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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 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 42 44 95.5% 84.9%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 122 135 90.4% 84.2%
3 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 156 176 88.6% 83.1%
4 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 277 323 85.8% 81.5%
5 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 325 382 85.1% 81.2%
6 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 114 132 86.4% 79.5%
7 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 41 45 91.1% 79.3%
8 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 21 22 95.5% 78.2%
9 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 48 54 88.9% 77.8%
10 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 20 21 95.2% 77.3%
11 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 63 74 85.1% 75.3%
12 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 43 51 84.3% 72.0%
13 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 330 437 75.5% 71.3%
14 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 27 31 87.1% 71.1%
15 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 66 83 79.5% 69.6%
16 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 288 389 74.0% 69.5%
17 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
18 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 32 39 82.1% 67.3%
19 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 54 69 78.3% 67.2%
20 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 47 60 78.3% 66.4%
21 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
22 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 45 59 76.3% 64.0%
23 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
24 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
25 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 27 34 79.4% 63.2%
26 Wendell Park 22.6 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
27 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 58 80 72.5% 61.9%
28 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 67 95 70.5% 60.7%
29 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 22 28 78.6% 60.5%
30 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
31 Higgins Greenway 1.2 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
32 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 25 33 75.8% 59.0%
33 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
34 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 48 68 70.6% 58.9%
35 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 26 35 74.3% 57.9%
36 Lake Raleigh 6.0 114 177 64.4% 57.1%
37 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
38 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
39 17 Acre Woods 18.0 24 34 70.6% 53.8%
40 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
41 Shelley Lake 8.1 81 135 60.0% 51.6%
42 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
43 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
44 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
45 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 68 114 59.6% 50.5%
46 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
47 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
48 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
49 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
50 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
51 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
52 Lake Betz 7.3 132 240 55.0% 48.7%
53 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
54 Ritter Park 4.3 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
55 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 42 73 57.5% 46.1%
56 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
57 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
58 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 29 49 59.2% 45.2%
59 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 31 54 57.4% 44.2%
60 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
61 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
62 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
63 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
64 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
65 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
66 Lake Lynn 7.7 66 127 52.0% 43.3%
67 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 86 171 50.3% 42.9%
68 Lake Benson 11.9 45 86 52.3% 41.9%
69 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
70 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
71 Bond Park 2.7 67 142 47.2% 39.2%
72 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
73 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 248 592 41.9% 38.0%
74 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 34 70 48.6% 37.2%
75 Schenck Forest 3.6 91 208 43.8% 37.2%
76 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 29 59 49.2% 36.8%
77 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
78 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
79 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
80 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
81 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
82 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
83 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
84 Little Creek Trail 15.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
85 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
86 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 17 33 51.5% 35.2%
87 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 192 496 38.7% 34.5%
88 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
89 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
90 Jaycee Park 6.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
91 Pullen Park 6.6 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
92 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 53 129 41.1% 33.0%
93 Beaver Marsh 16.7 112 295 38.0% 32.6%
94 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
95 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 26 60 43.3% 31.6%
96 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 38 93 40.9% 31.4%
97 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
98 White Deer Park 11.6 19 43 44.2% 30.4%
99 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 55 146 37.7% 30.2%
100 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
101 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
102 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
103 Forest Hills Park 15.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
104 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
105 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
106 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
107 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 13 28 46.4% 29.5%
108 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
109 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
110 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
111 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
112 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 44 122 36.1% 28.1%
113 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
114 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
115 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
116 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 16 38 42.1% 27.9%
117 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 34 41.2% 26.4%
118 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
119 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
120 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 26 75 34.7% 24.9%
121 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 17 46 37.0% 24.5%
122 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
123 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
124 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
125 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
126 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
127 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
128 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
129 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
130 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
131 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 21 65 32.3% 22.2%
132 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 22 70 31.4% 21.8%
133 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
134 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
135 Homestead Park 19.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
136 Fallon park 8.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
137 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
138 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
139 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
140 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
141 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
142 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
143 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
144 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
145 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
146 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
147 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
148 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
149 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
150 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
151 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
152 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
153 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
154 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
155 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
156 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
157 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
158 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
159 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
160 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
161 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
162 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
163 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
164 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
165 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
166 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
167 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 23 85 27.1% 18.8%
168 Apex Community Park 3.7 43 176 24.4% 18.7%
169 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
170 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
171 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 22 96 22.9% 15.6%
172 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
173 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
174 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
175 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
176 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
177 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
178 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
179 Fearrington Village 17.5 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
180 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
181 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
182 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
183 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
184 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 16 79 20.3% 12.9%
185 Northgate Park 17.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
186 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
187 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
188 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
189 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
190 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 23 134 17.2% 11.7%
191 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
192 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
193 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 12 67 17.9% 10.6%
194 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
195 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
196 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
214 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 18 136 13.2% 8.5%
215 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
216 Leesville Park 7.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
217 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
218 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
219 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
220 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
221 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
222 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
223 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
224 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
225 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
226 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
227 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
228 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
229 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
230 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
231 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
233 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
234 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
235 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
236 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
237 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
241 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
242 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
243 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
244 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
245 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
246 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
247 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
248 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
249 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
250 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
251 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
252 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
253 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
254 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
255 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 5 76 6.6% 2.8%
256 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
257 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
258 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
259 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
260 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
261 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
262 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 5 99 5.1% 2.2%
263 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
264 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
265 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
266 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
267 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%