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Where to find Song Sparrow in October
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 October. 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 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 209 254 82.3% 77.1%
2 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 30 33 90.9% 76.4%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 355 477 74.4% 70.3%
4 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 60 77 77.9% 67.5%
5 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 29 38 76.3% 60.8%
6 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 21 27 77.8% 59.2%
7 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 16 20 80.0% 58.4%
8 Bond Park 2.7 110 171 64.3% 56.9%
9 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 36 52 69.2% 55.7%
10 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 96 157 61.1% 53.3%
11 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
12 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
13 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 62 104 59.6% 50.0%
14 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 206 380 54.2% 49.2%
15 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 189 369 51.2% 46.1%
16 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 180 352 51.1% 45.9%
17 Lake Betz 7.3 82 153 53.6% 45.7%
18 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 26 43 60.5% 45.6%
19 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
20 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
21 Schenck Forest 3.6 91 201 45.3% 38.5%
22 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
23 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
24 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
25 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 17 32 53.1% 36.4%
26 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 134 325 41.2% 36.0%
27 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
28 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 20 41 48.8% 34.3%
29 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Williamson Preserve 19.2 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
32 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
33 Lake Raleigh 6.0 26 61 42.6% 31.0%
34 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
35 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 19 43 44.2% 30.4%
36 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
37 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 19 44 43.2% 29.7%
38 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 46 122 37.7% 29.6%
39 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
40 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 16 37 43.2% 28.7%
41 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
42 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
43 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
44 Apex Community Park 3.7 24 61 39.3% 28.1%
45 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 18 44 40.9% 27.7%
46 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
47 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
48 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
49 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
50 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
51 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 35 100 35.0% 26.4%
52 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 123 403 30.5% 26.2%
53 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 35 101 34.7% 26.1%
54 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 156 527 29.6% 25.9%
55 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
56 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
57 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 47 146 32.2% 25.2%
58 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
59 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
60 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 18 50 36.0% 24.1%
61 Shelley Lake 8.1 26 78 33.3% 23.9%
62 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 16 44 36.4% 23.8%
63 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 44 36.4% 23.8%
64 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
65 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
66 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
67 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
68 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
69 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 14 40 35.0% 22.1%
70 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
71 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 155 647 24.0% 20.8%
72 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
73 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
74 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
75 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
76 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
77 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
78 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
79 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
80 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
81 East End Park 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
82 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
83 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
84 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
85 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 25 87 28.7% 20.3%
86 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
87 17 Acre Woods 18.0 29 107 27.1% 19.6%
88 Beaver Marsh 16.7 41 161 25.5% 19.4%
89 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 38 152 25.0% 18.8%
90 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
91 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 14 47 29.8% 18.7%
92 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 18 66 27.3% 18.0%
93 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
94 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 16 65 24.6% 15.8%
95 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
96 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
97 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
98 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
99 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
100 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
101 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
102 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
103 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 29 159 18.2% 13.0%
104 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 14 68 20.6% 12.7%
105 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
106 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
107 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
108 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
109 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
110 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
111 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
112 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 15 92 16.3% 10.1%
113 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
114 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
115 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
116 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
117 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
118 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
119 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
120 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
121 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
122 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 15 99 15.2% 9.4%
123 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
124 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
125 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
126 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
127 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
128 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
129 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
130 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
131 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
132 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
133 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
134 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
135 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
136 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
137 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
138 Strickland Park 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
139 Lake Benson 11.9 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
140 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
141 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
142 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
143 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
144 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
145 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
146 Homestead Park 19.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
147 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 13 168 7.7% 4.6%
148 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
149 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
150 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
151 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
152 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
153 White Deer Park 11.6 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
154 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
155 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
156 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
157 Ritter Park 4.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
158 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
159 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
160 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
161 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
162 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
163 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
164 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
165 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
166 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
167 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
168 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
169 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
170 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
171 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
172 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
173 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
174 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
175 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
176 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
177 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 7 145 4.8% 2.4%
178 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
179 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
180 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
181 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
182 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
183 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
184 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
185 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
186 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
187 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
188 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
189 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
190 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
191 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
192 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
193 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
194 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
195 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
196 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
197 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
198 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%