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Where to find Chipping Sparrow in December
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 December. 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 Williamson Preserve 19.2 23 34 67.6% 50.8%
2 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
3 Schenck Forest 3.6 72 123 58.5% 49.7%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 135 273 49.5% 43.6%
5 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
6 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 29 51 56.9% 43.3%
7 Lake Benson 11.9 38 72 52.8% 41.4%
8 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
9 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
10 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 206 498 41.4% 37.1%
11 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
12 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
13 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
14 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 28 58 48.3% 35.9%
15 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 101 255 39.6% 33.8%
16 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 52 126 41.3% 33.1%
17 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
18 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
19 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
20 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 21 52 40.4% 28.2%
21 Dorothea Dix 6.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
22 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
23 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
24 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 87 290 30.0% 25.0%
25 White Deer Park 11.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
26 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
27 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
28 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 40 130 30.8% 23.5%
29 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
30 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 16 47 34.0% 22.2%
31 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
32 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
33 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
34 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
40 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 48 188 25.5% 19.8%
42 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
43 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
44 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
45 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 72 306 23.5% 19.1%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 33 130 25.4% 18.7%
47 Shelley Lake 8.1 28 109 25.7% 18.4%
48 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 13 44 29.5% 18.2%
49 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
50 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 17 64 26.6% 17.3%
51 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 23 93 24.7% 17.1%
52 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
53 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
54 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
55 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
56 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
57 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 14 57 24.6% 15.2%
58 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
59 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
60 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
61 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
62 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
63 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 13 56 23.2% 14.1%
64 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
65 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
66 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
67 Wendell Park 22.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
68 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
69 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 27 173 15.6% 11.0%
70 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
71 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 24 167 14.4% 9.9%
72 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
73 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
74 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
75 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
76 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
77 Bond Park 2.7 15 97 15.5% 9.6%
78 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
79 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 10 59 16.9% 9.5%
80 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
86 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
87 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
88 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
89 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
90 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
91 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
92 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 9 63 14.3% 7.7%
93 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
94 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
95 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
96 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
97 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
98 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
99 Apex Community Park 3.7 9 70 12.9% 6.9%
100 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 7 51 13.7% 6.8%
101 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
102 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
103 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
104 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 16 156 10.3% 6.4%
105 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
106 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
107 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
109 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
112 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
113 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
114 Walltown Park 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
115 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
116 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 32 384 8.3% 6.0%
117 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 9 83 10.8% 5.8%
118 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
119 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
120 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 8 78 10.3% 5.3%
121 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
122 Lake Lynn 7.7 12 138 8.7% 5.0%
123 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
124 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
125 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
127 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
128 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
129 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
130 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
131 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
132 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
133 Ritter Park 4.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
134 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
135 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
136 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
137 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
138 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
139 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
140 Northgate Park 17.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
141 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
142 Leesville Park 7.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
143 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
144 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
145 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
146 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
147 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
148 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
149 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
150 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
151 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
152 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
153 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
154 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
155 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
156 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
157 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
158 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
159 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
160 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
161 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
162 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
163 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
164 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
165 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
166 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
167 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
168 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
169 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
170 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
171 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
172 Lake Betz 7.3 5 138 3.6% 1.6%
173 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 4 102 3.9% 1.5%
174 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
175 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
176 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
177 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
178 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
179 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
180 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
181 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
182 17 Acre Woods 18.0 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
183 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
184 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
185 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 4 206 1.9% 0.8%
186 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
187 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
188 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
189 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
190 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
191 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
192 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 59 1.7% 0.3%