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Where to find Chipping Sparrow in October
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 October. 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 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 44 52 84.6% 72.5%
2 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 585 888 65.9% 62.7%
3 Schenck Forest 3.6 137 207 66.2% 59.5%
4 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 24 34 70.6% 53.8%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 98 167 58.7% 51.1%
6 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 36 57 63.2% 50.2%
7 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
8 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 27 43 62.8% 47.9%
9 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
10 White Deer Park 11.6 18 28 64.3% 45.8%
11 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 58 105 55.2% 45.7%
12 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 22 36 61.1% 44.9%
13 Lake Benson 11.9 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
14 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
15 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
16 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
17 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
18 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 134 294 45.6% 40.0%
19 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
20 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 25 48 52.1% 38.3%
21 Apex Community Park 3.7 33 69 47.8% 36.5%
22 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
23 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
24 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 Clayton Community Park 19.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 14 27 51.9% 34.0%
27 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 25 55 45.5% 33.0%
28 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
29 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
30 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
31 Williamson Preserve 19.2 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
32 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
33 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 19 46 41.3% 28.3%
34 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
35 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 35 97 36.1% 27.2%
36 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
37 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
38 Wendell Park 22.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
39 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
40 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
41 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 65 203 32.0% 26.0%
42 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
43 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
44 Homestead Park 19.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
45 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 29 88 33.0% 24.0%
46 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
47 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 123 446 27.6% 23.6%
48 Bond Park 2.7 57 195 29.2% 23.3%
49 Carpenter Park 5.1 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
50 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
51 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
52 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
53 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 16 47 34.0% 22.2%
54 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
55 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
56 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
57 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 20 64 31.2% 21.2%
58 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
59 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
60 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
62 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 30 112 26.8% 19.5%
68 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
69 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 16 56 28.6% 18.4%
70 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
71 Ritter Park 4.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
72 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 25 111 22.5% 15.7%
73 Action Park 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
74 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
75 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
76 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 120 680 17.6% 15.0%
77 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
78 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
79 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 17 76 22.4% 14.5%
80 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
81 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
82 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
83 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
84 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 21 117 17.9% 12.0%
85 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 17 92 18.5% 11.9%
86 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
87 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
88 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
89 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 53 358 14.8% 11.5%
90 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
91 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 54 369 14.6% 11.4%
92 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
93 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
94 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
95 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
96 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
97 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
98 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
99 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
100 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
101 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
102 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
103 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
104 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
105 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
106 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
107 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
108 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 53 443 12.0% 9.3%
109 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
110 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
111 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 21 162 13.0% 8.6%
112 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
113 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
114 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 9 59 15.3% 8.2%
115 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
116 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 14 105 13.3% 8.1%
117 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
118 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
119 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 19 176 10.8% 7.0%
120 Lake Lynn 7.7 65 734 8.9% 7.0%
121 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
122 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
123 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
124 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
125 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
126 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
127 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
128 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
129 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
130 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 32 439 7.3% 5.2%
131 Lake Betz 7.3 15 177 8.5% 5.2%
132 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
133 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
134 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
135 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 16 201 8.0% 5.0%
136 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
137 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
138 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
139 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
140 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
141 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
142 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
143 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
144 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
145 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
146 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
147 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
148 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
149 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
150 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
151 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
152 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
153 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
154 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
155 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
156 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
157 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
158 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
159 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
160 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
161 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
162 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
163 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
164 17 Acre Woods 18.0 6 108 5.6% 2.6%
165 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
166 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
167 Northgate Park 17.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
168 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
169 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 90 5.6% 2.4%
170 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 8 175 4.6% 2.3%
171 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
172 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
173 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
174 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
175 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
176 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
177 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
178 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 4 88 4.5% 1.8%
179 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
180 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
181 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
182 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
183 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
184 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
185 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
186 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 114 3.5% 1.4%
187 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
188 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
189 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
190 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
191 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
192 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
193 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
194 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 3 104 2.9% 1.0%
195 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
196 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
197 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
198 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
199 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
200 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
201 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
202 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 152 0.7% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.