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Where to find Song Sparrow in April
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 April. 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 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 51 61 83.6% 72.4%
2 Lake Lynn 7.7 199 266 74.8% 69.3%
3 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 62 82 75.6% 65.3%
4 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 15 18 83.3% 60.8%
5 Hoffman Lake 2.4 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
6 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
7 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 41 60 68.3% 55.8%
8 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 28 42 66.7% 51.6%
9 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 29 45 64.4% 49.8%
10 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
11 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 171 356 48.0% 42.9%
12 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 34 64 53.1% 41.1%
13 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 20 35 57.1% 40.9%
14 Lake Betz 7.3 160 355 45.1% 40.0%
15 Bond Park 2.7 100 217 46.1% 39.6%
16 Forest Hills Park 15.0 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
17 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 406 984 41.3% 38.2%
18 Eden Lakes 23.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
19 17 Acre Woods 18.0 63 139 45.3% 37.3%
20 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
21 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
22 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
23 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
24 Pullen Park 6.6 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
25 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Shelley Lake 8.1 60 143 42.0% 34.2%
27 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 26 57 45.6% 33.4%
28 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 44 107 41.1% 32.3%
29 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 77 199 38.7% 32.2%
30 Salem Pond Park 4.5 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
31 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 37 92 40.2% 30.8%
32 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
33 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
34 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 189 596 31.7% 28.1%
35 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
36 Lake Raleigh 6.0 55 157 35.0% 28.0%
37 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 26 71 36.6% 26.4%
38 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 22 60 36.7% 25.6%
39 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 14 38 36.8% 23.4%
40 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 76 268 28.4% 23.3%
41 Inwood Rd. 7.3 35 113 31.0% 23.2%
42 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
43 Beaver Marsh 16.7 87 330 26.4% 21.9%
44 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
45 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
46 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 22 71 31.0% 21.4%
47 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 40 143 28.0% 21.3%
48 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 20 64 31.2% 21.2%
49 Apex Community Park 3.7 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
50 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
51 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Higgins Greenway 1.2 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
59 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
60 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 198 899 22.0% 19.4%
61 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
62 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
63 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 139 627 22.2% 19.1%
64 Ritter Park 4.3 34 132 25.8% 19.1%
65 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 34 133 25.6% 18.9%
66 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 22 83 26.5% 18.2%
67 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 29 115 25.2% 18.2%
68 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 94 435 21.6% 18.0%
69 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 16 59 27.1% 17.4%
70 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 16 61 26.2% 16.8%
71 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 21 85 24.7% 16.8%
72 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
73 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
74 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 15 60 25.0% 15.8%
75 Schenck Forest 3.6 57 294 19.4% 15.3%
76 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
77 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
78 Indian Trail Park 18.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
79 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
80 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
81 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 95 603 15.8% 13.1%
82 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 61 21.3% 12.9%
83 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
84 Lake Benson 11.9 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
85 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
86 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
87 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
88 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
89 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
90 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
91 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
92 Fearrington Village 17.5 13 67 19.4% 11.7%
93 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 20 117 17.1% 11.3%
94 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
95 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
96 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
97 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 15 87 17.2% 10.7%
98 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
99 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
100 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 21 139 15.1% 10.1%
101 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
102 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
103 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
104 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
105 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
106 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
107 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
108 Greene Tract 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
109 Homestead Park 19.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
110 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
111 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 44 390 11.3% 8.5%
112 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
113 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
114 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
115 Fallon park 8.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
116 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
117 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 15 116 12.9% 8.0%
118 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 20 173 11.6% 7.6%
119 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
120 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
121 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 18 156 11.5% 7.4%
122 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
123 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
124 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
125 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
126 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
127 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
128 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 15 142 10.6% 6.5%
129 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
130 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
131 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
132 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 22 238 9.2% 6.2%
133 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
134 Forgotten Pond 19.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
135 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
136 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
137 American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
138 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
139 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
140 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
141 Walltown Park 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
142 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
143 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 61 11.5% 5.7%
144 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
145 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 11 114 9.6% 5.5%
146 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
147 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
148 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 40 592 6.8% 5.0%
149 Wendell Park 22.6 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
150 White Deer Park 11.6 7 72 9.7% 4.8%
151 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
152 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
153 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
154 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
155 Lyon Park 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
156 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 10 121 8.3% 4.6%
157 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
158 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
159 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 8 102 7.8% 4.0%
160 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
161 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
162 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
163 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
164 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
165 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
166 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
167 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
168 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
169 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
170 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
171 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
172 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
173 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 105 6.7% 3.3%
174 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
175 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
176 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
177 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
178 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 8 133 6.0% 3.1%
179 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
180 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
181 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
182 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
183 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 10 195 5.1% 2.8%
184 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
185 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
186 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
187 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
188 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
189 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
190 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
191 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
192 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
193 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
194 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
195 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
196 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
197 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
198 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
199 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
200 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
201 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
202 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
203 Northgate Park 17.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
204 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
205 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
206 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
207 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
208 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
209 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
210 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
211 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
212 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 122 3.3% 1.3%
213 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
214 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
215 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
216 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
217 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
218 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
219 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
220 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 120 2.5% 0.9%
221 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
222 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
223 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
224 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
225 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
226 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
227 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
228 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
229 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 102 2.0% 0.5%
230 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
231 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
232 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
233 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
234 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
235 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
236 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 176 0.6% 0.1%