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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	300	311	96.5%	93.8%
2			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	123	132	93.2%	87.5%
3			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	122	136	89.7%	83.5%
4			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	142	164	86.6%	80.5%
5			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	44	48	91.7%	80.4%
6			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	191	223	85.7%	80.4%
7			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	197	232	84.9%	79.7%
8			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	149	176	84.7%	78.6%
9			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	152	181	84.0%	77.9%
10			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	31	34	91.2%	77.0%
11			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	19	20	95.0%	76.4%
12			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	12	12	100.0%	75.7%
13			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	28	31	90.3%	75.1%
14			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	11	11	100.0%	74.1%
15			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	144	181	79.6%	73.1%
16			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	47	56	83.9%	72.2%
17			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	23	26	88.5%	71.0%
18			Bond Park	2.7	137	181	75.7%	68.9%
19			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	16	18	88.9%	67.2%
20			Lake Lynn	7.7	409	577	70.9%	67.0%
21			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	50	64	78.1%	66.6%
22			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	27	33	81.8%	65.6%
23			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	184	263	70.0%	64.2%
24			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	17	20	85.0%	64.0%
25			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
26			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	329	497	66.2%	61.9%
27			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	60	83	72.3%	61.8%
28			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	34	45	75.6%	61.3%
29			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	25	32	78.1%	61.2%
30			Shelley Lake	8.1	58	81	71.6%	61.0%
31			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	130	192	67.7%	60.8%
32			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	40	55	72.7%	59.8%
33			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	27	36	75.0%	58.9%
34			Lake Betz	7.3	150	231	64.9%	58.6%
35			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	57	83	68.7%	58.1%
36			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	58	86	67.4%	57.0%
37			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	17	22	77.3%	56.6%
38			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	26	36	72.2%	56.0%
39			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
40			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	27	39	69.2%	53.6%
41			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	80	130	61.5%	53.0%
42			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	21	30	70.0%	52.1%
43			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	64	105	61.0%	51.4%
44			Apex Community Park	3.7	31	48	64.6%	50.4%
45			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	20	30	66.7%	48.8%
46			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
47			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	219	413	53.0%	48.2%
48			Lake Benson	11.9	16	24	66.7%	46.7%
49			Lake Wheeler	8.2	13	19	68.4%	46.0%
50			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	14	21	66.7%	45.4%
51			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
52			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
53			Town Lake Park	23.4	19	31	61.3%	43.8%
54			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	24	42	57.1%	42.2%
55			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
56			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	16	28	57.1%	39.1%
57			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
58			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
59			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	13	23	56.5%	36.8%
60			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	11	19	57.9%	36.3%
61			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
62			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	15	28	53.6%	35.8%
63			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	67	156	42.9%	35.4%
64			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
65			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
66			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	627	1701	36.9%	34.6%
67			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
68			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
69			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
70			Lake Raleigh	6.0	22	46	47.8%	34.1%
71			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	29	64	45.3%	33.7%
72			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
73			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	114	296	38.5%	33.2%
74			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
75			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	18	39	46.2%	31.6%
76			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	25	58	43.1%	31.2%
77			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
78			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
79			Hoffman Lake	2.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
80			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
81			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
82			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
83			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
84			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	32	83	38.6%	28.8%
85			Schenck Forest	3.6	67	195	34.4%	28.1%
86			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	10	22	45.5%	26.9%
87			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	15	37	40.5%	26.3%
88			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
89			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
90			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	24	70	34.3%	24.2%
91			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
92			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
93			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
94			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
95			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	26	86	30.2%	21.5%
96			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
97			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
98			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
99			Shaw Lake	9.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
100			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
101			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
102			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
103			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
104			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
105			Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
106			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
107			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
108			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
109			Beaver Marsh	16.7	40	148	27.0%	20.5%
110			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	22	77	28.6%	19.7%
111			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
112			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
113			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
114			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	10	33	30.3%	17.4%
115			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
116			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
117			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	12	43	27.9%	16.7%
118			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	11	39	28.2%	16.5%
119			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
120			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	30	141	21.3%	15.3%
121			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	23	104	22.1%	15.2%
122			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
123			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
124			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
125			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	72	411	17.5%	14.1%
126			Wendell Park	22.6	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
127			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
128			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	11	49	22.4%	13.0%
129			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	56	337	16.6%	13.0%
130			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	8	33	24.2%	12.8%
131			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
132			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
133			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
134			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
135			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	6	28	21.4%	10.2%
136			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
137			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
138			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
139			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
140			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
141			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
142			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
143			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
144			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
145			Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
146			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
147			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
148			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
149			Raven Rock SP	23.9	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
150			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
151			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
152			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
153			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	6	39	15.4%	7.2%
154			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
155			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	18	163	11.0%	7.1%
156			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
157			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
158			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
159			Fallon park	8.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
160			Williamson Preserve	19.2	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
161			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
162			Apex Nature Park	8.6	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
163			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
164			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
165			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
166			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
167			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
168			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
169			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
170			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	6	63	9.5%	4.4%
171			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	6	69	8.7%	4.0%
172			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
173			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
174			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
175			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
176			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
177			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	4	46	8.7%	3.4%
178			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	14	248	5.6%	3.4%
179			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
180			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
181			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
182			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
183			17 Acre Woods	18.0	6	95	6.3%	2.9%
184			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
185			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
186			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	4	64	6.2%	2.5%
187			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
188			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
189			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
190			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
191			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
192			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
193			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
194			Pullen Park	6.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
195			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
196			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
197			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	4	98	4.1%	1.6%
198			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
199			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
200			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	2	45	4.4%	1.2%
201			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
202			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
203			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	3	109	2.8%	0.9%
204			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
205			Falls Lake	15.1	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
206			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
207			White Deer Park	11.6	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
208			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
209			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	1	75	1.3%	0.2%
210			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	81	1.2%	0.2%