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Where to find Chimney Swift 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 Chimney Swift 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 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
2 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 34 97 35.1% 26.3%
3 Eastgate Park 9.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 190 734 25.9% 22.8%
5 Schenck Forest 3.6 57 207 27.5% 21.9%
6 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 33 114 28.9% 21.4%
7 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
8 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 Bond Park 2.7 44 195 22.6% 17.3%
13 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
14 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 21 92 22.8% 15.4%
15 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
16 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
17 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 13 57 22.8% 13.8%
18 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
19 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 33 176 18.8% 13.7%
20 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 29 152 19.1% 13.6%
21 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 61 358 17.0% 13.5%
22 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 23 117 19.7% 13.5%
23 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
24 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
25 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
26 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 71 446 15.9% 12.8%
27 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 104 680 15.3% 12.8%
28 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
29 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 68 439 15.5% 12.4%
30 Lake Raleigh 6.0 14 71 19.7% 12.1%
31 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
32 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 122 888 13.7% 11.6%
34 17 Acre Woods 18.0 19 108 17.6% 11.6%
35 Apex Community Park 3.7 12 69 17.4% 10.2%
36 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 40 294 13.6% 10.2%
37 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 10 59 16.9% 9.5%
38 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
40 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
41 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
43 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
44 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
45 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
46 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 21 175 12.0% 8.0%
47 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
48 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
49 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
50 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
51 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
52 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
53 Wendell Park 22.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
54 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 10 88 11.4% 6.3%
55 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 12 112 10.7% 6.2%
56 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
57 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
58 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
59 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
60 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 30 369 8.1% 5.8%
61 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
62 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
63 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
64 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
65 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
66 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
67 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
68 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
69 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 30 443 6.8% 4.8%
70 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
71 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
72 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
73 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
74 Shelley Lake 8.1 8 90 8.9% 4.6%
75 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 15 203 7.4% 4.5%
78 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
79 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
80 Ritter Park 4.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
81 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
82 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
83 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
84 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 13 201 6.5% 3.8%
85 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
86 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
87 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
88 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 8 111 7.2% 3.7%
89 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
90 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
91 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
92 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
93 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 162 6.2% 3.4%
94 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
95 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
96 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
97 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
98 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
99 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
100 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
101 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
102 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
103 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
104 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
105 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
106 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
107 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
108 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
109 Northgate Park 17.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
110 Beaver Marsh 16.7 8 165 4.8% 2.5%
111 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
112 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
113 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
114 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
115 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
116 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
117 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
118 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
119 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
120 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
121 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
122 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
123 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
124 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
125 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
126 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
127 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 7 167 4.2% 2.0%
128 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
129 White Deer Park 11.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
130 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
131 Lake Benson 11.9 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
132 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
133 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
134 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
135 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
136 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
137 Lake Betz 7.3 6 177 3.4% 1.6%
138 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
139 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
140 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
141 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
142 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
143 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
144 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
145 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
146 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
147 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
148 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
149 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
150 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
151 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
152 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
153 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
154 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
155 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
156 Homestead Park 19.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
157 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
158 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
159 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
160 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
161 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
162 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
163 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
164 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
165 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
166 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
167 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
168 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
169 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
170 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
171 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
172 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
173 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
174 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
175 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
176 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
177 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
178 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 55 1.8% 0.3%