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Where to find Ruby-throated Hummingbird in August
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 August. 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 80 81 98.8% 93.3%
2 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 41 47 87.2% 74.8%
3 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 86 107 80.4% 71.9%
4 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 98 137 71.5% 63.5%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 127 183 69.4% 62.4%
7 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 55 76 72.4% 61.4%
8 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
9 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 308 495 62.2% 57.9%
11 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
12 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
13 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 36 58 62.1% 49.2%
14 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 21 32 65.6% 48.3%
15 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 121 231 52.4% 46.0%
16 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 85 159 53.5% 45.7%
17 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 38 66 57.6% 45.6%
18 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
19 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 41 74 55.4% 44.1%
20 Lake Lynn 7.7 73 143 51.0% 42.9%
21 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 33 61 54.1% 41.7%
22 Bond Park 2.7 51 100 51.0% 41.3%
23 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
24 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
25 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 132 287 46.0% 40.3%
26 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
27 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 106 242 43.8% 37.7%
28 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 70 158 44.3% 36.8%
29 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
30 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 22 44 50.0% 35.8%
31 Wendell Park 22.6 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
32 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 90 216 41.7% 35.3%
33 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
34 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 80 203 39.4% 32.9%
35 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
36 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
37 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
38 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
39 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 22 51 43.1% 30.5%
40 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 78 215 36.3% 30.1%
41 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
42 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 71 202 35.1% 28.9%
43 Lake Betz 7.3 72 206 35.0% 28.8%
44 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
45 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
46 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
47 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
48 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
49 Dorothea Dix 6.6 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
50 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
51 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 17 46 37.0% 24.5%
52 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 15 40 37.5% 24.2%
53 Schenck Forest 3.6 28 84 33.3% 24.2%
54 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 18 50 36.0% 24.1%
55 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 88 306 28.8% 24.0%
56 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
57 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
58 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
59 Shelley Lake 8.1 22 70 31.4% 21.8%
60 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
61 Homestead Park 19.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
62 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 82 315 26.0% 21.5%
63 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
64 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
65 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
66 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
67 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
68 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
69 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 36 130 27.7% 20.7%
70 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
71 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
72 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
73 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
74 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
75 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
76 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
77 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
78 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
79 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
80 Parker Preserve 15.5 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
81 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
82 Apex Community Park 3.7 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
83 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 20 68 29.4% 19.9%
84 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
85 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
86 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
87 17 Acre Woods 18.0 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
88 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 24 93 25.8% 18.0%
89 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
90 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
91 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
92 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
93 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 56 25.0% 15.5%
94 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
95 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
96 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
97 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
98 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
99 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
100 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
101 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
102 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
103 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
104 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
105 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
106 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
107 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
108 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
109 White Deer Park 11.6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
110 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
111 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
112 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
113 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
114 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
115 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 16 92 17.4% 11.0%
116 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
117 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
118 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 28 184 15.2% 10.7%
119 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 18 112 16.1% 10.4%
120 Town Lake Park 23.4 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
121 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
122 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
123 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
124 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
125 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
126 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
127 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
128 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
129 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
130 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
131 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
132 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
133 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
134 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
135 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
136 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 46 450 10.2% 7.8%
137 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 11 87 12.6% 7.2%
138 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
139 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
140 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
141 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
142 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
143 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
144 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
145 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
146 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
147 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
148 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
149 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
150 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 59 10.2% 4.7%
151 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
152 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
153 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
154 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
155 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
156 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
157 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
158 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
159 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
160 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
161 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
162 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
163 Lake Benson 11.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
164 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
165 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
166 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
167 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
168 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
169 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
170 Beaver Marsh 16.7 9 146 6.2% 3.3%
171 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
172 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
173 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
174 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
175 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
176 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
177 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
178 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
179 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
180 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
182 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
183 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
184 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
185 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
186 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
187 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
188 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
189 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
190 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
191 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
192 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
193 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
194 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
195 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
196 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
197 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
198 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
199 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
200 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
201 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
202 Ritter Park 4.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
203 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
204 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
205 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
206 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
207 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
208 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
209 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
210 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
211 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
212 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
213 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
214 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
215 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%