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. 6.7 479 681 70.3% 66.8%
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 23.4 116 201 57.7% 50.8%
7 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 36 57 63.2% 50.2%
8 Schenck Forest 3.6 123 217 56.7% 50.0%
9 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 53 88 60.2% 49.8%
10 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 82 145 56.6% 48.4%
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 14.6 297 681 43.6% 39.9%
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 7.2 220 626 35.1% 31.5%
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 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 158 513 30.8% 27.0%
34 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
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 29 108 26.9% 19.4%
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 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
62 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
63 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 4 50.0% 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 77 491 15.7% 12.7%
69 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
70 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 60 384 15.6% 12.3%
71 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 17 89 19.1% 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 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 12 76 15.8% 9.3%
90 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
91 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 101 13.9% 8.4%
92 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
93 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
94 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 17 139 12.2% 7.8%
95 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
96 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
97 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
98 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
99 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 10 79 12.7% 7.0%
100 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 30 314 9.6% 6.8%
101 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
102 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
103 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
104 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
105 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 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 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
109 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
110 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
111 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 121 9.1% 5.2%
112 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
113 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
114 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
115 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 68 10.3% 5.1%
116 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 7 70 10.0% 4.9%
117 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
118 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
119 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
120 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
121 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 46 755 6.1% 4.6%
122 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
123 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
124 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
125 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
126 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 7 76 9.2% 4.5%
127 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 11 152 7.2% 4.1%
128 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
129 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
130 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
132 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
133 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
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 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
145 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
146 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
147 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
148 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
149 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 126 5.6% 2.7%
150 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
151 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
152 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
153 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 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 30 6.7% 1.8%
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 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
171 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
172 Lake Benson 11.9 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
173 Pullen Park 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
174 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
175 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
176 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
177 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
178 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 7 309 2.3% 1.1%
179 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
180 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
181 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
182 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
183 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
184 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
185 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
186 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
187 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 129 2.3% 0.8%
188 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
189 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 134 2.2% 0.8%
190 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
191 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
192 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
193 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
194 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
195 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
196 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
197 Ritter Park 4.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
198 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
199 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 172 1.2% 0.3%
200 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
201 Lake Lynn 7.7 2 211 0.9% 0.3%
202 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
203 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
204 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 199 0.5% 0.1%