Bird Finder

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