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Where to find Ruby-throated Hummingbird in September
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 September. 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 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 72 81 88.9% 80.2%
2 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 129 156 82.7% 76.0%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 442 577 76.6% 73.0%
4 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 75 98 76.5% 67.2%
5 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 212 296 71.6% 66.2%
6 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 28 36 77.8% 61.9%
7 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 59 86 68.6% 58.2%
8 Bond Park 2.7 118 181 65.2% 58.0%
9 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
10 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
11 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 868 1701 51.0% 48.7%
12 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 70 130 53.8% 45.3%
13 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
14 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
15 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 189 413 45.8% 41.0%
16 Wendell Park 22.6 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
17 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 85 181 47.0% 39.8%
18 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
19 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
20 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
21 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
22 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
23 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
24 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 76 181 42.0% 35.0%
25 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 157 411 38.2% 33.6%
27 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 44 104 42.3% 33.3%
28 Apex Nature Park 8.6 15 30 50.0% 33.2%
29 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 96 248 38.7% 32.9%
30 17 Acre Woods 18.0 40 95 42.1% 32.7%
31 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 33 83 39.8% 29.9%
32 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 51 141 36.2% 28.7%
33 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 21 52 40.4% 28.2%
34 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 23 58 39.7% 28.1%
35 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 39 41.0% 27.1%
36 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
37 White Deer Park 11.6 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
38 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 27 75 36.0% 26.1%
39 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
40 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 22 64 34.4% 23.9%
41 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
42 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 28 86 32.6% 23.6%
43 Crowder District Park 6.8 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
44 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
45 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
46 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
47 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
48 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 19 56 33.9% 22.9%
49 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
50 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
51 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
52 Shelley Lake 8.1 24 81 29.6% 20.8%
53 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
54 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 21 70 30.0% 20.5%
59 Apex Community Park 3.7 15 48 31.2% 19.9%
60 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 36 136 26.5% 19.8%
61 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
62 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 107 497 21.5% 18.1%
63 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
64 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
65 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 26 105 24.8% 17.5%
66 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
67 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 21 83 25.3% 17.2%
68 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 43 192 22.4% 17.1%
69 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 50 232 21.6% 16.7%
70 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
71 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
72 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 13 49 26.5% 16.2%
73 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 46 223 20.6% 15.8%
74 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
75 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
76 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
77 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
78 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
79 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
80 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
81 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
82 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
83 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 60 337 17.8% 14.1%
84 Indian Trail Park 18.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
85 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
86 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
87 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
88 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
89 Schenck Forest 3.6 36 195 18.5% 13.6%
90 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 30 163 18.4% 13.2%
91 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
92 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 21 109 19.3% 13.0%
93 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 15 77 19.5% 12.2%
94 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
95 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 26 164 15.9% 11.1%
96 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
97 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
98 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
99 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
100 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
101 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
102 Lake Betz 7.3 32 231 13.9% 10.0%
103 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
104 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
105 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
106 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
107 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
108 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
109 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
110 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
111 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
112 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
113 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
114 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
115 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
116 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
117 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
118 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
119 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
120 Northgate Park 17.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
121 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
122 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
123 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
124 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 34 311 10.9% 7.9%
125 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
126 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
127 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
128 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 27 263 10.3% 7.2%
129 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
130 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
131 Town Lake Park 23.4 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
132 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
133 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
134 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
135 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 14 132 10.6% 6.4%
136 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
137 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
138 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
139 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
140 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
141 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
142 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
143 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
144 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
145 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 8 69 11.6% 6.0%
146 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
147 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
148 Ritter Park 4.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
149 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
150 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
151 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
152 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
153 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
154 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
155 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
156 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
157 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
158 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
159 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
160 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
161 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
162 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
163 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
164 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
165 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 12 176 6.8% 3.9%
166 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
167 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
168 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
169 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
170 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
171 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
172 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
173 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 83 7.2% 3.4%
174 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
175 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
176 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
177 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
178 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
179 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
180 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
181 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
182 Lake Benson 11.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
183 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
184 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
185 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
186 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
187 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
188 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
189 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
190 Beaver Marsh 16.7 6 148 4.1% 1.9%
191 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
192 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
193 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
194 Homestead Park 19.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
195 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
196 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
197 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
198 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
199 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
200 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
201 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
202 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
203 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
204 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
205 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
206 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
207 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 28 3.6% 0.6%