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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 98 169 58.0% 50.5%
2 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
3 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
4 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
5 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 98 238 41.2% 35.1%
6 Dorothea Dix 6.6 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
7 Schenck Forest 3.6 35 80 43.8% 33.4%
8 Bond Park 2.7 39 95 41.1% 31.7%
9 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 23 52 44.2% 31.6%
10 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
11 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
12 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
13 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
14 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
15 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
16 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
17 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 30 95 31.6% 23.1%
18 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
19 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
20 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
21 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 18 54 33.3% 22.2%
22 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 115 444 25.9% 22.0%
23 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
24 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 56 209 26.8% 21.2%
25 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
26 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
27 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
34 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 16 55 29.1% 18.8%
35 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 14 47 29.8% 18.7%
36 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 16 58 27.6% 17.8%
37 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 15 55 27.3% 17.3%
38 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
39 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
40 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
41 Shelley Lake 8.1 15 59 25.4% 16.1%
42 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 33 151 21.9% 16.0%
43 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
44 Homestead Park 19.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
45 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 41 200 20.5% 15.5%
46 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
47 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
48 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
49 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 48 264 18.2% 14.0%
50 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
51 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
52 Lake Lynn 7.7 23 116 19.8% 13.6%
53 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 14 66 21.2% 13.1%
54 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
55 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
56 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 55 366 15.0% 11.7%
57 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
58 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
59 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
60 Beaver Marsh 16.7 22 140 15.7% 10.6%
61 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
62 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 14 83 16.9% 10.3%
63 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
64 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
65 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
66 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
67 17 Acre Woods 18.0 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
68 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
69 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
71 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
72 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
74 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
75 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
76 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
77 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
78 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 13 85 15.3% 9.2%
81 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
82 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
83 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
84 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
85 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
86 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
87 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
88 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
89 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
90 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
91 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
92 Pullen Park 6.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
93 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
94 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
95 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
96 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
97 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 9 69 13.0% 7.0%
98 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 11 92 12.0% 6.8%
99 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
100 Lake Benson 11.9 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
101 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
102 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
103 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 7 53 13.2% 6.5%
104 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
105 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
106 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
107 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
109 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
112 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
113 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
114 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
115 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
116 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 9 100 9.0% 4.8%
117 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
118 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
119 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
120 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 15 196 7.7% 4.7%
121 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
122 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
123 Northgate Park 17.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
124 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
125 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
126 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 15 210 7.1% 4.4%
127 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
128 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
129 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
130 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
131 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
132 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
133 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 7 90 7.8% 3.8%
134 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 91 7.7% 3.8%
135 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
136 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
137 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
138 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
139 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
140 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
141 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
142 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
143 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
144 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
145 White Deer Park 11.6 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
146 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 12 238 5.0% 2.9%
147 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
148 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
149 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
150 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
151 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
152 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
153 Lake Betz 7.3 9 191 4.7% 2.5%
154 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
155 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
156 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
157 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
158 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
159 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
160 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 5 108 4.6% 2.0%
161 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 5 110 4.5% 2.0%
162 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
163 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
164 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
165 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
166 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
167 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
168 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
169 Wendell Park 22.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
170 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
171 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
172 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
173 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
174 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
175 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
176 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
177 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
178 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
179 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
180 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
181 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
182 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
183 Falls Lake 15.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
184 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
185 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
186 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 49 2.0% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.