Bird Finder

Where to find Blue Grosbeak 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 Blue Grosbeak 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 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 477 676 70.6% 67.0%
2 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
3 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 134 233 57.5% 51.1%
4 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
5 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
6 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 115 199 57.8% 50.8%
7 Schenck Forest 3.6 123 216 56.9% 50.3%
8 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 36 57 63.2% 50.2%
9 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 53 88 60.2% 49.8%
10 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 82 144 56.9% 48.8%
11 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 42 70 60.0% 48.3%
12 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
13 Wendell Park 22.6 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
14 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
15 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 34 62 54.8% 42.5%
16 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 208 450 46.2% 41.7%
17 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 297 680 43.7% 40.0%
18 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 42 86 48.8% 38.6%
19 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 254 616 41.2% 37.4%
20 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
21 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 125 300 41.7% 36.2%
22 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 17 34 50.0% 34.1%
23 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 220 624 35.3% 31.6%
24 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
25 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
26 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
27 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
28 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
29 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
30 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
31 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
32 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
33 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
34 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 158 513 30.8% 27.0%
35 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
36 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
37 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
38 Inwood Rd. 7.3 21 62 33.9% 23.3%
39 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
40 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
41 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 33 111 29.7% 22.0%
42 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 16 48 33.3% 21.7%
43 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
44 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
45 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
46 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
47 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
48 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
49 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 29 107 27.1% 19.6%
50 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
51 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
52 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
53 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 24 92 26.1% 18.2%
54 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 16 57 28.1% 18.1%
55 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 15 53 28.3% 18.0%
56 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
57 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
58 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 21 89 23.6% 16.0%
59 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 74 24.3% 16.0%
60 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
61 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
62 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
63 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
64 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
65 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
66 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
67 Bond Park 2.7 35 199 17.6% 12.9%
68 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 77 489 15.7% 12.8%
69 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
70 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 17 88 19.3% 12.4%
71 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 60 384 15.6% 12.3%
72 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 12 58 20.7% 12.3%
73 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 11 52 21.2% 12.2%
74 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
75 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
76 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
77 Lake Betz 7.3 42 285 14.7% 11.1%
78 White Deer Park 11.6 12 64 18.8% 11.1%
79 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
80 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 13 73 17.8% 10.7%
81 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
82 Falls Lake 15.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
83 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
84 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
85 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
86 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 66 16.7% 9.6%
87 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
88 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
89 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
90 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 12 75 16.0% 9.4%
91 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
92 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 101 13.9% 8.4%
93 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
94 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
95 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 17 139 12.2% 7.8%
96 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
97 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
98 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
99 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
100 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 10 79 12.7% 7.0%
101 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 30 314 9.6% 6.8%
102 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
103 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
104 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
105 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
106 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
107 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
108 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
109 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
110 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
111 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
112 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 119 9.2% 5.2%
113 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
114 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
115 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
116 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 68 10.3% 5.1%
117 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 7 70 10.0% 4.9%
118 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
119 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
120 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
121 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
122 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 46 755 6.1% 4.6%
123 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
124 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
125 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
126 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
127 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
128 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 7 76 9.2% 4.5%
129 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 11 152 7.2% 4.1%
130 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
131 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
133 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
134 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
135 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
136 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
137 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
138 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
139 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 5 62 8.1% 3.5%
140 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 63 7.9% 3.4%
141 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
142 Homestead Park 19.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
143 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
144 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
145 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
146 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
147 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
148 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
149 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
150 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 126 5.6% 2.7%
151 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
152 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
153 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
154 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
155 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
156 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
157 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
158 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
159 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
160 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
161 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
162 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
163 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
164 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
165 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
166 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
167 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
168 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
169 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
170 Lake Benson 11.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
171 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
172 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
173 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
174 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
175 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
176 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
177 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 7 309 2.3% 1.1%
178 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
179 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
180 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
182 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
183 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
184 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
185 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
186 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 129 2.3% 0.8%
187 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
188 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 134 2.2% 0.8%
189 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
190 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
191 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
192 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
193 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
194 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
195 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
196 Ritter Park 4.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
197 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
198 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 172 1.2% 0.3%
199 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
200 Lake Lynn 7.7 2 211 0.9% 0.3%
201 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
202 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
203 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 199 0.5% 0.1%