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Where to find Purple Martin in April
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 Purple Martin in April. 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 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 227 314 72.3% 67.1%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
3 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 22 43 51.2% 36.8%
4 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 30 64 46.9% 35.2%
5 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
6 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
7 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 21 93 22.6% 15.3%
9 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 18 78 23.1% 15.1%
10 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
11 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
12 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 76 465 16.3% 13.3%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 43 274 15.7% 11.9%
14 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
15 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
16 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
17 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 65 564 11.5% 9.1%
18 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 12 84 14.3% 8.4%
19 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 9 62 14.5% 7.8%
20 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
21 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
22 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 14 117 12.0% 7.3%
23 Lake Betz 7.3 30 317 9.5% 6.7%
24 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 13 120 10.8% 6.4%
25 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
26 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
28 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
29 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
30 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 20 219 9.1% 6.0%
31 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 28 369 7.6% 5.3%
32 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
33 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
34 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
35 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 69 8.7% 4.0%
36 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
37 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
38 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
39 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
40 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
41 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 10 155 6.5% 3.5%
42 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
43 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
44 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
45 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 6 96 6.2% 2.9%
46 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
47 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
48 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
49 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
50 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
51 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
52 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 92 4.3% 1.7%
53 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
54 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
55 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
56 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 7 217 3.2% 1.6%
57 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
58 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
59 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
60 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 5 166 3.0% 1.3%
61 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
62 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
63 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
64 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
65 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
66 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
67 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 106 2.8% 1.0%
68 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 109 2.8% 0.9%
69 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
70 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
71 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
72 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 12 845 1.4% 0.8%
73 Lake Raleigh 6.0 3 126 2.4% 0.8%
74 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 6 343 1.7% 0.8%
75 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
76 Lake Benson 11.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
77 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
78 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
79 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
80 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
81 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 9 865 1.0% 0.5%
82 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
83 Lake Lynn 7.7 3 213 1.4% 0.5%
84 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
85 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
86 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 156 1.3% 0.4%
87 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
88 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
89 White Deer Park 11.6 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
90 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
91 Bond Park 2.7 2 195 1.0% 0.3%
92 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
93 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
94 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
95 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
96 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
97 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 2 432 0.5% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relFeb-2021. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Feb 2021.