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Where to find Great Blue Heron in March
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 March. 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	87	88	98.9%	93.8%
2			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	150	159	94.3%	89.6%
3			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	156	174	89.7%	84.2%
4			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	78	86	90.7%	82.7%
5			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	73	82	89.0%	80.4%
6			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	191	232	82.3%	76.9%
7			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	16	17	94.1%	73.0%
8			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	402	524	76.7%	72.9%
9			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	89	113	78.8%	70.3%
10			Shelley Lake	8.1	97	125	77.6%	69.5%
11			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	58	74	78.4%	67.7%
12			Apex Community Park	3.7	96	129	74.4%	66.3%
13			Bond Park	2.7	131	179	73.2%	66.3%
14			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	24	29	82.8%	65.5%
15			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	11	12	91.7%	64.6%
16			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	14	16	87.5%	64.0%
17			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	174	252	69.0%	63.1%
18			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	52	70	74.3%	63.0%
19			Lake Betz	7.3	192	285	67.4%	61.7%
20			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
21			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	56	79	70.9%	60.1%
22			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	387	617	62.7%	58.8%
23			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	20	26	76.9%	57.9%
24			Lake Raleigh	6.0	86	131	65.6%	57.2%
25			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	127	199	63.8%	56.9%
26			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	25	34	73.5%	56.9%
27			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	25	35	71.4%	54.9%
28			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	37	56	66.1%	53.0%
29			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	20	28	71.4%	52.9%
30			Lake Lynn	7.7	107	182	58.8%	51.5%
31			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	99	169	58.6%	51.0%
32			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
33			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
34			Lake Benson	11.9	44	71	62.0%	50.3%
35			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	24	36	66.7%	50.3%
36			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	70	119	58.8%	49.8%
37			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	69	118	58.5%	49.5%
38			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	278	532	52.3%	48.0%
39			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	62	109	56.9%	47.5%
40			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
41			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
42			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	25	40	62.5%	47.0%
43			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	12	17	70.6%	46.9%
44			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	321	649	49.5%	45.6%
45			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
46			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
47			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	35	63	55.6%	43.3%
48			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	60	118	50.8%	41.9%
49			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	48	97	49.5%	39.7%
50			Beaver Marsh	16.7	176	416	42.3%	37.7%
51			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
52			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	33	68	48.5%	37.1%
53			Lake Wheeler	8.2	18	34	52.9%	36.7%
54			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
55			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	17	33	51.5%	35.2%
56			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	25	53	47.2%	34.4%
57			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
58			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
59			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
60			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
61			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	15	31	48.4%	32.0%
62			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
63			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
64			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	23	54	42.6%	30.3%
65			Schenck Forest	3.6	71	194	36.6%	30.1%
66			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
67			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
68			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
69			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
70			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
71			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
72			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	15	34	44.1%	28.9%
73			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
74			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
75			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
76			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
77			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	11	26	42.3%	25.5%
78			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
79			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	17	46	37.0%	24.5%
80			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	16	43	37.2%	24.4%
81			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	73	251	29.1%	23.8%
82			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
83			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	15	41	36.6%	23.6%
84			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	8	19	42.1%	23.1%
85			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	8	19	42.1%	23.1%
86			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
87			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	13	36	36.1%	22.5%
88			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	13	36	36.1%	22.5%
89			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
90			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	111	428	25.9%	22.0%
91			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
92			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
93			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
94			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	23	76	30.3%	21.1%
95			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
96			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
97			Jack Marley Park	19.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
98			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
99			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
100			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
101			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
102			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
103			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
104			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	17	55	30.9%	20.3%
105			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	18	59	30.5%	20.3%
106			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	23	80	28.7%	20.0%
107			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
108			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
109			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
110			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
111			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
112			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
113			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	29	118	24.6%	17.7%
114			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	8	25	32.0%	17.2%
115			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
116			Ritter Park	4.3	18	74	24.3%	16.0%
117			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
118			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
119			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
120			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
121			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
122			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	10	41	24.4%	13.8%
123			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
124			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
125			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	17	84	20.2%	13.0%
126			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
127			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
128			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
129			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
130			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	13	70	18.6%	11.2%
131			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
132			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
133			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	10	53	18.9%	10.6%
134			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	8	40	20.0%	10.5%
135			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	7	35	20.0%	10.0%
136			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	9	50	18.0%	9.8%
137			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
138			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
139			Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
140			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
141			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
142			Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
143			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
144			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
145			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
146			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
147			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	6	32	18.8%	8.9%
148			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	8	47	17.0%	8.9%
149			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	8	48	16.7%	8.7%
150			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
151			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
152			Crowder District Park	6.8	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
153			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
154			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
155			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
156			Salem Pond Park	4.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
157			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
158			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
159			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
160			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
161			Eden Lakes	23.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
162			South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
163			Town Lake Park	23.4	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
164			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
165			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
166			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	5	39	12.8%	5.6%
167			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
168			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	5	42	11.9%	5.2%
169			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
170			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
171			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
172			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
173			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
174			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
175			Raven Rock SP	23.9	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
176			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	11	139	7.9%	4.5%
177			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
178			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	4	38	10.5%	4.2%
179			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
180			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
181			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
182			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
183			Fearrington Village	17.5	4	44	9.1%	3.6%
184			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	4	48	8.3%	3.3%
185			Parker Preserve	15.5	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
186			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
187			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	4	52	7.7%	3.0%
188			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
189			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
190			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
191			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
192			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
193			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
194			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	77	6.5%	2.8%
195			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	14	312	4.5%	2.7%
196			Falls Lake	15.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
197			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
198			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
199			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
200			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
201			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
202			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
203			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
204			17 Acre Woods	18.0	3	53	5.7%	1.9%
205			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
206			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
207			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
208			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
209			Pullen Park	6.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
210			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	3	73	4.1%	1.4%
211			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
212			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
213			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	2	45	4.4%	1.2%
214			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
215			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
216			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
217			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
218			Northgate Park	17.2	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
219			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
220			Wendell Park	22.6	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
221			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
222			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
223			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
224			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
225			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
226			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	60	1.7%	0.3%
227			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	1	93	1.1%	0.2%