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Where to find Great Blue Heron in October
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 Great Blue Heron in October. 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			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	140	145	96.6%	92.2%
2			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	21	21	100.0%	84.5%
3			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	88	100	88.0%	80.2%
4			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	57	66	86.4%	76.1%
5			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	12	12	100.0%	75.7%
6			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	508	647	78.5%	75.2%
7			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	101	122	82.8%	75.1%
8			Lake Lynn	7.7	373	477	78.2%	74.3%
9			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	31	35	88.6%	74.0%
10			Bond Park	2.7	137	171	80.1%	73.5%
11			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	20	22	90.9%	72.2%
12			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	301	403	74.7%	70.2%
13			Apex Community Park	3.7	49	61	80.3%	68.7%
14			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	37	45	82.2%	68.7%
15			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	36	44	81.8%	68.0%
16			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	16	18	88.9%	67.2%
17			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	117	159	73.6%	66.2%
18			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	37	47	78.7%	65.1%
19			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	31	39	79.5%	64.5%
20			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	40	52	76.9%	63.9%
21			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	103	146	70.5%	62.7%
22			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	25	32	78.1%	61.2%
23			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
24			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
25			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	32	44	72.7%	58.2%
26			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	53	77	68.8%	57.8%
27			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	67	101	66.3%	56.7%
28			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
29			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	16	21	76.2%	54.9%
30			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	23	32	71.9%	54.6%
31			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	102	168	60.7%	53.2%
32			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	43	66	65.2%	53.1%
33			Shelley Lake	8.1	50	78	64.1%	53.0%
34			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	29	43	67.4%	52.5%
35			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	18	25	72.0%	52.4%
36			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	11	14	78.6%	52.4%
37			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
38			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	19	27	70.4%	51.5%
39			Town Lake Park	23.4	22	32	68.8%	51.4%
40			Lake Wheeler	8.2	14	19	73.7%	51.2%
41			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
42			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	208	380	54.7%	49.7%
43			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
44			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	14	20	70.0%	48.1%
45			Lake Betz	7.3	83	153	54.2%	46.3%
46			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	166	325	51.1%	45.7%
47			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
48			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
49			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
50			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	22	37	59.5%	43.5%
51			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	35	65	53.8%	41.9%
52			Lake Raleigh	6.0	33	61	54.1%	41.7%
53			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
54			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
55			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	19	36	52.8%	37.0%
56			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	17	32	53.1%	36.4%
57			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
58			Lake Benson	11.9	15	28	53.6%	35.8%
59			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
60			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	67	157	42.7%	35.2%
61			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	20	41	48.8%	34.3%
62			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
63			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
64			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
65			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	11	20	55.0%	34.2%
66			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	14	27	51.9%	34.0%
67			Schenck Forest	3.6	81	201	40.3%	33.8%
68			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	11	21	52.4%	32.4%
69			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	23	52	44.2%	31.6%
70			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	14	29	48.3%	31.4%
71			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
72			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
73			Carpenter Park	5.1	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
74			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	15	33	45.5%	29.8%
75			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
76			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	17	43	39.5%	26.4%
77			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	32	92	34.8%	25.8%
78			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	152	527	28.8%	25.1%
79			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
80			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
81			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	22	68	32.4%	22.4%
82			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
83			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
84			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
85			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
86			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
87			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
88			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
89			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
90			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
91			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
92			Leesville Park	7.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
93			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
94			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
95			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
96			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
97			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
98			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
99			Beaver Marsh	16.7	41	161	25.5%	19.4%
100			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
101			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
102			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
103			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	74	352	21.0%	17.1%
104			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
105			Eastgate Park	9.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
106			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
107			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
108			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
109			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	63	369	17.1%	13.6%
110			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	18	87	20.7%	13.5%
111			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
112			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
113			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
114			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
115			Ritter Park	4.3	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
116			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
117			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
118			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
119			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
120			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
121			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
122			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
123			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
124			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
125			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	9	53	17.0%	9.2%
126			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
127			Salem Pond Park	4.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
128			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
129			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
130			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	6	38	15.8%	7.4%
131			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
132			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
133			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	6	41	14.6%	6.9%
134			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
135			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
136			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
137			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
138			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
139			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
140			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
141			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
142			Strickland Park	8.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
143			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
144			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	5	36	13.9%	6.1%
145			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
146			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	5	40	12.5%	5.5%
147			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	5	44	11.4%	5.0%
148			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
149			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
150			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
151			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
152			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
153			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
154			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
155			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
156			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
157			17 Acre Woods	18.0	9	107	8.4%	4.5%
158			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	11	152	7.2%	4.1%
159			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
160			Falls Lake	15.1	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
161			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
162			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
163			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
164			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
165			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	7	104	6.7%	3.3%
166			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	4	50	8.0%	3.2%
167			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	13	254	5.1%	3.0%
168			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
169			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
170			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
171			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
172			Northgate Park	17.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
173			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
174			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
175			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
176			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
177			Pullen Park	6.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
178			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
179			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
180			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
181			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
182			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
183			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
184			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	2	41	4.9%	1.3%
185			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
186			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
187			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
188			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
189			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
190			White Deer Park	11.6	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
191			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	4	208	1.9%	0.8%
192			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
193			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
194			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
195			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
196			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
197			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
198			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
199			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	1	99	1.0%	0.2%