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Where to find Cliff Swallow 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 Cliff Swallow 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 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 36 42 85.7% 72.2%
2 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 81 105 77.1% 68.2%
3 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
4 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 64 121 52.9% 44.0%
5 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 26 47 55.3% 41.2%
6 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 25 49 51.0% 37.5%
7 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
8 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
9 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
11 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 21 50 42.0% 29.4%
12 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
13 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
14 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
15 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
16 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 102 387 26.4% 22.2%
17 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
18 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
19 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
20 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
22 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
23 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
24 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
25 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
26 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
27 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
28 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
29 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
30 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
31 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 46 334 13.8% 10.5%
32 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 22 150 14.7% 9.9%
33 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 11 72 15.3% 8.8%
35 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
36 Falls Lake 15.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
37 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
38 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
39 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
40 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
41 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
42 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
43 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
44 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
45 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
46 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
47 Lake Benson 11.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
48 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 9 147 6.1% 3.3%
49 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
50 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
51 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
52 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
53 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
54 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
55 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 12 427 2.8% 1.6%
56 Lake Betz 7.3 8 261 3.1% 1.6%
57 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 14 568 2.5% 1.5%
58 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
59 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
60 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
62 Homestead Park 19.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
63 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
64 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 264 2.3% 1.0%
65 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
66 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
67 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
68 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 4 283 1.4% 0.6%
69 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
70 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 270 1.1% 0.4%
71 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
72 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 2 264 0.8% 0.2%
73 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 3 515 0.6% 0.2%
74 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
75 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 113 0.9% 0.2%
76 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 629 0.3% 0.1%
77 Schenck Forest 3.6 1 206 0.5% 0.1%
78 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 1 208 0.5% 0.1%