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Where to find Great Blue Heron in August
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 August. 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	429	450	95.3%	93.0%
2			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	43	43	100.0%	91.8%
3			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	32	33	97.0%	84.7%
4			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	181	202	89.6%	84.6%
5			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	31	32	96.9%	84.3%
6			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	62	68	91.2%	82.1%
7			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	264	306	86.3%	82.0%
8			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	32	34	94.1%	80.9%
9			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	186	216	86.1%	80.9%
10			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	129	158	81.6%	74.9%
11			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	21	23	91.3%	73.2%
12			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	59	74	79.7%	69.2%
13			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	162	215	75.3%	69.2%
14			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	153	203	75.4%	69.0%
15			Town Lake Park	23.4	51	64	79.7%	68.3%
16			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	104	137	75.9%	68.1%
17			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	40	50	80.0%	67.0%
18			Lake Lynn	7.7	106	143	74.1%	66.4%
19			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	66	87	75.9%	65.9%
20			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	55	72	76.4%	65.4%
21			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
22			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	20	24	83.3%	64.1%
23			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	33	42	78.6%	64.1%
24			Bond Park	2.7	73	100	73.0%	63.6%
25			Lake Betz	7.3	144	206	69.9%	63.3%
26			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	13	15	86.7%	62.1%
27			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	13	15	86.7%	62.1%
28			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	30	39	76.9%	61.7%
29			Shelley Lake	8.1	51	70	72.9%	61.5%
30			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
31			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
32			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
33			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	123	184	66.8%	59.8%
34			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
35			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	34	47	72.3%	58.2%
36			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	183	287	63.8%	58.1%
37			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
38			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
39			Apex Community Park	3.7	21	29	72.4%	54.3%
40			Lake Benson	11.9	19	26	73.1%	53.9%
41			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	11	14	78.6%	52.4%
42			Lake Wheeler	8.2	24	35	68.6%	52.0%
43			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	65	107	60.7%	51.3%
44			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
45			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	16	23	69.6%	49.1%
46			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	11	15	73.3%	48.0%
47			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
48			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	21	34	61.8%	45.0%
49			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	34	59	57.6%	44.9%
50			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	29	50	58.0%	44.2%
51			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
52			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	16	26	61.5%	42.5%
53			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	219	495	44.2%	39.9%
54			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
55			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
56			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	19	35	54.3%	38.2%
57			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	15	27	55.6%	37.3%
58			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
59			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
60			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
61			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
62			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
63			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
64			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
65			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
66			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
67			Schenck Forest	3.6	36	84	42.9%	32.8%
68			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	15	31	48.4%	32.0%
69			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	91	242	37.6%	31.7%
70			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	20	44	45.5%	31.7%
71			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	14	29	48.3%	31.4%
72			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
73			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
74			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
75			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
76			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	21	51	41.2%	28.8%
77			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	13	29	44.8%	28.4%
78			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
79			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	23	61	37.7%	26.6%
80			Lake Raleigh	6.0	13	31	41.9%	26.4%
81			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
82			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	19	56	33.9%	22.9%
83			Beaver Marsh	16.7	42	146	28.8%	22.0%
84			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	11	30	36.7%	21.9%
85			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
86			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
87			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
88			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
89			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	27	93	29.0%	20.8%
90			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
91			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
92			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
93			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
94			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
95			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
96			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
97			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
98			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
99			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
100			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	9	25	36.0%	20.2%
101			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	10	29	34.5%	19.9%
102			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
103			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	14	46	30.4%	19.1%
104			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
105			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	9	29	31.0%	17.3%
106			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
107			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	9	30	30.0%	16.7%
108			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	64	315	20.3%	16.2%
109			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
110			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
111			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
112			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
113			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
114			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
115			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
116			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	14	61	23.0%	14.2%
117			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
118			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
119			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	25	130	19.2%	13.4%
120			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
121			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	17	92	18.5%	11.9%
122			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	37	231	16.0%	11.8%
123			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
124			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
125			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
126			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
127			Fearrington Village	17.5	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
128			Salem Pond Park	4.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
129			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
130			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
131			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
132			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
133			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
134			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
135			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
136			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
137			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
138			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
139			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
140			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	14	112	12.5%	7.6%
141			Raven Rock SP	23.9	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
142			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
143			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
144			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
145			UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
146			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
147			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
148			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
149			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
150			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
151			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
152			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	5	40	12.5%	5.5%
153			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
154			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	6	58	10.3%	4.8%
155			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
156			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
157			Ritter Park	4.3	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
158			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
159			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
160			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
161			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
162			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	11	183	6.0%	3.4%
163			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
164			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
165			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
166			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
167			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
168			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
169			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
170			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
171			Falls Lake	15.1	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
172			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
173			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
174			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
175			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
176			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
177			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
178			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
179			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
180			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
181			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
182			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
183			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
184			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
185			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
186			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	47	2.1%	0.4%