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Where to find Great Blue Heron in April
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 April. 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			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	163	173	94.2%	89.7%
2			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	79	85	92.9%	85.4%
3			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	109	120	90.8%	84.3%
4			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	210	238	88.2%	83.5%
5			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	112	133	84.2%	77.1%
6			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	350	435	80.5%	76.5%
7			Shelley Lake	8.1	117	143	81.8%	74.7%
8			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	17	18	94.4%	74.2%
9			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	16	17	94.1%	73.0%
10			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	94	117	80.3%	72.2%
11			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	207	268	77.2%	71.9%
12			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	109	139	78.4%	70.9%
13			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	52	64	81.2%	70.0%
14			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	18	20	90.0%	69.9%
15			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	25	29	86.2%	69.4%
16			Lake Betz	7.3	250	355	70.4%	65.5%
17			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	85	115	73.9%	65.2%
18			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	47	61	77.0%	65.1%
19			Bond Park	2.7	155	217	71.4%	65.1%
20			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
21			Lake Lynn	7.7	187	266	70.3%	64.6%
22			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	651	984	66.2%	63.1%
23			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	395	592	66.7%	62.8%
24			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	13	15	86.7%	62.1%
25			Apex Community Park	3.7	37	49	75.5%	61.9%
26			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	30	39	76.9%	61.7%
27			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	250	390	64.1%	59.2%
28			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	17	22	77.3%	56.6%
29			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
30			Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
31			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
32			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
33			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	30	42	71.4%	56.4%
34			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	22	30	73.3%	55.6%
35			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	47	71	66.2%	54.6%
36			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	122	199	61.3%	54.4%
37			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	26	37	70.3%	54.2%
38			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	26	37	70.3%	54.2%
39			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	36	54	66.7%	53.4%
40			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	15	20	75.0%	53.1%
41			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	40	61	65.6%	53.0%
42			Lake Raleigh	6.0	95	157	60.5%	52.7%
43			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	11	14	78.6%	52.4%
44			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	348	627	55.5%	51.6%
45			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
46			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
47			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	480	899	53.4%	50.1%
48			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	50	83	60.2%	49.5%
49			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	24	37	64.9%	48.8%
50			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	24	37	64.9%	48.8%
51			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	11	15	73.3%	48.0%
52			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	57	102	55.9%	46.2%
53			Schenck Forest	3.6	151	294	51.4%	45.7%
54			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	56	102	54.9%	45.2%
55			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	35	61	57.4%	44.9%
56			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	45	82	54.9%	44.1%
57			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
58			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	25	43	58.1%	43.3%
59			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	26	45	57.8%	43.3%
60			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	16	26	61.5%	42.5%
61			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	58	114	50.9%	41.8%
62			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	15	25	60.0%	40.7%
63			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	17	29	58.6%	40.7%
64			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	21	38	55.3%	39.7%
65			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
66			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
67			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
68			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	21	39	53.8%	38.6%
69			Eden Lakes	23.7	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
70			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
71			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
72			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
73			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	16	29	55.2%	37.5%
74			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	78	176	44.3%	37.2%
75			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	23	45	51.1%	37.0%
76			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	29	59	49.2%	36.8%
77			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	13	23	56.5%	36.8%
78			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	11	19	57.9%	36.3%
79			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
80			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	15	28	53.6%	35.8%
81			Lake Benson	11.9	15	28	53.6%	35.8%
82			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
83			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
84			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	17	33	51.5%	35.2%
85			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	13	24	54.2%	35.1%
86			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	12	22	54.5%	34.7%
87			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	21	43	48.8%	34.6%
88			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
89			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	28	61	45.9%	34.0%
90			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	51	122	41.8%	33.4%
91			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	19	40	47.5%	32.9%
92			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	54	133	40.6%	32.6%
93			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
94			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	27	61	44.3%	32.5%
95			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	13	26	50.0%	32.1%
96			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
97			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	30	71	42.3%	31.5%
98			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
99			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
100			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
101			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
102			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	12	26	46.2%	28.8%
103			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	18	43	41.9%	28.4%
104			Beaver Marsh	16.7	109	330	33.0%	28.2%
105			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
106			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
107			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
108			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	50	142	35.2%	27.8%
109			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	182	596	30.5%	27.0%
110			Lake Wheeler	8.2	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
111			Salem Pond Park	4.5	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
112			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
113			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
114			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
115			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
116			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	14	40	35.0%	22.1%
117			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	11	30	36.7%	21.9%
118			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
119			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
120			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
121			Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
122			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
123			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
124			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
125			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
126			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
127			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
128			Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
129			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
130			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
131			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	20	68	29.4%	19.9%
132			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	8	22	36.4%	19.7%
133			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
134			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
135			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
136			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	129	603	21.4%	18.3%
137			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
138			Hoffman Lake	2.4	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
139			Town Lake Park	23.4	10	35	28.6%	16.3%
140			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
141			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
142			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	26	121	21.5%	15.1%
143			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
144			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
145			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	22	107	20.6%	14.0%
146			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
147			Ritter Park	4.3	26	132	19.7%	13.8%
148			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
149			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	36	195	18.5%	13.6%
150			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
151			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
152			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	12	60	20.0%	11.8%
153			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
154			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
155			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
156			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
157			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
158			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
159			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
160			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	7	31	22.6%	11.4%
161			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	7	34	20.6%	10.3%
162			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	21	143	14.7%	9.8%
163			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
164			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
165			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
166			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
167			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
168			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
169			Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
170			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
171			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
172			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
173			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	15	105	14.3%	8.9%
174			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	9	58	15.5%	8.4%
175			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
176			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
177			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
178			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	12	87	13.8%	8.1%
179			Wendell Park	22.6	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
180			Falls Lake	15.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
181			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
182			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	6	39	15.4%	7.2%
183			17 Acre Woods	18.0	16	139	11.5%	7.2%
184			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
185			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
186			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	13	116	11.2%	6.7%
187			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
188			Forgotten Pond	19.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
189			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
190			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
191			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
192			Higgins Greenway	1.2	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
193			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	9	84	10.7%	5.7%
194			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
195			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	8	75	10.7%	5.5%
196			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
197			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	13	156	8.3%	4.9%
198			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	5	45	11.1%	4.8%
199			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
200			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
201			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
202			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
203			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
204			Lyon Park	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
205			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	22	356	6.2%	4.1%
206			Raven Rock SP	23.9	6	69	8.7%	4.0%
207			Williamson Preserve	19.2	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
208			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
209			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
210			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
211			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
212			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
213			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
214			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
215			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	5	60	8.3%	3.6%
216			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
217			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	8	121	6.6%	3.4%
218			Fearrington Village	17.5	5	67	7.5%	3.2%
219			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	6	87	6.9%	3.2%
220			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
221			Indian Trail Park	18.1	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
222			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	4	57	7.0%	2.8%
223			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
224			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
225			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
226			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
227			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
228			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
229			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
230			Inwood Rd.	7.3	6	113	5.3%	2.5%
231			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
232			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
233			Crowder District Park	6.8	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
234			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
235			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
236			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
237			stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018)	19.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
238			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
239			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
240			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
241			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	3	60	5.0%	1.7%
242			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	4	92	4.3%	1.7%
243			Northgate Park	17.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
244			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
245			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
246			White Deer Park	11.6	3	72	4.2%	1.4%
247			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
248			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
249			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	2	50	4.0%	1.1%
250			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	2	50	4.0%	1.1%
251			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
252			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
253			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
254			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
255			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
256			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	2	60	3.3%	0.9%
257			Parker Preserve	15.5	2	61	3.3%	0.9%
258			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
259			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	2	71	2.8%	0.8%
260			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
261			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	2	84	2.4%	0.7%
262			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
263			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	35	2.9%	0.5%