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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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 80 87 92.0% 84.3%
2 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 127 152 83.6% 76.8%
3 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 32 36 88.9% 74.7%
4 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 66 84 78.6% 68.7%
5 Lake Lynn 7.7 266 374 71.1% 66.3%
6 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 187 261 71.6% 65.9%
7 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 26 34 76.5% 60.0%
8 Bond Park 2.7 105 157 66.9% 59.2%
9 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 47 67 70.1% 58.3%
10 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
11 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 17 25 68.0% 48.4%
12 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 638 1292 49.4% 46.7%
13 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
14 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 56 111 50.5% 41.3%
15 Wendell Park 22.6 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
16 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
17 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 162 371 43.7% 38.7%
18 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
19 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
20 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 68 151 45.0% 37.3%
21 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
22 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 93 224 41.5% 35.3%
23 Apex Nature Park 8.6 15 29 51.7% 34.4%
24 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 17 Acre Woods 18.0 39 89 43.8% 34.0%
27 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 149 392 38.0% 33.3%
28 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 38 88 43.2% 33.3%
29 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
30 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 22 51 43.1% 30.5%
31 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 47 122 38.5% 30.4%
32 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 31 77 40.3% 30.0%
33 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
34 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
35 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
36 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 40 110 36.4% 28.0%
37 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 38 42.1% 27.9%
38 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
39 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 27 75 36.0% 26.1%
40 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
41 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 21 57 36.8% 25.5%
42 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 22 61 36.1% 25.2%
43 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
44 Apex Community Park 3.7 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
45 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
46 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
47 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
49 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 32 34.4% 20.4%
50 White Deer Park 11.6 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
51 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 15 48 31.2% 19.9%
52 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 30 110 27.3% 19.8%
53 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 16 53 30.2% 19.5%
54 Shelley Lake 8.1 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
55 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
56 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
57 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 12 39 30.8% 18.6%
58 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 100 471 21.2% 17.8%
59 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 20 77 26.0% 17.5%
60 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
61 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
62 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 46 214 21.5% 16.5%
63 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
64 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 51 243 21.0% 16.3%
65 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
66 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 34 154 22.1% 16.3%
67 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 43 210 20.5% 15.6%
68 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
69 Indian Trail Park 18.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
70 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
71 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
72 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
73 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
74 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
75 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 15 68 22.1% 13.8%
76 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
77 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
78 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
79 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
80 Schenck Forest 3.6 35 189 18.5% 13.6%
81 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 30 160 18.8% 13.5%
82 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 13 59 22.0% 13.4%
83 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 20 100 20.0% 13.3%
84 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
85 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
86 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
87 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 10 50 20.0% 11.2%
88 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
89 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
90 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
91 Lake Betz 7.3 30 219 13.7% 9.8%
92 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
93 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
94 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
95 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
96 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
97 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
98 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
99 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
100 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
101 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
102 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
103 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
104 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
105 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
106 Northgate Park 17.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
107 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
108 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
109 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
110 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
111 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 33 305 10.8% 7.8%
112 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 13 100 13.0% 7.8%
113 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
114 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
115 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
116 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
117 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
118 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
119 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
120 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
121 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
122 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 20 192 10.4% 6.8%
123 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
124 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
125 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
126 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
127 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
128 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
129 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
130 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
131 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
132 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
133 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
134 Ritter Park 4.3 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
135 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
136 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
137 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
138 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
139 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
140 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
141 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
142 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
143 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
144 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
145 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
146 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
147 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
148 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
149 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
150 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
151 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
152 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
153 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
154 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
155 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 11 164 6.7% 3.8%
156 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 74 8.1% 3.8%
157 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
158 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
159 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
160 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
161 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
162 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
163 Lake Benson 11.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
164 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
165 Lake Raleigh 6.0 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
166 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
167 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
168 Homestead Park 19.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
169 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
170 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
171 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
172 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
173 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
174 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
175 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
176 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
177 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
178 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
179 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
180 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
181 Beaver Marsh 16.7 6 148 4.1% 1.9%
182 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
183 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
184 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
185 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
186 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
187 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
188 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
189 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
190 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
191 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
192 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 32 3.1% 0.6%