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Where to find Chimney Swift 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 Chimney Swift 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 65 84 77.4% 67.4%
2 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 329 513 64.1% 59.9%
3 Higgins Greenway 1.2 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
4 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 40 57 70.2% 57.3%
5 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 192 314 61.1% 55.7%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 176 300 58.7% 53.0%
7 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
8 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
9 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 364 755 48.2% 44.7%
10 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
11 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
12 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
13 Bond Park 2.7 100 199 50.3% 43.4%
14 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
15 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 27 49 55.1% 41.3%
16 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
17 Wendell Park 22.6 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
18 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 17 31 54.8% 37.8%
19 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 42 88 47.7% 37.6%
20 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 20 38 52.6% 37.3%
21 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 128 309 41.4% 36.1%
22 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
23 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
24 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 17 Acre Woods 18.0 56 134 41.8% 33.8%
26 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 15 30 50.0% 33.2%
27 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 167 450 37.1% 32.8%
28 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 14 28 50.0% 32.6%
29 Lake Lynn 7.7 82 211 38.9% 32.5%
30 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 245 681 36.0% 32.5%
31 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
32 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 25 57 43.9% 31.8%
33 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 32 76 42.1% 31.6%
34 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 50 126 39.7% 31.6%
35 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
36 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 72 201 35.8% 29.5%
38 Fallon park 8.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
39 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
40 Lake Raleigh 6.0 44 121 36.4% 28.3%
41 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
42 Beaver Marsh 16.7 67 199 33.7% 27.5%
43 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
44 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 38 108 35.2% 26.8%
45 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 186 626 29.7% 26.3%
46 Shelley Lake 8.1 45 134 33.6% 26.1%
47 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
48 Schenck Forest 3.6 68 217 31.3% 25.5%
49 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
50 White Deer Park 11.6 23 64 35.9% 25.3%
51 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
52 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
53 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
54 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
55 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
56 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
57 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
58 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
59 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
60 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
61 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
62 Duke Park 16.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
63 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
64 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
65 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Lake Wheeler 8.2 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
70 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 22 77 28.6% 19.7%
71 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
72 Forest Hills Park 15.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
73 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
74 Lake Benson 11.9 11 35 31.4% 18.6%
75 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 14 48 29.2% 18.2%
76 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 131 616 21.3% 18.2%
77 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
78 Fearrington Village 17.5 17 63 27.0% 17.6%
79 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 17 64 26.6% 17.3%
80 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 19 74 25.7% 17.1%
81 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
82 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
83 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
84 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
85 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
86 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 19 79 24.1% 16.0%
87 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
88 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
89 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
90 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 125 681 18.4% 15.6%
91 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 28 129 21.7% 15.5%
92 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
93 Inwood Rd. 7.3 15 62 24.2% 15.2%
94 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
95 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
96 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
97 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
98 Coker Pinetum 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
99 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
100 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 14 59 23.7% 14.7%
101 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 23 111 20.7% 14.2%
102 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
103 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
104 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
105 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
106 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 13 58 22.4% 13.6%
107 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 12 53 22.6% 13.5%
108 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 86 19.8% 12.7%
109 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
110 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
111 Town Lake Park 23.4 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
112 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 26 145 17.9% 12.5%
113 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
114 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
115 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 29 172 16.9% 12.0%
116 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
117 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
118 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
119 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 13 70 18.6% 11.2%
120 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
121 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
122 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
123 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 24 152 15.8% 10.8%
124 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 10 52 19.2% 10.8%
125 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
126 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
127 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
128 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 15 89 16.9% 10.5%
129 Apex Community Park 3.7 10 54 18.5% 10.4%
130 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 63 491 12.8% 10.2%
131 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 50 384 13.0% 10.0%
132 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 16 101 15.8% 10.0%
133 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
134 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
135 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
136 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
137 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
138 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
139 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
140 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
141 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
143 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
144 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
145 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
146 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
147 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
148 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
149 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
150 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
151 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 12 76 15.8% 9.3%
152 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
153 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
154 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
155 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
156 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 10 65 15.4% 8.6%
157 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 7 41 17.1% 8.5%
158 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
159 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
160 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
161 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
162 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 54 14.8% 7.7%
163 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
164 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
165 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
166 Falls Lake 15.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
167 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
168 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
169 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
170 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 9 70 12.9% 6.9%
171 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 8 62 12.9% 6.7%
172 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
173 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 15 139 10.8% 6.6%
174 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
175 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
176 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
177 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
178 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
179 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
180 Northgate Park 17.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
181 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
182 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
183 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
184 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
189 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
190 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
191 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
192 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 62 11.3% 5.6%
193 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 7 62 11.3% 5.6%
194 Ritter Park 4.3 6 51 11.8% 5.5%
195 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
196 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
197 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
198 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 54 11.1% 5.2%
199 Lake Betz 7.3 22 285 7.7% 5.2%
200 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
201 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
202 Strickland Park 8.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
203 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 18 233 7.7% 4.9%
204 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
205 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
206 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
207 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 8 89 9.0% 4.6%
208 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
209 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
210 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
211 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
212 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
213 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
214 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
215 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
216 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 6 66 9.1% 4.2%
217 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
218 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
219 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
220 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
221 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
222 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
223 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
224 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
225 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
226 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
227 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
228 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
229 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
230 Homestead Park 19.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
231 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
232 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
233 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
234 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
235 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
236 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
237 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
238 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
239 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
240 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
241 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
242 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
243 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
244 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 92 5.4% 2.3%
245 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
246 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
247 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
248 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
249 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
250 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
251 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
252 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
253 Pullen Park 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
254 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
255 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
256 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
257 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
258 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
259 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
260 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
261 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
262 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
263 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
264 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
265 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
266 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%