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Where to find Common Grackle in May
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 Common Grackle in May. 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 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 233 264 88.3% 83.8%
2 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 28 31 90.3% 75.1%
3 Lake Betz 7.3 203 261 77.8% 72.4%
4 Higgins Greenway 1.2 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 88 113 77.9% 69.4%
6 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 17 19 89.5% 68.6%
7 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 48 60 80.0% 68.2%
8 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 446 629 70.9% 67.2%
9 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 152 208 73.1% 66.7%
10 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 176 264 66.7% 60.8%
11 Wendell Park 22.6 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
12 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 32 43 74.4% 59.8%
13 17 Acre Woods 18.0 82 121 67.8% 59.0%
14 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 100 150 66.7% 58.8%
15 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
16 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
17 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 172 283 60.8% 55.0%
18 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 45 69 65.2% 53.4%
19 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 24 35 68.6% 52.0%
20 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
21 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
22 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
23 Shelley Lake 8.1 65 109 59.6% 50.2%
24 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
25 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
26 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
27 Lake Lynn 7.7 92 164 56.1% 48.4%
28 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 17 25 68.0% 48.4%
29 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
30 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 40 67 59.7% 47.7%
31 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
32 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 173 334 51.8% 46.4%
33 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 198 387 51.2% 46.2%
34 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 26 43 60.5% 45.6%
35 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
36 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
37 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 34 62 54.8% 42.5%
38 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 19 32 59.4% 42.3%
39 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 36 68 52.9% 41.2%
40 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 32 61 52.5% 40.2%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
42 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
43 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
44 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
45 Lake Raleigh 6.0 44 93 47.3% 37.5%
46 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
47 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 24 48 50.0% 36.4%
48 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
49 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
50 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
51 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
52 Bond Park 2.7 77 182 42.3% 35.4%
53 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
54 Beaver Marsh 16.7 81 194 41.8% 35.0%
55 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
56 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 231 617 37.4% 33.7%
57 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 35 81 43.2% 33.0%
58 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 18 38 47.4% 32.5%
59 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
60 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
61 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
62 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 27 65 41.5% 30.4%
63 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
64 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
65 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
66 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
67 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
68 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
69 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
70 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
71 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 28 72 38.9% 28.5%
72 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 30 82 36.6% 27.0%
73 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 87 270 32.2% 26.9%
74 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
75 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 49 38.8% 26.4%
76 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
77 White Deer Park 11.6 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
78 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
79 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 127 427 29.7% 25.6%
80 Schenck Forest 3.6 65 206 31.6% 25.6%
81 Fallon park 8.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
82 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
83 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
84 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
85 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 17 49 34.7% 22.9%
86 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
87 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
88 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
89 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
90 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
91 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
92 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
93 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
94 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 16 50 32.0% 20.8%
95 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
98 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 24 82 29.3% 20.5%
104 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
105 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
106 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
107 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
108 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
109 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
110 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
111 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
112 Apex Community Park 3.7 12 42 28.6% 17.2%
113 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
114 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
115 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 111 568 19.5% 16.5%
116 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
117 Little Creek Trail 15.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
118 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
119 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
120 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
121 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 24 121 19.8% 13.7%
122 Pullen Park 6.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
123 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 28 147 19.0% 13.5%
124 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
125 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 82 515 15.9% 13.0%
126 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
127 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
128 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
129 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
130 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
131 Fearrington Village 17.5 11 53 20.8% 12.0%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
133 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
134 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 26 154 16.9% 11.8%
135 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
136 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
137 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
138 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
139 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 18 105 17.1% 11.1%
140 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
141 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
142 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
143 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
144 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
145 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
146 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
147 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
148 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
149 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
150 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
151 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
152 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
153 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 9 52 17.3% 9.4%
154 Inwood Rd. 7.3 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
155 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
156 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
157 Northgate Park 17.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
158 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
159 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
160 Falls Lake 15.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
161 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
162 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
163 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
164 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
165 Ritter Park 4.3 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
166 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
167 Homestead Park 19.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
168 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
169 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
170 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 11 94 11.7% 6.7%
171 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
172 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
173 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
174 Lake Benson 11.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
175 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
176 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
177 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
178 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
179 Duke Park 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
180 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
181 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
182 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
183 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
184 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
186 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
187 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
188 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
189 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 34 424 8.0% 5.8%
190 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
191 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
192 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
193 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
194 Strickland Park 8.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
195 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 7 71 9.9% 4.9%
196 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
197 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
198 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
199 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
200 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
201 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
202 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
203 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
205 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
206 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
207 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
208 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
209 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
210 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
211 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
212 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
213 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
214 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
215 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
216 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
217 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
218 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
219 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
220 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
221 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
222 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
223 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
224 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
225 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 4 79 5.1% 2.0%
226 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
227 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
228 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
229 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
230 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
231 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
232 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
233 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
234 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
235 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
236 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
237 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
238 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
239 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
240 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
241 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
242 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
243 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
244 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
245 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
246 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
247 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
248 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
249 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
250 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 78 1.3% 0.2%