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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 3.9 263 356 73.9% 69.1%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
3 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 40 61 65.6% 53.0%
4 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 35 71 49.3% 38.0%
5 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
6 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 116 597 19.4% 16.5%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 26 118 22.0% 15.5%
9 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
10 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 18 82 22.0% 14.4%
11 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
12 Schenck Forest 3.6 49 295 16.6% 12.8%
13 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
14 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 87 628 13.9% 11.4%
15 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
16 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 15 85 17.6% 11.0%
17 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
18 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
19 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 13 83 15.7% 9.4%
20 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 14 102 13.7% 8.4%
21 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 18 139 12.9% 8.4%
22 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
23 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 14 120 11.7% 7.1%
24 Lake Betz 7.3 34 355 9.6% 6.9%
25 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
26 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 15 143 10.5% 6.5%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
28 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 69 11.6% 6.0%
29 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 21 238 8.8% 5.8%
30 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
31 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
32 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
33 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
34 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 29 435 6.7% 4.7%
35 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
36 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 8 102 7.8% 4.0%
37 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
38 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
39 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
40 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
41 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
42 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
43 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 10 176 5.7% 3.1%
44 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
45 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
46 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
47 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
48 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
49 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
50 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 113 5.3% 2.5%
51 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
53 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
54 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
55 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
56 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
57 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 8 268 3.0% 1.5%
58 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
59 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
60 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
61 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
62 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
63 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
64 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
65 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 5 173 2.9% 1.2%
66 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
67 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
68 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
69 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
70 Lake Raleigh 6.0 4 158 2.5% 1.0%
71 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
72 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
73 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
74 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
75 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 115 2.6% 0.9%
76 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
77 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 116 2.6% 0.9%
78 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
79 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
80 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
81 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
82 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 133 2.3% 0.8%
83 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 12 899 1.3% 0.8%
84 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 6 390 1.5% 0.7%
85 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
86 Lake Benson 11.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
87 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 11 984 1.1% 0.6%
88 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
89 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
90 Lake Lynn 7.7 4 266 1.5% 0.6%
91 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
92 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
93 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
94 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
95 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
96 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
97 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
98 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
99 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
100 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
101 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 195 1.0% 0.3%
102 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
103 Bond Park 2.7 2 217 0.9% 0.3%
104 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
105 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
106 White Deer Park 11.6 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
107 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
108 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
109 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 114 0.9% 0.2%
110 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
111 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 142 0.7% 0.1%
112 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 2 592 0.3% 0.1%
113 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 1 199 0.5% 0.1%
114 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 1 603 0.2% 0.0%