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Where to find Swainson's Thrush in October
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 Swainson's Thrush in October. 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 144 208 69.2% 62.7%
2 Fallon park 8.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
3 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
4 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 121 527 23.0% 19.6%
5 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
6 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
7 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
8 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 18 87 20.7% 13.5%
9 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
10 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
11 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
12 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 8 44 18.2% 9.5%
13 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
14 17 Acre Woods 18.0 16 107 15.0% 9.4%
15 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 14 101 13.9% 8.4%
16 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
17 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 12 99 12.1% 7.1%
18 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
19 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
20 Schenck Forest 3.6 19 201 9.5% 6.1%
21 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
22 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
23 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
24 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 14 159 8.8% 5.3%
25 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
26 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
27 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
28 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 12 157 7.6% 4.4%
29 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
30 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
31 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
32 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
33 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
34 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 6 77 7.8% 3.6%
35 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
36 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 19 352 5.4% 3.5%
37 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
38 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
39 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
40 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
41 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
42 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
43 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
44 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 91 5.5% 2.4%
45 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
46 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
47 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 122 4.9% 2.3%
48 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 15 403 3.7% 2.3%
49 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
50 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
51 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
52 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
53 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
54 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
55 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
56 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
57 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
58 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
59 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
60 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
61 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
62 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
63 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
64 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
65 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
66 Lake Lynn 7.7 10 480 2.1% 1.1%
67 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 6 254 2.4% 1.1%
68 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 8 380 2.1% 1.1%
69 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 7 325 2.2% 1.0%
70 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
71 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
72 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 4 168 2.4% 0.9%
73 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
74 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
75 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
76 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
77 White Deer Park 11.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
78 Bond Park 2.7 3 171 1.8% 0.6%
79 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
80 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
81 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
82 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
83 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
84 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 145 1.4% 0.4%
85 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 2 146 1.4% 0.4%
86 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
87 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
88 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
89 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 647 0.6% 0.2%
90 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
91 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
92 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 161 0.6% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.