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Where to find European Starling 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 European Starling 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	371	568	65.3%	61.3%
2			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	170	264	64.4%	58.4%
3			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	34	47	72.3%	58.2%
4			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	11	13	84.6%	57.8%
5			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	75	113	66.4%	57.3%
6			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	15	19	78.9%	56.7%
7			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	20	29	69.0%	50.8%
8			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	116	208	55.8%	49.0%
9			Lake Raleigh	6.0	54	93	58.1%	47.9%
10			Beaver Marsh	16.7	105	194	54.1%	47.1%
11			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	18	28	64.3%	45.8%
12			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	23	38	60.5%	44.7%
13			Inwood Rd.	7.3	32	58	55.2%	42.5%
14			Schenck Forest	3.6	101	206	49.0%	42.3%
15			Salem Pond Park	4.5	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
16			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	276	617	44.7%	40.9%
17			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	31	62	50.0%	37.9%
18			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	16	30	53.3%	36.1%
19			Coker Pinetum	16.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
20			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	17	34	50.0%	34.1%
21			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	28	61	45.9%	34.0%
22			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
23			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
24			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	13	26	50.0%	32.1%
25			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	10	19	52.6%	31.7%
26			Pullen Park	6.6	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
27			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
28			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
29			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
30			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
31			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
32			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	13	29	44.8%	28.4%
33			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
34			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	189	629	30.0%	26.6%
35			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	13	31	41.9%	26.4%
36			Fearrington Village	17.5	20	53	37.7%	25.9%
37			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
38			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
39			Carrboro High School	18.4	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
40			Lake Betz	7.3	74	261	28.4%	23.2%
41			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	13	35	37.1%	23.2%
42			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
43			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	17	52	32.7%	21.5%
44			South Durham WRF	13.3	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
45			Williamson Preserve	19.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
46			Wendell Park	22.6	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
47			Dorothea Dix	6.6	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
48			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
49			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	16	50	32.0%	20.8%
50			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
51			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
52			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
53			Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
54			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
55			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	121	515	23.5%	20.0%
56			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
57			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	66	270	24.4%	19.7%
58			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	20	69	29.0%	19.6%
59			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
60			Forest Hills Park	15.0	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
61			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
62			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	18	68	26.5%	17.4%
63			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	8	26	30.8%	16.5%
64			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
65			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
66			Carpenter Park	5.1	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
67			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	16	65	24.6%	15.8%
68			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
69			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
70			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
71			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
72			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
73			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	10	39	25.6%	14.6%
74			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	18	81	22.2%	14.5%
75			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
76			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	47	264	17.8%	13.7%
77			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	10	42	23.8%	13.5%
78			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	11	48	22.9%	13.3%
79			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
80			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	18	94	19.1%	12.5%
81			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	12	60	20.0%	11.8%
82			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
83			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
84			Homestead Park	19.3	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
85			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	59	427	13.8%	10.9%
86			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
87			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
88			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
89			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	8	42	19.0%	10.0%
90			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	9	49	18.4%	10.0%
91			Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
92			Lake Benson	11.9	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
93			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
94			Krzyzewskiville	16.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
95			Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
96			Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
97			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
98			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
99			White Deer Park	11.6	7	40	17.5%	8.7%
100			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
101			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	6	34	17.6%	8.3%
102			17 Acre Woods	18.0	16	121	13.2%	8.3%
103			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
104			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
105			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	31	283	11.0%	7.8%
106			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
107			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
108			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
109			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
110			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
111			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
112			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
113			Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
114			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
115			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	9	82	11.0%	5.9%
116			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	8	72	11.1%	5.7%
117			Shelley Lake	8.1	11	109	10.1%	5.7%
118			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
119			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
120			Higgins Greenway	1.2	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
121			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
122			Falls Lake	15.1	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
123			Apex Community Park	3.7	5	42	11.9%	5.2%
124			Lake Lynn	7.7	14	164	8.5%	5.2%
125			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	8	82	9.8%	5.0%
126			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
127			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
128			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
129			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
130			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
131			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
132			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
133			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	12	154	7.8%	4.5%
134			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	5	49	10.2%	4.4%
135			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
136			Northgate Park	17.2	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
137			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
138			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
139			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
140			UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
141			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
142			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
143			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
144			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
145			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
146			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	5	67	7.5%	3.2%
147			Ritter Park	4.3	4	49	8.2%	3.2%
148			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	17	334	5.1%	3.2%
149			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	4	50	8.0%	3.2%
150			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	71	7.0%	3.0%
151			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
152			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
153			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
154			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	6	105	5.7%	2.6%
155			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	16	387	4.1%	2.6%
156			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	7	147	4.8%	2.3%
157			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	3	48	6.2%	2.1%
158			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	3	49	6.1%	2.1%
159			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
160			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
161			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
162			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
163			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
164			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	3	58	5.2%	1.8%
165			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
166			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
167			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
168			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
169			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
170			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
171			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
172			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	4	150	2.7%	1.0%
173			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
174			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
175			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	8	424	1.9%	1.0%
176			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
177			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
178			Bond Park	2.7	4	182	2.2%	0.9%
179			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
180			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
181			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
182			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
183			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
184			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
185			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
186			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
187			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
188			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
189			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
190			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
191			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	1	78	1.3%	0.2%
192			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	1	121	0.8%	0.1%