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Where to find Chipping Sparrow in January
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 Chipping Sparrow in January. 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 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 38 67 56.7% 44.8%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 171 345 49.6% 44.3%
4 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
5 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
6 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
7 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
8 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 207 556 37.2% 33.3%
9 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
10 Lake Benson 11.9 42 102 41.2% 32.1%
11 Wendell Park 22.6 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
12 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 54 136 39.7% 31.9%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 74 208 35.6% 29.4%
14 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 20 48 41.7% 28.8%
15 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
16 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
17 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 42 40.5% 27.0%
18 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 42 123 34.1% 26.4%
19 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
20 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
21 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
22 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
23 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 13 35 37.1% 23.2%
24 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
25 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
26 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
27 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
28 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 83 343 24.2% 20.0%
40 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 62 255 24.3% 19.5%
41 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
42 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
43 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
44 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
45 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
46 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
47 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
48 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 11 44 25.0% 14.6%
49 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
50 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
51 White Deer Park 11.6 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
52 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
53 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
54 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
55 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
56 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 15 71 21.1% 13.2%
57 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
58 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
59 Fallon park 8.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
60 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
61 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
62 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 44 304 14.5% 11.0%
63 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 79 17.7% 10.9%
64 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
65 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 17 105 16.2% 10.4%
66 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
67 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
68 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
69 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
70 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
71 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
72 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
74 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
75 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
76 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
77 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
78 Bond Park 2.7 17 122 13.9% 8.9%
79 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
80 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 18 143 12.6% 8.1%
81 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
82 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 9 63 14.3% 7.7%
83 Falls Lake 15.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
84 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
85 Shelley Lake 8.1 12 93 12.9% 7.5%
86 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 22 198 11.1% 7.5%
87 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
88 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
89 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 63 12.7% 6.6%
90 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
91 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
92 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
93 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
94 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
95 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
96 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
97 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
98 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
99 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 9 92 9.8% 5.2%
100 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
101 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
102 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 14 168 8.3% 5.0%
103 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
104 Lake Betz 7.3 19 266 7.1% 4.6%
105 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
106 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
107 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
108 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
109 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 9 116 7.8% 4.1%
110 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
111 Apex Community Park 3.7 7 85 8.2% 4.0%
112 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
113 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
114 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
115 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
116 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
117 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
118 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
119 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
120 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
121 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
122 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
123 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
124 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
125 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
126 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
127 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 5 73 6.8% 3.0%
128 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
129 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
130 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
131 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
132 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
133 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
134 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
135 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
136 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
137 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
138 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
139 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
140 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
141 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
142 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
143 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
144 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 97 5.2% 2.2%
145 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
146 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
147 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 5 115 4.3% 1.9%
148 Lake Lynn 7.7 5 115 4.3% 1.9%
149 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
150 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
151 Homestead Park 19.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
152 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
153 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
154 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 14 509 2.8% 1.6%
155 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
156 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 6 174 3.4% 1.6%
157 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
158 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
159 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 3 78 3.8% 1.3%
160 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 80 3.8% 1.3%
161 Ritter Park 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
162 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
163 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
164 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 125 3.2% 1.3%
165 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
166 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
167 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
168 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
169 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
170 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
171 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
172 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
173 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
174 Beaver Marsh 16.7 5 295 1.7% 0.7%
175 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
176 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 3 167 1.8% 0.6%
177 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
178 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
179 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 65 1.5% 0.3%