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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 25 30 83.3% 66.4%
2 Lake Lynn 7.7 228 374 61.0% 55.9%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 134 224 59.8% 53.3%
4 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 17 34 50.0% 34.1%
6 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
7 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
8 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
9 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 97 371 26.1% 21.9%
10 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
14 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 26 100 26.0% 18.4%
15 Bond Park 2.7 38 157 24.2% 18.2%
16 Lake Betz 7.3 49 219 22.4% 17.4%
17 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
18 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 11 38 28.9% 17.0%
19 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
20 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 41 26.8% 15.7%
21 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 32 152 21.1% 15.3%
22 Lake Raleigh 6.0 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
23 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
24 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
25 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
27 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
28 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 41 17.1% 8.5%
29 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
30 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
31 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
32 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
33 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 25 243 10.3% 7.1%
34 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 12 111 10.8% 6.3%
35 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 9 77 11.7% 6.3%
36 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
37 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
38 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
39 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
40 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
41 Schenck Forest 3.6 17 189 9.0% 5.7%
42 Pullen Park 6.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
43 Northgate Park 17.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
44 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
45 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
46 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
47 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
48 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
49 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
50 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
51 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
52 17 Acre Woods 18.0 6 89 6.7% 3.1%
53 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
54 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
55 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
56 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
57 Lake Benson 11.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
58 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 100 6.0% 2.8%
59 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 17 392 4.3% 2.7%
60 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 19 471 4.0% 2.6%
61 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
62 Homestead Park 19.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
63 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
64 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
65 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
66 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
67 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 10 261 3.8% 2.1%
68 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
69 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
70 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
71 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
72 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
73 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
74 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
75 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
76 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 5 122 4.1% 1.8%
77 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
78 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
79 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
80 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
81 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 192 3.1% 1.4%
82 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 110 3.6% 1.4%
83 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
84 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
85 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
86 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
87 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
88 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 4 160 2.5% 1.0%
89 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
90 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 16 1292 1.2% 0.8%
91 Beaver Marsh 16.7 3 148 2.0% 0.7%
92 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
93 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
94 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
95 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
96 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
97 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
98 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
99 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
100 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 210 1.0% 0.3%
101 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
102 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
103 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 154 0.6% 0.1%
104 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 164 0.6% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relFeb-2021. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Feb 2021.