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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			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	201	300	67.0%	61.5%
2			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	426	681	62.6%	58.9%
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	121	50.4%	41.6%
13			Schenck Forest	3.6	104	217	47.9%	41.4%
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	681	43.0%	39.4%
20			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	9	15	60.0%	35.7%
21			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	13	24	54.2%	35.1%
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			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	14	31	45.2%	29.2%
32			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	25	62	40.3%	29.0%
33			Carpenter Park	5.1	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
34			Fearrington Village	17.5	24	63	38.1%	27.1%
35			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	140	450	31.1%	27.0%
36			Wendell Park	22.6	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
37			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	28	77	36.4%	26.5%
38			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	13	31	41.9%	26.4%
39			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
40			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	11	26	42.3%	25.5%
41			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
42			Lake Betz	7.3	87	285	30.5%	25.5%
43			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
44			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
45			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
46			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	13	37	35.1%	21.8%
47			Williamson Preserve	19.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
48			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
49			Carrboro High School	18.4	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
50			Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
51			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
52			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	10	28	35.7%	20.7%
53			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
54			stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018)	19.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
55			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	17	55	30.9%	20.3%
56			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	22	76	28.9%	20.0%
57			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
58			Pullen Park	6.6	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
59			Dorothea Dix	6.6	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
60			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	140	626	22.4%	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			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
73			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
74			Coker Pinetum	16.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
75			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	16	70	22.9%	14.6%
76			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	10	39	25.6%	14.6%
77			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	57	314	18.2%	14.3%
78			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
79			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	21	108	19.4%	13.1%
80			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	14	66	21.2%	13.1%
81			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	16	79	20.3%	12.9%
82			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
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			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	10	47	21.3%	12.0%
86			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
87			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
88			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
89			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	64	491	13.0%	10.3%
90			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
91			Lake Benson	11.9	7	35	20.0%	10.0%
92			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	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			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
105			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
106			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
107			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	34	309	11.0%	8.0%
108			17 Acre Woods	18.0	16	134	11.9%	7.5%
109			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
110			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	7	49	14.3%	7.1%
111			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
112			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	9	76	11.8%	6.4%
113			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
114			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
115			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
116			Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
117			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
118			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
119			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
120			East Clayton Community Park	23.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
121			Lake Lynn	7.7	19	211	9.0%	5.8%
122			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
123			Shelley Lake	8.1	13	134	9.7%	5.8%
124			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
125			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
126			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
127			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
128			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	9	86	10.5%	5.6%
129			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	10	101	9.9%	5.5%
130			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
131			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
132			Falls Lake	15.1	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
133			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
134			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
135			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
136			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	12	172	7.0%	4.0%
137			Apex Community Park	3.7	5	54	9.3%	4.0%
138			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
139			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	4	40	10.0%	4.0%
140			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
141			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	6	73	8.2%	3.8%
142			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	5	57	8.8%	3.8%
143			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	10	145	6.9%	3.8%
144			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
145			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
146			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
147			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	21	384	5.5%	3.6%
148			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
149			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
150			Northgate Park	17.2	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
151			Higgins Greenway	1.2	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
152			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
153			Ritter Park	4.3	4	51	7.8%	3.1%
154			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
155			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
156			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
157			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	8	152	5.3%	2.7%
158			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
159			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
160			UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
161			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
162			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	20	513	3.9%	2.5%
163			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	4	62	6.5%	2.5%
164			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	3	41	7.3%	2.5%
165			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	4	64	6.2%	2.5%
166			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	89	5.6%	2.4%
167			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
168			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
169			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
170			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
171			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
172			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	3	58	5.2%	1.8%
173			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	3	62	4.8%	1.7%
174			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
175			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
176			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
177			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
178			Fallon park	8.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
179			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	14	616	2.3%	1.4%
180			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
181			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	2	48	4.2%	1.2%
182			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	92	3.3%	1.1%
183			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
184			Bond Park	2.7	5	199	2.5%	1.1%
185			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	53	3.8%	1.0%
186			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	54	3.7%	1.0%
187			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
188			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
189			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
190			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
191			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	2	70	2.9%	0.8%
192			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	4	201	2.0%	0.8%
193			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
194			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
195			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
196			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
197			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
198			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
199			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
200			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
201			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
202			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
203			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
204			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	89	1.1%	0.2%
205			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	1	129	0.8%	0.1%