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Where to find Swainson's Thrush 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 Swainson's Thrush 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 19 38 50.0% 34.8%
2 Fallon park 8.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
3 17 Acre Woods 18.0 38 134 28.4% 21.4%
4 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
5 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
6 White Deer Park 11.6 18 64 28.1% 18.6%
7 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 21 84 25.0% 17.0%
8 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
9 Indian Trail Park 18.1 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
10 Coker Pinetum 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
11 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 14 59 23.7% 14.7%
12 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 31 172 18.0% 13.0%
13 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 18 92 19.6% 12.7%
14 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 16 80 20.0% 12.7%
15 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
16 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
17 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 18 101 17.8% 11.6%
18 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 73 513 14.2% 11.5%
19 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 16 89 18.0% 11.4%
20 Bond Park 2.7 30 199 15.1% 10.8%
21 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 18 111 16.2% 10.5%
22 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
23 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
24 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
25 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 37 309 12.0% 8.8%
26 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
27 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
28 Schenck Forest 3.6 25 216 11.6% 8.0%
29 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 67 680 9.9% 7.8%
30 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 54 14.8% 7.7%
31 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 64 14.1% 7.6%
32 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
33 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
34 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 88 12.5% 7.1%
35 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
36 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
37 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
38 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
39 Homestead Park 19.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
40 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
41 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
42 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
43 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
44 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
45 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
47 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
48 Ritter Park 4.3 6 51 11.8% 5.5%
49 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
50 Pullen Park 6.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
51 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
52 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 39 616 6.3% 4.7%
53 Lake Raleigh 6.0 10 119 8.4% 4.6%
54 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
55 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
56 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
57 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
58 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 126 7.9% 4.4%
59 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
60 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
61 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
62 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
63 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 6 75 8.0% 3.7%
64 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
65 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
66 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
67 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 5 62 8.1% 3.5%
68 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
69 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 13 233 5.6% 3.3%
70 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
71 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
72 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
73 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
74 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
75 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
76 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 86 5.8% 2.5%
77 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 144 4.9% 2.4%
78 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 22 624 3.5% 2.3%
79 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
80 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
81 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
82 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
83 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
84 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
85 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
86 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
87 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 10 300 3.3% 1.8%
88 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
89 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
90 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
91 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
92 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 13 489 2.7% 1.6%
93 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
94 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 9 314 2.9% 1.5%
95 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
96 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
97 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 5 152 3.3% 1.4%
98 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 6 199 3.0% 1.4%
99 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
100 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 76 3.9% 1.4%
101 Lake Lynn 7.7 6 211 2.8% 1.3%
102 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 16 755 2.1% 1.3%
103 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
104 Wendell Park 22.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
105 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
106 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
107 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
108 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
109 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
110 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
111 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
112 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
113 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
114 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
115 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
116 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
117 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
118 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
119 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 6 384 1.6% 0.7%
120 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
121 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
122 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
123 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
124 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
125 Lake Benson 11.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
126 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
127 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
128 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
129 Shelley Lake 8.1 2 134 1.5% 0.4%
130 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
131 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
132 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
133 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
134 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
135 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
136 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
137 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
138 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
139 Lake Betz 7.3 1 285 0.4% 0.1%
140 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 1 676 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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