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Where to find White-throated Sparrow in December
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 December. 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 22.2 125 130 96.2% 91.3%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 178 187 95.2% 91.1%
3 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 234 255 91.8% 87.7%
4 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 33 34 97.1% 85.1%
5 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 182 206 88.3% 83.3%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 238 273 87.2% 82.7%
7 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 75 83 90.4% 82.1%
8 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 17 17 100.0% 81.6%
9 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 16 16 100.0% 80.6%
10 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 46 51 90.2% 79.0%
11 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 14 14 100.0% 78.5%
12 Williamson Preserve 19.2 31 34 91.2% 77.0%
13 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 41 46 89.1% 77.0%
14 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 246 304 80.9% 76.1%
15 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 33 37 89.2% 75.3%
16 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 50 58 86.2% 75.1%
17 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 104 126 82.5% 75.0%
18 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 231 290 79.7% 74.6%
19 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 48 56 85.7% 74.3%
20 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 17 18 94.4% 74.2%
21 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
22 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 30 34 88.2% 73.4%
23 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 29 33 87.9% 72.7%
24 Schenck Forest 3.6 99 125 79.2% 71.3%
25 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 51 62 82.3% 71.0%
26 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 30 35 85.7% 70.6%
27 Wendell Park 22.6 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
28 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 17 19 89.5% 68.6%
29 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
30 Shelley Lake 8.1 83 109 76.1% 67.3%
31 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 16 18 88.9% 67.2%
32 Lake Raleigh 6.0 68 89 76.4% 66.6%
33 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 28 34 82.4% 66.5%
34 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 45 58 77.6% 65.3%
35 17 Acre Woods 18.0 44 57 77.2% 64.8%
36 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
37 Higgins Greenway 1.2 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
38 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
39 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
40 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 31 39 79.5% 64.5%
41 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 33 42 78.6% 64.1%
42 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
43 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 25 31 80.6% 63.7%
44 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
45 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 31 40 77.5% 62.5%
46 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 69 96 71.9% 62.2%
47 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
48 Lake Lynn 7.7 94 138 68.1% 59.9%
49 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
50 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
51 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
52 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 19 24 79.2% 59.5%
53 Lake Benson 11.9 51 72 70.8% 59.5%
54 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 21 27 77.8% 59.2%
55 Town Lake Park 23.4 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
56 Homestead Park 19.3 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
57 White Deer Park 11.6 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
58 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
59 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
60 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
61 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 27 38 71.1% 55.2%
62 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
63 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
64 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
65 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
66 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 296 497 59.6% 55.2%
67 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
68 Lake Betz 7.3 86 139 61.9% 53.6%
69 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 31 46 67.4% 53.0%
70 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
71 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
72 Eastgate Park 9.5 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
73 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 104 173 60.1% 52.7%
74 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
75 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
76 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
77 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
78 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 19 27 70.4% 51.5%
79 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
80 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
81 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
82 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
83 Bond Park 2.7 59 97 60.8% 50.9%
84 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
85 Dorothea Dix 6.6 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
86 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 28 43 65.1% 50.2%
87 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
88 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 33 52 63.5% 49.9%
89 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 32 51 62.7% 49.0%
90 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
91 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
92 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 33 53 62.3% 48.8%
93 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
94 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
95 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
96 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 31 51 60.8% 47.1%
97 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
98 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 27 44 61.4% 46.6%
99 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
100 Beaver Marsh 16.7 97 190 51.1% 44.0%
101 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 86 167 51.5% 44.0%
102 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
103 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
104 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
105 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
106 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 26 47 55.3% 41.2%
107 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
108 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
109 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
110 Pullen Park 6.6 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
111 Indian Trail Park 18.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
112 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
113 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
114 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
115 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
116 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 49 102 48.0% 38.6%
117 Northgate Park 17.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
118 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
119 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
120 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 28 56 50.0% 37.3%
121 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 19 36 52.8% 37.0%
122 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 157 383 41.0% 36.2%
123 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
124 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
125 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
126 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
127 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 24 49 49.0% 35.6%
128 Ritter Park 4.3 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
129 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
130 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 28 59 47.5% 35.3%
131 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 17 33 51.5% 35.2%
132 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
133 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
134 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
135 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
136 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
137 Walltown Park 17.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
138 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
139 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
140 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 22 47 46.8% 33.3%
141 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
142 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 33 78 42.3% 32.0%
143 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
144 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
145 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 70 41.4% 30.6%
146 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
147 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
148 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
149 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
150 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
151 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
152 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
153 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
154 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
155 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
156 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
157 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
158 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
159 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
160 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
161 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
162 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
163 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
164 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
165 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
166 Leesville Park 7.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
167 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
168 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
169 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
170 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
171 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
172 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
173 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
174 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
175 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
176 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
177 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
178 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
179 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
180 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
181 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
182 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
183 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
184 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
185 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
186 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
187 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
188 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
189 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
190 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
191 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
192 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
193 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
194 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
195 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
196 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
197 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
198 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
199 Lyon Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
200 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
201 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
202 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
203 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
204 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
205 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
206 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
207 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
208 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
209 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
210 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
211 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
212 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
213 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 11 45 24.4% 14.2%
214 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 13 59 22.0% 13.4%
215 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 20 103 19.4% 12.9%
216 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 24 130 18.5% 12.7%
217 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
218 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
219 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
220 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
221 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
222 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
223 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 11 60 18.3% 10.6%
224 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
225 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
226 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
227 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
228 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
229 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
230 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
231 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
232 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
233 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
234 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
235 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
236 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
237 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
238 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
239 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
240 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
241 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
242 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
243 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
244 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
245 Lake Wheeler 8.2 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
246 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
247 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
248 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
249 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
250 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
251 Fallon park 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
252 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
253 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
254 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
255 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
256 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 13 156 8.3% 4.9%
257 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
258 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
259 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
260 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
261 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
262 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
263 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
264 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
265 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
266 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
267 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
268 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
269 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
270 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
271 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
272 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
273 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
274 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
275 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
276 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
277 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
278 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 29 3.4% 0.6%