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Where to find White-throated Sparrow in May
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 May. 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 22.2 252 616 40.9% 37.1%
2 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
3 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
4 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
5 17 Acre Woods 18.0 35 134 26.1% 19.4%
6 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 129 681 18.9% 16.2%
7 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 21 92 22.8% 15.4%
8 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
9 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
10 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 19 89 21.3% 14.1%
11 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 27 145 18.6% 13.1%
12 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 48 300 16.0% 12.3%
14 White Deer Park 11.6 12 64 18.8% 11.1%
15 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
16 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 76 626 12.1% 9.8%
17 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
18 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
19 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 82 755 10.9% 8.8%
20 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
21 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
22 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
23 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
24 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
25 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
26 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 21 201 10.4% 6.9%
27 Schenck Forest 3.6 22 217 10.1% 6.8%
28 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 30 314 9.6% 6.8%
29 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 12 108 11.1% 6.5%
30 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 10 86 11.6% 6.4%
31 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 22 233 9.4% 6.3%
32 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
33 Duke Park 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
34 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
35 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 9 80 11.2% 6.0%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
37 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 8 76 10.5% 5.4%
38 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 8 77 10.4% 5.4%
39 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
40 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
41 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
42 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
43 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 11 126 8.7% 4.9%
44 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 70 10.0% 4.9%
45 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 14 172 8.1% 4.9%
46 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
47 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
48 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
49 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
50 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
51 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
52 Fallon park 8.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
53 Ritter Park 4.3 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
54 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
55 Lake Lynn 7.7 14 211 6.6% 4.0%
56 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
57 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
58 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
59 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
60 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
61 Lake Betz 7.3 16 285 5.6% 3.5%
62 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
63 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 63 7.9% 3.4%
64 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
65 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
66 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 24 513 4.7% 3.2%
67 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
68 Bond Park 2.7 10 199 5.0% 2.8%
69 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 6 101 5.9% 2.8%
70 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 27 681 4.0% 2.7%
71 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
72 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
73 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
75 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
76 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
77 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 18 491 3.7% 2.3%
78 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 121 5.0% 2.3%
79 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 7 152 4.6% 2.2%
80 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
81 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
82 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
83 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
84 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
85 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
86 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
87 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
88 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
89 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
90 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 10 309 3.2% 1.8%
91 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 4 89 4.5% 1.8%
92 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
93 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 134 3.7% 1.6%
94 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
95 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
96 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
97 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
98 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
99 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 4 111 3.6% 1.4%
100 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
101 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
102 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 76 3.9% 1.4%
103 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 79 3.8% 1.3%
104 Wendell Park 22.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
105 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
106 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
107 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
108 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 88 3.4% 1.2%
109 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
110 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 4 139 2.9% 1.1%
111 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
112 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
113 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
114 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
115 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
116 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
117 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
118 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
119 Homestead Park 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
120 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
121 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
122 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
123 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
124 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
125 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
126 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
127 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 199 2.0% 0.8%
128 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
129 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
130 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
131 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
132 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
133 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
134 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
135 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
136 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
137 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
138 Lake Benson 11.9 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
139 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 5 450 1.1% 0.5%
140 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
141 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
142 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
143 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
144 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 4 384 1.0% 0.4%
145 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
146 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
147 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
148 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
149 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
150 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
151 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
152 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 66 1.5% 0.3%