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Where to find Common Nighthawk in August
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 Common Nighthawk in August. 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 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
2 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 26 315 8.3% 5.7%
4 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
5 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
6 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 92 3.3% 1.1%
7 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
8 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
9 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
10 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
11 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 202 1.5% 0.5%
12 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
13 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
14 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
15 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
16 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
17 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 216 0.9% 0.3%
18 Schenck Forest 3.6 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
19 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 3 495 0.6% 0.2%
20 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
21 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 130 0.8% 0.1%
22 Lake Lynn 7.7 1 143 0.7% 0.1%
23 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 1 183 0.5% 0.1%
24 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 203 0.5% 0.1%
25 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 1 231 0.4% 0.1%
26 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 1 242 0.4% 0.1%
27 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 1 287 0.3% 0.1%
28 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 306 0.3% 0.1%
29 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 450 0.2% 0.0%