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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 47 62 75.8% 63.8%
2 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 36 49 73.5% 59.7%
3 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 250 387 64.6% 59.7%
4 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 158 264 59.8% 53.8%
5 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 156 264 59.1% 53.1%
6 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
7 Higgins Greenway 1.2 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
8 Bond Park 2.7 99 182 54.4% 47.1%
9 Wendell Park 22.6 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
10 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
11 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
12 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
13 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 20 34 58.8% 42.2%
14 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
15 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 280 629 44.5% 40.7%
16 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 17 31 54.8% 37.8%
17 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
18 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
19 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 25 49 51.0% 37.5%
20 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
21 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 20 38 52.6% 37.3%
22 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 120 283 42.4% 36.8%
23 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
24 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
25 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
26 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 49 113 43.4% 34.6%
27 17 Acre Woods 18.0 52 121 43.0% 34.5%
28 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 63 150 42.0% 34.4%
29 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 214 568 37.7% 33.8%
31 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
32 Fallon park 8.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
33 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
34 Lake Lynn 7.7 61 164 37.2% 30.2%
35 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
36 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
38 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
39 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 29 72 40.3% 29.7%
40 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
41 Beaver Marsh 16.7 66 194 34.0% 27.7%
42 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 157 515 30.5% 26.7%
43 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 86 270 31.9% 26.6%
44 Lake Raleigh 6.0 33 93 35.5% 26.5%
45 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
46 White Deer Park 11.6 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
47 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 29 81 35.8% 26.2%
48 Schenck Forest 3.6 64 206 31.1% 25.1%
49 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
50 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
51 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
52 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
53 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 13 35 37.1% 23.2%
54 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
55 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
56 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
57 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
58 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
59 Shelley Lake 8.1 32 109 29.4% 21.6%
60 Lake Wheeler 8.2 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
61 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
62 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
63 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
64 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
65 Duke Park 16.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
66 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
71 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
72 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
73 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
74 Fearrington Village 17.5 16 53 30.2% 19.5%
75 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 98 424 23.1% 19.4%
76 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
77 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
78 Forest Hills Park 15.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
79 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 13 43 30.2% 18.6%
80 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 17 61 27.9% 18.2%
81 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 12 42 28.6% 17.2%
82 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 120 617 19.4% 16.5%
83 Inwood Rd. 7.3 15 58 25.9% 16.3%
84 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 17 68 25.0% 16.2%
85 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
86 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 27 121 22.3% 15.8%
87 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
88 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
89 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
90 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
91 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
92 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
93 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 14 60 23.3% 14.4%
94 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 12 50 24.0% 14.3%
95 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
96 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
97 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
98 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
99 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 11 48 22.9% 13.3%
100 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
101 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 28 154 18.2% 12.9%
102 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 16 79 20.3% 12.9%
103 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
104 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
105 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
106 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
107 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
108 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 16 82 19.5% 12.4%
109 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
110 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
111 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
112 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
113 Apex Community Park 3.7 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
114 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 61 427 14.3% 11.3%
115 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 24 147 16.3% 11.2%
116 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 18 105 17.1% 11.1%
117 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 13 71 18.3% 11.0%
118 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
119 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
120 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
121 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
122 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 82 17.1% 10.5%
123 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
124 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
125 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
126 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
127 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
128 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
129 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
130 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
131 Lake Benson 11.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
132 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
133 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
134 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
135 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
136 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
143 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
144 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
145 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
146 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
147 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 41 334 12.3% 9.2%
148 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
149 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
150 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
151 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
152 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
153 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
154 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 13 94 13.8% 8.3%
155 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
156 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
157 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
158 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
159 Northgate Park 17.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
160 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
161 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 10 69 14.5% 8.1%
162 Falls Lake 15.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
163 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 9 65 13.8% 7.5%
164 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
165 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
166 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
167 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
168 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
169 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
170 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
171 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
172 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
173 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
174 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
175 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
176 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
177 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
178 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
179 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
180 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
181 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
182 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
183 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
184 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 58 12.1% 6.0%
187 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
188 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
189 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
190 Ritter Park 4.3 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
191 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
192 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
193 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
194 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
195 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 18 208 8.7% 5.5%
196 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
197 Strickland Park 8.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
198 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
199 Lake Betz 7.3 20 261 7.7% 5.0%
200 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
201 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
202 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
203 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
205 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
206 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
207 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
208 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%
209 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 7 77 9.1% 4.5%
210 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
211 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
212 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
213 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 67 9.0% 4.2%
214 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
215 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
216 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
217 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
218 Homestead Park 19.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
219 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
220 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
221 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
222 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
223 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
224 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
225 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
226 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 5 62 8.1% 3.5%
227 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
228 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
229 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
230 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
231 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
232 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
233 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
234 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
235 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
236 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
237 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
238 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
239 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
240 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
241 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
242 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
243 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
244 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
245 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
246 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
247 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
248 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
249 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
250 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 78 3.8% 1.3%
251 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
252 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
253 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
254 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
255 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
256 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
257 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 42 2.4% 0.4%