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Where to find Ruby-throated Hummingbird in April
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 Ruby-throated Hummingbird in April. 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 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
2 River Forest Park 20.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
3 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
4 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
5 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
6 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 216 899 24.0% 21.3%
7 Clayton Community Park 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
9 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 22 83 26.5% 18.2%
10 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 29 115 25.2% 18.2%
11 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 60 268 22.4% 17.8%
12 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 13 45 28.9% 17.7%
13 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
14 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
15 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
16 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
17 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
18 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 19 84 22.6% 15.0%
19 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 39 199 19.6% 14.7%
20 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
21 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 21 114 18.4% 12.4%
22 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 21 116 18.1% 12.2%
23 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 87 603 14.4% 11.8%
24 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 23 133 17.3% 11.8%
25 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
26 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
27 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
28 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 23 142 16.2% 11.0%
29 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
30 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 11 68 16.2% 9.3%
31 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 61 16.4% 9.2%
32 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
33 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
34 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 13 87 14.9% 8.9%
35 Ritter Park 4.3 18 132 13.6% 8.8%
36 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 16 118 13.6% 8.5%
37 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 62 592 10.5% 8.3%
38 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
39 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
40 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 96 984 9.8% 8.1%
41 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
42 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
43 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
44 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 67 13.4% 7.2%
45 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 19 173 11.0% 7.1%
46 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 69 13.0% 7.0%
47 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
48 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
49 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
50 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
51 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 48 628 7.6% 5.8%
52 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 84 10.7% 5.7%
53 White Deer Park 11.6 8 73 11.0% 5.7%
54 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
55 Bond Park 2.7 18 217 8.3% 5.3%
56 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
57 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
58 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
59 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
60 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 8 87 9.2% 4.7%
61 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
62 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
63 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
64 Schenck Forest 3.6 20 295 6.8% 4.4%
65 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 78 9.0% 4.4%
66 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
67 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
68 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
69 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
70 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 9 122 7.4% 3.9%
71 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
72 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
73 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
75 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
76 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
77 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
78 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
79 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 12 195 6.2% 3.6%
80 Parker Preserve 15.5 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
81 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
82 17 Acre Woods 18.0 9 139 6.5% 3.4%
83 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 82 7.3% 3.4%
84 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
85 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
86 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 6 92 6.5% 3.0%
87 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
88 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
89 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
90 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 7 121 5.8% 2.8%
91 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
92 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
93 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
94 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
95 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 16 390 4.1% 2.5%
96 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
97 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
98 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
99 Lake Lynn 7.7 11 266 4.1% 2.3%
100 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
101 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 10 238 4.2% 2.3%
102 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
103 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 7 156 4.5% 2.2%
104 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 134 4.5% 2.1%
105 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 105 4.8% 2.1%
106 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 5 108 4.6% 2.0%
107 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 139 4.3% 2.0%
108 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
109 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
110 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
111 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
112 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 17 597 2.8% 1.8%
113 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
114 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
115 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
116 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
117 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
118 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
119 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
120 Homestead Park 19.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
121 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
122 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
123 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
124 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
125 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
126 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
127 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
128 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
129 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
130 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 10 435 2.3% 1.3%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
132 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
133 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
134 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
135 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
136 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
137 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
138 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
139 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
140 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
141 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
142 Lake Betz 7.3 7 355 2.0% 1.0%
143 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
144 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
145 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
146 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
147 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
148 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
149 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
150 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
151 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
152 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 143 2.1% 0.7%
153 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
154 Beaver Marsh 16.7 5 330 1.5% 0.6%
155 Lake Raleigh 6.0 3 158 1.9% 0.6%
156 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
157 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
158 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
159 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
160 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 102 2.0% 0.5%
161 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
162 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
163 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 4 356 1.1% 0.4%
164 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
165 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 143 1.4% 0.4%
166 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
167 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
168 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
169 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
170 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
171 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
172 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 120 0.8% 0.1%