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Where to find Chimney Swift in August
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 August. 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 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 101 183 55.2% 48.0%
2 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 27 47 57.4% 43.3%
3 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
4 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 34 68 50.0% 38.4%
5 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
6 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
7 Dorothea Dix 6.6 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
8 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 121 315 38.4% 33.2%
9 Schenck Forest 3.6 35 84 41.7% 31.7%
10 Bond Park 2.7 39 100 39.0% 30.0%
11 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
12 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
13 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 30 81 37.0% 27.3%
14 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
15 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 52 159 32.7% 25.9%
16 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
17 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
18 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
19 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
20 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
21 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
22 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 117 450 26.0% 22.2%
23 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 15 44 34.1% 21.9%
24 Shelley Lake 8.1 22 70 31.4% 21.8%
25 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
26 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 38 137 27.7% 20.9%
27 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
28 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
37 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
38 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 56 231 24.2% 19.2%
39 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 20 74 27.0% 18.2%
40 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 16 61 26.2% 16.8%
41 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
42 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
43 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
44 Lake Raleigh 6.0 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
45 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 39 184 21.2% 15.9%
46 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
47 Lake Lynn 7.7 30 143 21.0% 15.1%
48 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
49 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
50 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 39 202 19.3% 14.5%
51 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 45 242 18.6% 14.2%
52 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 51 287 17.8% 13.8%
53 Homestead Park 19.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
54 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 13 61 21.3% 12.9%
55 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 78 495 15.8% 12.8%
56 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
57 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 17 87 19.5% 12.6%
58 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
59 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
60 Apex Community Park 3.7 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
61 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 23 130 17.7% 12.1%
62 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
63 Northgate Park 17.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
64 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
65 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
66 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 10 48 20.8% 11.7%
67 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
68 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
69 17 Acre Woods 18.0 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
70 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
71 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
72 Beaver Marsh 16.7 22 146 15.1% 10.2%
73 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
74 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
75 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
76 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
77 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
78 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
85 Town Lake Park 23.4 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
86 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
87 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
88 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
89 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
90 White Deer Park 11.6 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
91 Pullen Park 6.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
92 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
93 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
94 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
95 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
96 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
97 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
98 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
99 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
100 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 11 93 11.8% 6.7%
101 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
102 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
103 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
104 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 9 76 11.8% 6.4%
105 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
106 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
107 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
108 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 7 56 12.5% 6.2%
109 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
110 Lake Benson 11.9 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
111 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
112 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
113 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
114 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
115 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
116 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
117 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
118 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
119 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 18 203 8.9% 5.7%
120 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
121 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
122 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
123 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 10 107 9.3% 5.2%
124 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
125 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
126 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
127 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
128 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
129 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
130 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
131 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
132 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
133 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
134 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 16 216 7.4% 4.6%
135 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
136 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
137 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
138 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 15 215 7.0% 4.3%
139 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
140 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 6 72 8.3% 3.9%
141 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
142 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
143 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 7 92 7.6% 3.7%
144 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
145 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
146 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
147 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
148 Lake Betz 7.3 11 206 5.3% 3.0%
149 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
150 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
151 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
152 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
153 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
154 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
155 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
156 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
157 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
158 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
159 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 6 112 5.4% 2.5%
160 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 12 306 3.9% 2.3%
161 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
162 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
163 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
164 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
165 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
166 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
167 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
168 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
169 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
170 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
171 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 6 158 3.8% 1.8%
172 Wendell Park 22.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
173 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
174 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
175 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
176 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
177 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
178 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
179 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
180 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
181 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
182 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
183 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
184 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
185 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
186 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
187 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
188 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
189 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
190 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
191 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
192 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
193 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
194 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
195 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
196 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 59 1.7% 0.3%