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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 66 67 98.5% 92.0%
2 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 144 153 94.1% 89.2%
3 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 143 160 89.4% 83.6%
4 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 154 178 86.5% 80.7%
5 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 59 66 89.4% 79.7%
6 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 48 56 85.7% 74.3%
7 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 57 69 82.6% 72.0%
8 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 15 16 93.8% 71.7%
9 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 349 461 75.7% 71.6%
10 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 61 75 81.3% 71.1%
11 Apex Community Park 3.7 66 86 76.7% 66.8%
12 Bond Park 2.7 116 160 72.5% 65.1%
13 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 23 28 82.1% 64.4%
14 Lake Betz 7.3 173 250 69.2% 63.2%
15 Shelley Lake 8.1 76 105 72.4% 63.2%
16 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 355 549 64.7% 60.6%
17 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
18 Lake Raleigh 6.0 76 111 68.5% 59.3%
19 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 131 201 65.2% 58.4%
20 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 43 61 70.5% 58.1%
21 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 41 58 70.7% 58.0%
22 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
23 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 48 70 68.6% 57.0%
24 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 105 166 63.3% 55.7%
25 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 23 32 71.9% 54.6%
26 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
27 Lake Benson 11.9 40 61 65.6% 53.0%
28 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 23 33 69.7% 52.7%
29 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
30 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 80 138 58.0% 49.6%
31 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 56 95 58.9% 48.9%
32 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 65 112 58.0% 48.8%
33 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
34 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 31 50 62.0% 48.2%
35 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
36 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
37 Lake Lynn 7.7 84 153 54.9% 47.0%
38 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 220 426 51.6% 46.9%
39 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
40 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 252 511 49.3% 45.0%
41 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
42 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
43 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
44 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 31 58 53.4% 40.8%
45 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
46 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 42 84 50.0% 39.5%
47 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
48 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
49 Beaver Marsh 16.7 162 396 40.9% 36.2%
50 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 33 70 47.1% 35.9%
51 Lake Wheeler 8.2 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
52 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 24 49 49.0% 35.6%
53 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
54 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
55 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
56 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
57 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 23 50 46.0% 33.0%
58 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
59 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
60 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
61 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
62 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
63 Schenck Forest 3.6 64 176 36.4% 29.6%
64 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 39 43.6% 29.3%
65 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
66 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
67 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
68 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
69 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
70 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
71 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 63 197 32.0% 25.9%
72 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
73 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
74 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
75 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
76 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
77 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
78 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
79 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
80 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
81 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
82 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
83 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 100 366 27.3% 23.0%
84 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
85 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
86 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
87 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
88 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
89 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
90 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
91 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
92 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
93 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
94 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
95 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
98 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 18 59 30.5% 20.3%
100 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 15 48 31.2% 19.9%
101 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
102 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
103 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
104 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 12 38 31.6% 19.1%
105 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 16 55 29.1% 18.8%
106 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
107 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
108 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 18 68 26.5% 17.4%
109 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 24 97 24.7% 17.2%
110 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
111 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
112 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
113 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
114 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
115 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
116 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 16 65 24.6% 15.8%
117 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
118 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
119 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
120 Ritter Park 4.3 14 58 24.1% 15.0%
121 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
122 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
123 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
124 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
125 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
126 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
127 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
128 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
129 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
130 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
131 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
132 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 8 42 19.0% 10.0%
133 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
134 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
135 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
136 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
137 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
143 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
144 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
145 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
146 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
147 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
148 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
149 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
150 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
151 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
152 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
153 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
154 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
155 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
156 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
157 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
158 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
159 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
160 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 11 124 8.9% 5.0%
161 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
162 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
163 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
164 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
165 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
166 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
167 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
168 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
169 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
170 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
171 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
172 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
173 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
174 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
175 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
176 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
177 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
178 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
179 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
180 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
181 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
182 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
183 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
184 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
185 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
186 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
187 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 11 274 4.0% 2.3%
188 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
189 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
190 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
191 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
192 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
193 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
194 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
195 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
196 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
197 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
198 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
199 Pullen Park 6.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
200 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
201 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
202 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
203 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
204 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
205 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
206 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
207 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
208 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
209 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
210 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
211 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
212 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
213 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
214 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
215 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
216 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 72 1.4% 0.2%