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Where to find Turkey Vulture in October
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 October. 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 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 131 167 78.4% 71.6%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 74 92 80.4% 71.2%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 330 446 74.0% 69.7%
4 Williamson Preserve 19.2 20 23 87.0% 67.9%
5 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 40 53 75.5% 62.4%
6 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
7 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 569 888 64.1% 60.9%
8 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 21 27 77.8% 59.2%
9 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 224 358 62.6% 57.4%
10 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 33 47 70.2% 56.0%
11 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 396 680 58.2% 54.5%
12 Inwood Rd. 7.3 27 39 69.2% 53.6%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 123 207 59.4% 52.6%
14 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
15 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
16 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 29 45 64.4% 49.8%
17 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
18 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 146 268 54.5% 48.5%
19 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
20 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 195 369 52.8% 47.7%
21 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 23 36 63.9% 47.6%
22 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
23 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 93 176 52.8% 45.5%
24 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
25 Wendell Park 22.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
26 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 84 162 51.9% 44.2%
27 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 32 56 57.1% 44.1%
28 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
29 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 22 37 59.5% 43.5%
30 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 31 55 56.4% 43.3%
31 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
32 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
33 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 30 54 55.6% 42.4%
34 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 27 48 56.2% 42.3%
35 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 27 48 56.2% 42.3%
36 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 57 112 50.9% 41.8%
37 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 56 111 50.5% 41.3%
38 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
39 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 49 97 50.5% 40.7%
40 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 136 294 46.3% 40.6%
41 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 28 52 53.8% 40.5%
42 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 25 46 54.3% 40.2%
43 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 20 36 55.6% 39.6%
44 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
45 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
46 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 28 55 50.9% 38.1%
47 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 78 175 44.6% 37.4%
48 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 20 38 52.6% 37.3%
49 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 181 439 41.2% 36.7%
50 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 28 57 49.1% 36.6%
51 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 41 88 46.6% 36.5%
52 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 86 201 42.8% 36.1%
53 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
54 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
55 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
56 Lake Lynn 7.7 278 734 37.9% 34.4%
57 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
58 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
59 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
60 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
61 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 50 117 42.7% 34.1%
62 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 34 50.0% 34.1%
63 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 19 39 48.7% 33.9%
64 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
65 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 20 42 47.6% 33.4%
66 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 44 105 41.9% 32.9%
67 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 43 46.5% 32.5%
68 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
69 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
70 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
71 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
72 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 25 59 42.4% 30.6%
73 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
74 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
75 Town Lake Park 23.4 16 35 45.7% 30.5%
76 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
77 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
78 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
79 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
80 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
81 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
82 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
83 White Deer Park 11.6 13 28 46.4% 29.5%
84 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
85 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
86 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
87 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
88 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 17 41 41.5% 27.8%
89 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
90 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
91 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 18 46 39.1% 26.4%
92 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 135 443 30.5% 26.4%
93 Lake Betz 7.3 57 177 32.2% 25.8%
94 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
95 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
96 Apex Community Park 3.7 24 69 34.8% 24.6%
97 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
98 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 22 63 34.9% 24.3%
99 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
100 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
101 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
102 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
103 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
104 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 15 44 34.1% 21.9%
105 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
106 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
107 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
108 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
109 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
110 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
111 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
112 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
113 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 East End Park 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Bond Park 2.7 51 195 26.2% 20.5%
126 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 15 47 31.9% 20.4%
127 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 17 55 30.9% 20.3%
128 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 13 40 32.5% 20.1%
129 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 29 105 27.6% 20.0%
130 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 19 64 29.7% 19.9%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
132 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
133 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
134 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
135 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
136 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
137 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
138 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
139 Shelley Lake 8.1 24 90 26.7% 18.6%
140 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
141 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 29 114 25.4% 18.3%
142 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
143 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 13 46 28.3% 17.3%
144 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
145 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
146 Homestead Park 19.3 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
147 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 33 152 21.7% 15.9%
148 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
149 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
150 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
151 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
152 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
153 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
154 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
155 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
156 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
157 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
158 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
159 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
160 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
161 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
162 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
163 Lake Benson 11.9 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
164 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 11 44 25.0% 14.6%
165 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
166 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
167 Beaver Marsh 16.7 32 165 19.4% 14.1%
168 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
169 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
170 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
171 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
172 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
173 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 21 104 20.2% 13.6%
174 Lake Raleigh 6.0 15 71 21.1% 13.2%
175 17 Acre Woods 18.0 21 108 19.4% 13.1%
176 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
177 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 11 54 20.4% 11.8%
178 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
179 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
180 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
181 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
182 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
183 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
184 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
185 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
186 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
187 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
188 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
189 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
190 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
191 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
192 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Lyon Park 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 13 84 15.5% 9.3%
205 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 9 54 16.7% 9.0%
206 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
207 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
208 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
209 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
210 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
211 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
212 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
213 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
214 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
215 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
216 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
217 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
218 Pullen Park 6.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
219 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
220 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
221 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
222 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
223 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
224 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
226 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
227 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
228 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
229 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
230 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
231 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 17 203 8.4% 5.3%
232 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
233 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
234 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
235 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
236 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
237 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Action Park 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
240 Ritter Park 4.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
241 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
242 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
243 Falls Lake 15.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
244 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 6 76 7.9% 3.7%
245 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
246 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
247 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
248 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
249 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
250 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
251 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
252 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
253 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
254 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
255 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
256 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
257 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
258 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
259 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
260 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
261 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
262 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
263 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%