Bird Finder

Where to find Indigo Bunting 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 Indigo Bunting 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 103 130 79.2% 71.5%
2 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 40 56 71.4% 58.5%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 152 248 61.3% 55.1%
4 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
5 Lee Game Land 22.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 28 43 65.1% 50.2%
7 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 30 49 61.2% 47.2%
8 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 748 1701 44.0% 41.6%
9 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
10 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 51 105 48.6% 39.2%
11 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 69 156 44.2% 36.7%
12 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
13 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
14 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 47 109 43.1% 34.2%
15 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 158 411 38.4% 33.9%
16 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
17 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 22 52 42.3% 29.9%
18 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
19 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
20 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 110 337 32.6% 27.9%
21 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
22 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 24 64 37.5% 26.7%
23 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 36 104 34.6% 26.2%
24 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 17 47 36.2% 24.0%
25 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 50 164 30.5% 24.0%
26 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
27 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 39 141 27.7% 20.9%
28 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
29 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 57 223 25.6% 20.3%
33 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
34 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
35 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 58 296 19.6% 15.5%
36 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 27 132 20.5% 14.5%
37 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
38 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
39 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
40 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 14 69 20.3% 12.5%
41 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
42 Lake Betz 7.3 36 231 15.6% 11.5%
43 Schenck Forest 3.6 31 195 15.9% 11.4%
44 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
45 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
46 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 24 163 14.7% 10.1%
47 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
48 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 25 181 13.8% 9.5%
49 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
51 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
52 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
53 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
54 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
55 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
56 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
57 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
58 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
59 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
60 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
63 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
64 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
65 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
66 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
67 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
68 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
69 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 31 497 6.2% 4.4%
70 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
71 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
72 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
73 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
74 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
75 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
76 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 6 98 6.1% 2.8%
77 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 9 176 5.1% 2.7%
78 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 11 232 4.7% 2.7%
79 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
80 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 8 181 4.4% 2.3%
81 Wendell Park 22.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
82 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
83 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
84 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
85 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 136 4.4% 2.0%
86 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
87 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
88 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
89 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 13 413 3.1% 1.8%
90 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 9 263 3.4% 1.8%
91 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
92 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
93 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
94 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
95 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
96 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
97 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
98 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
99 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
100 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
101 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
102 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
103 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
104 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
105 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 148 2.7% 1.1%
106 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
107 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
108 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
109 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
110 Bond Park 2.7 4 181 2.2% 0.9%
111 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
112 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
113 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
114 Lake Lynn 7.7 9 577 1.6% 0.8%
115 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
116 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
117 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
118 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 86 2.3% 0.6%
119 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
120 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
121 White Deer Park 11.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
122 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
123 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
124 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
125 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
126 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 2 192 1.0% 0.3%
127 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
128 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
129 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 86 1.2% 0.2%
130 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 95 1.1% 0.2%