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Where to find Turkey Vulture in December
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 December. 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 Williamson Preserve 19.2 29 34 85.3% 69.9%
2 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
3 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 135 188 71.8% 65.0%
4 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 342 498 68.7% 64.5%
5 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 39 51 76.5% 63.2%
6 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
7 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 44 59 74.6% 62.2%
8 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 36 58 62.1% 49.2%
9 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
10 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
11 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
12 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 137 255 53.7% 47.6%
13 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 162 306 52.9% 47.3%
14 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 70 126 55.6% 46.8%
15 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
16 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
17 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 21 34 61.8% 45.0%
18 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 23 38 60.5% 44.7%
19 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 69 130 53.1% 44.5%
20 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
21 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
22 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
23 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
24 Homestead Park 19.3 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
25 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 139 290 47.9% 42.2%
26 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 28 51 54.9% 41.4%
27 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
28 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 28 52 53.8% 40.5%
29 Schenck Forest 3.6 60 123 48.8% 40.1%
30 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 25 47 53.2% 39.2%
31 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
32 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
33 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
34 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
35 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
36 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 36 78 46.2% 35.5%
37 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
38 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
39 Wendell Park 22.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
40 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
41 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 23 47 48.9% 35.3%
42 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 21 43 48.8% 34.6%
43 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
44 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
45 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
46 Raven Rock SP 23.9 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
47 Dorothea Dix 6.6 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
48 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
49 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 35 83 42.2% 32.1%
50 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
51 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
52 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
53 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
54 White Deer Park 11.6 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
55 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
56 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
57 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
58 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
59 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
60 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
61 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 16 36 44.4% 29.5%
62 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 39 43.6% 29.3%
63 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
64 Lake Lynn 7.7 50 138 36.2% 28.7%
65 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
66 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 22 56 39.3% 27.6%
67 Lake Benson 11.9 27 72 37.5% 27.2%
68 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
69 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
70 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
71 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
72 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
73 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
74 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
75 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
76 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
77 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 80 273 29.3% 24.2%
78 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
79 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
80 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
81 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
82 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
83 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
84 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
85 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 16 46 34.8% 22.7%
86 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 47 167 28.1% 21.9%
87 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
88 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
89 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
90 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
91 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
92 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
93 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
94 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
95 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
98 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 18 58 31.0% 20.6%
113 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 19 63 30.2% 20.2%
114 Shelley Lake 8.1 30 109 27.5% 20.0%
115 Bond Park 2.7 27 97 27.8% 19.9%
116 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
117 Lake Betz 7.3 36 138 26.1% 19.5%
118 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
119 Apex Community Park 3.7 20 70 28.6% 19.3%
120 Inwood Rd. 7.3 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
121 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
122 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
123 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
124 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
125 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
126 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
127 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
128 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 32 130 24.6% 18.0%
129 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
130 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
131 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
132 Eastgate Park 9.5 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
133 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
134 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 80 384 20.8% 17.1%
135 Lake Raleigh 6.0 22 89 24.7% 16.9%
136 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 15 57 26.3% 16.6%
137 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
138 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
139 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
140 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 33 156 21.2% 15.5%
141 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
142 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
143 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
144 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
145 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
146 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
147 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
148 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
149 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
150 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
151 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
152 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
153 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 20 93 21.5% 14.4%
154 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 45 24.4% 14.2%
155 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
156 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 51 23.5% 14.0%
157 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 11 46 23.9% 13.9%
158 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
159 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
160 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
161 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
162 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
163 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
164 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
165 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
166 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
167 Leesville Park 7.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
168 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
169 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
170 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
171 17 Acre Woods 18.0 11 57 19.3% 11.1%
172 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
173 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
174 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
175 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
176 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
177 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
178 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
179 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
180 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
181 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
182 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
183 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
184 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
185 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
191 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
192 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Beaver Marsh 16.7 25 190 13.2% 9.1%
197 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
198 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
199 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
200 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
201 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
202 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
203 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
204 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 25 206 12.1% 8.4%
205 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
206 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
207 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
208 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
209 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
210 Ritter Park 4.3 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
211 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
212 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
213 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 9 64 14.1% 7.6%
214 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
215 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
216 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 19 173 11.0% 7.1%
217 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 8 60 13.3% 6.9%
218 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
219 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
220 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
221 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
222 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
223 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
224 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
226 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
227 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
228 Fallon park 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
229 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
230 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
231 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 Walltown Park 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
233 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 104 10.6% 6.0%
234 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 59 11.9% 5.9%
235 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
236 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
237 Pullen Park 6.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
238 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
239 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
240 Falls Lake 15.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
241 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
242 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
243 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
244 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
245 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
246 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
247 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
248 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
249 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 7 102 6.9% 3.4%
250 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
251 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
252 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
253 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
254 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
255 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
256 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
257 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
258 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
259 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
260 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
261 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
262 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
263 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
264 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
265 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
266 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%