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Where to find Ruby-throated Hummingbird 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 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 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			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	45	62	72.6%	60.4%
2			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	100	150	66.7%	58.8%
3			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	346	617	56.1%	52.1%
4			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
5			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	44	82	53.7%	42.9%
6			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	92	208	44.2%	37.6%
7			Raven Rock SP	23.9	21	42	50.0%	35.5%
8			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	16	31	51.6%	34.8%
9			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
10			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	160	424	37.7%	33.3%
11			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	32	81	39.5%	29.6%
12			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	30	77	39.0%	28.8%
13			White Deer Park	11.6	17	40	42.5%	28.5%
14			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	30	79	38.0%	28.1%
15			Wendell Park	22.6	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
16			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	37	113	32.7%	24.8%
17			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	11	27	40.7%	24.5%
18			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	110	387	28.4%	24.2%
19			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	13	34	38.2%	23.9%
20			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
21			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	19	55	34.5%	23.4%
22			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	33	105	31.4%	23.3%
23			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
24			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	17	49	34.7%	22.9%
25			Bond Park	2.7	50	182	27.5%	21.5%
26			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
27			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
28			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
29			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	8	22	36.4%	19.7%
30			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	15	50	30.0%	19.1%
31			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
32			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
33			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
34			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	14	49	28.6%	17.8%
35			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
36			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	12	43	27.9%	16.7%
37			Schenck Forest	3.6	45	206	21.8%	16.7%
38			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	15	58	25.9%	16.3%
39			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
40			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	13	49	26.5%	16.2%
41			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	19	78	24.4%	16.2%
42			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	12	45	26.7%	16.0%
43			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	98	515	19.0%	15.9%
44			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
45			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	17	72	23.6%	15.3%
46			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
47			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	16	71	22.5%	14.4%
48			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	7	25	28.0%	14.3%
49			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	7	25	28.0%	14.3%
50			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	20	94	21.3%	14.2%
51			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
52			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	13	57	22.8%	13.8%
53			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	9	36	25.0%	13.8%
54			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
55			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	28	147	19.0%	13.5%
56			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	29	154	18.8%	13.4%
57			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	17	82	20.7%	13.4%
58			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
59			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
60			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
61			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
62			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	14	69	20.3%	12.5%
63			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	93	629	14.8%	12.2%
64			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	7	29	24.1%	12.2%
65			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	7	30	23.3%	11.8%
66			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
67			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	10	48	20.8%	11.7%
68			17 Acre Woods	18.0	21	121	17.4%	11.6%
69			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	10	49	20.4%	11.5%
70			Falls Lake	15.1	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
71			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
72			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	11	65	16.9%	9.7%
73			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
74			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
75			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
76			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
77			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
78			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
79			American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
80			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	51	427	11.9%	9.2%
81			Apex Nature Park	8.6	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
82			Ritter Park	4.3	8	49	16.3%	8.5%
83			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
84			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
85			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
86			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
87			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	8	50	16.0%	8.3%
88			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	10	68	14.7%	8.2%
89			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
90			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	30	264	11.4%	8.1%
91			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
92			Shelley Lake	8.1	14	109	12.8%	7.8%
93			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
94			Lake Lynn	7.7	19	164	11.6%	7.5%
95			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	30	283	10.6%	7.5%
96			Eastgate Park	9.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
97			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	27	264	10.2%	7.1%
98			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	7	50	14.0%	7.0%
99			Lake Raleigh	6.0	11	93	11.8%	6.7%
100			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	6	42	14.3%	6.7%
101			Parker Preserve	15.5	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
102			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
103			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
104			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
105			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	5	35	14.3%	6.3%
106			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
107			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
108			Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
109			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
110			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
111			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
112			Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
113			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
114			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	28	334	8.4%	5.9%
115			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
116			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
117			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
118			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
119			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	5	43	11.6%	5.1%
120			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
121			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
122			Fallon park	8.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
123			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
124			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
125			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
126			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
127			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
128			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
129			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
130			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	4	38	10.5%	4.2%
131			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	6	67	9.0%	4.2%
132			Lake Betz	7.3	17	261	6.5%	4.1%
133			Fearrington Village	17.5	5	53	9.4%	4.1%
134			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	4	42	9.5%	3.8%
135			Apex Community Park	3.7	4	42	9.5%	3.8%
136			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
137			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
138			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
139			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	5	60	8.3%	3.6%
140			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	4	47	8.5%	3.4%
141			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
142			Lake Benson	11.9	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
143			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
144			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
145			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
146			Forest Hills Park	15.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
147			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	4	61	6.6%	2.6%
148			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	22	568	3.9%	2.6%
149			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
150			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
151			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
152			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
153			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
154			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
155			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	3	48	6.2%	2.1%
156			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	10	270	3.7%	2.0%
157			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
158			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
159			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
160			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
161			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
162			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
163			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
164			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
165			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
166			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
167			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
168			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
169			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
170			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
171			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
172			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
173			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
174			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
175			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
176			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
177			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
178			Beaver Marsh	16.7	5	194	2.6%	1.1%
179			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	2	50	4.0%	1.1%
180			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	2	52	3.8%	1.1%
181			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
182			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
183			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
184			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
185			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
186			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
187			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
188			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	3	121	2.5%	0.8%
189			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
190			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
191			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
192			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
193			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
194			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
195			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
196			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
197			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	1	62	1.6%	0.3%