Bird Finder

Where to find Tree Swallow 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 Tree Swallow 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.

Back to the Top Birds list

Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
2 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 50 76 65.8% 54.6%
3 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 75 129 58.1% 49.5%
4 Lake Betz 7.3 155 285 54.4% 48.6%
5 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 35 57 61.4% 48.4%
6 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 221 450 49.1% 44.5%
7 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 54 108 50.0% 40.7%
8 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 140 314 44.6% 39.2%
9 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 33 66 50.0% 38.3%
10 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 164 384 42.7% 37.9%
11 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 173 491 35.2% 31.1%
12 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 230 681 33.8% 30.3%
13 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
14 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
15 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
16 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 24 62 38.7% 27.6%
17 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 194 626 31.0% 27.5%
18 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
19 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
20 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
21 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
23 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 26 139 18.7% 13.1%
24 White Deer Park 11.6 13 64 20.3% 12.3%
25 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
26 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 37 233 15.9% 11.7%
27 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
28 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 10 52 19.2% 10.8%
29 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
30 Bond Park 2.7 30 199 15.1% 10.8%
31 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
32 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
33 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
35 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 12 79 15.2% 8.9%
36 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 58 513 11.3% 8.8%
37 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
38 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 80 755 10.6% 8.6%
39 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
40 Lake Lynn 7.7 25 211 11.8% 8.2%
41 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 10 70 14.3% 7.9%
42 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
43 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
44 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
45 Falls Lake 15.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
47 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 30 300 10.0% 7.1%
48 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 63 12.7% 6.6%
49 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
50 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
51 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
52 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
53 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
54 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
55 Schenck Forest 3.6 16 217 7.4% 4.6%
56 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
57 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
58 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
59 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
60 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 14 201 7.0% 4.2%
61 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
62 Wendell Park 22.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
63 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 126 7.1% 3.8%
64 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 74 8.1% 3.8%
65 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
66 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
67 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
68 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
69 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
70 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
71 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
72 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
73 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
74 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
75 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
76 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
77 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
78 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
79 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 15 309 4.9% 3.0%
80 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
81 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
82 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
83 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
84 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
85 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
86 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
87 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 145 4.8% 2.4%
88 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
89 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
90 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
91 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
92 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
93 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
94 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
95 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
96 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
97 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
98 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 86 4.7% 1.8%
99 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
100 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
101 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
102 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 4 88 4.5% 1.8%
103 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
104 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
105 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 134 3.7% 1.6%
106 Lake Benson 11.9 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
107 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
108 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
109 Lake Raleigh 6.0 4 121 3.3% 1.3%
110 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
111 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
112 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
113 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
114 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
115 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 101 3.0% 1.0%
116 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
117 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
118 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
119 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
120 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
121 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
122 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
123 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 2 152 1.3% 0.4%
124 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
125 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
126 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
127 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 4 681 0.6% 0.2%
128 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 3 616 0.5% 0.2%
129 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
130 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 199 0.5% 0.1%