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Where to find Chipping Sparrow in September
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 September. 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 White Deer Park 11.6 24 31 77.4% 60.2%
2 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 46 64 71.9% 59.9%
3 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 24 32 75.0% 57.9%
4 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 19 25 76.0% 56.6%
5 Schenck Forest 3.6 123 195 63.1% 56.1%
6 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 159 263 60.5% 54.4%
7 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
8 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 50 83 60.2% 49.5%
9 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 38 63 60.3% 48.0%
10 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 37 64 57.8% 45.6%
11 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
12 Lake Benson 11.9 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
13 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 45 86 52.3% 41.9%
14 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 25 45 55.6% 41.2%
15 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 53 105 50.5% 41.1%
16 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
17 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 19 33 57.6% 40.8%
18 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 74 156 47.4% 39.8%
19 Apex Nature Park 8.6 17 30 56.7% 39.2%
20 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
21 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
22 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
23 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
24 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
25 Valley Springs Park 20.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
27 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
28 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
29 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
30 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
31 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
32 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
33 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 32 83 38.6% 28.8%
34 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
35 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
36 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
37 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 17 45 37.8% 25.1%
38 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
39 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
40 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 27 81 33.3% 24.0%
41 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 25 75 33.3% 23.7%
42 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
43 Wendell Park 22.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
44 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
45 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
46 Strickland Park 8.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
47 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
48 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 81 337 24.0% 19.8%
54 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 48 192 25.0% 19.4%
55 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 29 109 26.6% 19.2%
56 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
57 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
58 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
59 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
60 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
61 Apex Community Park 3.7 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
62 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
63 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
64 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 35 164 21.3% 15.8%
65 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
66 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
67 Bond Park 2.7 34 181 18.8% 13.8%
68 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 42 248 16.9% 12.8%
69 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
70 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
71 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
72 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
73 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
74 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
75 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 22 130 16.9% 11.4%
76 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
77 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
78 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
79 Homestead Park 19.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
80 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
86 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
87 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
88 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
89 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
90 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
91 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 19 163 11.7% 7.6%
92 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 30 296 10.1% 7.2%
93 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
94 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
95 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
96 Lake Lynn 7.7 53 577 9.2% 7.1%
97 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 15 141 10.6% 6.6%
98 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 14 132 10.6% 6.4%
99 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
100 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
101 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
102 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
103 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 17 176 9.7% 6.1%
104 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
105 Ritter Park 4.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
106 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
107 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
108 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
109 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 9 86 10.5% 5.6%
110 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
111 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
112 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 6 55 10.9% 5.1%
113 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
114 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
115 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
116 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
117 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
118 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
119 Lake Betz 7.3 16 231 6.9% 4.3%
120 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 98 8.2% 4.2%
121 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
122 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
123 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
124 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
125 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
127 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
128 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
129 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
130 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
131 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
132 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
133 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 11 181 6.1% 3.4%
134 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 6 83 7.2% 3.4%
135 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
136 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
137 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
138 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
139 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
140 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
141 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
142 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
143 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
144 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 11 232 4.7% 2.7%
145 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
146 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 17 411 4.1% 2.6%
147 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
148 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
149 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 8 181 4.4% 2.3%
150 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
151 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
152 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
153 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 46 1701 2.7% 2.0%
154 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 16 497 3.2% 2.0%
155 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
156 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
157 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 311 3.5% 2.0%
158 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
159 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 8 223 3.6% 1.8%
160 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
161 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
162 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
163 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 12 413 2.9% 1.7%
164 Pullen Park 6.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
165 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
166 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
167 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
168 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
169 Northgate Park 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
170 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
171 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
172 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
173 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
174 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
175 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
176 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 95 3.2% 1.1%
177 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
178 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
179 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 104 2.9% 1.0%
180 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
181 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
182 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
183 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
184 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
185 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
186 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
187 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
188 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
189 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 136 1.5% 0.4%
190 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
191 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 70 1.4% 0.3%