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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 14.5 123 132 93.2% 87.5%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 123 135 91.1% 85.1%
3 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 21 22 95.5% 78.2%
4 Lake Betz 7.3 197 240 82.1% 76.7%
5 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 308 382 80.6% 76.4%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 47 54 87.0% 75.6%
7 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 29 34 85.3% 69.9%
8 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 289 389 74.3% 69.7%
9 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 48 59 81.4% 69.6%
10 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 37 45 82.2% 68.7%
11 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 130 176 73.9% 66.9%
12 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 47 60 78.3% 66.4%
13 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 230 323 71.2% 66.0%
14 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 307 437 70.3% 65.8%
15 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 46 60 76.7% 64.6%
16 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 58 80 72.5% 61.9%
17 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
18 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
19 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
20 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 36 51 70.6% 57.0%
21 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
22 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 47 69 68.1% 56.4%
23 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
24 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 45 68 66.2% 54.3%
25 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 72 114 63.2% 54.0%
26 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 343 592 57.9% 53.9%
27 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
28 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 23 33 69.7% 52.7%
29 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
30 Lake Raleigh 6.0 105 177 59.3% 52.0%
31 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 38 59 64.4% 51.7%
32 Lake Lynn 7.7 76 127 59.8% 51.1%
33 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
34 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
35 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 19 28 67.9% 49.3%
36 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
37 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 44 74 59.5% 48.1%
38 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
39 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 73 129 56.6% 48.0%
40 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
41 Ritter Park 4.3 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
42 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 79 146 54.1% 46.0%
43 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
44 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 18 28 64.3% 45.8%
45 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
46 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
47 Wendell Park 22.6 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
48 Bond Park 2.7 74 142 52.1% 43.9%
49 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
50 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
51 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
52 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
53 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
54 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 21 35 60.0% 43.6%
55 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 51 96 53.1% 43.2%
56 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 30 54 55.6% 42.4%
57 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
58 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
59 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 61 122 50.0% 41.3%
60 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
61 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
62 Schenck Forest 3.6 98 208 47.1% 40.4%
63 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
64 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
65 Beaver Marsh 16.7 130 295 44.1% 38.5%
66 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 24 46 52.2% 38.1%
67 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
68 Apex Community Park 3.7 79 176 44.9% 37.7%
69 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
70 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 25 49 51.0% 37.5%
71 Shelley Lake 8.1 61 135 45.2% 37.0%
72 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 204 496 41.1% 36.9%
73 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
74 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
75 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
76 Little Creek Trail 15.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
77 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
78 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
79 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
80 Cates Creek Park 25.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
81 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 67 171 39.2% 32.2%
82 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
83 Carrboro High School 18.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
84 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
85 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
86 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
87 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
88 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 17 39 43.6% 29.3%
89 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 14 31 45.2% 29.2%
90 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
91 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
92 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
93 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 26 65 40.0% 29.0%
94 17 Acre Woods 18.0 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
95 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
96 Lake Benson 11.9 32 86 37.2% 27.7%
97 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
98 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 34 95 35.8% 26.9%
99 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 46 136 33.8% 26.4%
100 Salem Pond Park 4.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
101 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 30 85 35.3% 26.0%
102 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
103 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
104 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 27 79 34.2% 24.7%
105 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
106 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 25 75 33.3% 23.7%
107 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 27 83 32.5% 23.4%
108 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 24 73 32.9% 23.2%
109 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 23 70 32.9% 23.0%
110 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
111 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
112 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
113 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
114 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
115 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
116 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
117 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
118 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
119 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
136 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
137 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
138 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
139 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
140 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
141 Pullen Park 6.6 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
142 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
143 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
144 Carpenter Park 5.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
145 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
146 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
147 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
148 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
149 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
150 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
151 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
152 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
153 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
154 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
155 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
156 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
157 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
158 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
159 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
160 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
161 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
162 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
163 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
164 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
165 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
166 White Deer Park 11.6 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
167 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
168 Inwood Rd. 7.3 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
169 Northgate Park 17.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
170 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 18 93 19.4% 12.6%
171 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
172 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 24 134 17.9% 12.3%
173 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
174 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
175 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
176 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
177 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
178 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
179 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
180 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
181 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
182 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
183 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
184 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
185 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
186 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
187 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
188 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
189 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
190 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
191 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
192 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Jaycee Park 6.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
208 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
209 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
210 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
211 Falls Lake 15.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
212 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
213 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
214 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
215 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
216 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
217 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
218 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
219 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
220 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 99 11.1% 6.3%
221 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 8 67 11.9% 6.2%
222 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
223 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
224 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
226 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
227 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
228 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
229 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
230 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
231 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
232 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
233 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
234 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
235 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
236 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
237 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
239 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
240 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
241 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
242 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
243 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
244 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
245 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
246 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
247 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
248 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
249 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
250 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
251 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
252 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
253 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
254 Leesville Park 7.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
255 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
256 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
257 Homestead Park 19.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
258 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
259 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
260 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
261 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
262 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
263 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
264 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
265 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%