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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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 132 201 65.7% 58.9%
2 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 381 681 55.9% 52.2%
3 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
5 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 46 86 53.5% 43.0%
6 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 98 233 42.1% 35.9%
7 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
8 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
9 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 17 34 50.0% 34.1%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 231 616 37.5% 33.8%
11 Raven Rock SP 23.9 22 53 41.5% 29.3%
12 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 34 89 38.2% 28.8%
13 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 40 111 36.0% 27.7%
14 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 39 108 36.1% 27.7%
15 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 25 70 35.7% 25.5%
16 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
17 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
18 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
19 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 145 513 28.3% 24.5%
20 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 45 145 31.0% 24.1%
21 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 39 126 31.0% 23.5%
22 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 19 55 34.5% 23.4%
23 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 21 64 32.8% 22.6%
24 White Deer Park 11.6 21 64 32.8% 22.6%
25 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
26 Wendell Park 22.6 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
27 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 39 139 28.1% 21.3%
28 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 27 92 29.3% 21.0%
29 Bond Park 2.7 53 199 26.6% 21.0%
30 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
31 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
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 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 132 626 21.1% 18.1%
35 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 17 62 27.4% 17.9%
36 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
37 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
38 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 20 76 26.3% 17.7%
39 Schenck Forest 3.6 49 217 22.6% 17.5%
40 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
41 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
42 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
43 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 15 57 26.3% 16.6%
44 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 15 57 26.3% 16.6%
45 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
46 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
47 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
48 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
49 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 30 152 19.7% 14.2%
50 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
51 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
52 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
53 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
54 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 32 172 18.6% 13.5%
55 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 14 65 21.5% 13.3%
56 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
57 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
58 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
59 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 18 89 20.2% 13.2%
60 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
61 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 117 755 15.5% 13.1%
62 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 19 101 18.8% 12.4%
63 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
64 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
65 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
66 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
67 17 Acre Woods 18.0 23 134 17.2% 11.7%
68 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 14 76 18.4% 11.3%
69 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 10 52 19.2% 10.8%
70 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
71 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
72 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 10 54 18.5% 10.4%
73 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
74 Falls Lake 15.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
75 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
76 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 61 491 12.4% 9.8%
77 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
78 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 12 74 16.2% 9.5%
79 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
80 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Lake Raleigh 6.0 17 121 14.0% 9.0%
85 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
86 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 37 314 11.8% 8.7%
87 Shelley Lake 8.1 18 134 13.4% 8.7%
88 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
89 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 9 59 15.3% 8.2%
90 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
91 Ritter Park 4.3 8 51 15.7% 8.2%
92 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
93 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
94 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 9 62 14.5% 7.8%
95 Lake Lynn 7.7 24 211 11.4% 7.8%
96 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 32 300 10.7% 7.7%
97 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
98 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
99 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 9 66 13.6% 7.3%
100 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
101 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 38 384 9.9% 7.3%
102 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 31 309 10.0% 7.2%
103 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
104 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
105 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
106 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
107 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
108 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
109 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
112 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
113 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
114 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
115 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 9 79 11.4% 6.1%
116 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
117 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
118 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
119 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
120 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 9 88 10.2% 5.5%
121 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
122 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
123 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
124 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
125 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
126 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
127 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
128 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
129 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
130 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
131 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
132 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
133 Lake Benson 11.9 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
134 Fearrington Village 17.5 6 63 9.5% 4.4%
135 Fallon park 8.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
136 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
137 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
138 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
139 Lake Betz 7.3 17 285 6.0% 3.8%
140 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
141 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
142 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
143 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
144 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
145 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
146 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 6 77 7.8% 3.6%
147 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
148 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
149 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
150 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
151 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
152 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
153 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
154 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
155 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
156 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
157 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
158 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
159 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 24 681 3.5% 2.4%
160 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
161 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
162 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
163 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
164 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
165 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
166 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
167 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 80 5.0% 2.0%
168 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
169 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
170 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
171 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
172 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
173 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 13 450 2.9% 1.7%
174 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
175 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
176 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
177 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
178 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
179 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
180 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
181 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
182 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
183 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
184 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
185 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
186 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
187 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
188 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
189 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
190 Beaver Marsh 16.7 5 199 2.5% 1.1%
191 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
192 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
193 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
194 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
195 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
196 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
197 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
198 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
199 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
200 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
201 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
202 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 129 2.3% 0.8%
203 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
204 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
205 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
206 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
207 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
208 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
209 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
210 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
211 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
212 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 68 1.5% 0.3%