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Where to find Turkey Vulture in January
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 Turkey Vulture in January. 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 90 116 77.6% 69.2%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 370 556 66.5% 62.5%
3 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
4 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 46 63 73.0% 61.0%
5 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
6 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
7 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 23 33 69.7% 52.7%
8 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
9 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 75 123 61.0% 52.1%
11 Wendell Park 22.6 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
12 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 158 304 52.0% 46.4%
13 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 22 35 62.9% 46.3%
14 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
15 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 74 136 54.4% 46.0%
16 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 172 343 50.1% 44.9%
17 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
19 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
20 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 27 48 56.2% 42.3%
21 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 48 92 52.2% 42.1%
22 Apex Nature Park 8.6 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
23 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 118 255 46.3% 40.3%
24 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 32 61 52.5% 40.2%
25 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 28 53 52.8% 39.7%
26 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
27 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 48 105 45.7% 36.5%
28 Schenck Forest 3.6 89 208 42.8% 36.3%
29 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
30 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 18 35 51.4% 35.6%
31 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 22 45 48.9% 35.0%
32 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
33 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
34 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 20 43 46.5% 32.5%
35 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
36 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
37 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 20 44 45.5% 31.7%
38 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
39 Lake Betz 7.3 98 266 36.8% 31.3%
40 Homestead Park 19.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
41 Fearrington Village 17.5 18 40 45.0% 30.7%
42 Lake Lynn 7.7 45 115 39.1% 30.7%
43 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
44 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
45 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
46 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
47 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
48 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
49 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
50 Inwood Rd. 7.3 27 71 38.0% 27.6%
51 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 109 345 31.6% 26.9%
52 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
53 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
54 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 29 80 36.2% 26.6%
55 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 15 37 40.5% 26.3%
56 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 20 53 37.7% 25.9%
57 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
58 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
59 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
60 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
61 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
62 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
63 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
64 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 24 71 33.8% 23.9%
65 Carrboro High School 18.4 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
66 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 58 198 29.3% 23.4%
67 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 43 143 30.1% 23.2%
68 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
69 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
70 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
71 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
72 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
73 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
74 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
75 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 25 79 31.6% 22.4%
76 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
77 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
78 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
79 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
80 Shelley Lake 8.1 28 93 30.1% 21.7%
81 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 21 67 31.3% 21.5%
82 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
83 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
84 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
85 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
86 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
87 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
88 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
89 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
90 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
91 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
92 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
93 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
94 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
95 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
98 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 16 51 31.4% 20.3%
106 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
107 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
108 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 30 115 26.1% 18.9%
109 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 18 63 28.6% 18.9%
110 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
111 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
112 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
113 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
114 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
115 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
116 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
117 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
118 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 23 87 26.4% 18.3%
119 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
120 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
121 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
122 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
123 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
124 White Deer Park 11.6 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
125 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
126 Apex Community Park 3.7 21 85 24.7% 16.8%
127 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 98 509 19.3% 16.1%
128 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
129 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
130 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
131 Beaver Marsh 16.7 58 295 19.7% 15.5%
132 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
133 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
134 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
135 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
136 Valley Springs Park 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
137 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
138 Lake Wheeler 8.2 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
139 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 34 168 20.2% 14.9%
140 Lake Raleigh 6.0 21 97 21.6% 14.6%
141 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 26 125 20.8% 14.6%
142 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
143 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 15 65 23.1% 14.5%
144 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 17 78 21.8% 14.1%
145 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
146 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 12 52 23.1% 13.7%
147 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
148 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
149 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
150 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
151 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 13 58 22.4% 13.6%
152 Bond Park 2.7 23 122 18.9% 12.9%
153 Pullen Park 6.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
154 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 10 45 22.2% 12.5%
155 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
156 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
157 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
158 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
159 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
160 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
161 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
162 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
163 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
164 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
165 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 28 174 16.1% 11.4%
166 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
167 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
168 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
169 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
170 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
171 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
172 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
173 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
174 Lake Benson 11.9 16 102 15.7% 9.9%
175 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
176 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 24 167 14.4% 9.9%
177 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
178 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
179 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
180 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
181 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
182 Strickland Park 8.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
183 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
184 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
185 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
191 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
192 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
201 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
202 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
203 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
204 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
205 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
206 Falls Lake 15.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
207 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
208 Ritter Park 4.3 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
209 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
210 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
211 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 9 66 13.6% 7.3%
212 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
213 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
214 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
215 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
216 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
217 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
218 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
219 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
220 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
221 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
222 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
223 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
224 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
226 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
227 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
228 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
229 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 8 73 11.0% 5.7%
230 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
231 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
232 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
233 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
234 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
235 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
236 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
237 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
241 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
242 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
243 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
244 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
245 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
246 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
247 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 63 7.9% 3.4%
248 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
249 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
250 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
251 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
252 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
253 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
254 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
255 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
256 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
257 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
258 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%