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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 30 33 90.9% 76.4%
2 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 84 107 78.5% 69.8%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 208 315 66.0% 60.6%
4 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
5 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
6 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
7 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 134 242 55.4% 49.1%
8 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 28 44 63.6% 48.9%
9 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
10 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
11 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
12 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
14 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
15 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 68 137 49.6% 41.4%
16 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 22 39 56.4% 41.0%
17 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
18 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 27 50 54.0% 40.4%
19 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 31 59 52.5% 40.0%
20 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 63 130 48.5% 40.0%
21 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 23 43 53.5% 38.9%
22 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 22 42 52.4% 37.7%
23 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
24 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 30 61 49.2% 37.1%
25 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 204 495 41.2% 37.0%
26 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 70 158 44.3% 36.8%
27 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 36 76 47.4% 36.5%
28 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 35 74 47.3% 36.3%
29 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 50 112 44.6% 35.8%
30 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
31 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
32 Wendell Park 22.6 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
33 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 41 93 44.1% 34.4%
34 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
36 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
37 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 17 35 48.6% 33.0%
38 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
39 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 89 231 38.5% 32.5%
40 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
41 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
42 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
43 Inwood Rd. 7.3 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
44 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 60 159 37.7% 30.6%
45 Homestead Park 19.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
46 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
47 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
48 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
49 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
50 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 15 35 42.9% 28.0%
51 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 19 47 40.4% 27.6%
52 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
53 Town Lake Park 23.4 24 64 37.5% 26.7%
54 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
55 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
56 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 66 203 32.5% 26.4%
57 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 26 72 36.1% 26.0%
58 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
59 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
60 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 19 51 37.3% 25.3%
61 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
62 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 31 92 33.7% 24.9%
63 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
64 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
65 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 66 216 30.6% 24.8%
66 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
67 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 18 50 36.0% 24.1%
68 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
69 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
70 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
71 Lake Betz 7.3 58 206 28.2% 22.5%
72 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 20 61 32.8% 22.3%
73 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 25 81 30.9% 21.9%
74 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
75 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
76 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 58 215 27.0% 21.5%
77 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
78 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 54 202 26.7% 21.1%
79 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 74 287 25.8% 21.1%
80 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
81 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
82 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
83 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
84 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
85 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
86 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
87 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
88 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
89 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
90 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
91 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
92 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
93 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 103 450 22.9% 19.2%
94 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
95 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 35 31.4% 18.6%
96 Lake Lynn 7.7 35 143 24.5% 18.2%
97 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
98 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
99 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
100 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
101 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
102 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
103 Bond Park 2.7 24 100 24.0% 16.7%
104 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 15 58 25.9% 16.3%
105 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 13 49 26.5% 16.2%
106 Schenck Forest 3.6 20 84 23.8% 16.0%
107 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
108 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
109 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
110 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 56 25.0% 15.5%
111 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
112 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
113 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
114 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
115 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
116 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
117 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
118 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
119 Pullen Park 6.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
120 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
121 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 33 183 18.0% 13.1%
122 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
123 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 14 68 20.6% 12.7%
124 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
125 Apex Community Park 3.7 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
126 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
127 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
128 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
129 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
130 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
131 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
132 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
133 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 42 306 13.7% 10.3%
134 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
135 White Deer Park 11.6 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
136 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
137 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
138 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
139 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
140 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
141 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
142 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
143 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
144 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
145 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
146 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
147 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
148 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
149 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
150 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
151 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
152 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
153 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
154 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
155 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
156 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 13 87 14.9% 8.9%
157 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
158 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
159 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
160 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
161 Shelley Lake 8.1 10 70 14.3% 7.9%
162 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
163 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 21 184 11.4% 7.6%
164 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
165 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
166 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
167 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
168 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
169 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
170 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
171 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
172 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
173 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
174 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
175 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
176 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
177 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
178 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
179 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
180 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
181 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
182 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
183 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
184 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
185 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
186 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
187 Beaver Marsh 16.7 12 146 8.2% 4.8%
188 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
189 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
190 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
191 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
192 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
193 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
194 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
195 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
196 Lake Benson 11.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
197 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
198 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
199 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
200 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
201 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
202 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
203 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
204 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
205 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
206 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
207 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
208 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
209 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
210 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
211 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
212 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
213 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
214 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
215 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
216 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
217 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
218 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
219 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
220 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
221 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
222 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
223 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
224 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
225 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%