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 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 87 116 75.0% 66.4%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 517 817 63.3% 59.9%
3 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
4 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
5 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 270 462 58.4% 53.9%
6 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 21 30 70.0% 52.1%
7 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
8 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 45 78 57.7% 46.6%
9 Inwood Rd. 7.3 52 92 56.5% 46.3%
10 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
11 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
12 Schenck Forest 3.6 95 250 38.0% 32.2%
13 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 26 60 43.3% 31.6%
14 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 25 60 41.7% 30.1%
15 Lake Benson 11.9 55 150 36.7% 29.4%
16 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 38 103 36.9% 28.2%
17 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 47 142 33.1% 25.9%
18 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
19 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
20 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 19 51 37.3% 25.3%
21 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 105 361 29.1% 24.6%
22 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 51 171 29.8% 23.5%
23 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 18 57 31.6% 21.0%
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 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 108 448 24.1% 20.4%
29 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 19 68 27.9% 18.7%
30 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 24 92 26.1% 18.2%
31 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 16 57 28.1% 18.1%
32 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 11 36 30.6% 18.0%
33 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
34 Beaver Marsh 16.7 75 351 21.4% 17.4%
35 Lake Betz 7.3 71 346 20.5% 16.6%
36 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
37 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
38 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 19 82 23.2% 15.4%
39 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
40 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 13 56 23.2% 14.1%
41 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
42 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
43 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
44 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
45 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
46 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
47 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
48 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
49 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
50 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
51 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
52 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 Walltown Park 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
55 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
57 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
58 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 46 436 10.6% 8.0%
59 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
60 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
61 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 73 12.3% 6.6%
62 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
63 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
64 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
65 Forest Hills Park 15.0 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
66 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 15 150 10.0% 6.2%
67 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 70 11.4% 5.9%
71 Lake Raleigh 6.0 13 135 9.6% 5.7%
72 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 9 87 10.3% 5.5%
73 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
74 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
75 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
76 Wendell Park 22.6 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
77 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
78 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
79 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
80 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
81 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
82 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
83 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
84 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
85 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
86 Shelley Lake 8.1 9 131 6.9% 3.7%
87 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
89 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 11 175 6.3% 3.5%
90 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
91 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 14 251 5.6% 3.4%
92 Morris Green Park 16.0 5 65 7.7% 3.3%
93 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
94 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
95 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
96 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
97 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
98 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
99 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
100 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
101 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
102 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
103 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 6 109 5.5% 2.5%
104 Falls Lake 15.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
105 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
106 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 87 5.7% 2.5%
107 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
108 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
109 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
110 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
111 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
112 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
113 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
114 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
115 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
116 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
117 Bond Park 2.7 6 145 4.1% 1.9%
118 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
119 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
120 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
121 Homestead Park 19.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
122 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
123 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
124 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 116 3.4% 1.3%
125 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
126 Apex Community Park 3.7 7 257 2.7% 1.3%
127 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
128 Pullen Park 6.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
129 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
130 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
131 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 12 593 2.0% 1.2%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
133 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
134 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
135 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
136 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
137 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
138 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
139 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 4 209 1.9% 0.7%
140 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
141 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
142 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
143 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
144 White Deer Park 11.6 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
145 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 133 1.5% 0.4%
146 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
147 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
148 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 3 302 1.0% 0.3%
149 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 338 0.9% 0.3%
150 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 184 1.1% 0.3%
151 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 2 197 1.0% 0.3%
152 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
153 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
154 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
155 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 141 0.7% 0.1%
156 Lake Lynn 7.7 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
157 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 169 0.6% 0.1%
158 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 190 0.5% 0.1%