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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 51 58 87.9% 77.1%
2 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 28 31 90.3% 75.1%
3 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 104 126 82.5% 75.0%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 170 211 80.6% 74.7%
5 Higgins Greenway 1.2 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
6 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 19 26 73.1% 53.9%
7 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
8 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
9 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 38 68 55.9% 44.1%
10 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 133 300 44.3% 38.8%
11 Shelley Lake 8.1 63 134 47.0% 38.8%
12 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
13 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 17 31 54.8% 37.8%
14 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
15 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
16 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 14 28 50.0% 32.6%
17 Bond Park 2.7 76 199 38.2% 31.7%
18 Apex Community Park 3.7 22 54 40.7% 28.7%
19 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
20 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
21 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
22 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
23 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 27 76 35.5% 25.7%
24 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
25 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 44 139 31.7% 24.5%
26 Salem Pond Park 4.5 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
27 17 Acre Woods 18.0 41 134 30.6% 23.4%
28 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 198 755 26.2% 23.2%
29 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
30 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
31 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
32 Lake Raleigh 6.0 35 119 29.4% 22.0%
33 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
34 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
35 Beaver Marsh 16.7 53 199 26.6% 21.0%
36 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
37 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
40 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
42 South Durham WRF 13.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
43 Forest Hills Park 15.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
44 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
45 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 55 233 23.6% 18.6%
46 Inwood Rd. 7.3 17 62 27.4% 17.9%
47 Carrboro High School 18.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
48 Fearrington Village 17.5 16 63 25.4% 16.3%
49 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 49 26.5% 16.2%
50 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
51 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
52 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 84 450 18.7% 15.3%
53 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
54 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
55 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
56 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 11 46 23.9% 13.9%
57 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
58 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 103 676 15.2% 12.7%
59 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
60 Ritter Park 4.3 11 51 21.6% 12.5%
61 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 34 199 17.1% 12.5%
62 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
63 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
64 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
65 Lake Betz 7.3 37 285 13.0% 9.6%
66 Northgate Park 17.2 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
67 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
70 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 11 75 14.7% 8.4%
71 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
72 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
73 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
74 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
75 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
76 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
77 Schenck Forest 3.6 23 216 10.6% 7.2%
78 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
79 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
80 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
81 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 54 624 8.7% 6.7%
82 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
83 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
84 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 74 12.2% 6.5%
85 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 11 101 10.9% 6.2%
86 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
87 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
88 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
89 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
90 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
91 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 25 314 8.0% 5.5%
92 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 7 66 10.6% 5.2%
93 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
94 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
95 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 43 680 6.3% 4.7%
96 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
97 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
98 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
99 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
100 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
101 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
102 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
103 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
104 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
105 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 37 616 6.0% 4.4%
106 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
107 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
108 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 152 6.6% 3.6%
109 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 21 384 5.5% 3.6%
110 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
111 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
112 Homestead Park 19.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
113 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
114 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
115 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 22 489 4.5% 3.0%
116 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
117 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
118 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
119 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
120 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
121 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 13 309 4.2% 2.5%
122 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
123 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
124 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
125 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
126 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
127 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
128 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
129 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
130 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 107 4.7% 2.0%
131 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 7 172 4.1% 2.0%
132 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
133 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
134 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
135 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
136 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
137 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 86 4.7% 1.8%
138 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
139 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
140 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
141 Pullen Park 6.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
142 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
143 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
144 Strickland Park 8.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
145 White Deer Park 11.6 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
146 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 13 513 2.5% 1.5%
147 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 70 4.3% 1.5%
148 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
149 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
150 Wendell Park 22.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
151 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
152 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 89 3.4% 1.2%
153 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
154 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
155 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
156 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
157 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
158 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
159 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
160 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
161 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
162 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
163 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
164 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 3 111 2.7% 0.9%
165 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
166 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
167 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
168 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
169 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
170 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
171 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
172 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
173 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
174 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
175 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
176 Lake Benson 11.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
177 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
178 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
179 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 144 1.4% 0.4%
180 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
181 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
182 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
183 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
184 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
185 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
186 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 80 1.2% 0.2%