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Where to find Turkey Vulture in September
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 September. 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 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 124 156 79.5% 72.5%
2 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 128 176 72.7% 65.7%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 237 337 70.3% 65.2%
4 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 183 263 69.6% 63.8%
5 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 30 39 76.9% 61.7%
6 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 84 130 64.6% 56.1%
7 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 24 33 72.7% 55.8%
8 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 958 1701 56.3% 54.0%
9 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 171 296 57.8% 52.1%
10 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 41 64 64.1% 51.8%
11 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
12 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 91 163 55.8% 48.2%
13 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
14 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 58 104 55.8% 46.2%
15 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
16 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 60 109 55.0% 45.7%
17 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 26 43 60.5% 45.6%
18 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
19 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
20 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
21 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 28 48 58.3% 44.3%
22 Town Lake Park 23.4 19 31 61.3% 43.8%
23 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
24 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 45 83 54.2% 43.5%
25 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
26 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 88 181 48.6% 41.4%
27 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 18 31 58.1% 40.8%
28 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
29 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 19 34 55.9% 39.5%
30 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 62 132 47.0% 38.7%
31 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
32 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
33 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 31 63 49.2% 37.3%
34 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 171 411 41.6% 36.9%
35 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 26 52 50.0% 36.9%
36 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
37 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 63 141 44.7% 36.7%
38 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
39 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
40 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
41 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 92 223 41.3% 35.0%
42 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 75 181 41.4% 34.5%
43 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
44 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
45 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
46 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 36 81 44.4% 34.1%
47 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 31 69 44.9% 33.8%
48 Schenck Forest 3.6 78 195 40.0% 33.4%
49 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
50 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 152 413 36.8% 32.3%
51 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 27 64 42.2% 30.9%
52 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 24 56 42.9% 30.8%
53 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
54 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
55 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
56 Wendell Park 22.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
57 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
58 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
59 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
60 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
61 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
62 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
63 Lake Betz 7.3 82 231 35.5% 29.6%
64 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
65 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 59 164 36.0% 29.0%
66 Lake Lynn 7.7 187 577 32.4% 28.7%
67 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
68 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
69 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 31 83 37.3% 27.7%
70 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
71 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
72 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 37 105 35.2% 26.8%
73 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 31 86 36.0% 26.7%
74 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
75 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
76 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 96 311 30.9% 26.0%
77 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
78 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
79 Apex Community Park 3.7 18 48 37.5% 25.2%
80 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
81 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
82 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
83 Apex Nature Park 8.6 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
84 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 141 497 28.4% 24.6%
85 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
86 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
87 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 28 86 32.6% 23.6%
88 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
89 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
90 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
91 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
92 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
93 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 24 77 31.2% 21.9%
94 Homestead Park 19.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
95 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 15 46 32.6% 20.9%
96 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
97 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
98 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
99 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
100 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 Clayton Community Park 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 32 34.4% 20.4%
112 Williamson Preserve 19.2 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
113 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
114 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
115 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 61 248 24.6% 19.7%
116 Bond Park 2.7 46 181 25.4% 19.6%
117 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 14 45 31.1% 19.5%
118 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
119 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
120 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
121 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 26 98 26.5% 18.8%
122 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
123 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
124 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
125 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
126 Lake Benson 11.9 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
127 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
128 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
129 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
130 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
131 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 32 136 23.5% 17.2%
132 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 12 42 28.6% 17.2%
133 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 13 47 27.7% 16.9%
134 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
135 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 20 83 24.1% 16.2%
136 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 16 64 25.0% 16.0%
137 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
138 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
139 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
140 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
141 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
142 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
143 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
144 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 14 58 24.1% 15.0%
145 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 44 232 19.0% 14.4%
146 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
147 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
148 Shelley Lake 8.1 17 81 21.0% 13.5%
149 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
150 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
151 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
152 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
153 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
154 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
155 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
156 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
157 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
158 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
159 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
160 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
161 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
162 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
163 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
164 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
165 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
166 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
167 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
168 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
169 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
170 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
171 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
172 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
173 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
174 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
175 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
176 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
177 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
178 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
179 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
180 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
181 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
182 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 8 55 14.5% 7.6%
183 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
184 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
185 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
186 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
187 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
188 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
189 White Deer Park 11.6 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
190 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
191 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
192 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 9 75 12.0% 6.4%
193 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
194 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
195 Beaver Marsh 16.7 15 148 10.1% 6.2%
196 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
197 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
198 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
199 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
200 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
201 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
202 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
203 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
204 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
205 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
206 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
207 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
208 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
209 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
210 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
211 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 17 192 8.9% 5.6%
212 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
213 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
214 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
215 17 Acre Woods 18.0 9 95 9.5% 5.1%
216 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 75 9.3% 4.6%
217 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
218 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
219 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
220 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
221 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
222 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
223 Ritter Park 4.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
224 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
225 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
226 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
227 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
228 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
229 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
230 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
231 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
232 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
233 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
234 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
235 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
236 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
237 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
238 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
239 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
240 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
241 Falls Lake 15.1 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
242 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
243 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
244 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
245 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
246 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
247 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%