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Where to find Great Blue Heron in November
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

Great Blue Heron
© Daniel Grossi / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Great Blue Heron in November. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance
3.3 1 12 120 294 329 89.4% 85.6%
2 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.
9.8 5 10 33 93 101 92.1% 85.1%
3 Lake Wheeler marshes
6.9 0 11 53 180 201 89.6% 84.6%
4 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)
12.0 0 9 36 61 68 89.7% 80.2%
5 Lake Crabtree County Park
3.6 18 20 320 657 794 82.7% 80.0%
6 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam
18.7 7 13 48 76 89 85.4% 76.6%
7 Shelley Lake
8.1 6 14 95 125 152 82.2% 75.4%
8 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade
19.0 0 16 69 100 122 82.0% 74.2%
9 Symphony Lake Greenway
4.4 0 9 19 39 45 86.7% 73.8%
10 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access
15.2 1 4 23 26 29 89.7% 73.6%
11 Lake Wheeler
8.2 0 10 23 30 34 88.2% 73.4%
12 Bond Park
2.7 6 15 48 129 162 79.6% 72.8%
13 Lake Johnson Park
4.2 2 11 62 220 283 77.7% 72.5%
14 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point
16.1 2 13 74 216 278 77.7% 72.4%
15 Apex Community Park
3.7 5 9 40 68 83 81.9% 72.3%
16 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)
20.0 0 6 7 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
17 Bass Lake Park & Trail
10.7 3 10 49 74 91 81.3% 72.1%
18 Lake Lynn
7.7 7 17 89 157 212 74.1% 67.8%
19 Lake Rogers Park
23.7 0 7 5 12 13 92.3% 66.7%
20 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake
5.7 5 13 82 119 161 73.9% 66.6%
21 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek
10.6 0 9 15 25 30 83.3% 66.4%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point
15.0 10 20 197 433 624 69.4% 65.7%
23 Town Lake Park
23.4 1 5 8 21 25 84.0% 65.3%
24 Falls Lake--Rolling View
16.1 1 15 72 150 217 69.1% 62.7%
25 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access
13.1 1 11 21 31 40 77.5% 62.5%
26 Lake Crabtree Dam
3.3 8 11 104 224 336 66.7% 61.5%
27 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp
15.5 1 13 36 64 90 71.1% 61.0%
28 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina
15.5 0 5 6 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
29 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)
14.1 0 9 9 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
30 Lake Benson
11.9 0 9 26 71 101 70.3% 60.8%
31 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade
20.0 0 4 7 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
32 Lake Betz
7.3 13 16 128 250 389 64.3% 59.4%
33 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)
21.9 0 10 18 26 35 74.3% 57.9%
34 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp
18.4 0 15 42 48 70 68.6% 57.0%
35 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End
17.3 0 3 4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
36 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)
21.9 1 14 50 37 53 69.8% 56.5%
37 Brier Creek Reservoir
5.9 1 10 30 48 71 67.6% 56.1%
38 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve
22.1 0 5 3 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
39 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp
14.8 0 7 18 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
40 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY
12.4 1 2 25 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
41 Yates Mill County Park
7.2 7 16 159 282 501 56.3% 51.9%
42 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform
12.3 0 11 25 25 37 67.6% 51.5%
43 Old Bynum Bridge
20.4 0 11 23 33 51 64.7% 51.0%
44 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment
23.4 1 12 70 68 113 60.2% 51.0%
45 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.
12.6 0 8 25 31 48 64.6% 50.4%
46 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff
12.6 0 6 12 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
47 Harris Lake County Park
14.0 1 14 31 48 80 60.0% 49.0%
48 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)
19.7 0 3 6 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth
14.9 3 12 52 68 118 57.6% 48.6%
50 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway
3.5 0 6 6 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
51 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.
13.3 1 8 10 19 29 65.5% 47.3%
52 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp
16.8 0 7 19 21 33 63.6% 46.6%
53 Hoffman Lake
2.4 0 4 5 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
54 Brumley Nature Preserve--North
22.2 18 8 97 152 305 49.8% 44.3%
55 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf
15.9 0 3 3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
56 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land)
15.4 0 3 2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
57 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.
17.1 0 5 3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
58 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir
19.0 0 3 4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
59 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp
18.6 0 4 2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
60 Lake Raleigh
6.0 1 12 36 55 104 52.9% 43.4%
61 Duke University--Reclamation Pond
17.3 1 10 13 34 61 55.7% 43.3%
62 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest
14.7 0 7 13 26 45 57.8% 43.3%
63 Crabtree Creek Watershed
4.7 6 10 11 43 80 53.8% 42.9%
64 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek
10.3 0 4 3 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
65 Falls Lake--Dam
15.2 0 10 16 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
66 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)
8.2 0 7 6 31 59 52.5% 40.0%
67 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek
18.2 14 11 8 46 94 48.9% 39.1%
68 University Lake, Chapel Hill
19.3 0 5 5 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
69 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway
12.9 0 7 10 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
70 Sandy Creek Park
16.1 1 18 113 176 417 42.2% 37.6%
71 Schenck Forest
3.6 1 14 30 70 158 44.3% 36.8%
72 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir
18.0 0 11 17 18 35 51.4% 35.6%
73 Rainbow Soccer Complex
16.2 4 7 11 29 61 47.5% 35.5%
74 Hilltop Needmore Park--North
11.1 0 4 15 14 27 51.9% 34.0%
75 Beaver Marsh
16.7 2 14 42 94 236 39.8% 33.8%
76 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek
14.0 0 4 6 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
77 Durant Nature Preserve
13.3 2 9 36 36 86 41.9% 32.0%
78 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina
13.2 0 10 14 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
79 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)
17.7 0 3 5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
80 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook
16.7 0 5 9 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
81 Sarah P. Duke Gardens
16.8 3 15 43 44 115 38.3% 29.9%
82 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake
3.8 0 6 7 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
83 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only
15.3 0 7 7 16 38 42.1% 27.9%
84 Morris Branch Greenway
7.6 0 4 3 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
85 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum
20.3 0 5 6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
86 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'
16.4 1 10 14 18 46 39.1% 26.4%
87 Middle Creek Bottomlands II
24.9 0 8 2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
88 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland
16.0 2 2 14 15 40 37.5% 24.2%
89 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
17.8 0 3 2 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
90 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment
14.5 1 4 6 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
91 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center
13.8 0 3 11 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
92 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)
12.3 0 2 3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
93 Kildaire Farms Lake
2.3 0 1 1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
94 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge
19.9 0 3 3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
95 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access
12.9 0 3 3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
96 Mason Farm Biological Reserve
14.6 2 19 73 108 418 25.8% 21.9%
97 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch
11.6 0 1 2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
98 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge
16.3 0 2 2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
99 South Point Mall Retention Pond
12.0 0 2 1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
100 Greenview Ponds
7.6 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)
12.6 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Eden Lakes
23.7 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail
4.2 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp
18.9 0 1 2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden
13.4 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 Honeycutt Road Park
14.6 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Falls Lake--Old Weaver Trail (Wake Co.)
20.1 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek
14.8 0 3 5 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
109 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek
15.0 0 5 5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
110 Ammons Farm Rd.
24.7 0 1 4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
111 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)
17.9 0 3 2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
112 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St
5.1 0 3 3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
113 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve
23.8 0 3 2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
114 Blue Jay Point County Park
14.5 1 9 17 18 70 25.7% 16.9%
115 Pinehurst Drive Ponds
15.6 0 3 4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
116 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment
13.8 0 5 6 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
117 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park
10.0 0 4 1 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
118 Blackwood Farm Park
22.9 0 4 8 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
119 Forest Ridge Park
16.5 0 4 4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
120 Old Oxford Rd. Pond
20.9 0 2 2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
121 Parkwood Lake
9.7 0 2 1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
122 William B. Umstead SP
5.4 0 5 8 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
123 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road
20.9 0 3 1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
124 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64
18.7 0 2 10 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
125 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula
12.1 0 2 2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
126 Mid Pines Rd.
6.7 2 13 96 161 1083 14.9% 12.9%
127 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.
11.9 0 6 6 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
128 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access
9.5 0 3 6 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
129 Salem Pond Park
4.5 0 3 2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
130 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area
13.8 0 1 3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
131 Haw River--Bynum Dam
20.5 0 2 1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
132 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway
11.0 0 2 4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
133 Carpenter Park
5.1 2 2 1 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
134 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green
21.9 0 2 2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
135 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats
18.8 0 1 4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
136 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point
14.2 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 New Hope Bottomlands
15.5 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Falls Lake--New Light Creek
17.6 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Mill Bridge Nature Park
19.4 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.
17.4 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Neuse River Trail--River Bend
14.9 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018)
19.0 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
143 Knightdale Station Park
17.3 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
144 Juniper Level Botanic Garden
13.9 0 1 2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
145 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve
15.1 1 4 13 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
146 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach
17.5 0 1 2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
147 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek
14.5 1 6 14 19 156 12.2% 7.9%
148 Baileywick Road Park
10.2 0 3 1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
149 Wendell Park
22.6 1 3 10 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
150 Eno River SP--Few's Ford
23.2 1 8 23 14 113 12.4% 7.5%
151 Falls Lake
15.1 0 3 3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
152 Barksdale Drive Greenway
9.9 0 2 3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
153 Hank Anderson Community Park
20.3 1 7 3 10 83 12.0% 6.7%
154 Laurel Hill Park
5.4 0 1 1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
155 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment
23.9 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
156 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge
13.6 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
157 Historic Oak View Park
11.8 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
158 Chandler's Swamp
16.9 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
159 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall
12.2 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
160 Jack Marley Park
19.7 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
161 Williamson Preserve
19.2 0 4 9 8 71 11.3% 5.8%
162 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)
9.4 0 2 2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
163 Morgan Creek Trail
17.5 0 4 5 6 54 11.1% 5.2%
164 Third Fork Creek Trail
13.6 1 4 3 8 82 9.8% 5.0%
165 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)
24.1 1 7 12 12 141 8.5% 4.9%
166 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park
13.5 0 2 8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
167 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access
18.4 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
168 Camden Ave Pond
16.3 1 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
169 Shaw Lake
9.9 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
170 Twin Lakes Park
14.5 0 1 2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
171 NCSU Experimental Farm
7.1 0 3 3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
172 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve
20.5 0 5 16 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
173 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands
13.9 0 2 2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
174 Ten-Ten Road Pond
9.4 0 2 2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
175 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning
3.9 1 11 10 21 380 5.5% 3.6%
176 Brumley Nature Preserve--South
22.7 1 3 3 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
177 Lower Booker Creek Trail
17.0 0 2 12 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
178 Wake Forest Reservoir
20.5 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
179 17 Acre Woods
18.0 1 1 4 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
180 Orange County Sportsplex Pond
24.9 0 2 2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
181 Turnipseed Preserve
20.5 0 2 2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
182 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center
16.3 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
183 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access
20.8 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
184 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park
14.1 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
185 Merritt's Pasture
16.9 1 2 3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
186 Cedar Fork District Park
3.1 0 1 1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
187 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment
13.2 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
188 J.C. Raulston Arboretum
4.6 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
189 E. Carroll Joyner Park
20.6 0 2 6 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
190 Eastgate Park
9.5 0 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
191 Strickland Park
8.9 0 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
192 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station
21.6 0 1 2 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
193 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access
10.5 0 1 2 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
194 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park
13.6 0 2 2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
195 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden
4.6 1 2 4 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
196 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side
6.7 0 2 2 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
197 Berryhill Park and Trails
18.4 0 2 1 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
198 Walnut Creek Wetland Center
9.0 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
199 Higgins Greenway
1.2 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
200 Piedmont Nature Trail
15.9 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
201 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road
18.1 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
202 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland
6.1 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
203 West Lake Road Ponds
8.7 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
204 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders
3.9 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
205 Raven Rock SP
23.9 0 2 3 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
206 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve
20.0 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
207 Apex Nature Park
8.6 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
208 Brookhaven Nature Park
6.7 1 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
209 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park
15.6 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
210 Pulley Town Road Fields
22.5 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
211 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.
17.4 0 1 1 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
212 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park
4.4 0 1 2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
213 North Carolina State University Campus
6.2 0 1 2 3 104 2.9% 1.0%
214 Rocky Branch Greenway
6.4 0 1 1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
215 North Carolina Botanical Garden
16.0 0 2 2 2 116 1.7% 0.5%