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Where to find Purple Martin in July
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 July. 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 3.9 119 163 73.0% 65.7%
2 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
3 Lake Betz 7.3 79 132 59.8% 51.3%
4 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 81 188 43.1% 36.2%
5 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
6 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 67 172 39.0% 32.0%
7 Schenck Forest 3.6 27 71 38.0% 27.6%
8 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 70 214 32.7% 26.8%
9 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
10 Wendell Park 22.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
11 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 24 74 32.4% 22.9%
12 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 16 51 31.4% 20.3%
17 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
18 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 13 50 26.0% 15.9%
19 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
20 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
21 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
22 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
23 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 22 102 21.6% 14.7%
24 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
25 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
26 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
27 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
28 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
29 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
30 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
31 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
32 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
35 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
36 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
37 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
38 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
39 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
40 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 24 255 9.4% 6.4%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
42 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
43 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
44 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
45 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
46 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
47 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
48 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
49 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 7 68 10.3% 5.1%
50 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
51 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
52 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 8 91 8.8% 4.5%
53 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
54 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
55 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
56 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
57 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
58 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
59 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
60 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
61 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
62 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
63 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
64 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 111 5.4% 2.5%
65 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
66 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
67 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
68 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
69 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
70 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
71 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
72 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 4 98 4.1% 1.6%
73 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 70 4.3% 1.5%
74 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 4 111 3.6% 1.4%
75 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
76 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
77 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
78 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
79 Ritter Park 4.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
80 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
81 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 4 221 1.8% 0.7%
82 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 2 89 2.2% 0.6%
83 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
84 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
85 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
86 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
87 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 2 112 1.8% 0.5%
88 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 2 115 1.7% 0.5%
89 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
90 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
91 Lake Lynn 7.7 2 154 1.3% 0.4%
92 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
93 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
94 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 149 0.7% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.