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Where to find Turkey Vulture in August
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 August. 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 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 25 27 92.6% 76.6%
2 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 78 100 78.0% 68.9%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 155 238 65.1% 58.9%
4 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
5 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
6 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 111 200 55.5% 48.6%
7 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
8 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
9 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
10 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 51 95 53.7% 43.7%
11 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
12 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
13 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 28 49 57.1% 43.3%
14 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
15 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 43 83 51.8% 41.2%
16 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 52 109 47.7% 38.6%
17 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 159 366 43.4% 38.5%
18 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 27 53 50.9% 37.9%
19 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 28 58 48.3% 35.9%
20 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
21 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 49 110 44.5% 35.6%
22 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 21 42 50.0% 35.5%
23 Inwood Rd. 7.3 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
24 Wendell Park 22.6 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
25 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 87 209 41.6% 35.2%
26 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 32 69 46.4% 35.1%
27 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 41 92 44.6% 34.8%
28 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
32 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
33 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
34 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 17 34 50.0% 34.1%
36 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
37 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
38 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
39 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
40 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 19 43 44.2% 30.4%
41 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
42 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
43 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
44 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
45 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
46 Town Lake Park 23.4 20 52 38.5% 26.5%
47 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
48 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 31 91 34.1% 25.2%
49 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
50 Homestead Park 19.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
51 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
52 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
53 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 64 210 30.5% 24.6%
54 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 19 54 35.2% 23.8%
55 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 29 90 32.2% 23.5%
56 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
57 Lake Betz 7.3 53 191 27.7% 21.9%
58 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
59 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 53 196 27.0% 21.3%
60 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
61 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
62 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
63 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
64 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 25 85 29.4% 20.8%
65 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
66 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
67 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
68 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
69 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
71 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
72 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
73 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
74 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 17 55 30.9% 20.3%
75 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
76 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 66 264 25.0% 20.2%
77 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
78 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
79 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
80 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
81 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
82 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
83 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 99 444 22.3% 18.7%
84 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
85 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
86 Lake Lynn 7.7 29 116 25.0% 18.0%
87 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 13 45 28.9% 17.7%
88 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
89 Lake Wheeler 8.2 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
90 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
91 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
92 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
93 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
94 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
95 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 14 55 25.5% 15.8%
96 Schenck Forest 3.6 19 80 23.8% 15.8%
97 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
98 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
99 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
100 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
101 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
102 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
103 Bond Park 2.7 21 95 22.1% 14.9%
104 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 13 54 24.1% 14.6%
105 Pullen Park 6.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
106 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
107 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
108 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
109 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
110 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
111 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
112 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
113 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 10 44 22.7% 12.8%
114 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 11 52 21.2% 12.2%
115 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 29 169 17.2% 12.2%
116 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
117 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
118 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
119 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
120 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
121 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
122 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
123 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
124 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 34 238 14.3% 10.4%
125 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
126 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
127 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
128 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
129 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
130 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
131 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
133 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
134 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
135 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
136 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
140 Apex Community Park 3.7 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
141 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
142 White Deer Park 11.6 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
143 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
144 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
145 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 19 151 12.6% 8.2%
146 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
147 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
148 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
149 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
150 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
151 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
152 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
153 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
154 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
155 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
156 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 8 66 12.1% 6.3%
157 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
158 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
159 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
160 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
161 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
162 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
163 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
164 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
165 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
166 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
167 Shelley Lake 8.1 7 61 11.5% 5.7%
168 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
169 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
170 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
171 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
172 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
173 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
174 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
175 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
176 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
177 Beaver Marsh 16.7 11 140 7.9% 4.4%
178 Lake Benson 11.9 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
179 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
180 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
181 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
182 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
183 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
184 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
185 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
186 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
187 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
188 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
189 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
190 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
191 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
192 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
193 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
194 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
195 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
196 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
197 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
198 17 Acre Woods 18.0 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
199 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
200 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
201 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
202 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
203 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
204 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
205 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
206 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
207 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
208 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
209 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
210 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
211 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
212 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%