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 86 111 77.5% 68.9%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 146 224 65.2% 58.7%
3 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 27 39 69.2% 53.6%
4 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
5 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 25 39 64.1% 48.4%
6 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 30 48 62.5% 48.4%
7 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
8 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
9 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 32 59 54.2% 41.7%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 516 1293 39.9% 37.3%
11 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 68 152 44.7% 37.1%
12 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 46 100 46.0% 36.6%
13 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
14 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 154 392 39.3% 34.6%
15 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
17 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
18 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 15 32 46.9% 30.9%
19 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 24 61 39.3% 28.1%
20 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
21 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
22 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 19 50 38.0% 25.9%
23 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 29 88 33.0% 24.0%
24 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 71 242 29.3% 24.0%
25 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 57 210 27.1% 21.6%
26 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 29 100 29.0% 21.0%
27 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 31 110 28.2% 20.6%
29 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
30 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
31 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
32 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 54 261 20.7% 16.2%
33 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
34 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 14 58 24.1% 15.0%
35 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
36 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
37 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
38 Lake Betz 7.3 35 219 16.0% 11.7%
39 Schenck Forest 3.6 30 189 15.9% 11.4%
40 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
41 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 42 19.0% 10.0%
42 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 22 160 13.8% 9.3%
44 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
45 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
46 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
47 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
48 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 19 152 12.5% 8.2%
49 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
50 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
51 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
52 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
53 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
54 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
55 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
56 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
57 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
58 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
59 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
60 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
61 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
62 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
63 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
64 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 30 471 6.4% 4.5%
65 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
66 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
67 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
68 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
69 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
70 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
71 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
72 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
73 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
75 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
76 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 10 214 4.7% 2.6%
77 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
78 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
79 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
80 Wendell Park 22.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
81 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 7 165 4.2% 2.1%
82 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 13 371 3.5% 2.1%
83 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
84 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
85 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 5 109 4.6% 2.0%
86 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
87 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
88 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
89 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
90 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
91 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 7 192 3.6% 1.8%
92 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
93 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
94 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
95 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 4 122 3.3% 1.3%
96 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
97 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
98 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
99 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 148 2.7% 1.1%
100 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
101 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
102 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
103 Lake Lynn 7.7 7 373 1.9% 0.9%
104 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
105 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
106 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
107 White Deer Park 11.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
108 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
109 Bond Park 2.7 3 157 1.9% 0.7%
110 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
111 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
112 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
113 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
114 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
115 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
116 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 2 154 1.3% 0.4%
117 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
118 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
119 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
120 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
121 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 89 1.1% 0.2%