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Where to find Song Sparrow in January
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 Song Sparrow in January. 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 23.4 107 116 92.2% 85.9%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 293 345 84.9% 80.8%
3 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 31 33 93.9% 80.4%
4 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 117 136 86.0% 79.2%
5 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 39 44 88.6% 76.0%
6 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 101 123 82.1% 74.4%
7 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
8 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 51 61 83.6% 72.4%
9 Lake Betz 7.3 201 266 75.6% 70.1%
10 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 36 43 83.7% 70.0%
11 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 252 343 73.5% 68.6%
12 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 53 67 79.1% 67.9%
13 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 184 255 72.2% 66.4%
14 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 53 71 74.6% 63.4%
15 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 369 556 66.4% 62.3%
16 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
17 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 21 26 80.8% 62.1%
18 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 203 304 66.8% 61.3%
19 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 36 48 75.0% 61.2%
20 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
21 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 15 18 83.3% 60.8%
22 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
23 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
24 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 109 168 64.9% 57.4%
25 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
26 Schenck Forest 3.6 131 208 63.0% 56.2%
27 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
28 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
29 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
30 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 35 53 66.0% 52.6%
31 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
32 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
33 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
34 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 27 42 64.3% 49.2%
35 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 20 30 66.7% 48.8%
36 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 39 64 60.9% 48.7%
37 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
38 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
39 Lake Lynn 7.7 65 115 56.5% 47.4%
40 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
41 Wendell Park 22.6 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
42 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 32 54 59.3% 46.0%
43 Apex Community Park 3.7 48 85 56.5% 45.9%
44 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 49 87 56.3% 45.9%
45 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
46 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 36 63 57.1% 44.9%
47 Lake Raleigh 6.0 53 97 54.6% 44.7%
48 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
49 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 86 167 51.5% 44.0%
50 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
51 Bond Park 2.7 64 122 52.5% 43.7%
52 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
53 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
54 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
55 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
56 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
57 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 29 52 55.8% 42.3%
58 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 53 105 50.5% 41.1%
59 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
60 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
61 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
62 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
63 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 17 30 56.7% 39.2%
64 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
65 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 27 53 50.9% 37.9%
66 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 65 143 45.5% 37.5%
67 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 40 84 47.6% 37.3%
68 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 23 45 51.1% 37.0%
69 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
70 Shelley Lake 8.1 43 93 46.2% 36.5%
71 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
72 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 37 79 46.8% 36.2%
73 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
74 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 18 35 51.4% 35.6%
75 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
76 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
77 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 15 29 51.7% 34.4%
78 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
79 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
80 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
81 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
82 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
83 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
84 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
85 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 21 45 46.7% 32.9%
86 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 187 509 36.7% 32.7%
87 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
88 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 77 198 38.9% 32.4%
89 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
90 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
91 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
92 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
93 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
94 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
95 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
96 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
97 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
98 Beaver Marsh 16.7 102 295 34.6% 29.4%
99 17 Acre Woods 18.0 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
100 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
101 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
102 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
103 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
104 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
105 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 19 51 37.3% 25.3%
106 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
107 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
108 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 21 63 33.3% 22.9%
109 Lake Benson 11.9 31 102 30.4% 22.3%
110 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
111 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
112 Salem Pond Park 4.5 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
113 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
114 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
115 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
116 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
117 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
118 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
119 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
120 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 26 92 28.3% 20.1%
140 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
141 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 33 125 26.4% 19.5%
142 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
143 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
144 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
145 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
146 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
147 Strickland Park 8.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
148 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
149 Fearrington Village 17.5 12 40 30.0% 18.1%
150 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
151 Forest Hills Park 15.0 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
152 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
153 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
154 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 39 174 22.4% 16.9%
155 Homestead Park 19.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
156 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 17 66 25.8% 16.7%
157 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
158 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
159 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
160 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
161 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
162 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
163 White Deer Park 11.6 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
164 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
165 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
166 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
167 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 17 80 21.2% 13.7%
168 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
169 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
170 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
171 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
172 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
173 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
174 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
175 Northgate Park 17.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
176 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
177 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
178 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
179 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
180 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
181 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
182 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
183 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 13 78 16.7% 10.0%
184 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
185 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
186 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
187 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
188 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
189 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
190 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
191 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
192 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
202 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
203 Pullen Park 6.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
204 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 10 73 13.7% 7.6%
205 Ritter Park 4.3 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
206 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
207 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
208 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
209 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
210 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
211 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
212 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
213 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
214 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
215 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
216 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
217 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
218 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
219 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
220 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
221 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 63 11.1% 5.5%
222 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
223 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
224 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
225 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
226 Falls Lake 15.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
227 Inwood Rd. 7.3 7 71 9.9% 4.9%
228 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
229 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 10 115 8.7% 4.8%
230 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
231 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
232 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
233 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
234 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
235 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
236 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
237 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
238 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
239 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
240 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
241 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
242 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
243 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
244 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
245 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 65 6.2% 2.4%
246 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
247 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
248 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
249 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
250 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
251 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
252 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
253 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
254 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
255 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
256 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
257 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
258 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
259 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%