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Where to find Chimney Swift in September
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 September. 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 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 18 19 94.7% 75.4%
2 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
3 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
4 Bond Park 2.7 91 181 50.3% 43.1%
5 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 19 32 59.4% 42.3%
6 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 66 136 48.5% 40.3%
7 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
8 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 104 248 41.9% 36.0%
9 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
10 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 76 181 42.0% 35.0%
11 Lake Lynn 7.7 220 577 38.1% 34.3%
12 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
13 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
14 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 55 130 42.3% 34.2%
15 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 36 81 44.4% 34.1%
16 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 119 311 38.3% 33.0%
17 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
18 Shelley Lake 8.1 34 81 42.0% 31.8%
19 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
20 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 27 64 42.2% 30.9%
21 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
22 Schenck Forest 3.6 71 195 36.4% 30.0%
23 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 522 1701 30.7% 28.5%
24 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
25 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 20 49 40.8% 28.2%
26 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
27 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 109 337 32.3% 27.6%
28 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
29 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
30 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
31 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 46 141 32.6% 25.4%
32 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
33 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
34 Lake Raleigh 6.0 17 46 37.0% 24.5%
35 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
36 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
37 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 21 63 33.3% 22.9%
38 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 19 58 32.8% 22.1%
39 White Deer Park 11.6 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
40 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
41 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
42 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Higgins Park 1.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Clayton Community Park 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
55 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 17 56 30.4% 19.9%
56 17 Acre Woods 18.0 26 95 27.4% 19.4%
57 Indian Trail Park 18.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
58 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
59 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 23 83 27.7% 19.2%
60 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
61 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
62 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 88 411 21.4% 17.7%
63 Beaver Marsh 16.7 35 148 23.6% 17.5%
64 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
65 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
66 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 84 413 20.3% 16.7%
67 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 48 223 21.5% 16.6%
68 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
69 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 14 55 25.5% 15.8%
70 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 35 164 21.3% 15.8%
71 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 40 192 20.8% 15.7%
72 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 20 86 23.3% 15.6%
73 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 58 296 19.6% 15.5%
74 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
75 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
76 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
77 Apex Community Park 3.7 12 48 25.0% 14.9%
78 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 19 86 22.1% 14.6%
79 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
80 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 27 132 20.5% 14.5%
81 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
82 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 18 83 21.7% 14.2%
83 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
84 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
85 Wendell Park 22.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
86 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 21 105 20.0% 13.5%
87 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
88 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
89 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
90 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
91 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
92 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
93 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
94 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
95 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
96 Apex Nature Park 8.6 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
97 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
98 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
99 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
100 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
101 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
102 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 14 75 18.7% 11.5%
103 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 40 263 15.2% 11.4%
104 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
105 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
106 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
107 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 65 497 13.1% 10.4%
108 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 14 83 16.9% 10.3%
109 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 9 48 18.8% 10.2%
110 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
111 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 9 49 18.4% 10.0%
112 Pullen Park 6.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
113 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
114 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
115 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
116 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
117 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
118 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
119 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
120 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
121 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
122 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 21 156 13.5% 9.0%
123 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
124 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
125 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
126 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
127 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
128 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 9 64 14.1% 7.6%
129 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
130 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
131 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
132 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
133 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
134 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
135 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 18 176 10.2% 6.6%
136 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
137 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
138 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
139 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
140 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
141 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
142 Fallon park 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
143 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
144 Strickland Park 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
145 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
146 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 16 163 9.8% 6.1%
147 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
148 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
149 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
150 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
151 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
152 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
153 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
154 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
155 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
156 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
157 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
158 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
159 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
160 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
161 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
162 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 77 9.1% 4.5%
163 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 9 109 8.3% 4.4%
164 Lake Benson 11.9 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
165 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
166 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
167 Northgate Park 17.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
168 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
169 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
170 Lake Betz 7.3 15 231 6.5% 4.0%
171 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 8 104 7.7% 3.9%
172 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
173 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
174 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
175 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
176 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 11 181 6.1% 3.4%
177 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
178 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
179 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
180 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
181 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 6 98 6.1% 2.8%
182 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
183 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
184 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
185 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
186 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
187 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 9 232 3.9% 2.1%
188 Ritter Park 4.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
189 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
190 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
191 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
192 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
193 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
194 Homestead Park 19.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
195 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
196 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
197 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
198 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
199 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
200 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
201 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
202 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
203 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
204 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
205 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
206 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
207 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
208 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
209 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 69 1.4% 0.3%