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Where to find Purple Martin in May
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 May. 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	220	264	83.3%	78.4%
2			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	44	62	71.0%	58.7%
3			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	27	42	64.3%	49.2%
4			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	55	121	45.5%	36.9%
5			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
6			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	180	568	31.7%	28.0%
7			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	149	515	28.9%	25.2%
8			South Durham WRF	13.3	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
9			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
10			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
11			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	15	49	30.6%	19.5%
12			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	22	81	27.2%	18.7%
13			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
14			Lake Betz	7.3	58	261	22.2%	17.6%
15			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	14	50	28.0%	17.5%
16			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
17			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	26	113	23.0%	16.2%
18			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
19			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	65	334	19.5%	15.6%
20			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
21			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
22			Schenck Forest	3.6	39	206	18.9%	14.2%
23			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
24			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
25			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
26			Wendell Park	22.6	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
27			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	17	94	18.1%	11.6%
28			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	59	427	13.8%	10.9%
29			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
30			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
31			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
32			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	13	105	12.4%	7.4%
33			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
34			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
35			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
36			Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
37			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	6	48	12.5%	5.9%
38			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
39			Raven Rock SP	23.9	5	42	11.9%	5.2%
40			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
41			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	6	60	10.0%	4.7%
42			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
43			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
44			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
45			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
46			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
47			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	18	270	6.7%	4.3%
48			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
49			Inwood Rd.	7.3	5	58	8.6%	3.7%
50			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
51			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
52			Lake Wheeler	8.2	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
53			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
54			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
55			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
56			Falls Lake	15.1	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
57			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	8	150	5.3%	2.7%
58			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
59			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
60			Apex Community Park	3.7	3	42	7.1%	2.5%
61			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
62			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	14	387	3.6%	2.2%
63			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
64			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
65			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	9	264	3.4%	1.8%
66			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
67			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
68			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	17	617	2.8%	1.7%
69			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
70			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
71			Fallon park	8.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
72			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
73			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	15	629	2.4%	1.5%
74			White Deer Park	11.6	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
75			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
76			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
77			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
78			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
79			Lake Raleigh	6.0	3	93	3.2%	1.1%
80			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
81			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
82			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
83			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	6	283	2.1%	1.0%
84			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
85			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
86			Bond Park	2.7	4	182	2.2%	0.9%
87			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
88			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
89			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	2	69	2.9%	0.8%
90			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	2	72	2.8%	0.8%
91			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	78	2.6%	0.7%
92			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	2	82	2.4%	0.7%
93			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
94			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
95			Lake Lynn	7.7	3	164	1.8%	0.6%
96			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
97			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
98			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
99			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
100			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
101			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
102			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
103			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	5	424	1.2%	0.5%
104			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	3	208	1.4%	0.5%
105			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
106			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
107			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
108			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
109			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
110			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
111			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	1	61	1.6%	0.3%
112			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	1	67	1.5%	0.3%
113			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	1	68	1.5%	0.3%
114			Shelley Lake	8.1	1	109	0.9%	0.2%
115			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	1	147	0.7%	0.1%