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Where to find Dark-eyed Junco in December
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 Dark-eyed Junco in December. 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	30	34	88.2%	73.4%
2			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	31	37	83.8%	68.9%
3			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	50	63	79.4%	67.8%
4			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	11	12	91.7%	64.6%
5			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	58	83	69.9%	59.3%
6			Homestead Park	19.3	11	13	84.6%	57.8%
7			Dorothea Dix	6.6	13	16	81.2%	57.0%
8			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
9			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	35	51	68.6%	55.0%
10			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	14	18	77.8%	54.8%
11			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	154	255	60.4%	54.3%
12			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	29	42	69.0%	54.0%
13			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
14			Strickland Park	8.9	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
15			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
16			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	108	188	57.4%	50.3%
17			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
18			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	160	290	55.2%	49.4%
19			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	13	18	72.2%	49.1%
20			Schenck Forest	3.6	71	123	57.7%	48.9%
21			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	73	130	56.2%	47.6%
22			Bond Park	2.7	55	97	56.7%	46.8%
23			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	17	26	65.4%	46.2%
24			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	13	19	68.4%	46.0%
25			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	34	58	58.6%	45.8%
26			Lake Benson	11.9	41	72	56.9%	45.4%
27			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	140	273	51.3%	45.4%
28			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	15	23	65.2%	44.9%
29			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
30			Coker Pinetum	16.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
31			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
32			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	27	47	57.4%	43.3%
33			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	182	384	47.4%	42.5%
34			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	25	44	56.8%	42.2%
35			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	22	38	57.9%	42.2%
36			White Deer Park	11.6	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
37			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	12	19	63.2%	41.0%
38			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	21	37	56.8%	40.9%
39			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
40			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
41			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
42			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	78	173	45.1%	37.9%
43			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
44			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	24	47	51.1%	37.2%
45			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	13	23	56.5%	36.8%
46			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
47			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
48			Ritter Park	4.3	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
49			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
50			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	17	33	51.5%	35.2%
51			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
52			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
53			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
54			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
55			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	23	49	46.9%	33.7%
56			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	82	206	39.8%	33.4%
57			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	24	52	46.2%	33.3%
58			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
59			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	11	21	52.4%	32.4%
60			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	13	26	50.0%	32.1%
61			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
62			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
63			Town Lake Park	23.4	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
64			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	13	27	48.1%	30.7%
65			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
66			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	50	130	38.5%	30.5%
67			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
68			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
69			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	23	56	41.1%	29.2%
70			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
71			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	15	34	44.1%	28.9%
72			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	21	51	41.2%	28.8%
73			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	22	57	38.6%	27.1%
74			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	53	156	34.0%	27.0%
75			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
76			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
77			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
78			Wendell Park	22.6	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
79			Parker Preserve	15.5	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
80			Shelley Lake	8.1	38	109	34.9%	26.6%
81			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	22	60	36.7%	25.6%
82			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	23	64	35.9%	25.3%
83			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
84			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
85			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	15	39	38.5%	24.9%
86			Lake Raleigh	6.0	30	89	33.7%	24.7%
87			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	11	27	40.7%	24.5%
88			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	40	126	31.7%	24.3%
89			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	14	37	37.8%	24.1%
90			Pullen Park	6.6	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
91			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
92			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
93			Northgate Park	17.2	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
94			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	16	46	34.8%	22.7%
95			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	13	36	36.1%	22.5%
96			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
97			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	11	30	36.7%	21.9%
98			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	28	93	30.1%	21.7%
99			Eastgate Park	9.5	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
100			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
101			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
102			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
103			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	15	46	32.6%	20.9%
104			South Durham WRF	13.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
105			Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
106			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
107			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
108			Apex Nature Park	8.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
109			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
110			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
111			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
112			Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
113			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
114			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
115			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
116			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
117			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
118			Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden	12.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
119			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
120			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
121			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
122			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
123			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
124			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
125			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	17	55	30.9%	20.3%
126			Raven Rock SP	23.9	9	25	36.0%	20.2%
127			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	11	33	33.3%	19.8%
128			Lake Lynn	7.7	36	138	26.1%	19.5%
129			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
130			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
131			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
132			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
133			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	8	23	34.8%	18.8%
134			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
135			Fearrington Village	17.5	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
136			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	12	40	30.0%	18.1%
137			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
138			Lake Wheeler	8.2	13	45	28.9%	17.7%
139			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
140			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	67	306	21.9%	17.6%
141			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
142			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	8	25	32.0%	17.2%
143			Williamson Preserve	19.2	10	34	29.4%	16.8%
144			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
145			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
146			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
147			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
148			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
149			Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
150			Carrboro High School	18.4	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
151			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
152			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
153			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	9	33	27.3%	15.1%
154			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
155			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
156			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
157			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	14	59	23.7%	14.7%
158			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	33	167	19.8%	14.4%
159			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
160			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
161			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	8	31	25.8%	13.7%
162			Hoffman Lake	2.4	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
163			Apex Community Park	3.7	15	70	21.4%	13.4%
164			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
165			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
166			17 Acre Woods	18.0	12	57	21.1%	12.5%
167			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	6	24	25.0%	12.0%
168			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
169			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
170			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	10	51	19.6%	11.0%
171			Indian Trail Park	18.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
172			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
173			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
174			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	9	46	19.6%	10.7%
175			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	7	34	20.6%	10.3%
176			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
177			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	7	35	20.0%	10.0%
178			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	62	498	12.4%	9.8%
179			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
180			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
181			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
182			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
183			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
184			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
185			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
186			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
187			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
188			Rock Ridge Park	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
189			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
190			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
191			Higgins Greenway	1.2	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
192			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
193			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
194			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
195			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
196			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
197			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	13	102	12.7%	7.6%
198			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
199			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
200			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
201			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
202			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
203			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
204			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
205			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
206			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
207			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
208			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
209			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
210			UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
211			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
212			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
213			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
214			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
215			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
216			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
217			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
218			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
219			Lake Betz	7.3	13	138	9.4%	5.6%
220			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
221			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
222			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
223			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
224			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
225			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
226			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
227			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
228			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
229			Leesville Park	7.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
230			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
231			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
232			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
233			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
234			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
235			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
236			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
237			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	4	59	6.8%	2.7%
238			Falls Lake	15.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
239			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
240			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
241			Beaver Marsh	16.7	9	190	4.7%	2.5%
242			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
243			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
244			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	3	51	5.9%	2.0%
245			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
246			Eden Lakes	23.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
247			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
248			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
249			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
250			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
251			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
252			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
253			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	2	78	2.6%	0.7%
254			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	2	104	1.9%	0.5%
255			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	34	2.9%	0.5%