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Where to find White-throated Sparrow in February
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 February. 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 67 72 93.1% 84.8%
2 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 19 19 100.0% 83.2%
3 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 239 279 85.7% 81.1%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 278 327 85.0% 80.7%
5 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 121 139 87.1% 80.5%
6 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 24 25 96.0% 80.5%
7 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 110 128 85.9% 78.9%
8 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 28 30 93.3% 78.7%
9 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 20 21 95.2% 77.3%
10 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 44 50 88.0% 76.2%
11 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 55 64 85.9% 75.4%
12 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 302 390 77.4% 73.0%
13 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 40 47 85.1% 72.3%
14 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
15 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 22 25 88.0% 70.0%
16 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 61 77 79.2% 68.9%
17 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 246 335 73.4% 68.5%
18 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 45 57 78.9% 66.7%
19 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 22 26 84.6% 66.5%
20 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 43 55 78.2% 65.6%
21 Wendell Park 22.6 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
22 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 51 68 75.0% 63.6%
23 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
24 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 56 78 71.8% 61.0%
25 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
26 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
27 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
28 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 22 29 75.9% 57.9%
29 Lake Raleigh 6.0 75 113 66.4% 57.3%
30 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
31 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
32 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
33 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 24 33 72.7% 55.8%
34 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 24 33 72.7% 55.8%
35 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 32 47 68.1% 53.8%
36 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
37 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
38 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 19 27 70.4% 51.5%
39 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
40 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
41 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 63 104 60.6% 51.0%
42 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
43 17 Acre Woods 18.0 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
44 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 34 53 64.2% 50.7%
45 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
46 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
47 Higgins Greenway 1.2 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
48 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
49 Shelley Lake 8.1 60 104 57.7% 48.1%
50 Lake Betz 7.3 113 208 54.3% 47.5%
51 Ritter Park 4.3 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
52 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
53 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
54 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
55 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
56 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
57 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
58 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
59 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
60 Lake Lynn 7.7 56 107 52.3% 43.0%
61 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 16 26 61.5% 42.5%
62 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
63 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
64 Lake Benson 11.9 38 74 51.4% 40.2%
65 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 23 42 54.8% 39.9%
66 Bond Park 2.7 65 137 47.4% 39.3%
67 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
68 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
69 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
70 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 34 69 49.3% 37.8%
71 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
72 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
73 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 32 66 48.5% 36.8%
74 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
75 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 207 510 40.6% 36.4%
76 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
77 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
78 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
79 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
80 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
81 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
82 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
83 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
84 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
85 Schenck Forest 3.6 78 194 40.2% 33.6%
86 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 164 437 37.5% 33.1%
87 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
88 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
89 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 50 128 39.1% 31.0%
90 Beaver Marsh 16.7 101 281 35.9% 30.6%
91 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
92 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
93 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
94 Pullen Park 6.6 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
95 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
96 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
97 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 48 132 36.4% 28.7%
98 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 28 73 38.4% 28.1%
99 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
100 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
101 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 40 110 36.4% 28.0%
102 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
103 Fallon park 8.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
104 Homestead Park 19.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
105 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
106 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
107 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
108 White Deer Park 11.6 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
109 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
110 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
111 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
112 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
113 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
114 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 18 56 32.1% 21.4%
115 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
116 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
117 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
118 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
119 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
120 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
121 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
122 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
123 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
124 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
125 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
126 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
127 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
128 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
140 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
141 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
142 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
143 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
144 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
145 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
146 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 22 81 27.2% 18.7%
147 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 17 60 28.3% 18.5%
148 Apex Community Park 3.7 34 137 24.8% 18.3%
149 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
150 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
151 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
152 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
153 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 21 91 23.1% 15.6%
154 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
155 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
156 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
157 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
158 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
159 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
160 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
161 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
162 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
163 Fearrington Village 17.5 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
164 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
165 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 15 72 20.8% 13.1%
166 Northgate Park 17.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
167 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
168 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
169 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
170 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
171 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
172 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
173 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
174 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
175 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
176 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
177 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
178 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
179 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
180 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
181 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
182 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
183 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 17 117 14.5% 9.3%
184 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
185 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 15 109 13.8% 8.5%
186 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
187 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
188 Leesville Park 7.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
189 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
190 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
191 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
192 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
193 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
194 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
195 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
196 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
197 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
198 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
199 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
200 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
201 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
202 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
203 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
204 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
205 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
206 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
207 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
208 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
209 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
210 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
211 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
212 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
213 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
214 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
215 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
216 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
217 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
218 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
219 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
220 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
221 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
222 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
223 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
224 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
225 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
226 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
227 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
228 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
229 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
230 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
231 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
232 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
233 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
234 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
235 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
236 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
237 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 85 3.5% 1.2%
238 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
239 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
240 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
241 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%