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Where to find Mourning Dove 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 Mourning Dove 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 33 34 97.1% 85.1%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 188 273 68.9% 63.1%
3 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 73 125 58.4% 49.6%
5 Inwood Rd. 7.3 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
6 Williamson Preserve 19.2 21 34 61.8% 45.0%
7 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 31 58 53.4% 40.8%
8 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 218 497 43.9% 39.6%
9 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
10 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 24 47 51.1% 37.2%
11 Eastgate Park 9.5 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
12 Wendell Park 22.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
13 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
14 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
15 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
17 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
18 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 24 52 46.2% 33.3%
19 Dorothea Dix 6.6 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
20 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
21 Bond Park 2.7 40 97 41.2% 32.0%
22 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 34 83 41.0% 31.0%
23 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
24 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 21 49 42.9% 30.0%
25 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 132 383 34.5% 29.9%
26 Ritter Park 4.3 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
27 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
28 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 16 37 43.2% 28.7%
29 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
30 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 42 126 33.3% 25.7%
31 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
32 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 13 33 39.4% 24.7%
33 Lake Raleigh 6.0 29 89 32.6% 23.7%
34 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
35 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
36 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
37 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
38 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 58 206 28.2% 22.5%
39 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 70 255 27.5% 22.3%
40 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
41 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
42 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
43 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 18 56 32.1% 21.4%
44 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
45 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
46 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
58 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
59 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 15 56 26.8% 17.0%
60 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
61 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 63 304 20.7% 16.5%
62 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
63 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
64 Lake Betz 7.3 30 139 21.6% 15.6%
65 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
66 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
67 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
68 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
69 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
70 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
71 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
72 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
73 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
74 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 14 58 24.1% 15.0%
75 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
76 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
77 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
78 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 12 51 23.5% 14.0%
79 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
80 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
81 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
82 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
83 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
84 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 42 23.8% 13.5%
85 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
86 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
87 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
88 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 32 187 17.1% 12.4%
89 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 29 167 17.4% 12.4%
90 Shelley Lake 8.1 20 109 18.3% 12.2%
91 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 46 290 15.9% 12.1%
92 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
93 Lake Benson 11.9 14 72 19.4% 12.0%
94 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
95 Northgate Park 17.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
96 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
97 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 28 173 16.2% 11.4%
98 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 14 78 17.9% 11.0%
99 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
100 Pullen Park 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
101 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
102 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
103 Lake Lynn 7.7 21 138 15.2% 10.2%
104 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
105 Apex Community Park 3.7 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
106 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
107 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
108 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
109 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
110 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
111 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
112 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
113 Walltown Park 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
114 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
115 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 21 156 13.5% 9.0%
116 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
117 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
118 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
119 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
120 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
121 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
122 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
123 White Deer Park 11.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
124 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 9 60 15.0% 8.1%
125 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
126 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
127 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 16 130 12.3% 7.7%
128 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 16 130 12.3% 7.7%
129 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 9 64 14.1% 7.6%
130 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 57 14.0% 7.3%
131 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
132 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
133 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 8 59 13.6% 7.0%
134 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 59 13.6% 7.0%
135 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
136 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
137 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
138 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
139 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
140 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
141 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
142 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
143 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
144 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
145 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
146 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
147 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
148 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
149 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
150 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
151 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
152 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
153 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
154 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
155 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
156 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
157 Beaver Marsh 16.7 14 190 7.4% 4.4%
158 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 8 96 8.3% 4.3%
159 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
160 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
161 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
162 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
163 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
164 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
165 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
166 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
167 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
168 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
169 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
170 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
171 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
172 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
173 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
174 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
175 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
176 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
177 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
178 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
179 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 6 102 5.9% 2.7%
180 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
181 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
182 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
183 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
184 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
185 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
186 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
187 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
188 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
189 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
190 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
191 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
192 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
193 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
194 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
195 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
196 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
197 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
198 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
199 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
200 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
201 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
202 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
203 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 103 2.9% 1.0%
204 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
205 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%