Bird Finder

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%