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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 18.2 121 152 79.6% 72.5%
2 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 121 165 73.3% 66.1%
3 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 133 192 69.3% 62.4%
4 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 165 242 68.2% 62.1%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 73 111 65.8% 56.5%
6 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
7 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 742 1293 57.4% 54.7%
8 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 23 32 71.9% 54.6%
9 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 23 32 71.9% 54.6%
10 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 40 61 65.6% 53.0%
11 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 152 261 58.2% 52.2%
12 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
13 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
14 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 90 160 56.2% 48.5%
15 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 57 100 57.0% 47.2%
16 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
17 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
18 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
19 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
20 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 23 38 60.5% 44.7%
21 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
22 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 48 88 54.5% 44.2%
23 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
24 Lee Game Land 22.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
25 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
26 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
27 Town Lake Park 23.4 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
28 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
29 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 39 74 52.7% 41.5%
30 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
31 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
32 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
33 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
34 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 51 110 46.4% 37.3%
35 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 165 392 42.1% 37.3%
36 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 68 152 44.7% 37.1%
37 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
38 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 86 210 41.0% 34.5%
39 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
40 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
41 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
42 Schenck Forest 3.6 76 189 40.2% 33.5%
43 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 23 50 46.0% 33.0%
44 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 22 48 45.8% 32.6%
45 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 135 371 36.4% 31.7%
46 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
47 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
48 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
49 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
50 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
51 Wendell Park 22.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
52 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
53 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
54 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
55 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
56 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
57 Lake Betz 7.3 77 219 35.2% 29.1%
58 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
59 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
60 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
61 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 45 122 36.9% 28.8%
62 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 33 87 37.9% 28.5%
63 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
64 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
65 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
66 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 29 77 37.7% 27.7%
67 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 15 36 41.7% 27.1%
68 Lake Lynn 7.7 117 373 31.4% 26.9%
69 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
70 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 35 100 35.0% 26.4%
71 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
72 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
73 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 93 305 30.5% 25.6%
74 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
75 Apex Nature Park 8.6 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
76 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
77 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
78 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 21 59 35.6% 24.6%
79 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
80 Apex Community Park 3.7 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
81 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 20 57 35.1% 24.0%
82 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 23 68 33.8% 23.7%
83 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
84 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
85 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 129 471 27.4% 23.6%
86 Williamson Preserve 19.2 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
87 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 22 67 32.8% 22.8%
88 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
89 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
90 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
91 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 60 224 26.8% 21.4%
92 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
93 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
94 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
95 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
96 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
97 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
98 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 11 32 34.4% 20.4%
107 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
108 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
109 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
110 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
111 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
112 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
113 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
114 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
115 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
116 Bond Park 2.7 38 157 24.2% 18.2%
117 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 20 77 26.0% 17.5%
118 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
119 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 12 42 28.6% 17.2%
120 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 16 60 26.7% 17.1%
121 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
122 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
123 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
124 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
125 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 25 109 22.9% 16.0%
126 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 20 84 23.8% 16.0%
127 Homestead Park 19.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
128 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
129 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 13 51 25.5% 15.5%
130 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
131 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
132 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
133 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
134 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
135 Lake Benson 11.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
136 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
137 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
138 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 40 214 18.7% 14.0%
139 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
140 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
141 Shelley Lake 8.1 13 58 22.4% 13.6%
142 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
143 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
144 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
145 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
146 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
147 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
148 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
149 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
150 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
151 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
152 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
153 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
154 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
155 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
156 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
157 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
158 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
159 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
160 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
161 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
162 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
163 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 9 52 17.3% 9.4%
164 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 7 41 17.1% 8.5%
165 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
166 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
167 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
168 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
169 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
170 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
171 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
172 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
173 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
174 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
175 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
176 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
177 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
178 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 9 75 12.0% 6.4%
179 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
180 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
181 Beaver Marsh 16.7 15 148 10.1% 6.2%
182 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
183 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
184 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
185 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
189 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
190 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
191 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
192 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
193 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
194 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
195 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
196 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
197 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
198 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
199 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
200 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 14 154 9.1% 5.5%
201 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 65 10.8% 5.3%
202 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
203 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
205 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
206 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
207 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
208 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
209 White Deer Park 11.6 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
210 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
211 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
212 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
213 17 Acre Woods 18.0 7 89 7.9% 3.9%
214 Ritter Park 4.3 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
215 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
216 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
217 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
218 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
219 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
220 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
221 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
222 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
223 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
224 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
225 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
226 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
227 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
228 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
229 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
230 Falls Lake 15.1 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
231 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
232 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%