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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 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 46 76 60.5% 49.3%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 223 413 54.0% 49.2%
4 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 25 43 58.1% 43.3%
5 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
6 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 15 30 50.0% 33.2%
7 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
8 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 240 661 36.3% 32.7%
9 Lake Benson 11.9 50 122 41.0% 32.7%
10 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 56 141 39.7% 32.0%
11 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
12 Wendell Park 22.6 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
13 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
14 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 24 59 40.7% 29.1%
15 Schenck Forest 3.6 81 235 34.5% 28.7%
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 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
19 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 19 49 38.8% 26.4%
20 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
21 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
22 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
23 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
24 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
25 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
26 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
27 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
28 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
29 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
30 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 44 165 26.7% 20.5%
36 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 94 401 23.4% 19.6%
37 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
38 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
39 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
40 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
41 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
42 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 71 327 21.7% 17.6%
43 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
44 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
45 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
46 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
47 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 12 50 24.0% 14.3%
48 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
49 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
50 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
51 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 17 81 21.0% 13.5%
52 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 34 192 17.7% 13.0%
53 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 17 87 19.5% 12.6%
54 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
55 Fallon park 8.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
56 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
57 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
58 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 51 358 14.2% 11.0%
59 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 12 65 18.5% 10.9%
60 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
61 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
62 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
63 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
64 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
65 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
66 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
71 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
72 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
74 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
75 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 12 75 16.0% 9.4%
76 Bond Park 2.7 19 137 13.9% 9.1%
77 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
78 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 18 130 13.8% 8.9%
79 White Deer Park 11.6 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
80 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
81 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 22 174 12.6% 8.5%
82 Shelley Lake 8.1 15 110 13.6% 8.4%
83 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 23 189 12.2% 8.2%
84 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
85 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
86 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
87 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
88 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
89 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
90 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 25 231 10.8% 7.4%
91 Falls Lake 15.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
92 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 20 181 11.0% 7.3%
93 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 11 90 12.2% 7.0%
94 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
95 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
96 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
97 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
98 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
99 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
100 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
101 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
103 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
104 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
105 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
106 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
107 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
108 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
109 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 9 97 9.3% 5.0%
110 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
111 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
112 Lake Betz 7.3 21 298 7.0% 4.7%
113 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
114 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
115 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
116 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 8 94 8.5% 4.4%
117 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
118 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
119 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
120 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 98 8.2% 4.2%
121 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 6 68 8.8% 4.1%
122 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 15 232 6.5% 4.0%
123 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 72 8.3% 3.9%
124 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
125 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
126 Apex Community Park 3.7 15 243 6.2% 3.8%
127 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
128 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
129 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
130 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
131 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
132 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 64 7.8% 3.4%
133 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
134 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
135 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
136 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
137 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
138 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
139 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
140 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
141 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
142 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
143 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
144 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
145 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
146 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
147 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 112 5.4% 2.5%
148 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
149 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 123 4.9% 2.3%
150 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
151 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
152 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
153 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
154 Lyon Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
155 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 7 158 4.4% 2.2%
156 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
157 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
158 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
159 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
160 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
161 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 5 117 4.3% 1.8%
162 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 15 541 2.8% 1.7%
163 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
164 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
165 Homestead Park 19.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
166 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
167 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 99 4.0% 1.6%
168 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
169 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
170 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
171 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
172 Lake Lynn 7.7 5 146 3.4% 1.5%
173 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
174 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
175 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 85 3.5% 1.2%
176 Ritter Park 4.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
177 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
178 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 137 2.9% 1.1%
179 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
180 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
181 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
182 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
183 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
184 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
185 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
186 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
187 Beaver Marsh 16.7 6 322 1.9% 0.9%
188 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
189 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
190 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
191 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
192 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 3 174 1.7% 0.6%
193 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
194 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
195 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
196 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
197 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.