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Where to find Song Sparrow in May
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 May. 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 42 48 87.5% 75.3%
2 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 28 31 90.3% 75.1%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 134 164 81.7% 75.1%
4 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 93 113 82.3% 74.2%
5 Higgins Greenway 1.2 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
6 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
7 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
8 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 32 62 51.6% 39.4%
9 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
10 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
11 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 19 35 54.3% 38.2%
12 Shelley Lake 8.1 51 109 46.8% 37.7%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 112 264 42.4% 36.6%
14 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
15 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 28 61 45.9% 34.0%
16 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 14 28 50.0% 32.6%
17 Bond Park 2.7 69 182 37.9% 31.2%
18 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
19 Forest Hills Park 15.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
20 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
21 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
22 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
23 Apex Community Park 3.7 17 42 40.5% 27.0%
24 Lake Raleigh 6.0 30 93 32.3% 23.6%
25 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
26 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
27 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
28 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 29 94 30.9% 22.4%
29 17 Acre Woods 18.0 36 121 29.8% 22.3%
30 Beaver Marsh 16.7 53 194 27.3% 21.5%
31 South Durham WRF 13.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
32 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
33 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
34 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
35 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 148 629 23.5% 20.4%
40 Inwood Rd. 7.3 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
41 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
42 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
43 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
44 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
45 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
46 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
47 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
48 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 42 208 20.2% 15.3%
49 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 52 270 19.3% 15.0%
50 Fearrington Village 17.5 12 53 22.6% 13.5%
51 Ritter Park 4.3 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
52 Northgate Park 17.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
53 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
54 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
55 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
56 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 82 568 14.4% 11.8%
57 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
58 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
59 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
60 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
61 Lake Betz 7.3 31 261 11.9% 8.5%
62 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
63 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
64 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
65 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
66 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
67 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
68 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
69 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
70 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 69 13.0% 7.0%
71 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 10 82 12.2% 6.8%
72 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
73 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
74 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
75 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 15 150 10.0% 6.2%
76 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
77 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
78 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
79 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
80 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
81 Schenck Forest 3.6 18 206 8.7% 5.6%
82 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 43 617 7.0% 5.2%
83 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
84 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
85 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
86 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
87 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
88 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
89 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
90 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 31 515 6.0% 4.3%
91 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 68 8.8% 4.1%
92 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 147 6.8% 3.7%
93 Homestead Park 19.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
94 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
95 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
96 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
97 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
98 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
99 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
100 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 21 424 5.0% 3.3%
101 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 14 264 5.3% 3.2%
102 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
103 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
104 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
105 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
106 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
107 White Deer Park 11.6 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
108 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
109 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
110 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
111 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
112 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
113 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
114 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 7 154 4.5% 2.2%
115 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 11 283 3.9% 2.2%
116 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 15 427 3.5% 2.1%
117 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
118 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
119 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
120 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
121 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 82 4.9% 1.9%
122 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
123 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
124 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
125 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
126 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 10 334 3.0% 1.6%
127 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
128 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
129 Strickland Park 8.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
130 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
131 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
132 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
133 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 3 79 3.8% 1.3%
134 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
135 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
136 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
137 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
138 Wendell Park 22.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
139 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
140 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 9 387 2.3% 1.2%
141 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
142 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
143 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
144 Lake Benson 11.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
145 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
146 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
147 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
148 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
149 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
150 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
151 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
152 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
153 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
154 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
155 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
156 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
157 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
158 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 121 1.7% 0.5%
159 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
160 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
161 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
162 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
163 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
164 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
165 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
166 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
167 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 105 1.0% 0.2%