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Where to find Mourning Dove in February
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 February. 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 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 114 132 86.4% 79.5%
2 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 14 14 100.0% 78.5%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 251 382 65.7% 60.8%
4 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 33 44 75.0% 60.6%
5 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 49 69 71.0% 59.4%
6 Carpenter Park 5.1 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
7 Williamson Preserve 19.2 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
8 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
9 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
10 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 52 80 65.0% 54.1%
11 Higgins Greenway 1.2 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
12 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 117 208 56.2% 49.5%
14 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
15 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 28 45 62.2% 47.6%
16 Ritter Park 4.3 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
17 Lake Betz 7.3 126 240 52.5% 46.2%
18 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 43 75 57.3% 46.1%
19 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 35 60 58.3% 45.7%
20 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
21 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
22 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
23 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
24 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
25 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 237 496 47.8% 43.4%
26 Bond Park 2.7 73 142 51.4% 43.3%
27 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 26 46 56.5% 42.2%
28 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
29 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 35 57.1% 40.9%
30 Apex Nature Park 8.6 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
31 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 145 323 44.9% 39.6%
32 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 46 93 49.5% 39.5%
33 Inwood Rd. 7.3 26 49 53.1% 39.4%
34 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 191 437 43.7% 39.1%
35 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
36 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
37 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
38 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
39 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 34 68 50.0% 38.4%
40 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 30 59 50.8% 38.4%
41 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 242 592 40.9% 37.0%
42 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 60 135 44.4% 36.3%
43 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
44 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
45 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
46 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
47 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 26 54 48.1% 35.4%
48 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
49 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 38 85 44.7% 34.6%
50 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 42 96 43.8% 34.3%
51 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
52 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
53 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
54 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 27 59 45.8% 33.7%
55 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 25 54 46.3% 33.7%
56 Wendell Park 22.6 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
57 Lake Lynn 7.7 52 127 40.9% 32.8%
58 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
59 Shelley Lake 8.1 53 135 39.3% 31.4%
60 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
61 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 31 76 40.8% 30.4%
62 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
63 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
64 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
65 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
66 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
67 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 29 73 39.7% 29.3%
68 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 20 49 40.8% 28.2%
69 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
70 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
71 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 34 41.2% 26.4%
72 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 56 171 32.7% 26.2%
73 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 43 129 33.3% 25.8%
74 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
75 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
76 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 32 95 33.7% 25.0%
77 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
78 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
79 17 Acre Woods 18.0 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
80 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 109 389 28.0% 23.8%
81 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
82 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
83 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
84 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
85 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
86 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
87 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 26 83 31.3% 22.4%
88 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 42 146 28.8% 22.0%
89 Lake Raleigh 6.0 49 177 27.7% 21.6%
90 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
91 Homestead Park 19.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
92 Jack Marley Park 19.7 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
93 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 38 134 28.4% 21.4%
94 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
95 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
96 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
97 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
98 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
99 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
100 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
101 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
102 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
103 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
124 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
125 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
126 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
127 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 20 70 28.6% 19.3%
128 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 32 122 26.2% 19.2%
129 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 30 114 26.3% 19.1%
130 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 19 70 27.1% 18.1%
131 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
132 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
133 Lake Benson 11.9 22 86 25.6% 17.5%
134 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
135 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
136 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 14 51 27.5% 17.1%
137 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 20 79 25.3% 17.0%
138 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
139 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
140 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
141 White Deer Park 11.6 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
142 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
143 Fallon park 8.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
144 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
145 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
146 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 15 60 25.0% 15.8%
147 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
148 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
149 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
150 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
151 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
152 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
153 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
154 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
155 Pullen Park 6.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
156 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
157 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
158 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 15 67 22.4% 14.1%
159 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
160 Apex Community Park 3.7 32 176 18.2% 13.2%
161 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
162 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
163 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
164 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
165 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
166 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
167 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
168 Little Creek Trail 15.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
169 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
170 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
171 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
172 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 23 136 16.9% 11.5%
173 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
174 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 28 176 15.9% 11.2%
175 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
176 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
177 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
178 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
179 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
180 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
181 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
182 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 12 74 16.2% 9.5%
183 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
184 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
185 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
191 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
192 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
197 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
198 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
199 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
200 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
201 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
202 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
203 Leesville Park 7.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
204 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
205 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
206 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
207 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
208 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
209 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
210 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
211 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
212 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
213 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
214 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 12 99 12.1% 7.1%
215 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
216 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
217 Beaver Marsh 16.7 28 295 9.5% 6.6%
218 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
219 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
220 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
221 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
222 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
223 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
224 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
226 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
227 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
228 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
229 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
230 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
231 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
233 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
234 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
235 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
236 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
237 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
241 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
242 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
243 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
244 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
245 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
246 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
247 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
248 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
249 Northgate Park 17.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
250 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
251 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
252 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
253 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
254 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
255 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
256 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
257 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
258 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
259 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
260 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
261 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
262 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
263 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
264 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
265 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
266 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
267 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
268 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
269 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
270 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
271 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
272 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
273 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
274 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
275 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
276 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
277 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
278 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
279 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%