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Where to find Song 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 Song 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 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 119 128 93.0% 87.2%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 66 72 91.7% 83.0%
3 Lake Betz 7.3 171 208 82.2% 76.4%
4 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 18 19 94.7% 75.4%
5 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 261 327 79.8% 75.1%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 43 50 86.0% 73.8%
7 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 248 335 74.0% 69.1%
8 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 105 139 75.5% 67.8%
9 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 281 390 72.1% 67.4%
10 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 31 38 81.6% 66.6%
11 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 43 55 78.2% 65.6%
12 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 24 29 82.8% 65.5%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 21 25 84.0% 65.3%
14 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 196 279 70.3% 64.6%
15 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
16 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
17 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 26 33 78.8% 62.2%
18 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 50 68 73.5% 62.0%
19 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 34 47 72.3% 58.2%
20 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
21 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 40 57 70.2% 57.3%
22 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
23 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
24 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 67 104 64.4% 54.9%
25 Lake Raleigh 6.0 72 113 63.7% 54.5%
26 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 296 510 58.0% 53.7%
27 Lake Lynn 7.7 67 107 62.6% 53.2%
28 Wendell Park 22.6 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
29 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
30 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
31 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 41 64 64.1% 51.8%
32 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
33 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
34 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
35 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
36 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 43 73 58.9% 47.4%
37 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 29 47 61.7% 47.4%
38 Ritter Park 4.3 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
39 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
40 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
41 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
42 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
43 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
44 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
45 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
46 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 69 132 52.3% 43.8%
47 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 33 60.6% 43.7%
48 Bond Park 2.7 71 137 51.8% 43.5%
49 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 48 91 52.7% 42.6%
50 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 57 110 51.8% 42.6%
51 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
52 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
53 Schenck Forest 3.6 91 194 46.9% 40.0%
54 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 23 42 54.8% 39.9%
55 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
56 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
57 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
58 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
59 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 20 37 54.1% 38.4%
60 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
61 Beaver Marsh 16.7 121 281 43.1% 37.4%
62 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 20 38 52.6% 37.3%
63 Apex Community Park 3.7 62 137 45.3% 37.2%
64 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
65 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 179 437 41.0% 36.4%
66 Shelley Lake 8.1 47 104 45.2% 36.0%
67 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
68 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
69 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
70 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
71 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
72 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
73 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
74 Lake Benson 11.9 31 74 41.9% 31.3%
75 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
76 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 24 56 42.9% 30.8%
77 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
78 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
79 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
80 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
81 Carrboro High School 18.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
82 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
83 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
84 17 Acre Woods 18.0 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
85 Salem Pond Park 4.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
86 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 29 81 35.8% 26.2%
87 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 26 72 36.1% 26.0%
88 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
89 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
90 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
91 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
92 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
93 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
94 Pullen Park 6.6 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
95 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
96 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 25 78 32.1% 22.7%
97 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 35 117 29.9% 22.4%
98 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
99 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
100 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
101 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
102 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 17 53 32.1% 21.1%
103 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 36 128 28.1% 21.1%
104 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 23 77 29.9% 20.8%
105 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
106 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
107 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
108 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
109 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
110 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
111 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
112 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
113 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
114 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
129 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 18 60 30.0% 19.9%
130 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
131 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
132 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
133 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
134 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
135 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
136 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
137 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
138 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
139 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
140 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
141 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
142 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
143 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
144 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
145 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
146 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
147 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
148 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
149 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
150 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
151 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
152 Inwood Rd. 7.3 11 47 23.4% 13.6%
153 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
154 White Deer Park 11.6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
155 Northgate Park 17.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
156 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
157 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
158 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 69 20.3% 12.5%
159 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
160 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
161 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
162 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
163 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
164 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
165 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
166 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
167 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 12 66 18.2% 10.7%
168 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
169 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
170 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
171 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 17 109 15.6% 10.0%
172 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
173 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
174 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
175 Indian Trail Park 18.1 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 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
179 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
180 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
181 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
182 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
183 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
184 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
185 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
190 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
191 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
192 Falls Lake 15.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
193 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
194 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 85 12.9% 7.4%
195 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
196 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
197 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
198 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
199 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
200 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
201 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
202 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
203 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
204 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
205 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
206 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
207 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
208 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
209 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
210 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
211 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
212 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
213 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
214 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
215 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
216 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
217 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
218 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
219 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
220 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
221 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
222 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
223 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
224 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
225 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
226 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
227 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
228 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
229 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
230 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
231 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
232 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
233 Homestead Park 19.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
234 Leesville Park 7.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
235 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
236 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
237 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
238 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
239 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
240 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
241 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
242 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
243 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
244 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
245 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
246 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%