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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 22.2 402 424 94.8% 92.3%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 141 150 94.0% 89.0%
3 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 548 617 88.8% 86.1%
4 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 26 27 96.3% 81.7%
5 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 69 77 89.6% 80.8%
6 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 45 49 91.8% 80.8%
7 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 314 387 81.1% 76.9%
8 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 70 82 85.4% 76.1%
9 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 410 515 79.6% 75.9%
10 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 87 105 82.9% 74.5%
11 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 37 43 86.0% 72.7%
12 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 163 208 78.4% 72.3%
13 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
14 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 23 26 88.5% 71.0%
15 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 25 29 86.2% 69.4%
16 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 410 568 72.2% 68.4%
17 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 191 264 72.3% 66.7%
18 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 59 78 75.6% 65.1%
19 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 52 72 72.2% 61.0%
20 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 24 31 77.4% 60.2%
21 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 26 34 76.5% 60.0%
22 Schenck Forest 3.6 136 206 66.0% 59.3%
23 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 46 65 70.8% 58.8%
24 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 98 147 66.7% 58.7%
25 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 31 43 72.1% 57.3%
26 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
27 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
28 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 35 50 70.0% 56.2%
29 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 18 24 75.0% 55.1%
30 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 47 71 66.2% 54.6%
31 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 32 47 68.1% 53.8%
32 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
33 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
34 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
35 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 50 79 63.3% 52.3%
36 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
37 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
38 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
39 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
40 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
41 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 31 50 62.0% 48.2%
42 Beaver Marsh 16.7 107 194 55.2% 48.1%
43 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
44 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 29 49 59.2% 45.2%
45 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
46 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 165 334 49.4% 44.1%
47 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
48 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
49 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
50 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
51 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
52 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
53 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 128 270 47.4% 41.5%
54 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 24 43 55.8% 41.1%
55 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
56 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
57 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
58 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
59 Wendell Park 22.6 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
60 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 34 68 50.0% 38.4%
61 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 25 50 50.0% 36.6%
62 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
63 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
64 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
65 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
66 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
67 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
68 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
69 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 105 264 39.8% 34.1%
70 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
71 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 222 629 35.3% 31.7%
72 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
73 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
74 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 20 45 44.4% 30.9%
75 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
76 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
77 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 21 48 43.8% 30.7%
78 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
79 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
80 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
81 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
82 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
83 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
84 Lake Betz 7.3 92 261 35.2% 29.7%
85 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 13 28 46.4% 29.5%
86 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
87 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 23 57 40.4% 28.6%
88 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
89 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 30 81 37.0% 27.3%
90 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 26 69 37.7% 27.2%
91 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
92 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
93 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 22 60 36.7% 25.6%
94 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
95 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
96 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
97 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
98 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 35 121 28.9% 21.6%
99 South Durham WRF 13.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
100 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
101 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
102 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
103 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
104 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
105 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
106 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
116 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
117 Lake Raleigh 6.0 24 93 25.8% 18.0%
118 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
119 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
120 Inwood Rd. 7.3 15 58 25.9% 16.3%
121 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
122 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
123 Little Creek Trail 15.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
124 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
125 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
126 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
127 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
128 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
129 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
130 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
131 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
132 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 15 67 22.4% 14.1%
133 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 74 427 17.3% 14.0%
134 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
135 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
136 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
137 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
138 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
139 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
140 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
141 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
142 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
143 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
144 White Deer Park 11.6 8 40 20.0% 10.5%
145 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
146 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 15 94 16.0% 9.9%
147 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
148 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
149 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
150 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
151 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
152 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
153 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
154 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
155 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
156 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
157 Parker Preserve 15.5 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
158 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
159 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
160 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
161 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
162 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
163 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
164 Falls Lake 15.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
165 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
166 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
167 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
168 Homestead Park 19.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
169 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 17 154 11.0% 7.0%
170 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
171 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
172 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 8 62 12.9% 6.7%
173 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
174 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
175 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
176 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
177 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
178 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
179 Duke Park 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
180 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
181 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 9 82 11.0% 5.9%
182 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
183 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
184 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
185 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
186 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
187 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
188 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
189 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
190 Bond Park 2.7 14 182 7.7% 4.6%
191 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
192 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
193 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
194 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
195 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
196 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 8 113 7.1% 3.6%
197 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
198 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
199 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
200 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 121 6.6% 3.4%
201 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
202 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
203 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
204 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
205 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
206 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
207 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
208 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
209 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
210 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
211 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
212 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
213 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
214 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
215 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 8 283 2.8% 1.4%
216 Northgate Park 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
217 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
218 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
219 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
220 Lake Benson 11.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
221 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
222 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
223 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
224 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
225 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
226 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
227 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
228 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
229 Ritter Park 4.3 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
230 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
231 Lake Lynn 7.7 2 164 1.2% 0.3%
232 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
233 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 109 0.9% 0.2%