Bird Finder

Where to find Ovenbird 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 Ovenbird 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 Parker Preserve 15.5 24 24 100.0% 86.2%
2 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 33 36 91.7% 78.2%
3 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 48 71 67.6% 56.1%
4 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 50 77 64.9% 53.8%
5 Schenck Forest 3.6 123 206 59.7% 52.9%
6 Raven Rock SP 23.9 28 42 66.7% 51.6%
7 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
8 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 120 208 57.7% 50.9%
9 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 38 60 63.3% 50.7%
10 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
11 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 36 57 63.2% 50.2%
12 White Deer Park 11.6 26 40 65.0% 49.5%
13 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 31 49 63.3% 49.3%
14 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 29 50 58.0% 44.2%
15 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 29 50 58.0% 44.2%
16 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
17 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
19 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
20 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
21 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
22 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
23 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
24 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
25 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
26 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 42 79 53.2% 42.3%
27 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
28 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 23 42 54.8% 39.9%
29 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
30 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
31 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
32 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
33 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 25 50 50.0% 36.6%
34 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
35 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
36 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
37 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
38 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
39 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 228 617 37.0% 33.2%
40 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 34 78 43.6% 33.1%
41 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
42 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
43 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
44 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 28 67 41.8% 30.7%
45 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
46 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
47 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
48 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
49 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
50 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 26 65 40.0% 29.0%
51 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 39 105 37.1% 28.5%
52 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
53 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
54 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
55 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 29 81 35.8% 26.2%
56 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 49 150 32.7% 25.7%
57 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 28 82 34.1% 24.8%
58 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
59 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
60 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
61 17 Acre Woods 18.0 37 121 30.6% 23.1%
62 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 17 49 34.7% 22.9%
63 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
64 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
65 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
66 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 43 154 27.9% 21.4%
67 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
68 Strickland Park 8.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
69 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
70 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
71 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
72 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
73 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
74 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
75 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
76 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
77 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
78 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
79 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
80 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
81 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 15 48 31.2% 19.9%
82 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 17 56 30.4% 19.9%
83 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
84 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
85 Ritter Park 4.3 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
86 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
87 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 15 55 27.3% 17.3%
88 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
89 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
90 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
91 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
92 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
93 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
94 Falls Lake 15.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
95 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 12 50 24.0% 14.3%
96 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
97 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
98 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
99 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 15 72 20.8% 13.1%
100 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
101 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 16 82 19.5% 12.4%
102 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
103 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
104 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
105 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
106 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 60 424 14.2% 11.2%
107 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
108 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
109 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
110 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
111 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
112 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 50 387 12.9% 9.9%
113 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
114 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
115 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
116 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
117 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
118 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
119 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
120 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
121 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
122 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
123 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
124 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
125 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
126 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
127 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
128 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 16 113 14.2% 8.9%
129 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 56 515 10.9% 8.5%
130 Bond Park 2.7 22 182 12.1% 8.1%
131 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
132 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
133 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
134 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
135 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 68 13.2% 7.1%
136 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
137 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 69 13.0% 7.0%
138 Lake Betz 7.3 26 261 10.0% 6.9%
139 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
140 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
141 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 38 427 8.9% 6.6%
142 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
143 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
144 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
145 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
146 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
147 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
148 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
149 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
150 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
151 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
152 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
153 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
154 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
155 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
156 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
157 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
158 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
159 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
160 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
161 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
162 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
163 Wendell Park 22.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
164 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
165 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 147 6.8% 3.7%
166 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
167 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
168 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
169 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
170 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
171 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
172 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
173 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
174 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
175 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 15 283 5.3% 3.2%
176 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
177 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 28 629 4.5% 3.1%
178 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
179 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
180 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
181 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
182 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
183 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
184 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
185 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
186 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
187 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
188 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
189 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
190 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
191 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
192 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
193 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 9 264 3.4% 1.8%
194 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
195 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
196 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
197 Lake Raleigh 6.0 4 93 4.3% 1.7%
198 Fallon park 8.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
199 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 9 334 2.7% 1.4%
200 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
201 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
202 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
203 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
204 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 94 3.2% 1.1%
205 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
206 Lake Benson 11.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
207 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 6 270 2.2% 1.0%
208 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
209 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
210 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
211 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
212 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
213 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
214 Lake Lynn 7.7 3 164 1.8% 0.6%
215 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
216 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
217 Shelley Lake 8.1 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
218 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
219 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 3 264 1.1% 0.4%
220 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 5 568 0.9% 0.4%
221 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 194 0.5% 0.1%