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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%