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 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 201 300 67.0% 61.5%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 424 676 62.7% 59.0%
3 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 38 53 71.7% 58.4%
4 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 20 27 74.1% 55.3%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 78 126 61.9% 53.2%
6 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 132 233 56.7% 50.2%
7 Beaver Marsh 16.7 108 199 54.3% 47.3%
8 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 30 49 61.2% 47.2%
9 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
10 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 25 43 58.1% 43.3%
11 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 47 88 53.4% 43.1%
12 Lake Raleigh 6.0 61 119 51.3% 42.4%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 104 216 48.1% 41.6%
14 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 18 31 58.1% 40.8%
15 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 35 68 51.5% 39.8%
16 Salem Pond Park 4.5 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
17 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 19 34 55.9% 39.5%
18 Inwood Rd. 7.3 32 62 51.6% 39.4%
19 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 293 680 43.1% 39.4%
20 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
21 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
22 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 267 755 35.4% 32.0%
23 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
24 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 17 38 44.7% 30.1%
25 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
26 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
27 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
28 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 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 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
31 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 25 62 40.3% 29.0%
32 Carpenter Park 5.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
33 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
34 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
35 Fearrington Village 17.5 24 63 38.1% 27.1%
36 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 140 450 31.1% 27.0%
37 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 28 76 36.8% 26.9%
38 Wendell Park 22.6 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
39 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
40 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
41 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
42 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
43 Lake Betz 7.3 87 285 30.5% 25.5%
44 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
45 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
46 Carrboro High School 18.4 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
47 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
48 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
49 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
50 Pullen Park 6.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
51 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
52 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
53 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
54 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 17 55 30.9% 20.3%
57 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 22 75 29.3% 20.2%
58 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
59 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 140 624 22.4% 19.3%
60 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
61 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
62 South Durham WRF 13.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
63 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
64 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
65 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 20 74 27.0% 18.2%
66 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
67 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
68 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
69 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
70 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
71 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 52 25.0% 15.2%
72 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
73 Coker Pinetum 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
74 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 16 70 22.9% 14.6%
75 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
76 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 57 314 18.2% 14.3%
77 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
78 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 21 107 19.6% 13.2%
79 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 14 66 21.2% 13.1%
80 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 16 79 20.3% 12.9%
81 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
82 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
83 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
84 Forest Hills Park 15.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
85 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
86 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
87 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
88 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 64 489 13.1% 10.4%
89 Lake Benson 11.9 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
90 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
91 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
92 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
93 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
94 Homestead Park 19.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
95 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
96 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
97 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
98 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
99 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 19 139 13.7% 8.9%
100 White Deer Park 11.6 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
101 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
102 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
103 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
104 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
105 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
106 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 34 309 11.0% 8.0%
107 17 Acre Woods 18.0 16 134 11.9% 7.5%
108 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
109 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
110 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
111 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 9 76 11.8% 6.4%
112 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
113 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
114 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
115 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
116 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
117 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
118 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
119 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
120 Lake Lynn 7.7 19 211 9.0% 5.8%
121 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
122 Shelley Lake 8.1 13 134 9.7% 5.8%
123 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
124 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
125 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
126 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
127 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 9 86 10.5% 5.6%
128 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 10 101 9.9% 5.5%
129 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
130 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
131 Falls Lake 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
132 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
133 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
134 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
135 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 12 172 7.0% 4.0%
136 Apex Community Park 3.7 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
137 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
138 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
139 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
140 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
141 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 10 144 6.9% 3.8%
142 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 5 57 8.8% 3.8%
143 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
144 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
145 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
146 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 21 384 5.5% 3.6%
147 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
148 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
149 Northgate Park 17.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
150 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
151 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
152 Ritter Park 4.3 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
153 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
154 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
155 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 8 152 5.3% 2.7%
156 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
157 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
158 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
159 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
160 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 20 513 3.9% 2.5%
161 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
162 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
163 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
164 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
165 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
166 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
167 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
168 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
169 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
170 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
171 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
172 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
173 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
174 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
175 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
176 Fallon park 8.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
177 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 14 616 2.3% 1.4%
178 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
179 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
180 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 92 3.3% 1.1%
181 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
182 Bond Park 2.7 5 199 2.5% 1.1%
183 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
184 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
185 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
186 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
187 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
188 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
189 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
190 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 4 199 2.0% 0.8%
191 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
192 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
193 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
194 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
195 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
196 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
197 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
198 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
199 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
200 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
201 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
202 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
203 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 129 0.8% 0.1%