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Where to find Eastern Towhee 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 Eastern Towhee 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 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 29 31 93.5% 79.3%
2 17 Acre Woods 18.0 103 121 85.1% 77.7%
3 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 341 424 80.4% 76.4%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 206 264 78.0% 72.7%
5 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
6 Higgins Greenway 1.2 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
7 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 30 35 85.7% 70.6%
8 Schenck Forest 3.6 156 206 75.7% 69.4%
9 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 88 113 77.9% 69.4%
10 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 22 26 84.6% 66.5%
11 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 200 283 70.7% 65.1%
12 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 33 43 76.7% 62.3%
13 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 29 38 76.3% 60.8%
14 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 37 50 74.0% 60.4%
15 Lake Lynn 7.7 111 164 67.7% 60.2%
16 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 137 208 65.9% 59.2%
17 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 31 42 73.8% 58.9%
18 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
19 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
20 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
21 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 33 48 68.8% 54.7%
22 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 50 78 64.1% 53.0%
23 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 20 28 71.4% 52.9%
24 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
25 Bond Park 2.7 109 182 59.9% 52.6%
26 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 39 61 63.9% 51.4%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
28 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
29 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
30 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
31 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
32 Lake Raleigh 6.0 54 93 58.1% 47.9%
33 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 54 94 57.4% 47.4%
34 Fearrington Village 17.5 32 53 60.4% 46.9%
35 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
36 Fallon park 8.1 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
37 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 16 24 66.7% 46.7%
38 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
39 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
40 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 21 34 61.8% 45.0%
41 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
42 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
43 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
44 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
45 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
46 Ritter Park 4.3 28 49 57.1% 43.3%
47 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 16 26 61.5% 42.5%
48 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
49 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 290 629 46.1% 42.2%
50 White Deer Park 11.6 23 40 57.5% 42.2%
51 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
52 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 72 150 48.0% 40.2%
53 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
54 Indian Trail Park 18.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
55 Shelley Lake 8.1 52 109 47.7% 38.6%
56 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
57 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
58 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
59 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
60 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 39 82 47.6% 37.1%
61 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
62 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
63 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
64 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
65 Homestead Park 19.3 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
66 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
67 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
68 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 24 50 48.0% 34.8%
69 Bethesda Park 11.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
70 Coker Pinetum 16.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
71 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
72 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 14 27 51.9% 34.0%
73 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
74 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 63 154 40.9% 33.5%
75 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 229 617 37.1% 33.4%
76 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 15 30 50.0% 33.2%
77 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
78 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 20 43 46.5% 32.5%
79 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 33 79 41.8% 31.5%
80 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 21 47 44.7% 31.4%
81 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
82 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 15 32 46.9% 30.9%
83 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
84 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
85 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 32 81 39.5% 29.6%
86 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 21 50 42.0% 29.4%
87 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 92 264 34.8% 29.4%
88 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 27 69 39.1% 28.5%
89 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 28 72 38.9% 28.5%
90 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
91 Strickland Park 8.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
92 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
93 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 24 62 38.7% 27.6%
94 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 18 48 37.5% 25.2%
95 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
96 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
97 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
98 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 143 515 27.8% 24.1%
99 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
100 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
101 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
102 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
103 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
104 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
105 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
106 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
107 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
108 Apex Community Park 3.7 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
109 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
110 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 19 60 31.7% 21.3%
111 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
112 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
113 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
114 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 20 65 30.8% 20.9%
115 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
116 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
117 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
118 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Beaver Marsh 16.7 51 194 26.3% 20.6%
129 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 23 82 28.0% 19.5%
130 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
131 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
132 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
133 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
134 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
135 Forest Hills Park 15.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
136 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
137 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
138 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 20 77 26.0% 17.5%
139 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 72 334 21.6% 17.5%
140 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
141 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
142 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
143 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
144 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
145 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
146 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 33 147 22.4% 16.5%
147 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
148 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 15 62 24.2% 15.2%
149 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
150 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
151 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
152 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
153 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
154 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
155 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
156 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 101 568 17.8% 14.9%
157 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
158 Falls Lake 15.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
159 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
160 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
161 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 22 105 21.0% 14.3%
162 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
163 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
164 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 14 67 20.9% 12.9%
165 Northgate Park 17.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
166 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
167 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
168 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
169 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
170 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
171 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 13 68 19.1% 11.5%
172 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
173 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 10 50 20.0% 11.2%
174 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
175 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
176 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
177 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
178 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
179 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
180 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
181 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
182 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
183 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
184 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
185 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
191 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
192 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
195 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
196 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
197 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
198 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
199 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 42 387 10.9% 8.1%
200 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
201 Lake Betz 7.3 29 261 11.1% 7.8%
202 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
203 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
204 Pullen Park 6.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
205 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
206 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
207 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
208 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
209 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
210 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
211 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 9 71 12.7% 6.8%
212 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 39 427 9.1% 6.8%
213 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
214 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
215 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
216 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
217 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
218 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
219 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
220 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
221 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
222 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
223 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
224 Duke Park 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
226 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
227 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
228 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
229 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
230 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
231 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
232 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
233 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
234 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
235 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
236 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
237 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 10 121 8.3% 4.6%
241 Wendell Park 22.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
242 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
243 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
244 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
245 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
246 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
247 Lake Benson 11.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
248 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
249 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
250 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
251 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
252 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
253 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
254 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
255 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 13 270 4.8% 2.8%
256 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
257 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
258 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
259 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
260 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
261 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
262 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
263 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
264 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
265 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
266 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
267 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
268 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
269 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
270 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
271 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
272 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
273 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relFeb-2021. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Feb 2021.