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Where to find Song Sparrow in August
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 August. 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 Lake Lynn 7.7 100 143 69.9% 62.0%
2 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
3 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 102 183 55.7% 48.5%
5 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 21 34 61.8% 45.0%
6 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 29 58 50.0% 37.5%
7 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
8 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 45 107 42.1% 33.1%
9 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
10 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
11 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
12 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
13 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
14 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 50 159 31.4% 24.7%
15 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
16 Pullen Park 6.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
17 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
18 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
26 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 23 93 24.7% 17.1%
27 Lake Betz 7.3 42 206 20.4% 15.5%
28 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 55 287 19.2% 15.0%
29 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
30 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 26 130 20.0% 14.0%
31 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
32 Apex Community Park 3.7 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
33 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
34 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
35 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
36 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
37 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 9 47 19.1% 10.4%
38 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
39 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
40 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
41 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
45 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
46 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 19 158 12.0% 7.8%
47 Bond Park 2.7 13 100 13.0% 7.8%
48 Homestead Park 19.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
49 Shelley Lake 8.1 9 70 12.9% 6.9%
50 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
51 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
53 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
54 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
55 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
56 Beaver Marsh 16.7 12 146 8.2% 4.8%
57 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
58 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 22 315 7.0% 4.7%
59 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
60 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
61 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
62 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
63 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
64 Northgate Park 17.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
65 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
66 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
67 Schenck Forest 3.6 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
68 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
69 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 12 231 5.2% 3.0%
70 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 5 76 6.6% 2.8%
71 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
72 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
73 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
74 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
75 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 6 137 4.4% 2.0%
76 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
77 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
78 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 9 242 3.7% 2.0%
79 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
80 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
81 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
82 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
83 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
84 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
85 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
86 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
87 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 4 112 3.6% 1.4%
88 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
89 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
90 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
91 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
92 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
93 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
94 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
95 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 92 3.3% 1.1%
96 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
97 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
98 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 10 495 2.0% 1.1%
99 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
100 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
101 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
102 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 4 184 2.2% 0.8%
103 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
104 White Deer Park 11.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
105 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
106 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
107 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 4 215 1.9% 0.7%
108 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
109 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
110 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
111 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
112 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
113 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
114 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
115 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
116 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 4 306 1.3% 0.5%
117 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 202 1.5% 0.5%
118 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
119 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 203 1.5% 0.5%
120 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
121 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
122 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
123 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 216 0.5% 0.1%
124 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 450 0.2% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.