Bird Finder

Where to find Spotted Sandpiper 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 Spotted Sandpiper 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.

• Click on a month in the bar chart to switch to that month.
• Click on a location to view its top birds.
• Click here to view a map on eBird.

Back to the Top Birds list

Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	242	384	63.0%	58.1%
2			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	271	491	55.2%	50.8%
3			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	79	139	56.8%	48.5%
4			South Durham WRF	13.3	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
5			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	208	450	46.2%	41.7%
6			Lake Lynn	7.7	99	211	46.9%	40.3%
7			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	227	513	44.2%	40.0%
8			Lake Betz	7.3	123	285	43.2%	37.5%
9			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	22	43	51.2%	36.8%
10			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	36	76	47.4%	36.5%
11			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	55	129	42.6%	34.4%
12			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	121	309	39.2%	33.9%
13			Bond Park	2.7	78	199	39.2%	32.7%
14			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	44	108	40.7%	31.9%
15			Shelley Lake	8.1	51	134	38.1%	30.3%
16			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
17			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	14	31	45.2%	29.2%
18			Schenck Forest	3.6	75	217	34.6%	28.6%
19			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	22	55	40.0%	28.1%
20			Apex Community Park	3.7	21	54	38.9%	27.0%
21			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	23	66	34.8%	24.5%
22			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
23			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	11	30	36.7%	21.9%
24			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	21	68	30.9%	21.2%
25			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	18	57	31.6%	21.0%
26			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	35	126	27.8%	20.7%
27			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	28	101	27.7%	19.9%
28			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	13	41	31.7%	19.6%
29			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	17	58	29.3%	19.2%
30			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
31			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
32			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
33			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
34			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
35			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
36			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
37			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
38			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	11	47	23.4%	13.6%
39			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
40			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	15	76	19.7%	12.3%
41			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	43	314	13.7%	10.3%
42			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	6	29	20.7%	9.8%
43			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	76	626	12.1%	9.8%
44			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
45			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
46			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
47			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
48			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
49			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	8	49	16.3%	8.5%
50			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
51			Lake Raleigh	6.0	16	121	13.2%	8.3%
52			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	6	35	17.1%	8.1%
53			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	68	681	10.0%	8.0%
54			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
55			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
56			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
57			Eastgate Park	9.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
58			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
59			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
60			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
61			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
62			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	6	48	12.5%	5.9%
63			Lake Wheeler	8.2	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
64			Raven Rock SP	23.9	6	53	11.3%	5.3%
65			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	7	70	10.0%	4.9%
66			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
67			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
68			Lake Benson	11.9	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
69			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	16	233	6.9%	4.3%
70			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	5	52	9.6%	4.2%
71			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	39	10.3%	4.1%
72			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	41	755	5.4%	4.0%
73			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	5	54	9.3%	4.0%
74			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	4	40	10.0%	4.0%
75			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
76			Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
77			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
78			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	5	62	8.1%	3.5%
79			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
80			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
81			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	6	86	7.0%	3.2%
82			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
83			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
84			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	8	145	5.5%	2.8%
85			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
86			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
87			Falls Lake	15.1	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
88			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	4	65	6.2%	2.4%
89			Town Lake Park	23.4	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
90			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
91			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
92			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	3	48	6.2%	2.1%
93			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
94			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
95			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
96			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
97			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
98			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
99			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
100			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
101			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
102			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	6	201	3.0%	1.4%
103			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	13	616	2.1%	1.2%
104			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
105			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
106			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
107			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
108			Beaver Marsh	16.7	5	199	2.5%	1.1%
109			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
110			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
111			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	3	111	2.7%	0.9%
112			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	11	681	1.6%	0.9%
113			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
114			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
115			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
116			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	2	64	3.1%	0.9%
117			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
118			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	2	77	2.6%	0.7%
119			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
120			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
121			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
122			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
123			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
124			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
125			Ritter Park	4.3	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
126			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
127			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
128			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
129			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	1	70	1.4%	0.3%
130			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	1	73	1.4%	0.2%
131			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
132			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	2	300	0.7%	0.2%