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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 3.9 255 300 85.0% 80.5%
2 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 51 66 77.3% 65.8%
3 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 50 68 73.5% 62.0%
4 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 57 129 44.2% 35.9%
5 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 207 624 33.2% 29.6%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
7 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 206 676 30.5% 27.1%
8 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 57 33.3% 22.5%
9 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 South Durham WRF 13.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
11 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
12 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 17 62 27.4% 17.9%
13 Lake Betz 7.3 62 285 21.8% 17.4%
14 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
15 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 25 107 23.4% 16.4%
16 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 31 139 22.3% 16.2%
17 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 75 384 19.5% 15.9%
18 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
19 Schenck Forest 3.6 43 216 19.9% 15.1%
20 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
21 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 26 126 20.6% 14.5%
22 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
23 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
24 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 74 450 16.4% 13.3%
25 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 77 489 15.7% 12.8%
26 Wendell Park 22.6 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
27 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
28 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
29 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
30 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
32 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 54 14.8% 7.7%
33 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
34 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 10 79 12.7% 7.0%
35 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
36 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
37 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
38 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 14 144 9.7% 5.9%
39 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
40 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
41 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 53 11.3% 5.3%
42 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
43 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
44 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
45 Fallon park 8.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
46 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
47 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
48 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
49 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
50 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 62 8.1% 3.5%
51 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
52 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
53 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
54 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
55 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
56 Falls Lake 15.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
57 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
58 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
59 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
60 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 18 513 3.5% 2.2%
61 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
62 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 8 199 4.0% 2.1%
63 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
64 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
65 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
66 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 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 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
69 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
70 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 10 314 3.2% 1.7%
71 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 18 680 2.6% 1.7%
72 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
73 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 18 755 2.4% 1.5%
74 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
75 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
76 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
77 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
78 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
79 Lake Raleigh 6.0 4 119 3.4% 1.3%
80 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
81 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 88 3.4% 1.2%
82 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
83 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
84 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
85 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
86 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
87 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
88 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 6 309 1.9% 0.9%
89 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
90 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
91 White Deer Park 11.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
92 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
93 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
94 Bond Park 2.7 4 199 2.0% 0.8%
95 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
96 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
97 Lake Lynn 7.7 4 211 1.9% 0.7%
98 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
99 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
100 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 4 233 1.7% 0.7%
101 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
102 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 2 86 2.3% 0.6%
103 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
104 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
105 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
106 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
107 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
108 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
109 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
110 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 7 616 1.1% 0.6%
111 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
112 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
113 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
114 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
115 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
116 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
117 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
118 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
119 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
120 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
121 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
122 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
123 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
124 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
125 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 1 152 0.7% 0.1%