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Where to find Great Blue Heron in September
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 September. 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	295	305	96.7%	94.1%
2			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	46	50	92.0%	81.2%
3			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	97	110	88.2%	80.8%
4			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	180	210	85.7%	80.3%
5			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	88	100	88.0%	80.2%
6			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	180	214	84.1%	78.6%
7			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	128	151	84.8%	78.2%
8			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	138	164	84.1%	77.8%
9			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	28	31	90.3%	75.1%
10			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	27	30	90.0%	74.4%
11			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	17	18	94.4%	74.2%
12			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	26	29	89.7%	73.6%
13			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
14			Lake Lynn	7.7	272	374	72.7%	68.0%
15			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	20	23	87.0%	67.9%
16			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
17			Bond Park	2.7	117	157	74.5%	67.2%
18			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	92	122	75.4%	67.1%
19			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	114	154	74.0%	66.6%
20			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	47	60	78.3%	66.4%
21			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	15	17	88.2%	65.7%
22			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	26	32	81.2%	64.7%
23			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	26	32	81.2%	64.7%
24			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	31	39	79.5%	64.5%
25			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	17	20	85.0%	64.0%
26			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
27			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	309	471	65.6%	61.2%
28			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	129	192	67.2%	60.3%
29			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	17	21	81.0%	60.0%
30			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	30	40	75.0%	59.8%
31			Lake Betz	7.3	143	219	65.3%	58.8%
32			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	47	67	70.1%	58.3%
33			Shelley Lake	8.1	41	58	70.7%	58.0%
34			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	53	77	68.8%	57.8%
35			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	51	74	68.9%	57.7%
36			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	25	34	73.5%	56.9%
37			Town Lake Park	23.4	18	24	75.0%	55.1%
38			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	17	23	73.9%	53.5%
39			Lake Benson	11.9	15	20	75.0%	53.1%
40			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	69	111	62.2%	52.9%
41			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	20	29	69.0%	50.8%
42			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	200	371	53.9%	48.8%
43			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
44			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
45			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	21	32	65.6%	48.3%
46			Apex Community Park	3.7	23	37	62.2%	46.1%
47			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	34	59	57.6%	44.9%
48			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
49			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
50			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
51			Lake Wheeler	8.2	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
52			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	16	26	61.5%	42.5%
53			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	18	30	60.0%	42.3%
54			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
55			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
56			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	67	152	44.1%	36.4%
57			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
58			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
59			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	14	26	53.8%	35.5%
60			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
61			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
62			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
63			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
64			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
65			Lake Raleigh	6.0	19	39	48.7%	33.9%
66			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
67			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
68			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
69			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	101	261	38.7%	33.0%
70			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	459	1292	35.5%	33.0%
71			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	12	23	52.2%	33.0%
72			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	12	24	50.0%	31.4%
73			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	22	51	43.1%	30.5%
74			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	17	38	44.7%	30.1%
75			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
76			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
77			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
78			Hoffman Lake	2.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
79			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	20	48	41.7%	28.8%
80			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	30	77	39.0%	28.8%
81			Schenck Forest	3.6	65	189	34.4%	28.0%
82			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
83			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	14	34	41.2%	26.4%
84			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
85			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	20	57	35.1%	24.0%
86			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
87			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
88			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	18	53	34.0%	22.7%
89			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	9	23	39.1%	22.2%
90			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
91			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
92			Shaw Lake	9.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
93			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
94			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
95			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
96			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
97			Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
98			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
99			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
100			Beaver Marsh	16.7	40	148	27.0%	20.5%
101			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	20	68	29.4%	19.9%
102			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
103			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
104			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
105			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
106			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	10	32	31.2%	18.0%
107			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	11	38	28.9%	17.0%
108			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
109			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
110			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	11	39	28.2%	16.5%
111			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
112			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	21	88	23.9%	16.2%
113			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
114			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
115			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
116			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
117			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
118			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
119			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	23	110	20.9%	14.4%
120			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	69	392	17.6%	14.2%
121			Wendell Park	22.6	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
122			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
123			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	8	32	25.0%	13.3%
124			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	42	243	17.3%	13.0%
125			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
126			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
127			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
128			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
129			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	10	48	20.8%	11.7%
130			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
131			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
132			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
133			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
134			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
135			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
136			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
137			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
138			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
139			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
140			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
141			Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
142			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
143			Raven Rock SP	23.9	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
144			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
145			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	6	35	17.1%	8.1%
146			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
147			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
148			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
149			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
150			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	17	160	10.6%	6.7%
151			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
152			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
153			Fallon park	8.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
154			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
155			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
156			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
157			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
158			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
159			Apex Nature Park	8.6	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
160			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
161			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
162			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
163			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
164			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
165			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
166			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
167			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	4	44	9.1%	3.6%
168			Williamson Preserve	19.2	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
169			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	13	224	5.8%	3.4%
170			17 Acre Woods	18.0	6	89	6.7%	3.1%
171			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
172			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
173			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
174			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
175			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
176			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	4	61	6.6%	2.6%
177			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
178			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
179			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
180			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
181			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
182			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	4	84	4.8%	1.9%
183			Pullen Park	6.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
184			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
185			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
186			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	2	41	4.9%	1.3%
187			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
188			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
189			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
190			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
191			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
192			White Deer Park	11.6	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
193			Falls Lake	15.1	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
194			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
195			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
196			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	1	75	1.3%	0.2%
197			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	1	100	1.0%	0.2%