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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 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 141 238 59.2% 52.9%
2 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
3 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
4 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
5 Inwood Rd. 7.3 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
6 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
7 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 36 83 43.4% 33.2%
8 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
9 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 29 95 30.5% 22.2%
10 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 30 100 30.0% 21.9%
11 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
12 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
16 Lake Betz 7.3 50 191 26.2% 20.5%
17 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
18 Lake Lynn 7.7 30 116 25.9% 18.8%
19 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
20 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
21 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 20 85 23.5% 15.8%
22 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
23 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 29 151 19.2% 13.7%
24 Schenck Forest 3.6 17 80 21.2% 13.7%
25 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 18 91 19.8% 12.9%
26 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
27 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 67 444 15.1% 12.1%
28 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 33 200 16.5% 12.0%
29 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
30 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
31 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
32 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
33 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
34 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 9 52 17.3% 9.4%
37 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 23 169 13.6% 9.2%
38 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 16 109 14.7% 9.2%
39 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
40 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
41 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
42 Beaver Marsh 16.7 18 140 12.9% 8.3%
43 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 9 66 13.6% 7.3%
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 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
47 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
48 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
49 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
50 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 17 210 8.1% 5.1%
51 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 55 10.9% 5.1%
52 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
53 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
54 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
55 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
56 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
57 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 12 196 6.1% 3.5%
58 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
59 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
60 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
61 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
62 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
63 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 12 238 5.0% 2.9%
64 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
65 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
66 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
67 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
68 Homestead Park 19.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
69 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
70 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
71 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
72 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
73 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
74 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
75 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
76 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
77 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
78 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
79 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
80 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
81 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
82 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
83 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 6 209 2.9% 1.3%
84 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
85 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
86 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
87 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
88 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
89 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
90 Bond Park 2.7 3 95 3.2% 1.1%
91 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
92 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
93 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
94 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
95 Lake Benson 11.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
96 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
97 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
98 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
99 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
100 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
101 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
102 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
103 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
104 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
105 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
106 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 1 366 0.3% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relFeb-2021. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Feb 2021.