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Where to find Spotted Sandpiper in September
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 September. 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 81 210 38.6% 32.2%
2 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
3 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 104 305 34.1% 29.0%
4 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
5 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 31 100 31.0% 22.8%
6 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 60 214 28.0% 22.4%
7 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
10 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 31 122 25.4% 18.5%
11 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
12 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 79 471 16.8% 13.7%
13 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 11 60 18.3% 10.6%
14 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
15 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
16 Shelley Lake 8.1 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
17 Schenck Forest 3.6 21 189 11.1% 7.4%
18 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
19 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
20 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 15 151 9.9% 6.1%
21 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
22 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
23 Lake Lynn 7.7 28 374 7.5% 5.2%
24 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
25 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
26 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
27 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
28 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
29 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
30 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
31 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 67 7.5% 3.2%
32 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
33 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 8 154 5.2% 2.7%
34 Bond Park 2.7 8 157 5.1% 2.6%
35 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 110 5.5% 2.5%
36 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
37 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
38 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
39 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
40 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
41 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
42 Lake Betz 7.3 6 219 2.7% 1.3%
43 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
44 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
45 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 7 371 1.9% 0.9%
46 Lake Benson 11.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
47 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
48 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
49 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
50 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
51 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
52 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
53 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
54 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
55 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
56 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 192 1.0% 0.3%
57 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
58 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 1 111 0.9% 0.2%
59 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 164 0.6% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relFeb-2021. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Feb 2021.