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Where to find Double-crested Cormorant in December
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 December. 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 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 57 59 96.6% 88.5%
2 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 20 20 100.0% 83.9%
3 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 136 156 87.2% 81.0%
4 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 51 57 89.5% 78.9%
5 Bond Park 2.7 83 97 85.6% 77.2%
6 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 51 58 87.9% 77.1%
7 Apex Community Park 3.7 60 70 85.7% 75.7%
8 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 40 46 87.0% 74.3%
9 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 139 173 80.3% 73.8%
10 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 300 384 78.1% 73.7%
11 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 105 130 80.8% 73.2%
12 Lake Raleigh 6.0 73 89 82.0% 72.8%
13 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 24 27 88.9% 71.9%
14 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 81 102 79.4% 70.6%
15 Shelley Lake 8.1 86 109 78.9% 70.3%
16 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
17 Lake Benson 11.9 58 72 80.6% 70.0%
18 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
19 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
20 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 41 51 80.4% 67.5%
21 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 123 167 73.7% 66.5%
22 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
23 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
24 Lake Wheeler 8.2 35 45 77.8% 63.7%
25 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 24 30 80.0% 62.7%
26 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 44 60 73.3% 61.0%
27 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
28 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 37 51 72.5% 59.1%
29 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 40 56 71.4% 58.5%
30 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
31 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
32 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
33 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
34 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 29 47 61.7% 47.4%
35 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
36 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 25 42 59.5% 44.5%
37 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
38 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
39 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
40 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
41 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
42 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
43 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 30 59 50.8% 38.4%
44 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
45 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
46 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
47 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
48 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
50 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
51 Schenck Forest 3.6 50 123 40.7% 32.4%
52 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 20 44 45.5% 31.7%
53 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 42 104 40.4% 31.5%
54 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
55 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
56 Lake Lynn 7.7 45 138 32.6% 25.4%
57 Eden Lakes 23.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
58 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
59 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
62 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 76 306 24.8% 20.3%
64 Lake Betz 7.3 36 138 26.1% 19.5%
65 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
66 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
67 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
68 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
69 Town Lake Park 23.4 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
70 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
71 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
72 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
73 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
74 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
75 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
76 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
77 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 11 51 21.6% 12.5%
78 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
79 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
80 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 29 188 15.4% 11.0%
81 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
82 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
83 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
86 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
87 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
88 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 14 93 15.1% 9.2%
89 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
90 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
91 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
92 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
93 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
94 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
95 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
96 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
97 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
98 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 38 498 7.6% 5.6%
99 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 63 11.1% 5.5%
100 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
101 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 20 273 7.3% 4.8%
102 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
103 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
104 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
105 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
106 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
107 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
108 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
109 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
110 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
111 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
112 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
113 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
114 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
115 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
116 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
117 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
118 Wendell Park 22.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
119 Ritter Park 4.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
120 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
121 White Deer Park 11.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
122 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
123 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
124 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
125 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
126 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 3 126 2.4% 0.8%
127 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
128 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
129 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
130 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
131 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 4 255 1.6% 0.6%
132 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
133 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
134 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
135 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 206 0.5% 0.1%