Bird Finder

Where to find European Starling in October
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 October. 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. 6.7 198 369 53.7% 48.6%
2 Inwood Rd. 7.3 22 37 59.5% 43.5%
3 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 26 46 56.5% 42.2%
4 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
6 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
7 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
8 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
9 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 127 352 36.1% 31.2%
10 Schenck Forest 3.6 74 201 36.8% 30.5%
11 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
12 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 86 254 33.9% 28.3%
14 Lake Betz 7.3 54 153 35.3% 28.2%
15 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
16 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
17 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 16 41 39.0% 25.7%
18 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
19 Homestead Park 19.3 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
20 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
21 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
22 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
23 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
24 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 East End Park 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
29 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
30 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
31 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 21 77 27.3% 18.6%
32 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
33 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
34 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
35 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
36 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
37 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 76 380 20.0% 16.3%
38 Beaver Marsh 16.7 35 161 21.7% 16.1%
39 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 24 104 23.1% 16.0%
40 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
41 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
42 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 11 41 26.8% 15.7%
43 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 17 71 23.9% 15.5%
44 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
45 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 34 168 20.2% 14.9%
46 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 32 157 20.4% 14.8%
47 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
48 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
49 Lake Benson 11.9 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
50 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 27 152 17.8% 12.5%
51 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
52 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 12 66 18.2% 10.7%
53 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 45 325 13.8% 10.5%
54 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
55 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
56 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
57 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 8 44 18.2% 9.5%
58 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
59 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
62 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
64 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
65 Northgate Park 17.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
66 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
67 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
68 Lake Raleigh 6.0 9 61 14.8% 8.0%
69 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
70 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
71 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
72 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
73 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
74 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
75 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
76 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
77 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
78 Action Park 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
79 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
80 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
81 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
82 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
83 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
84 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 9 101 8.9% 4.8%
85 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
86 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
87 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
88 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
89 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
90 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
91 Lake Lynn 7.7 28 480 5.8% 4.1%
92 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
93 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
94 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
95 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
96 17 Acre Woods 18.0 7 107 6.5% 3.2%
97 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
98 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
99 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
100 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
101 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 8 145 5.5% 2.8%
102 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 7 122 5.7% 2.8%
103 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
104 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 8 159 5.0% 2.6%
105 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
106 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
107 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
108 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
109 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
110 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
111 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
112 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
113 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
114 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
115 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
116 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
117 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
118 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 14 527 2.7% 1.6%
119 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
120 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 4 100 4.0% 1.6%
121 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
122 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
123 Ritter Park 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
124 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
125 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
126 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
127 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
128 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 9 403 2.2% 1.2%
129 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
130 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
131 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
132 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
133 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
134 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
135 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
136 White Deer Park 11.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
137 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 9 647 1.4% 0.7%
138 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
139 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 146 2.1% 0.7%
140 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
141 Bond Park 2.7 3 171 1.8% 0.6%
142 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
143 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
144 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
145 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
146 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
147 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
148 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 87 1.1% 0.2%