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