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Where to find White-throated Sparrow in October
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 October. 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 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 35 56 62.5% 49.4%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 151 294 51.4% 45.7%
3 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 173 369 46.9% 41.9%
4 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 47 92 51.1% 41.0%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 76 167 45.5% 38.1%
6 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
7 Williamson Preserve 19.2 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
8 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
9 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 21 44 47.7% 33.8%
11 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 44 105 41.9% 32.9%
12 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 28 63 44.4% 32.8%
13 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
14 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 18 39 46.2% 31.6%
15 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 238 680 35.0% 31.5%
16 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
17 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 156 439 35.5% 31.2%
18 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
19 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
20 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 42 112 37.5% 29.1%
21 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 19 46 41.3% 28.3%
22 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
23 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 113 358 31.6% 27.0%
24 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
25 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 40 117 34.2% 26.2%
26 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
27 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
28 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
29 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
30 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 16 43 37.2% 24.4%
31 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 126 446 28.3% 24.3%
32 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 78 268 29.1% 24.0%
33 Bond Park 2.7 58 195 29.7% 23.8%
34 Lake Lynn 7.7 195 734 26.6% 23.5%
35 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
36 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
37 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
38 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
39 Schenck Forest 3.6 56 207 27.1% 21.5%
40 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
41 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 25 84 29.8% 21.0%
42 Town Lake Park 23.4 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
43 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
44 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
50 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 15 47 31.9% 20.4%
51 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 48 31.2% 19.9%
52 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
53 Lake Betz 7.3 45 177 25.4% 19.6%
54 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 54 29.6% 19.1%
55 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 14 46 30.4% 19.1%
56 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
57 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
58 17 Acre Woods 18.0 28 108 25.9% 18.6%
59 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
60 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 42 175 24.0% 18.3%
61 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 26 104 25.0% 17.7%
62 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
63 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
64 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 45 203 22.2% 17.0%
65 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
66 Lake Raleigh 6.0 18 71 25.4% 16.7%
67 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 14 54 25.9% 16.1%
68 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
69 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 55 25.5% 15.8%
70 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
71 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
72 Shelley Lake 8.1 20 90 22.2% 14.9%
73 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
74 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
75 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 22 105 21.0% 14.3%
76 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
77 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
78 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
79 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
80 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 13 59 22.0% 13.4%
81 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 36 201 17.9% 13.2%
82 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 72 443 16.3% 13.1%
83 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
84 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
85 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 28 162 17.3% 12.2%
86 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 20 111 18.0% 12.0%
87 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
88 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
89 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
90 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 10 48 20.8% 11.7%
91 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
92 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
93 Apex Community Park 3.7 13 69 18.8% 11.4%
94 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
95 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
96 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
97 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 18 114 15.8% 10.2%
98 Lake Benson 11.9 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
99 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 10 57 17.5% 9.8%
100 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 25 176 14.2% 9.8%
101 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
102 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
103 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
104 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
105 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
106 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
107 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
108 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
109 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
110 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
111 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
112 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
113 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
114 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
115 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
116 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
117 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
118 Beaver Marsh 16.7 22 165 13.3% 9.0%
119 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
120 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
121 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
122 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 88 13.6% 8.0%
123 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
124 Ritter Park 4.3 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
125 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
126 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
127 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
128 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
129 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
130 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
131 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
132 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
133 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
134 Pullen Park 6.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
135 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
136 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
137 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
138 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
139 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
140 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
141 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
142 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
143 Homestead Park 19.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
144 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
145 White Deer Park 11.6 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
146 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
147 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 60 888 6.8% 5.3%
148 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
149 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
150 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
151 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
152 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
153 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
154 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
155 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
156 Action Park 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
157 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
158 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
159 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
160 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
161 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
162 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
163 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
164 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
165 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
166 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
167 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
168 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
169 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
170 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
171 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
172 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
173 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
174 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
175 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
176 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
177 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
178 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
179 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
180 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
182 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
183 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
184 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
185 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
186 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
187 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
188 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
189 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
190 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
191 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
192 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
193 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
194 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
195 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 88 3.4% 1.2%
196 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
197 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
198 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
199 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
200 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
201 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
202 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
203 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
204 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
205 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 152 1.3% 0.4%
206 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 76 1.3% 0.2%