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Where to find Indigo Bunting in May
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 Indigo Bunting in May. 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			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	589	616	95.6%	93.7%
2			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	191	201	95.0%	91.1%
3			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	607	681	89.1%	86.6%
4			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	81	88	92.0%	84.5%
5			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	29	30	96.7%	83.3%
6			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	51	57	89.5%	78.9%
7			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	123	145	84.8%	78.1%
8			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	77	89	86.5%	77.9%
9			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	417	513	81.3%	77.7%
10			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	74	86	86.0%	77.2%
11			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	55	64	85.9%	75.4%
12			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	490	626	78.3%	74.9%
13			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	186	233	79.8%	74.2%
14			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	223	300	74.3%	69.1%
15			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	31	37	83.8%	68.9%
16			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	72	92	78.3%	68.8%
17			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	40	49	81.6%	68.6%
18			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	489	681	71.8%	68.3%
19			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	11	12	91.7%	64.6%
20			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	53	70	75.7%	64.5%
21			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	27	34	79.4%	63.2%
22			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	24	30	80.0%	62.7%
23			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	55	76	72.4%	61.4%
24			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
25			Schenck Forest	3.6	145	217	66.8%	60.3%
26			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	36	49	73.5%	59.7%
27			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
28			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	101	152	66.4%	58.6%
29			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	75	111	67.6%	58.4%
30			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	13	16	81.2%	57.0%
31			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	48	70	68.6%	57.0%
32			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	19	25	76.0%	56.6%
33			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
34			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	59	89	66.3%	56.0%
35			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
36			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	19	26	73.1%	53.9%
37			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	15	20	75.0%	53.1%
38			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
39			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	35	53	66.0%	52.6%
40			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	19	27	70.4%	51.5%
41			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	14	19	73.7%	51.2%
42			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
43			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
44			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
45			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
46			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
47			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	39	62	62.9%	50.5%
48			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	36	57	63.2%	50.2%
49			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	21	31	67.7%	50.1%
50			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
51			Beaver Marsh	16.7	108	199	54.3%	47.3%
52			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	12	17	70.6%	46.9%
53			Wendell Park	22.6	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
54			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
55			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	40	74	54.1%	42.8%
56			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	182	384	47.4%	42.5%
57			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	29	52	55.8%	42.3%
58			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	147	314	46.8%	41.4%
59			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
60			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
61			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
62			Williamson Preserve	19.2	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
63			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	14	23	60.9%	40.8%
64			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	31	59	52.5%	40.0%
65			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
66			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	19	34	55.9%	39.5%
67			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
68			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
69			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
70			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
71			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
72			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
73			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
74			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	11	20	55.0%	34.2%
75			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	16	32	50.0%	33.6%
76			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
77			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	15	30	50.0%	33.2%
78			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	168	450	37.3%	33.0%
79			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	11	21	52.4%	32.4%
80			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	23	52	44.2%	31.6%
81			Lake Betz	7.3	103	285	36.1%	30.8%
82			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	21	48	43.8%	30.7%
83			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	16	35	45.7%	30.5%
84			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	14	30	46.7%	30.2%
85			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
86			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
87			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
88			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
89			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
90			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
91			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
92			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	31	79	39.2%	29.2%
93			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	26	65	40.0%	29.0%
94			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	13	29	44.8%	28.4%
95			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	29	76	38.2%	28.1%
96			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	13	30	43.3%	27.4%
97			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	226	755	29.9%	26.8%
98			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
99			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	10	23	43.5%	25.6%
100			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	36	108	33.3%	25.2%
101			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
102			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	8	20	40.0%	21.9%
103			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	10	27	37.0%	21.5%
104			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
105			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
106			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
107			Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
108			Lee Game Land	22.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
109			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
110			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
111			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
112			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
113			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
114			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
115			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
116			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
117			Greene Tract	20.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
118			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	35	129	27.1%	20.2%
119			South Durham WRF	13.3	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
120			Little Creek Trail	15.3	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
121			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
122			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	12	40	30.0%	18.1%
123			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	18	66	27.3%	18.0%
124			Lake Raleigh	6.0	30	121	24.8%	18.0%
125			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	100	491	20.4%	17.0%
126			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	13	47	27.7%	16.9%
127			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	8	27	29.6%	15.9%
128			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
129			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
130			Inwood Rd.	7.3	15	62	24.2%	15.2%
131			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	17	73	23.3%	15.1%
132			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
133			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
134			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
135			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
136			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
137			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	8	29	27.6%	14.7%
138			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	8	29	27.6%	14.7%
139			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	13	54	24.1%	14.6%
140			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
141			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
142			Dorothea Dix	6.6	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
143			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
144			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
145			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
146			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	8	35	22.9%	12.1%
147			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	11	54	20.4%	11.8%
148			Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
149			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
150			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
151			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
152			Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
153			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
154			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
155			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
156			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
157			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	12	68	17.6%	10.4%
158			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	21	139	15.1%	10.1%
159			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
160			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	6	30	20.0%	9.5%
161			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
162			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
163			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
164			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
165			Parker Preserve	15.5	7	38	18.4%	9.2%
166			Lake Wheeler	8.2	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
167			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
168			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
169			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	8	48	16.7%	8.7%
170			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	22	172	12.8%	8.6%
171			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	8	49	16.3%	8.5%
172			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
173			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
174			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	5	28	17.9%	7.9%
175			Falls Lake	15.1	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
176			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
177			Town Lake Park	23.4	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
178			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
179			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
180			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
181			White Deer Park	11.6	8	64	12.5%	6.5%
182			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
183			Homestead Park	19.3	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
184			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
185			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
186			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
187			Duke Park	16.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
188			Rock Ridge Park	23.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
189			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	5	39	12.8%	5.6%
190			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	10	101	9.9%	5.5%
191			Raven Rock SP	23.9	6	53	11.3%	5.3%
192			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
193			Bond Park	2.7	16	199	8.0%	5.0%
194			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
195			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	5	47	10.6%	4.6%
196			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
197			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
198			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
199			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	9	126	7.1%	3.8%
200			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
201			Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
202			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
203			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	5	62	8.1%	3.5%
204			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
205			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
206			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
207			17 Acre Woods	18.0	8	134	6.0%	3.1%
208			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
209			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
210			Apex Community Park	3.7	4	54	7.4%	2.9%
211			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
212			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	5	80	6.2%	2.7%
213			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
214			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
215			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
216			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	3	41	7.3%	2.5%
217			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
218			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
219			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
220			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
221			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
222			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
223			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
224			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	3	62	4.8%	1.7%
225			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
226			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
227			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	9	309	2.9%	1.5%
228			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
229			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
230			Northgate Park	17.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
231			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
232			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
233			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
234			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	63	3.2%	0.9%
235			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
236			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
237			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
238			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
239			Lake Benson	11.9	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
240			Lake Lynn	7.7	3	211	1.4%	0.5%
241			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
242			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
243			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
244			Shelley Lake	8.1	2	134	1.5%	0.4%
245			Ritter Park	4.3	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
246			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
247			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
248			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	1	77	1.3%	0.2%