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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%