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Where to find Turkey Vulture in February
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 February. 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 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 431 591 72.9% 69.2%
3 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 31 38 81.6% 66.6%
4 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 95 132 72.0% 63.8%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 94 135 69.6% 61.4%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 40 54 74.1% 61.1%
7 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 49 70 70.0% 58.5%
8 Williamson Preserve 19.2 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
9 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 28 39 71.8% 56.2%
10 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
11 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
12 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 239 436 54.8% 50.1%
13 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 22 33 66.7% 49.6%
14 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 19 28 67.9% 49.3%
15 Apex Nature Park 8.6 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
16 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 97 176 55.1% 47.7%
17 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 18 28 64.3% 45.8%
18 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 35 60 58.3% 45.7%
19 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
20 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
21 Inwood Rd. 7.3 29 49 59.2% 45.2%
22 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 163 322 50.6% 45.2%
23 Wendell Park 22.6 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
24 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
25 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
26 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
27 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
28 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
29 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
30 Homestead Park 19.3 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
31 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 18 31 58.1% 40.8%
32 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
33 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 47 95 49.5% 39.6%
34 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 19 34 55.9% 39.5%
35 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
36 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 30 59 50.8% 38.4%
37 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 168 389 43.2% 38.4%
38 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 35 54.3% 38.2%
39 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 39 80 48.8% 38.1%
40 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 27 53 50.9% 37.9%
41 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
42 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
43 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
44 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 22 43 51.2% 36.8%
45 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
46 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
47 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
48 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
49 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
50 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
51 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
52 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
53 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
54 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
55 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
56 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
57 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 21 44 47.7% 33.8%
58 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
59 Lake Lynn 7.7 53 127 41.7% 33.5%
60 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 47 114 41.2% 32.6%
61 Higgins Greenway 1.2 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
62 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 21 46 45.7% 32.2%
63 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
64 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
65 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 140 381 36.7% 32.1%
66 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 18 39 46.2% 31.6%
67 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 57 146 39.0% 31.5%
68 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 16 34 47.1% 31.5%
69 Shelley Lake 8.1 53 135 39.3% 31.4%
70 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 31 74 41.9% 31.3%
71 Lake Betz 7.3 88 240 36.7% 30.8%
72 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
73 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 34 85 40.0% 30.2%
74 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
75 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
76 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
77 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
78 Lake Benson 11.9 34 86 39.5% 29.9%
79 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
80 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
81 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
82 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
83 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
84 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
85 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
86 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 34 41.2% 26.4%
87 White Deer Park 11.6 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
88 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
89 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 33 96 34.4% 25.6%
90 Apex Community Park 3.7 55 176 31.2% 24.9%
91 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 27 79 34.2% 24.7%
92 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 17 46 37.0% 24.5%
93 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
94 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 41 129 31.8% 24.4%
95 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
96 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
97 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
98 Beaver Marsh 16.7 83 295 28.1% 23.3%
99 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
100 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
101 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
102 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
103 Bond Park 2.7 42 142 29.6% 22.7%
104 Schenck Forest 3.6 59 208 28.4% 22.7%
105 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 24 75 32.0% 22.5%
106 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 21 65 32.3% 22.2%
107 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
108 Carpenter Park 5.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
109 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
110 Carrboro High School 18.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
111 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
112 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
113 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 21 68 30.9% 21.2%
114 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 38 136 27.9% 21.1%
115 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
116 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
117 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
118 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
119 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
120 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
121 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
139 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
140 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
141 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 113 496 22.8% 19.3%
142 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 25 93 26.9% 18.9%
143 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
144 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
145 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 17 59 28.8% 18.8%
146 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
147 Pullen Park 6.6 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
148 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
149 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
150 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
151 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 15 52 28.8% 18.3%
152 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
153 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
154 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
155 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
156 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
157 Lake Raleigh 6.0 41 177 23.2% 17.6%
158 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
159 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 14 51 27.5% 17.1%
160 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
161 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
162 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
163 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
164 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
165 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
166 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
167 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
168 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
169 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
170 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
171 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
172 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
173 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
174 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 15 67 22.4% 14.1%
175 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
176 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
177 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
178 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 24 122 19.7% 13.6%
179 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
180 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
181 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
182 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 19 99 19.2% 12.6%
183 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 30 171 17.5% 12.6%
184 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
185 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
186 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
187 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 24 133 18.0% 12.4%
188 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
189 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
190 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
191 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
192 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
193 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 13 69 18.8% 11.4%
194 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
195 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 14 83 16.9% 10.3%
196 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
197 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
198 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
199 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
200 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
201 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 10 59 16.9% 9.5%
202 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
219 Falls Lake 15.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
220 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
221 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
222 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
223 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 10 71 14.1% 7.8%
224 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
225 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
226 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
227 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
228 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
229 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
230 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
231 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
233 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
234 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
235 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
236 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
237 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
238 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
239 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
240 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
241 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
242 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
243 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
244 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
245 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
246 Ritter Park 4.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
247 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
248 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
249 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
250 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
251 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
252 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
253 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
254 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
255 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
256 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
257 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
258 Fallon park 8.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
259 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
260 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
261 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 6 76 7.9% 3.7%
262 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
263 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
264 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
265 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
266 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
267 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
268 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
269 Leesville Park 7.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
270 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
271 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
272 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
273 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
274 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
275 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
276 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
277 Northgate Park 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
278 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
279 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
280 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%