Bird Finder

Where to find European Starling in April
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 April. 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. 6.7 436 597 73.0% 69.3%
2 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 44 58 75.9% 63.5%
3 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 43 58 74.1% 61.6%
4 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 55 82 67.1% 56.3%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 122 199 61.3% 54.4%
6 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 55 92 59.8% 49.6%
7 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
8 Inwood Rd. 7.3 64 113 56.6% 47.4%
9 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 183 356 51.4% 46.2%
10 Lake Betz 7.3 180 355 50.7% 45.5%
11 Schenck Forest 3.6 151 295 51.2% 45.5%
12 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 38 71 53.5% 42.0%
14 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
15 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
16 Beaver Marsh 16.7 149 330 45.2% 39.9%
17 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
18 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 369 899 41.0% 37.9%
19 Eden Lakes 23.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
20 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
21 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 398 984 40.4% 37.4%
22 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
23 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
24 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
25 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 21 42 50.0% 35.5%
26 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
27 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
28 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 28 71 39.4% 28.9%
29 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 15 38 39.5% 25.6%
30 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
31 Forest Hills Park 15.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
32 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 21 59 35.6% 24.6%
33 Wendell Park 22.6 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
34 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
35 Pullen Park 6.6 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
36 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
37 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
38 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
39 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 21 64 32.8% 22.6%
40 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
41 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
42 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 151 628 24.0% 20.9%
43 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
44 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
45 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
48 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 18 60 30.0% 19.9%
49 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
50 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 36 139 25.9% 19.3%
51 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
52 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
53 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 17 60 28.3% 18.5%
54 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 40 30.0% 18.1%
55 Lake Raleigh 6.0 38 158 24.1% 18.1%
56 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 34 143 23.8% 17.5%
57 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 26 108 24.1% 17.0%
58 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
59 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
60 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 13 50 26.0% 15.9%
61 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
62 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
63 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
64 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 64 23.4% 14.7%
65 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 27 134 20.1% 14.2%
66 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
67 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
68 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
69 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
70 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
71 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
72 Fearrington Village 17.5 13 67 19.4% 11.7%
73 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
74 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
75 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
76 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
77 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
78 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 10 60 16.7% 9.3%
84 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 61 16.4% 9.2%
85 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
86 17 Acre Woods 18.0 19 139 13.7% 8.9%
87 Homestead Park 19.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
88 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
89 White Deer Park 11.6 11 73 15.1% 8.6%
90 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
91 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
92 Lake Benson 11.9 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
93 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
94 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 42 435 9.7% 7.2%
95 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
96 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
97 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
98 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
99 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
100 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 13 118 11.0% 6.6%
101 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
102 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
103 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
104 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
105 Forgotten Pond 19.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
106 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
107 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
109 American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 Walltown Park 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
112 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
113 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 7 61 11.5% 5.7%
114 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
115 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
116 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 11 115 9.6% 5.4%
117 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
118 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
119 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 8 83 9.6% 5.0%
120 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 10 116 8.6% 4.7%
121 Northgate Park 17.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
122 Duke Park 16.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
123 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
124 Lyon Park 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
125 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
126 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
127 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
128 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 34 592 5.7% 4.1%
129 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 12 173 6.9% 4.0%
130 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
131 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
132 Lake Lynn 7.7 16 266 6.0% 3.7%
133 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
134 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
135 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
136 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
137 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
138 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
139 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
140 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
141 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
142 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
143 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 5 60 8.3% 3.6%
144 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
145 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
146 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
147 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
148 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
149 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
150 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
151 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
152 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
153 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
154 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 18 390 4.6% 2.9%
155 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
156 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
157 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
158 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
159 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 102 5.9% 2.7%
160 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 102 5.9% 2.7%
161 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
162 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
163 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
164 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 156 5.1% 2.6%
165 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
166 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
167 Shelley Lake 8.1 7 143 4.9% 2.4%
168 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
169 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
170 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 10 268 3.7% 2.0%
171 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
172 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 5 114 4.4% 1.9%
173 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
174 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
175 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
176 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
177 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
178 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 5 133 3.8% 1.6%
179 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 142 3.5% 1.5%
180 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
181 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
182 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 7 238 2.9% 1.4%
183 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
184 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
185 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
186 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
187 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
188 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
189 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
190 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
191 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
192 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
193 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
194 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
195 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
196 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
197 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
198 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
199 Bond Park 2.7 4 217 1.8% 0.7%
200 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
201 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
202 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
203 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
204 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
205 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
206 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
207 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 5 603 0.8% 0.4%
208 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
209 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
210 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
211 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
212 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 195 1.0% 0.3%
213 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
214 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
215 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
216 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 122 0.8% 0.1%