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Where to find Barn Swallow in August
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 August. 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 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 175 315 55.6% 50.0%
3 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
4 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 63 130 48.5% 40.0%
5 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
6 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
7 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
8 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 46 137 33.6% 26.2%
9 Inwood Rd. 7.3 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
10 Lake Lynn 7.7 42 143 29.4% 22.5%
11 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 32 107 29.9% 22.1%
12 Lake Betz 7.3 57 206 27.7% 22.0%
13 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
14 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
15 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
16 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
17 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 14 44 31.8% 20.0%
21 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
22 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 46 184 25.0% 19.3%
23 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
24 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
25 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 47 242 19.4% 14.9%
26 Schenck Forest 3.6 17 84 20.2% 13.0%
27 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 35 202 17.3% 12.7%
28 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
29 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 69 450 15.3% 12.3%
30 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
31 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 13 68 19.1% 11.5%
32 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 31 203 15.3% 11.0%
33 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
34 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
35 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 23 158 14.6% 9.9%
36 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 24 183 13.1% 9.0%
38 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
39 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
40 Beaver Marsh 16.7 19 146 13.0% 8.5%
41 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
42 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 9 61 14.8% 8.0%
43 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 11 87 12.6% 7.2%
44 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
45 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
46 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 9 72 12.5% 6.7%
47 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
48 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 58 12.1% 6.0%
49 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
50 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
51 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 18 216 8.3% 5.3%
52 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
53 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
54 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
55 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
56 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
57 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
58 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
59 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
60 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
61 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
62 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
63 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 12 215 5.6% 3.2%
64 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
65 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
66 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
67 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
68 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 70 7.1% 3.1%
69 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 9 159 5.7% 3.0%
70 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
71 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
72 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
73 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
75 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
76 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
77 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 13 306 4.2% 2.5%
78 Homestead Park 19.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
79 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
80 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
81 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
82 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 4 74 5.4% 2.1%
83 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
84 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
85 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
86 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
87 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
88 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
89 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
90 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
91 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
92 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
93 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
94 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 6 231 2.6% 1.2%
95 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
96 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
97 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
98 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
99 Bond Park 2.7 3 100 3.0% 1.0%
100 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
101 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
102 White Deer Park 11.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
103 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
104 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
105 Lake Benson 11.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
106 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
107 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
108 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
109 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
110 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
111 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
112 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 2 112 1.8% 0.5%
113 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
114 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
115 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
116 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
117 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 2 495 0.4% 0.1%