5%	4.2%
173			Apex Community Park	3.7	5	54	9.3%	4.0%
174			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	26	450	5.8%	4.0%
175			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	5	55	9.1%	3.9%
176			Beaver Marsh	16.7	13	199	6.5%	3.9%
177			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
178			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
179			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	26	489	5.3%	3.7%
180			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
181			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
182			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
183			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
184			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	5	70	7.1%	3.1%
185			Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
186			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
187			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
188			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	8	152	5.3%	2.7%
189			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	4	59	6.8%	2.7%
190			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
191			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
192			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
193			Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
194			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
195			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	7	139	5.0%	2.5%
196			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	5	92	5.4%	2.3%
197			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
198			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
199			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	3	47	6.4%	2.2%
200			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	6	129	4.7%	2.1%
201			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	4	80	5.0%	2.0%
202			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
203			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
204			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
205			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
206			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
207			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	4	88	4.5%	1.8%
208			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	3	62	4.8%	1.7%
209			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
210			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
211			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
212			Parker Preserve	15.5	2	38	5.3%	1.5%
213			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	3	79	3.8%	1.3%
214			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
215			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
216			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
217			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	3	89	3.4%	1.2%
218			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
219			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
220			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
221			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
222			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
223			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
224			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
225			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
226			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
227			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
228			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
229			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
230			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
231			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
232			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
233			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
234			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
235			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
236			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	64	1.6%	0.3%