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Where to find Song Sparrow in September
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 September. 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 36 42 85.7% 72.2%
2 Lake Lynn 7.7 352 577 61.0% 57.0%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 144 248 58.1% 51.8%
4 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 17 36 47.2% 32.0%
5 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
6 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
7 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
8 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
9 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 100 413 24.2% 20.3%
15 Bond Park 2.7 47 181 26.0% 20.1%
16 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 21 81 25.9% 17.6%
17 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 27 109 24.8% 17.6%
18 Lake Betz 7.3 52 231 22.5% 17.6%
19 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
20 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
21 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 33 156 21.2% 15.5%
22 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
23 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
24 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 46 23.9% 13.9%
25 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
26 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
27 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
28 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
29 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
30 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
32 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
33 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 11 70 15.7% 9.0%
34 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
35 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 38 337 11.3% 8.3%
36 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
37 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 11 83 13.3% 7.6%
38 Schenck Forest 3.6 19 195 9.7% 6.3%
39 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
40 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
41 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
42 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
43 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
44 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
45 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
46 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 12 130 9.2% 5.4%
47 Pullen Park 6.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
48 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
49 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 12 136 8.8% 5.1%
50 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
51 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
52 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
53 Northgate Park 17.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
54 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
55 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
56 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
57 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
58 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
59 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
60 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
61 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 11 181 6.1% 3.4%
62 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
63 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
64 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
65 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 22 497 4.4% 2.9%
66 17 Acre Woods 18.0 6 95 6.3% 2.9%
67 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 18 411 4.4% 2.8%
68 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
69 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
70 Lake Benson 11.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
71 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
72 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
73 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
74 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
75 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 7 164 4.3% 2.1%
76 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
77 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
78 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 81 4.9% 1.9%
79 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 83 4.8% 1.9%
80 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
81 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 10 296 3.4% 1.8%
82 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
83 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
84 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
85 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
86 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
87 Homestead Park 19.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
88 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 4 98 4.1% 1.6%
89 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 8 263 3.0% 1.5%
90 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
91 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
92 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
93 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
94 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
95 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 4 163 2.5% 1.0%
96 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 24 1701 1.4% 0.9%
97 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
98 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
99 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
100 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
101 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
102 Beaver Marsh 16.7 3 148 2.0% 0.7%
103 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
104 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
105 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
106 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 132 1.5% 0.4%
107 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
108 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
109 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 2 192 1.0% 0.3%
110 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
111 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
112 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 223 0.9% 0.2%
113 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
114 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 141 0.7% 0.1%
115 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 176 0.6% 0.1%
116 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 232 0.4% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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