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Where to find White-throated Sparrow in January
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 White-throated Sparrow in January. 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 22.2 119 123 96.7% 91.9%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 108 116 93.1% 87.0%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 310 345 89.9% 86.2%
4 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 73 78 93.6% 85.9%
5 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 83 92 90.2% 82.4%
6 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 220 255 86.3% 81.5%
7 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 64 71 90.1% 81.0%
8 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 31 33 93.9% 80.4%
9 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 278 343 81.0% 76.6%
10 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 58 67 86.6% 76.4%
11 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 24 26 92.3% 75.9%
12 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 27 30 90.0% 74.4%
13 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
14 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
15 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 45 53 84.9% 72.9%
16 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 109 136 80.1% 72.7%
17 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
18 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 50 61 82.0% 70.5%
19 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 226 304 74.3% 69.2%
20 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 30 36 83.3% 68.1%
21 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
22 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 38 48 79.2% 65.7%
23 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
24 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 49 64 76.6% 64.9%
25 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 63 84 75.0% 64.8%
26 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 33 42 78.6% 64.1%
27 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 24 30 80.0% 62.7%
28 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
29 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
30 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
31 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 15 18 83.3% 60.8%
32 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
33 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
34 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
35 Lake Lynn 7.7 73 115 63.5% 54.4%
36 Schenck Forest 3.6 127 208 61.1% 54.3%
37 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
38 Bond Park 2.7 76 122 62.3% 53.4%
39 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
40 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
41 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
42 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
43 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
44 Lake Raleigh 6.0 60 97 61.9% 51.9%
45 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
46 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 25 37 67.6% 51.5%
47 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
48 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
49 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 97 168 57.7% 50.2%
50 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 20 30 66.7% 48.8%
51 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
52 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 38 63 60.3% 48.0%
53 Shelley Lake 8.1 54 93 58.1% 47.9%
54 Wendell Park 22.6 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
55 Lake Betz 7.3 139 266 52.3% 46.3%
56 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 31 52 59.6% 46.1%
57 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
58 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
59 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
60 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
61 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 273 556 49.1% 45.0%
62 Fearrington Village 17.5 24 40 60.0% 44.6%
63 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 26 44 59.1% 44.4%
64 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 33 58 56.9% 44.1%
65 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
66 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
67 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
68 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
69 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
70 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
71 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 22 37 59.5% 43.5%
72 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
73 Lake Benson 11.9 53 102 52.0% 42.4%
74 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 29 53 54.7% 41.5%
75 Apex Nature Park 8.6 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
76 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 82 174 47.1% 39.9%
77 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
78 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
79 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
80 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 19 35 54.3% 38.2%
81 Northgate Park 17.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
82 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
83 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 31 63 49.2% 37.3%
84 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 23 45 51.1% 37.0%
85 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
86 Beaver Marsh 16.7 123 295 41.7% 36.2%
87 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
88 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
89 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
90 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
91 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
92 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
93 Higgins Greenway 1.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
94 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
95 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 21 43 48.8% 34.6%
96 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
97 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
98 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
99 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
100 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
101 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
102 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
103 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
104 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 45 105 42.9% 33.8%
105 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
106 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
107 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 67 167 40.1% 33.0%
108 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
109 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 58 143 40.6% 32.9%
110 Apex Community Park 3.7 36 85 42.4% 32.4%
111 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
112 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
113 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
114 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 20 45 44.4% 30.9%
115 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 32 79 40.5% 30.4%
116 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
117 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
118 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
119 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 173 509 34.0% 30.0%
120 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
121 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
122 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
123 17 Acre Woods 18.0 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
124 Pullen Park 6.6 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
125 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
126 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
127 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
128 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
129 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
130 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
131 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
132 White Deer Park 11.6 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
133 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
134 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 18 51 35.3% 23.6%
135 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
136 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
137 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
138 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
139 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
140 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
141 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
142 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
143 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
144 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
145 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
146 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
147 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
148 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
149 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
150 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
151 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
152 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
153 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
154 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
155 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
156 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
157 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
158 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
159 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
160 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
161 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
162 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
163 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
164 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
165 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
166 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
167 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
168 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
169 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
170 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
171 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
172 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
173 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
174 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
175 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
176 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
177 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 18 63 28.6% 18.9%
178 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
179 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
180 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
181 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
182 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
183 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
184 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
185 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
186 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
187 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
188 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
189 Forest Hills Park 15.0 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
190 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
191 Homestead Park 19.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
192 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
193 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
194 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
195 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
196 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
197 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 54 24.1% 14.6%
198 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
199 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
200 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
201 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
202 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 17 87 19.5% 12.6%
203 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
204 Fallon park 8.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
205 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
206 Ritter Park 4.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
207 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
208 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
209 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
210 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
211 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 30 198 15.2% 10.8%
212 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
213 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
214 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
215 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
216 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
217 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
218 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
219 Strickland Park 8.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
220 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
221 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
223 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
224 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
225 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
226 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
227 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
228 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
229 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 10 65 15.4% 8.6%
230 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
231 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
232 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
233 Falls Lake 15.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
234 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
235 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 15 125 12.0% 7.4%
236 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
237 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
238 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
239 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
240 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
241 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
242 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
243 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
244 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
245 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
246 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
247 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
248 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
249 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
250 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 10 115 8.7% 4.8%
251 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
252 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
253 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
254 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
255 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
256 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
257 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
258 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
259 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
260 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 6 80 7.5% 3.5%
261 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
262 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
263 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
264 Lyon Park 15.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
265 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 5 73 6.8% 3.0%
266 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
267 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
268 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 66 6.1% 2.4%
269 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
270 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
271 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
272 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
273 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
274 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
275 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%