Bird Finder

Where to find European Starling in January
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 European Starling in January. 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. 6.7 462 661 69.9% 66.3%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 255 413 61.7% 57.0%
3 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 20 28 71.4% 52.9%
4 Inwood Rd. 7.3 46 73 63.0% 51.5%
5 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 44 76 57.9% 46.7%
7 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
8 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
9 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 36 81 44.4% 34.1%
11 Schenck Forest 3.6 93 235 39.6% 33.5%
12 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
13 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
14 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
15 Lake Benson 11.9 44 122 36.1% 28.1%
16 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 19 49 38.8% 26.4%
17 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
18 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 19 51 37.3% 25.3%
19 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 90 327 27.5% 23.0%
20 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
21 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
22 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
31 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
32 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 17 59 28.8% 18.8%
33 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 24 91 26.4% 18.4%
34 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 19 70 27.1% 18.1%
35 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
36 Lake Betz 7.3 65 298 21.8% 17.5%
37 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
38 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 29 130 22.3% 16.0%
39 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 78 401 19.5% 15.9%
40 Beaver Marsh 16.7 61 322 18.9% 15.0%
41 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
42 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 11 44 25.0% 14.6%
43 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 13 55 23.6% 14.4%
44 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
45 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
46 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
47 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
48 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
49 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
50 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
51 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
52 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
53 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
55 Walltown Park 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 43 358 12.0% 9.0%
57 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 41 17.1% 8.5%
58 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
59 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
60 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
61 Lake Raleigh 6.0 13 112 11.6% 6.9%
62 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
63 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
64 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
65 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
66 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
67 Forest Hills Park 15.0 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
68 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 14 141 9.9% 6.0%
69 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
70 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
71 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
72 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
73 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 7 72 9.7% 4.8%
74 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
75 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
76 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
77 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
79 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 11 137 8.0% 4.5%
80 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
81 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
82 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
83 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
84 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 12 192 6.2% 3.6%
86 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
87 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
88 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
89 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
90 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
91 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
92 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
93 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 6 97 6.2% 2.9%
94 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
95 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
96 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
97 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
98 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
99 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
100 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
101 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 85 5.9% 2.5%
102 Falls Lake 15.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
103 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
104 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
105 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
106 Bond Park 2.7 6 137 4.4% 2.0%
107 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
108 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
109 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
110 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
111 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
112 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
113 Homestead Park 19.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
114 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
115 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
116 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
117 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
118 Apex Community Park 3.7 7 243 2.9% 1.4%
119 Pullen Park 6.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
120 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
121 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
122 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 12 541 2.2% 1.3%
123 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
124 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
125 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 3 90 3.3% 1.1%
126 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
127 Wendell Park 22.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
128 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
129 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
130 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
131 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
132 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
133 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 4 189 2.1% 0.8%
134 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
135 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
136 White Deer Park 11.6 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
137 Shelley Lake 8.1 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
138 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
139 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
140 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 123 1.6% 0.4%
141 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
142 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 231 1.3% 0.4%
143 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 3 232 1.3% 0.4%
144 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
145 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 2 165 1.2% 0.3%
146 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 174 1.1% 0.3%
147 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
148 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
149 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
150 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
151 Lake Lynn 7.7 1 146 0.7% 0.1%
152 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 158 0.6% 0.1%
153 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 174 0.6% 0.1%