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Where to find Double-crested Cormorant in January
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 Double-crested Cormorant in January. 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 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 81 89 91.0% 83.3%
2 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 28 29 96.6% 82.8%
3 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 104 116 89.7% 82.8%
4 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 125 141 88.7% 82.4%
5 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 63 70 90.0% 80.8%
6 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 286 338 84.6% 80.4%
7 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 97 111 87.4% 79.9%
8 Apex Community Park 3.7 214 257 83.3% 78.2%
9 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 206 251 82.1% 76.9%
10 Bond Park 2.7 118 145 81.4% 74.3%
11 Shelley Lake 8.1 97 131 74.0% 65.9%
12 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 24 29 82.8% 65.5%
13 Lake Raleigh 6.0 99 135 73.3% 65.3%
14 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 212 302 70.2% 64.8%
15 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 121 169 71.6% 64.4%
16 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 28 35 80.0% 64.1%
17 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 18 22 81.8% 61.5%
18 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
19 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
20 Lake Wheeler 8.2 37 50 74.0% 60.4%
21 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 16 20 80.0% 58.4%
22 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 16 20 80.0% 58.4%
23 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
24 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 360 593 60.7% 56.7%
25 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 121 190 63.7% 56.6%
26 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 52 77 67.5% 56.5%
27 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 58 87 66.7% 56.2%
28 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 84 133 63.2% 54.7%
29 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 73 121 60.3% 51.4%
30 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
31 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 227 436 52.1% 47.4%
32 Lake Benson 11.9 81 150 54.0% 46.0%
33 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
34 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
35 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
36 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
37 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
38 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
39 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
40 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
41 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 88 175 50.3% 43.0%
42 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
43 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 39 73 53.4% 42.1%
44 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
45 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
46 Lake Lynn 7.7 72 164 43.9% 36.5%
47 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
48 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
49 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
50 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 26 57 45.6% 33.4%
51 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
52 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
53 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
54 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
55 Schenck Forest 3.6 87 250 34.8% 29.2%
56 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
57 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
58 Eden Lakes 23.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
59 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 62 196 31.6% 25.5%
60 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
61 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
62 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
63 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
64 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 21 70 30.0% 20.5%
71 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
72 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 27 102 26.5% 18.9%
73 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
74 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 15 53 28.3% 18.0%
75 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 23 91 25.3% 17.5%
76 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
77 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
78 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
79 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
80 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
81 Lake Betz 7.3 61 346 17.6% 14.0%
82 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
83 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
84 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
85 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
86 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
87 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 97 817 11.9% 9.8%
88 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
89 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 10 58 17.2% 9.6%
90 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
91 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
92 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
93 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
94 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
95 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
96 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 24 209 11.5% 7.8%
97 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
98 Falls Lake 15.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
99 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
100 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
101 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
102 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
103 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
104 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
105 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
106 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
107 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 34 462 7.4% 5.3%
109 Homestead Park 19.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
110 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
111 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
112 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 12 184 6.5% 3.8%
113 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 150 6.7% 3.7%
114 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
115 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
116 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
117 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
118 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
119 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
120 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
121 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
122 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
123 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
124 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
125 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
126 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
127 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
128 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
129 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
130 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
131 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
132 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
133 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
134 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 4 103 3.9% 1.5%
135 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
136 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
137 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
138 Ritter Park 4.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
139 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 4 142 2.8% 1.1%
140 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
141 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
142 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
143 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
144 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
145 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
146 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
147 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
148 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 3 197 1.5% 0.5%
149 White Deer Park 11.6 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
150 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 4 361 1.1% 0.4%
151 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
152 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
153 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
154 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
155 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 1 116 0.9% 0.2%
156 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 448 0.4% 0.1%
157 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 351 0.3% 0.1%