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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. 6.7 411 568 72.4% 68.5%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 96 150 64.0% 56.1%
3 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 32 49 65.3% 51.3%
4 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
5 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
6 Schenck Forest 3.6 116 206 56.3% 49.5%
7 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 117 208 56.2% 49.5%
8 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 29 50 58.0% 44.2%
9 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
10 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
11 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
12 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 55 105 52.4% 42.9%
13 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 277 617 44.9% 41.0%
14 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 27 50 54.0% 40.4%
15 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 41 82 50.0% 39.4%
16 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 119 264 45.1% 39.2%
17 Wendell Park 22.6 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
18 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 181 424 42.7% 38.1%
19 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
20 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 109 270 40.4% 34.7%
21 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
23 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
24 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
25 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 184 515 35.7% 31.7%
26 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
27 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
28 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
29 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 133 387 34.4% 29.8%
30 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
31 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
32 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
33 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
34 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
35 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
36 Inwood Rd. 7.3 20 58 34.5% 23.6%
37 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 26 79 32.9% 23.6%
38 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
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 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 25 81 30.9% 21.9%
42 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
43 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 15 45 33.3% 21.4%
44 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
45 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
46 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
47 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
48 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 15 47 31.9% 20.4%
50 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
51 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
52 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
53 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
54 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
55 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
56 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 68 26.5% 17.4%
57 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
58 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
59 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
60 White Deer Park 11.6 11 40 27.5% 16.1%
61 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 17 71 23.9% 15.5%
62 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 18 78 23.1% 15.1%
63 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
64 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 17 77 22.1% 14.3%
65 Bond Park 2.7 34 182 18.7% 13.7%
66 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
67 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 58 334 17.4% 13.7%
68 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
69 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 10 48 20.8% 11.7%
70 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 13 67 19.4% 11.7%
71 Falls Lake 15.1 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
72 Lake Betz 7.3 38 261 14.6% 10.8%
73 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
74 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 58 427 13.6% 10.7%
75 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 12 69 17.4% 10.2%
76 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
77 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
78 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
79 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
80 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
81 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
86 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 12 82 14.6% 8.6%
87 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
88 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
89 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
90 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
91 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
92 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
93 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
94 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 12 94 12.8% 7.5%
95 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
96 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 8 60 13.3% 6.9%
97 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 25 264 9.5% 6.5%
98 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
99 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
100 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
101 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
103 Lake Raleigh 6.0 10 93 10.8% 5.9%
104 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
105 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
106 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
107 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
108 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
109 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
110 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 45 629 7.2% 5.4%
111 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 7 65 10.8% 5.3%
112 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
113 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
114 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
115 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
116 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
117 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
118 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
119 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
120 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
121 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
122 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
123 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
124 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
125 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 72 8.3% 3.9%
126 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
127 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 147 6.8% 3.7%
128 Homestead Park 19.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
129 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
130 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
131 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
132 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 5 62 8.1% 3.5%
133 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
134 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
135 Lake Benson 11.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
136 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
137 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 113 6.2% 3.0%
138 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
139 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
140 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
141 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
142 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
143 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
144 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
145 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
146 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
147 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
148 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
149 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
150 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
151 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
152 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
153 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
154 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
155 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
156 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
157 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
158 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
159 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
160 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
161 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
162 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
163 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
164 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
165 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 7 283 2.5% 1.2%
166 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
167 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
168 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
169 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
170 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
171 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
172 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
173 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
174 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
175 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
176 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
177 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
178 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
179 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
180 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
181 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
182 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 121 1.7% 0.5%
183 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
184 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
185 Ritter Park 4.3 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
186 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 154 1.3% 0.4%
187 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
188 Lake Lynn 7.7 2 164 1.2% 0.3%
189 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
190 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
191 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 194 0.5% 0.1%