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Where to find Mourning Dove in October
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 Mourning Dove in October. 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 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 198 254 78.0% 72.5%
2 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 160 208 76.9% 70.7%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 253 369 68.6% 63.7%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 134 201 66.7% 59.9%
5 Inwood Rd. 7.3 28 37 75.7% 59.9%
6 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 99 157 63.1% 55.3%
7 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 29 46 63.0% 48.6%
8 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 32 52 61.5% 48.0%
9 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
10 Bond Park 2.7 91 171 53.2% 45.7%
11 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
12 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
14 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
15 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 19 32 59.4% 42.3%
16 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
17 Williamson Preserve 19.2 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
18 Lake Betz 7.3 70 153 45.8% 38.1%
19 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
20 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
21 Wendell Park 22.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
22 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
23 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 Jaycee Park 6.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
26 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 128 325 39.4% 34.2%
27 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
28 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
29 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
30 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
31 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
32 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
33 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
34 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
35 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
36 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
37 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 30 77 39.0% 28.8%
38 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
39 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
40 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 129 403 32.0% 27.6%
41 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
42 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
43 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
44 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 15 37 40.5% 26.3%
45 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
46 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
47 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 34 104 32.7% 24.4%
48 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 45 146 30.8% 23.9%
49 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
50 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
51 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 31 99 31.3% 23.0%
52 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 45 152 29.6% 22.9%
53 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
54 Lake Raleigh 6.0 20 61 32.8% 22.3%
55 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
59 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
62 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 East End Park 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
68 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 14 47 29.8% 18.7%
69 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 25 101 24.8% 17.4%
70 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
71 Lake Lynn 7.7 98 480 20.4% 17.1%
72 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
73 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
74 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 17 66 25.8% 16.7%
75 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 22 91 24.2% 16.5%
76 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 53 26.4% 16.4%
77 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 21 87 24.1% 16.4%
78 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
79 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 70 352 19.9% 16.1%
80 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 36 168 21.4% 15.9%
81 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
82 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 16 65 24.6% 15.8%
83 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 27 122 22.1% 15.7%
84 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 73 380 19.2% 15.6%
85 Apex Community Park 3.7 15 61 24.6% 15.5%
86 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
87 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
88 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
89 Homestead Park 19.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
90 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
91 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 14 65 21.5% 13.3%
92 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 102 647 15.8% 13.2%
93 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 29 159 18.2% 13.0%
94 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
95 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
96 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
97 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 10 52 19.2% 10.8%
98 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
99 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
100 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
101 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
102 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
103 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
104 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
105 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
106 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
107 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
108 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 63 527 12.0% 9.5%
109 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
110 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
111 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
112 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
113 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
114 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
115 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
116 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
117 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
118 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
119 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
120 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
121 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
122 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 11 71 15.5% 8.9%
123 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
124 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 11 76 14.5% 8.3%
125 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
126 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
127 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
128 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
129 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
130 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
131 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
132 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
133 17 Acre Woods 18.0 14 107 13.1% 8.0%
134 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
135 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
136 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
137 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 17 145 11.7% 7.5%
138 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
139 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
140 Beaver Marsh 16.7 17 161 10.6% 6.7%
141 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
142 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
143 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
144 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
145 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
146 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
147 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
148 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
149 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
150 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
151 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
152 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
153 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
154 Shelley Lake 8.1 8 78 10.3% 5.3%
155 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
156 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
157 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
158 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
159 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
160 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
161 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
162 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
163 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
164 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
165 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
166 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
167 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
168 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
169 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
170 Ritter Park 4.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
171 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
172 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
173 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
174 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
175 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
176 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
177 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 7 100 7.0% 3.4%
178 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
179 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
180 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
181 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
182 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
183 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
184 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
185 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
186 White Deer Park 11.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
187 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
188 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
189 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
190 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
191 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
192 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
193 Lake Benson 11.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
194 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
195 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
196 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
197 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
198 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
199 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
200 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
201 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
202 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
203 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
204 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
205 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
206 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
207 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
208 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
209 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%