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Where to find Barn Swallow in April
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 Barn Swallow in April. 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 Lake Lynn 7.7 180 266 67.7% 61.8%
2 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 133 195 68.2% 61.4%
3 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 95 143 66.4% 58.4%
4 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 22 30 73.3% 55.6%
5 Lake Betz 7.3 215 355 60.6% 55.4%
6 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
7 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 225 390 57.7% 52.7%
8 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
9 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 45 82 54.9% 44.1%
10 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 62 117 53.0% 44.0%
11 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
12 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
13 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 275 596 46.1% 42.2%
14 Inwood Rd. 7.3 57 113 50.4% 41.4%
15 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 22 40 55.0% 39.8%
16 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 90 199 45.2% 38.5%
17 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
18 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 28 58 48.3% 35.9%
19 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
20 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 58 133 43.6% 35.5%
21 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 19 39 48.7% 33.9%
22 Beaver Marsh 16.7 124 330 37.6% 32.5%
23 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 43 46.5% 32.5%
24 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 35 83 42.2% 32.1%
25 Schenck Forest 3.6 105 294 35.7% 30.5%
26 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
27 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
28 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 24 58 41.4% 29.6%
29 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 14 31 45.2% 29.2%
30 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
31 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 17 42 40.5% 27.0%
32 Lake Raleigh 6.0 50 157 31.8% 25.1%
33 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 54 176 30.7% 24.3%
34 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
35 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 159 627 25.4% 22.1%
36 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 33 120 27.5% 20.3%
40 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 104 435 23.9% 20.1%
41 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
42 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
43 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
44 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
45 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 55 238 23.1% 18.2%
46 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 17 61 27.9% 18.2%
47 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 27 115 23.5% 16.7%
48 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
49 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 115 592 19.4% 16.4%
50 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
51 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 25 114 21.9% 15.3%
52 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 51 268 19.0% 14.8%
53 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
54 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
55 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
56 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 23 116 19.8% 13.6%
57 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 9 38 23.7% 13.0%
58 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
59 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
60 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 16 85 18.8% 11.9%
61 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
62 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
63 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
64 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
65 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
66 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
67 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
68 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 49 356 13.8% 10.6%
69 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
70 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
71 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 10 61 16.4% 9.2%
72 Bond Park 2.7 28 217 12.9% 9.1%
73 Shelley Lake 8.1 19 143 13.3% 8.7%
74 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
75 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
76 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
77 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
78 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
79 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 17 133 12.8% 8.1%
80 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
81 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
82 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
83 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
84 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
85 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
86 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
87 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
88 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
89 Forgotten Pond 19.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
90 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
91 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
92 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
93 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
94 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 102 9.8% 5.4%
95 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 67 10.4% 5.2%
96 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 6 61 9.8% 4.6%
97 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
98 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
99 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
100 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
101 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
102 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
103 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
104 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
105 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
106 Lake Benson 11.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
107 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
108 Ritter Park 4.3 9 132 6.8% 3.6%
109 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
110 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
111 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
112 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
113 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 11 173 6.4% 3.6%
114 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
115 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
116 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 9 139 6.5% 3.4%
117 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
118 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
119 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
120 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
121 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
122 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
123 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 36 899 4.0% 2.9%
124 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
125 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
126 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
127 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
128 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
129 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
130 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
131 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
132 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
133 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
134 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
135 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 30 984 3.0% 2.1%
136 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
137 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
138 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
139 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
140 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
141 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
142 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
143 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 92 4.3% 1.7%
144 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
145 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
146 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
147 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 71 4.2% 1.4%
148 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
149 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
150 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
151 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 4 121 3.3% 1.3%
152 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
153 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
154 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
155 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
156 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
157 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 142 2.8% 1.1%
158 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
159 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 102 2.9% 1.0%
160 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
161 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 105 2.9% 1.0%
162 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
163 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
164 White Deer Park 11.6 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
165 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
166 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
167 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
168 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
169 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 107 1.9% 0.5%
170 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
171 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 121 1.7% 0.5%
172 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
173 17 Acre Woods 18.0 2 139 1.4% 0.4%
174 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
175 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
176 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
177 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
178 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 3 603 0.5% 0.2%