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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. 9.8 276 314 87.9% 83.8%
2 Higgins Greenway 1.2 17 17 100.0% 81.6%
3 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 28 31 90.3% 75.1%
4 Lake Betz 7.3 216 285 75.8% 70.5%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 176 233 75.5% 69.6%
6 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 63 79 79.7% 69.6%
7 Wendell Park 22.6 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
8 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 542 755 71.8% 68.5%
9 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 96 126 76.2% 68.0%
10 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 23 27 85.2% 67.5%
11 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
12 17 Acre Woods 18.0 90 134 67.2% 58.8%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 193 300 64.3% 58.8%
14 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 52 76 68.4% 57.3%
15 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 34 49 69.4% 55.5%
16 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 33 49 67.3% 53.4%
17 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 180 309 58.3% 52.7%
18 Lake Lynn 7.7 125 211 59.2% 52.5%
19 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
20 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 25 37 67.6% 51.5%
21 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 286 513 55.8% 51.4%
22 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
23 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
24 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
25 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 112 201 55.7% 48.8%
26 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 44 73 60.3% 48.8%
27 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
28 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
29 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
30 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 200 384 52.1% 47.1%
31 Shelley Lake 8.1 74 134 55.2% 46.8%
32 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
33 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
34 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 37 64 57.8% 45.6%
35 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
36 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
37 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
38 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 41 77 53.2% 42.2%
39 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
40 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 36 68 52.9% 41.2%
41 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 37 74 50.0% 38.9%
42 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 28 54 51.9% 38.9%
43 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
44 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
45 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 21 40 52.5% 37.5%
46 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
47 Lake Raleigh 6.0 54 121 44.6% 36.1%
48 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
49 Beaver Marsh 16.7 82 199 41.2% 34.6%
50 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 47 108 43.5% 34.5%
51 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
52 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
53 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
54 Bond Park 2.7 78 199 39.2% 32.7%
55 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 14 28 50.0% 32.6%
56 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
57 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
58 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
59 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
60 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 22 49 44.9% 31.9%
61 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
62 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
63 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 237 681 34.8% 31.3%
64 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
65 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
66 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
67 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
68 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 31 76 40.8% 30.4%
69 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
70 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
71 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
72 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%
73 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
74 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 27 70 38.6% 28.0%
75 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
76 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
77 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
78 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 19 48 39.6% 27.0%
79 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
80 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
81 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
82 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 134 450 29.8% 25.7%
83 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
84 Schenck Forest 3.6 68 217 31.3% 25.5%
85 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 21 57 36.8% 25.5%
86 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 143 491 29.1% 25.3%
87 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
88 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 57 35.1% 24.0%
89 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
90 Fallon park 8.1 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
91 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
92 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
93 White Deer Park 11.6 21 64 32.8% 22.6%
94 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
95 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
96 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 21 66 31.8% 21.8%
97 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 26 86 30.2% 21.5%
98 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
99 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 29 101 28.7% 20.8%
100 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
101 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
102 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 19 62 30.6% 20.6%
105 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 25 88 28.4% 20.0%
106 Pullen Park 6.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
107 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
108 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
109 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
110 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
111 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
112 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
113 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
114 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
115 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
116 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 52 25.0% 15.2%
117 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
118 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
119 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
120 Coker Pinetum 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
121 Apex Community Park 3.7 13 54 24.1% 14.6%
122 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 16 70 22.9% 14.6%
123 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 114 681 16.7% 14.1%
124 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
125 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
126 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
127 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 29 152 19.1% 13.6%
128 Northgate Park 17.2 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
129 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 24 129 18.6% 12.8%
130 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
131 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 26 145 17.9% 12.5%
132 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
133 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 93 626 14.9% 12.3%
134 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
135 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 9 41 22.0% 12.0%
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 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
139 Indian Trail Park 18.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
140 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
141 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
142 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
143 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 26 172 15.1% 10.5%
144 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
145 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
146 Lake Benson 11.9 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
147 Fearrington Village 17.5 11 63 17.5% 10.0%
148 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
149 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
150 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
151 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
152 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
153 Homestead Park 19.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
154 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
155 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
156 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
157 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
158 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
159 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
160 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
161 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
162 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
163 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
164 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
165 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
166 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
167 Inwood Rd. 7.3 9 62 14.5% 7.8%
168 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
169 Falls Lake 15.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
170 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
171 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
172 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
173 Ritter Park 4.3 7 51 13.7% 6.8%
174 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
175 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
176 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
177 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
178 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
179 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
180 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
181 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
182 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
183 Duke Park 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
184 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
189 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
190 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 14 139 10.1% 6.1%
191 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
192 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
193 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 6 53 11.3% 5.3%
194 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
195 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
196 Strickland Park 8.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
197 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
198 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
199 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 41 616 6.7% 4.9%
200 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
201 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
202 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
203 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
205 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
206 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
207 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
208 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
209 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
210 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 7 89 7.9% 3.9%
211 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
212 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
213 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
214 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
215 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
216 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
217 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
218 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
219 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
220 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
221 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
222 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
223 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
224 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
225 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
226 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
227 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
228 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
229 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
230 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
231 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
232 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
233 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
234 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
235 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
236 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 4 92 4.3% 1.7%
237 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
238 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
239 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
240 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 4 111 3.6% 1.4%
241 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
242 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 80 3.8% 1.3%
243 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
244 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
245 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
246 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
247 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
248 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
249 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
250 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
251 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
252 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
253 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
254 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
255 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
256 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
257 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
258 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
259 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
260 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
261 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
262 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
263 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 89 1.1% 0.2%