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Where to find Yellow-billed Cuckoo 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 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 93 150 62.0% 54.0%
2 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
3 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 241 617 39.1% 35.3%
5 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
6 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 33 72 45.8% 34.8%
7 Raven Rock SP 23.9 20 42 47.6% 33.4%
8 Wendell Park 22.6 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
9 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
10 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 42 105 40.0% 31.1%
11 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
12 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 33 82 40.2% 30.3%
13 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
14 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
15 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
16 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 24 67 35.8% 25.4%
17 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
18 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
19 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 17 50 34.0% 22.4%
20 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
21 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 55 208 26.4% 20.9%
22 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
23 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 19 65 29.2% 19.6%
26 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
27 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
28 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 110 515 21.4% 18.0%
29 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
30 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
31 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
32 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
33 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
34 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
35 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
37 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
38 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
39 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
40 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
41 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
42 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
43 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
44 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 12 60 20.0% 11.8%
45 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
46 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 48 20.8% 11.7%
47 Falls Lake 15.1 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
48 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 13 71 18.3% 11.0%
49 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
50 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 14 81 17.3% 10.6%
51 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
52 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
53 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
54 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 48 387 12.4% 9.5%
55 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
59 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
60 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
61 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
62 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
63 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
64 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
65 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 11 79 13.9% 8.0%
66 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 68 13.2% 7.1%
67 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
68 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
69 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
70 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
71 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 49 568 8.6% 6.6%
72 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 25 264 9.5% 6.5%
73 Schenck Forest 3.6 20 206 9.7% 6.4%
74 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
75 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
76 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 9 77 11.7% 6.3%
77 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
78 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
79 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
80 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
81 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
82 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 34 424 8.0% 5.8%
83 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 14 147 9.5% 5.8%
84 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
85 White Deer Park 11.6 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
86 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 32 427 7.5% 5.4%
87 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
88 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
89 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
90 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
91 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
92 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
93 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 7 78 9.0% 4.4%
94 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
95 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
96 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
97 Lake Betz 7.3 17 261 6.5% 4.1%
98 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
99 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
100 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
101 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 34 629 5.4% 3.9%
102 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 5 56 8.9% 3.9%
103 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 57 8.8% 3.8%
104 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
105 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
106 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 19 334 5.7% 3.7%
107 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
108 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
109 Lake Benson 11.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
110 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
111 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
112 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
113 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
114 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 154 5.2% 2.7%
115 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
116 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
117 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
118 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
119 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
120 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
121 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
122 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
123 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
124 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
125 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 113 4.4% 1.9%
126 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
127 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
128 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
129 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
130 Bond Park 2.7 6 182 3.3% 1.5%
131 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 8 270 3.0% 1.5%
132 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
133 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
134 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
135 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
136 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
137 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 7 283 2.5% 1.2%
138 Homestead Park 19.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
139 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
140 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
141 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
142 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
143 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
144 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
145 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
146 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
147 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
148 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
149 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
150 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
151 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
152 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
153 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
154 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
155 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
156 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
157 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
158 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
159 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
160 Ritter Park 4.3 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
161 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
162 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
163 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
164 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 2 264 0.8% 0.2%
165 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
166 Lake Lynn 7.7 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
167 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 194 0.5% 0.1%