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Where to find Mourning Dove 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 Mourning Dove 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 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 284 337 84.3% 80.0%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 207 248 83.5% 78.3%
3 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 19 20 95.0% 76.4%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 158 195 81.0% 74.9%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 126 156 80.8% 73.9%
6 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 51 64 79.7% 68.3%
7 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
8 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 60 81 74.1% 63.6%
9 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 30 39 76.9% 61.7%
10 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
11 Apex Nature Park 8.6 23 30 76.7% 59.1%
12 Lake Betz 7.3 151 231 65.4% 59.0%
13 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
14 Wendell Park 22.6 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
15 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
16 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
17 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
18 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 79 130 60.8% 52.2%
19 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 65 109 59.6% 50.2%
20 Bond Park 2.7 104 181 57.5% 50.2%
21 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 93 163 57.1% 49.4%
22 Williamson Preserve 19.2 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
23 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 25 68.0% 48.4%
24 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 21 33 63.6% 46.6%
25 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 27 45 60.0% 45.5%
26 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 149 296 50.3% 44.7%
27 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
28 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
29 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
30 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 54 105 51.4% 42.0%
31 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
32 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 43 83 51.8% 41.2%
33 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
34 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
35 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 43 86 50.0% 39.7%
36 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 33 64 51.6% 39.6%
37 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 218 497 43.9% 39.6%
38 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 41 83 49.4% 38.9%
39 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 66 141 46.8% 38.8%
40 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
41 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 47 98 48.0% 38.3%
42 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 41 86 47.7% 37.4%
43 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
44 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
45 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 58 136 42.6% 34.6%
46 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 18 36 50.0% 34.5%
47 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
48 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
49 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
50 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
51 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
52 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
53 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
54 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
55 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
56 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
57 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
58 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
59 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
60 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
61 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
62 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 20 45 44.4% 30.9%
63 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 15 32 46.9% 30.9%
64 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
65 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
66 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 19 43 44.2% 30.4%
67 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
68 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
69 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
70 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
71 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 60 164 36.6% 29.6%
72 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 23 56 41.1% 29.2%
73 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
74 Apex Community Park 3.7 20 48 41.7% 28.8%
75 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 20 48 41.7% 28.8%
76 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 27 69 39.1% 28.5%
77 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 89 263 33.8% 28.4%
78 Lake Raleigh 6.0 19 46 41.3% 28.3%
79 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
80 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
81 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
82 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
83 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 58 181 32.0% 25.7%
84 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 58 181 32.0% 25.7%
85 Indian Trail Park 18.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
86 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
87 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
88 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
89 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 34 104 32.7% 24.4%
90 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
91 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 20 58 34.5% 23.6%
92 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
93 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 112 411 27.3% 23.2%
94 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
95 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
96 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 23 70 32.9% 23.0%
97 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 16 47 34.0% 22.2%
98 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 107 413 25.9% 21.9%
99 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
100 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
101 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
102 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
103 White Deer Park 11.6 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
104 Lake Lynn 7.7 141 577 24.4% 21.1%
105 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 59 223 26.5% 21.1%
106 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
107 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 51 192 26.6% 20.8%
108 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
109 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
110 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Clayton Community Park 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
123 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
124 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
125 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 74 311 23.8% 19.4%
126 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 44 176 25.0% 19.2%
127 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
128 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 343 1701 20.2% 18.3%
129 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
130 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
131 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 52 232 22.4% 17.5%
132 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 13 46 28.3% 17.3%
133 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 19 75 25.3% 16.9%
134 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
135 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
136 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
137 Beaver Marsh 16.7 33 148 22.3% 16.3%
138 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
139 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
140 17 Acre Woods 18.0 22 95 23.2% 15.8%
141 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
142 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
143 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
144 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
145 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
146 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 15 63 23.8% 15.0%
147 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
148 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 27 132 20.5% 14.5%
149 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
150 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
151 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
152 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
153 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
154 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
155 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
156 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
157 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 11 52 21.2% 12.2%
158 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
159 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
160 Lake Benson 11.9 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
161 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
162 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
163 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
164 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
165 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
166 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
167 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
168 Shelley Lake 8.1 15 81 18.5% 11.6%
169 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
170 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
171 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 13 77 16.9% 10.1%
172 Pullen Park 6.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
173 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
174 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
175 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
176 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
177 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
178 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
179 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
180 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
181 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
182 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
183 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
184 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
185 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
186 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 12 83 14.5% 8.5%
187 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
188 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
189 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 8 55 14.5% 7.6%
190 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 10 75 13.3% 7.4%
191 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
192 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
193 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
194 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
195 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
196 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
197 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
198 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
199 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
200 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
201 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
202 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
203 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
204 Strickland Park 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
205 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
206 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
207 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
208 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
209 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
210 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
211 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
212 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
213 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
214 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
215 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
216 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
217 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
218 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
219 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
220 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
221 Northgate Park 17.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
222 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
223 Ritter Park 4.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
224 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
225 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
226 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
227 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
228 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
229 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
230 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
231 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
232 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
233 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
234 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
235 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
236 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
237 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
238 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
239 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
240 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
241 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
242 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
243 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
244 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
245 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 49 2.0% 0.4%