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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 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
2 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 92 208 44.2% 37.6%
3 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 23 66 34.8% 24.5%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 56 201 27.9% 22.1%
5 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
6 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Lake Lynn 7.7 100 480 20.8% 17.4%
10 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 16 66 24.2% 15.5%
11 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 18 77 23.4% 15.3%
12 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
13 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
14 Bond Park 2.7 34 171 19.9% 14.6%
15 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 29 145 20.0% 14.3%
16 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
17 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
18 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
19 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 31 159 19.5% 14.1%
20 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 21 101 20.8% 14.0%
21 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
22 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
23 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
24 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 61 369 16.5% 13.1%
25 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 54 325 16.6% 13.0%
26 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 81 527 15.4% 12.5%
27 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
28 17 Acre Woods 18.0 19 107 17.8% 11.7%
29 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 55 380 14.5% 11.3%
30 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
31 Apex Community Park 3.7 11 61 18.0% 10.4%
32 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 61 18.0% 10.4%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 78 647 12.1% 9.8%
34 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
35 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
36 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 18 122 14.8% 9.5%
37 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 8 47 17.0% 8.9%
40 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 47 17.0% 8.9%
41 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 10 65 15.4% 8.6%
42 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 29 254 11.4% 8.1%
43 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
44 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
45 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
46 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
47 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
48 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
49 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 10 87 11.5% 6.4%
50 Wendell Park 22.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
51 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
53 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 30 352 8.5% 6.0%
54 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
55 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
56 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
57 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
58 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
59 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 30 403 7.4% 5.3%
60 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
61 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
62 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
63 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
64 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
65 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
66 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 12 146 8.2% 4.8%
67 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
68 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
69 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
70 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
71 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
72 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
74 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
75 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
76 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 12 168 7.1% 4.1%
77 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
78 Ritter Park 4.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
79 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
80 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
81 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
82 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
83 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
84 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 152 6.6% 3.6%
86 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
87 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
88 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 7 104 6.7% 3.3%
89 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
90 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
91 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
92 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
93 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
94 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
95 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
96 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
97 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
98 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
99 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
100 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 78 6.4% 2.8%
101 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
102 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
103 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
104 Northgate Park 17.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
105 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
106 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
107 Beaver Marsh 16.7 8 161 5.0% 2.5%
108 White Deer Park 11.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
109 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
110 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
111 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
112 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
113 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
114 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
115 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
116 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
117 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 7 157 4.5% 2.2%
118 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
119 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
120 Lake Benson 11.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
121 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
122 Lake Betz 7.3 6 153 3.9% 1.8%
123 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
124 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
125 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
126 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
127 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
128 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
129 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
130 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
131 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
132 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
133 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
134 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
135 Homestead Park 19.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
136 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
137 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
138 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
139 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
140 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
141 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
142 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
143 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
144 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
145 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
146 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
147 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
148 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
149 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
150 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
151 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
152 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
153 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
154 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
155 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
156 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
157 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 100 2.0% 0.6%
158 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
159 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
160 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
161 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
162 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
163 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
164 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%