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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 35 42 83.3% 69.4%
2 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 58 76 76.3% 65.6%
3 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
4 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 149 212 70.3% 63.8%
5 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 406 608 66.8% 62.9%
6 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 49 71 69.0% 57.5%
7 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
8 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
9 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
10 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 44 72 61.1% 49.6%
11 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 160 295 54.2% 48.5%
12 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 88 163 54.0% 46.3%
13 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 39 67 58.2% 46.3%
14 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 72 132 54.5% 46.0%
15 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 18 28 64.3% 45.8%
16 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 176 347 50.7% 45.5%
17 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
18 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
19 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
20 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
21 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 27 47 57.4% 43.3%
22 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
23 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 16 26 61.5% 42.5%
24 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 30 55 54.5% 41.5%
25 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
26 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 22 39 56.4% 41.0%
27 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
28 Schenck Forest 3.6 66 137 48.2% 40.0%
29 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 151 336 44.9% 39.7%
30 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
31 Homestead Park 19.3 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
32 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 33 67 49.3% 37.7%
33 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 25 49 51.0% 37.5%
34 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
35 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
36 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
37 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 42 93 45.2% 35.4%
38 Wendell Park 22.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
39 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 21 43 48.8% 34.6%
40 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
41 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
42 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
43 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
44 Dorothea Dix 6.6 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
45 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
46 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
47 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
48 White Deer Park 11.6 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
49 Raven Rock SP 23.9 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
50 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 31 73 42.5% 31.8%
51 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
52 Higgins Greenway 1.2 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
53 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 36 89 40.4% 30.9%
54 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 18 40 45.0% 30.7%
55 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
56 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
57 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
58 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
59 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
60 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
61 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
62 Lake Lynn 7.7 59 166 35.5% 28.7%
63 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
64 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
65 Lake Benson 11.9 34 94 36.2% 27.2%
66 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
67 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
68 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
69 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
70 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
71 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
72 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
73 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
74 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 95 308 30.8% 25.9%
75 Apex Community Park 3.7 30 86 34.9% 25.7%
76 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
77 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
78 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
79 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
80 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
81 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
82 Shelley Lake 8.1 41 131 31.3% 24.0%
83 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
84 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
85 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
86 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
87 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
88 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
89 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
90 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
91 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
92 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
93 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 63 227 27.8% 22.3%
94 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 18 54 33.3% 22.2%
95 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 22 69 31.9% 22.1%
96 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 59 214 27.6% 22.0%
97 Eastgate Park 9.5 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
98 Lake Betz 7.3 49 177 27.7% 21.6%
99 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
100 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
101 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
102 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
103 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
104 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
105 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 16 50 32.0% 20.8%
106 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Bond Park 2.7 31 110 28.2% 20.6%
121 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 21 72 29.2% 19.9%
122 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
123 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
124 Inwood Rd. 7.3 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
125 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
126 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
127 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
128 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
129 Jack Marley Park 19.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
130 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 18 65 27.7% 18.3%
131 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
132 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
133 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
134 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 40 178 22.5% 17.0%
135 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
136 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
137 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
138 Lake Raleigh 6.0 23 99 23.2% 16.0%
139 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 85 441 19.3% 15.9%
140 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
141 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
142 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
143 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
144 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
145 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
146 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
147 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
148 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
149 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
150 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
151 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
152 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 22 102 21.6% 14.7%
153 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
154 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
155 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
156 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
157 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
158 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
159 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 11 47 23.4% 13.6%
160 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
161 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
162 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
163 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
164 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
165 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
166 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
167 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
168 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
169 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
170 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
171 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
172 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
173 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
174 Leesville Park 7.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
175 Ritter Park 4.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
176 17 Acre Woods 18.0 12 63 19.0% 11.2%
177 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
178 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
179 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
180 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
181 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
182 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
183 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 13 75 17.3% 10.4%
184 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 31 215 14.4% 10.3%
185 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
186 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
187 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
188 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
189 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
190 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
191 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
192 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
193 Town Lake Park 23.4 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
194 Beaver Marsh 16.7 28 206 13.6% 9.6%
195 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
196 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 27 218 12.4% 8.7%
212 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
213 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
214 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
215 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 9 64 14.1% 7.6%
216 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
217 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
218 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
219 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
220 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
221 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
222 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
223 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
224 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 9 71 12.7% 6.8%
225 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
226 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 11 95 11.6% 6.6%
227 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
228 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 10 86 11.6% 6.4%
229 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 12 109 11.0% 6.4%
230 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
231 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
232 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
233 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
234 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
235 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
236 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
237 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
238 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
239 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
240 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
241 Fallon park 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
242 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
243 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
244 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
245 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
246 Walltown Park 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
247 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
248 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
249 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
250 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
251 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
252 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
253 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
254 Falls Lake 15.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
255 Pullen Park 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
256 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
257 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
258 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
259 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
260 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 8 108 7.4% 3.8%
261 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
262 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
263 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
264 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
265 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
266 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
267 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
268 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
269 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
270 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
271 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
272 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
273 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
274 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
275 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
276 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
277 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
278 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
279 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%