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Where to find Spotted Sandpiper in August
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Spotted Sandpiper in August. 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 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 132 229 57.6% 51.2%
2 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 120 238 50.4% 44.1%
3 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
4 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 159 391 40.7% 35.9%
5 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 183 455 40.2% 35.8%
6 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
7 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 22 45 48.9% 35.0%
8 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
9 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 33 93 35.5% 26.5%
10 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 85 290 29.3% 24.4%
11 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
12 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 18 56 32.1% 21.4%
13 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
14 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 23 79 29.1% 20.3%
15 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 63 251 25.1% 20.1%
16 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
17 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
18 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
19 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
20 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 17 80 21.2% 13.7%
21 Shelley Lake 8.1 19 95 20.0% 13.2%
22 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
23 Lake Lynn 7.7 32 190 16.8% 12.2%
24 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 48 304 15.8% 12.1%
25 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
26 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
27 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
28 Schenck Forest 3.6 16 96 16.7% 10.5%
29 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
30 Bond Park 2.7 18 117 15.4% 10.0%
31 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
32 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 13 87 14.9% 8.9%
37 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
38 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
39 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 19 164 11.6% 7.5%
40 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 11 98 11.2% 6.4%
41 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
42 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
43 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 10 90 11.1% 6.1%
44 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 68 11.8% 6.1%
45 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
46 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
47 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
48 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
49 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
50 Lake Betz 7.3 20 292 6.8% 4.5%
51 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 20 312 6.4% 4.2%
52 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
53 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
54 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 14 227 6.2% 3.7%
55 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
56 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 7 98 7.1% 3.5%
57 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
58 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
59 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
60 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
62 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
63 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
64 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
65 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
66 Falls Lake 15.1 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
67 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
68 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
69 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
70 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
71 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
72 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
73 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
74 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 4 162 2.5% 1.0%
75 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 8 432 1.9% 0.9%
76 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
77 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
78 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
79 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
80 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
81 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
82 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
83 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
84 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
85 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
86 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
87 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 5 700 0.7% 0.3%
88 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 3 335 0.9% 0.3%
89 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
90 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
91 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
92 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 1 391 0.3% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.