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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 21 25 84.0% 65.3%
2 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 44 61 72.1% 59.8%
3 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 119 189 63.0% 55.9%
5 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
6 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 48 77 62.3% 51.2%
7 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 29 44 65.9% 51.1%
8 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
9 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 106 192 55.2% 48.1%
10 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
11 Lake Benson 11.9 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
12 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 27 48 56.2% 42.3%
13 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 23 40 57.5% 42.2%
14 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
15 Apex Nature Park 8.6 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
16 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 73 152 48.0% 40.2%
17 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 30 57 52.6% 39.9%
18 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
19 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
20 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
21 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
22 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
23 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
24 Valley Springs Park 20.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
26 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
27 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
28 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
29 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
30 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
31 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 24 59 40.7% 29.1%
32 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
33 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 27 74 36.5% 26.4%
34 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 14 34 41.2% 26.4%
35 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
36 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
37 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 25 75 33.3% 23.7%
38 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
39 Wendell Park 22.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
40 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
41 Strickland Park 8.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
42 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
47 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
48 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
49 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
50 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
51 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
52 Apex Community Park 3.7 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
53 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 24 100 24.0% 16.7%
54 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
55 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
56 Homestead Park 19.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
58 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 32 154 20.8% 15.1%
59 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
60 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 41 224 18.3% 13.8%
61 Bond Park 2.7 30 157 19.1% 13.7%
62 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
63 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 21 111 18.9% 12.7%
64 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
65 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
66 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 38 242 15.7% 11.7%
67 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
68 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
69 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
70 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
71 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
72 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
73 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
74 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
75 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
76 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
77 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
78 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
80 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
81 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
82 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
83 Lake Lynn 7.7 40 373 10.7% 8.0%
84 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 13 100 13.0% 7.8%
85 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 19 160 11.9% 7.7%
86 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
87 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
88 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
89 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 26 261 10.0% 6.9%
90 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
91 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
92 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
93 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
94 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
95 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
96 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
97 Ritter Park 4.3 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
98 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
99 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
100 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 11 110 10.0% 5.7%
101 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
102 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
103 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
104 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
105 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 7 67 10.4% 5.2%
106 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 14 165 8.5% 5.1%
107 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
108 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
109 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 84 9.5% 4.9%
110 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
111 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
112 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
113 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
114 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
115 Lake Betz 7.3 16 219 7.3% 4.5%
116 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
117 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
118 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 7 87 8.0% 4.0%
119 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
120 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
121 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
122 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
123 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
124 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
125 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
126 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
127 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 9 152 5.9% 3.1%
128 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
129 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
130 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
131 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
132 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
133 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
134 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
135 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 17 392 4.3% 2.7%
136 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
137 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
138 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
139 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
140 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
141 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 10 214 4.7% 2.6%
142 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
143 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
144 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
145 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
146 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 16 471 3.4% 2.1%
147 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
148 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
149 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 305 3.6% 2.0%
150 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
151 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 8 210 3.8% 1.9%
152 Pullen Park 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
153 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
154 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
155 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
156 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
157 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
158 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 31 1293 2.4% 1.7%
159 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 11 371 3.0% 1.7%
160 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
161 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
162 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
163 Northgate Park 17.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
164 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
165 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
166 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 88 3.4% 1.2%
167 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
168 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
169 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
170 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
171 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 122 2.5% 0.8%
172 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
173 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
174 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
175 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
176 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
177 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
178 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
179 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
180 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
181 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 109 0.9% 0.2%