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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 18 100.0% 82.4%
2 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
3 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
4 Bond Park 2.7 83 157 52.9% 45.1%
5 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
6 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
7 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 73 152 48.0% 40.2%
8 Lake Lynn 7.7 159 373 42.6% 37.7%
9 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 51 111 45.9% 37.0%
10 Shelley Lake 8.1 28 58 48.3% 35.9%
11 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
12 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 24 50 48.0% 34.8%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 91 224 40.6% 34.4%
14 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
15 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 47 109 43.1% 34.2%
17 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 119 305 39.0% 33.7%
18 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
19 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 27 61 44.3% 32.5%
20 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 18 39 46.2% 31.6%
21 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
22 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
23 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
24 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 417 1293 32.3% 29.8%
25 Schenck Forest 3.6 68 189 36.0% 29.5%
26 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
27 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 20 48 41.7% 28.8%
28 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
29 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 81 242 33.5% 27.8%
30 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 32 87 36.8% 27.4%
31 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
32 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
33 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
34 Lake Raleigh 6.0 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
35 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
36 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
37 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
38 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 34 110 30.9% 23.0%
39 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
40 Indian Trail Park 18.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
41 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
42 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
43 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
44 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Higgins Park 1.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 22 74 29.7% 20.5%
51 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 16 51 31.4% 20.3%
52 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
53 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 28 100 28.0% 20.1%
54 17 Acre Woods 18.0 25 89 28.1% 19.8%
55 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 17 59 28.8% 18.8%
56 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
57 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 11 36 30.6% 18.0%
58 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 37 154 24.0% 18.0%
59 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 85 392 21.7% 17.9%
60 Beaver Marsh 16.7 35 148 23.6% 17.5%
61 White Deer Park 11.6 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
62 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 77 371 20.8% 16.9%
63 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
64 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
65 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 44 210 21.0% 16.0%
66 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
67 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 18 77 23.4% 15.3%
68 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 16 67 23.9% 15.3%
69 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 57 24.6% 15.2%
70 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 51 261 19.5% 15.2%
71 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
72 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
73 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
74 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
75 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
76 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 12 52 23.1% 13.7%
77 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
78 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
79 Wendell Park 22.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
80 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
81 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
82 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
83 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
84 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
85 Apex Nature Park 8.6 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
86 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 13 65 20.0% 12.1%
87 Town Lake Park 23.4 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
88 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
89 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
90 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
91 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
92 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 31 192 16.1% 11.6%
93 Apex Community Park 3.7 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
94 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
95 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
96 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 64 471 13.6% 10.8%
97 Pullen Park 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
98 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
99 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
100 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
101 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 13 77 16.9% 10.1%
102 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 42 19.0% 10.0%
103 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 8 42 19.0% 10.0%
104 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
105 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
106 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
107 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
108 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
109 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
110 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
111 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
112 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
113 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
114 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
115 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 21 152 13.8% 9.2%
116 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
117 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
118 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
119 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
120 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 9 60 15.0% 8.1%
121 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
122 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
123 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
124 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
125 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
126 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 17 165 10.3% 6.5%
127 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
128 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
129 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
130 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
131 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
132 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
133 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
134 Fallon park 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
135 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
136 Strickland Park 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
137 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
138 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
139 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
140 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
141 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 15 160 9.4% 5.8%
142 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
143 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
144 Lake Benson 11.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
145 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
146 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 68 10.3% 5.1%
147 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
148 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 9 100 9.0% 4.8%
149 Northgate Park 17.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
150 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
151 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
152 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
153 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
154 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
155 Lake Betz 7.3 15 219 6.8% 4.2%
156 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
157 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
158 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
159 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
160 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
161 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 6 88 6.8% 3.2%
162 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
163 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
164 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
165 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
166 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
167 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
168 Homestead Park 19.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
169 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
170 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
171 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
172 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
173 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 6 122 4.9% 2.3%
174 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
175 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 9 214 4.2% 2.2%
176 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
177 Ritter Park 4.3 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
178 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
179 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
180 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
181 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
182 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
183 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
184 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
185 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
186 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
187 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
188 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
189 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
190 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
191 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
192 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
193 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
194 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
195 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
196 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
197 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%