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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 3.9 152 197 77.2% 70.8%
2 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
3 Lake Betz 7.3 87 145 60.0% 51.9%
4 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 99 214 46.3% 39.7%
5 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 86 214 40.2% 33.8%
6 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
7 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 32 82 39.0% 29.2%
8 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 71 220 32.3% 26.4%
9 Schenck Forest 3.6 27 74 36.5% 26.4%
10 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
11 Wendell Park 22.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
12 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 22 75 29.3% 20.2%
17 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
18 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
19 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
20 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 16 62 25.8% 16.6%
21 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 12 45 26.7% 16.0%
22 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
23 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
24 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
25 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 25 135 18.5% 12.9%
26 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
27 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
28 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
29 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
30 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
31 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
32 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
33 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
36 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
37 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
38 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
39 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
40 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
41 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
42 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
43 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
44 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
45 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
47 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
48 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 95 10.5% 5.8%
49 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 25 296 8.4% 5.8%
50 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 10 96 10.4% 5.8%
51 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
52 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
53 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 7 72 9.7% 4.8%
54 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
55 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
56 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
57 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
58 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
59 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
60 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
61 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
62 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
63 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
64 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
65 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
66 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
67 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
68 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
69 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
70 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
71 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 124 4.8% 2.2%
72 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
73 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
74 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
75 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 8 248 3.2% 1.6%
76 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
77 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
78 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
79 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
80 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 71 4.2% 1.4%
81 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
82 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 4 118 3.4% 1.3%
83 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 4 119 3.4% 1.3%
84 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
85 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
86 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
87 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
88 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
89 Ritter Park 4.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
90 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
91 Lake Lynn 7.7 4 182 2.2% 0.9%
92 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
93 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
94 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
95 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 3 152 2.0% 0.7%
96 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
97 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
98 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
99 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
100 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 2 150 1.3% 0.4%
101 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
102 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
103 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
104 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
105 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
106 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 146 0.7% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.