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Where to find Double-crested Cormorant 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 Double-crested Cormorant 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.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 67 76 88.2% 79.0%
2 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 311 384 81.0% 76.8%
3 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 252 314 80.3% 75.5%
4 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
5 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 28 35 80.0% 64.1%
6 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
7 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 46 62 74.2% 62.1%
8 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 23 30 76.7% 59.1%
9 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 83 129 64.3% 55.8%
10 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
11 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 23 33 69.7% 52.7%
12 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 276 491 56.2% 51.8%
13 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
14 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
15 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
16 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 140 309 45.3% 39.8%
17 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
18 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 34 70 48.6% 37.2%
19 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 21 41 51.2% 36.5%
20 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
21 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 25 52 48.1% 35.1%
22 Lake Lynn 7.7 87 211 41.2% 34.8%
23 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
26 Shelley Lake 8.1 53 134 39.6% 31.7%
27 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 219 626 35.0% 31.3%
28 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
29 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 53 139 38.1% 30.5%
30 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
31 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
32 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 174 513 33.9% 30.0%
33 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
34 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
35 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
36 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 40 108 37.0% 28.5%
37 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
38 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 24 66 36.4% 25.8%
39 Bond Park 2.7 62 199 31.2% 25.1%
40 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
42 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
43 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
44 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
45 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
46 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
47 Lake Wheeler 8.2 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
48 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
49 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
50 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 11 35 31.4% 18.6%
51 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 14 48 29.2% 18.2%
52 Lake Betz 7.3 64 285 22.5% 18.0%
53 Schenck Forest 3.6 50 217 23.0% 17.9%
54 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 19 73 26.0% 17.3%
55 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
56 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
57 Lake Benson 11.9 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
58 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
59 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
60 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
61 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
62 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 13 55 23.6% 14.4%
63 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 13 57 22.8% 13.8%
64 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
65 Lake Raleigh 6.0 24 121 19.8% 13.7%
66 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
67 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 12 54 22.2% 13.2%
68 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
69 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
70 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 12 64 18.8% 11.1%
71 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
72 Falls Lake 15.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
73 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 9 49 18.4% 10.0%
74 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
75 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
76 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
77 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
78 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
79 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
80 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
81 Apex Community Park 3.7 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
82 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 11 101 10.9% 6.2%
83 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
84 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 9 86 10.5% 5.6%
85 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 47 681 6.9% 5.2%
86 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
87 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
88 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
89 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
90 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
91 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
92 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
93 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
94 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
95 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
96 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
97 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
98 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
99 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 23 681 3.4% 2.3%
100 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
101 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
102 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
103 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 8 201 4.0% 2.0%
104 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
105 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
106 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 126 4.0% 1.7%
107 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
108 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
109 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
110 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 7 300 2.3% 1.1%
111 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
112 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
113 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
114 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 5 233 2.1% 0.9%
115 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
116 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
117 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 10 616 1.6% 0.9%
118 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
119 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 199 2.0% 0.8%
120 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
121 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
122 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
123 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
124 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
125 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
126 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
127 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 3 152 2.0% 0.7%
128 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
129 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
130 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
131 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
132 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
133 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
134 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
135 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 145 1.4% 0.4%
136 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 6 755 0.8% 0.4%
137 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
138 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
139 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
140 White Deer Park 11.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
141 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
142 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
143 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
144 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
145 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 450 0.4% 0.1%