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Where to find Great Blue Heron in September
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

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	313	95.8%	93.0%
2			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	128	137	93.4%	88.0%
3			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	50	54	92.6%	82.4%
4			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	254	295	86.1%	81.7%
5			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	162	187	86.6%	81.0%
6			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	210	245	85.7%	80.8%
7			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	164	191	85.9%	80.2%
8			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	23	24	95.8%	79.8%
9			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	198	234	84.6%	79.4%
10			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	39	43	90.7%	78.4%
11			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	174	210	82.9%	77.2%
12			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	19	20	95.0%	76.4%
13			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	29	32	90.6%	75.8%
14			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	12	12	100.0%	75.7%
15			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	69	83	83.1%	73.7%
16			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	23	26	88.5%	71.0%
17			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	217	289	75.1%	69.8%
18			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	429	591	72.6%	68.9%
19			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	34	41	82.9%	68.7%
20			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	17	19	89.5%	68.6%
21			Shelley Lake	8.1	84	109	77.1%	68.3%
22			Lake Lynn	7.7	587	825	71.2%	68.0%
23			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	51	65	78.5%	67.0%
24			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	117	158	74.1%	66.7%
25			Bond Park	2.7	187	259	72.2%	66.5%
26			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	188	261	72.0%	66.3%
27			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	422	607	69.5%	65.7%
28			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	29	36	80.6%	65.0%
29			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	90	127	70.9%	62.4%
30			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
31			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	37	49	75.5%	61.9%
32			Lake Betz	7.3	203	302	67.2%	61.7%
33			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	44	60	73.3%	61.0%
34			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	39	53	73.6%	60.4%
35			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	70	102	68.6%	59.1%
36			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	74	110	67.3%	58.1%
37			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	31	44	70.5%	55.8%
38			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	68	105	64.8%	55.3%
39			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	27	38	71.1%	55.2%
40			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	14	18	77.8%	54.8%
41			Apex Community Park	3.7	41	61	67.2%	54.7%
42			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	30	44	68.2%	53.4%
43			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	22	31	71.0%	53.4%
44			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	28	41	68.3%	53.0%
45			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	29	44	65.9%	51.1%
46			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	17	24	70.8%	50.8%
47			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	38	61	62.3%	49.7%
48			Lake Wheeler	8.2	16	23	69.6%	49.1%
49			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	20	30	66.7%	48.8%
50			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
51			Town Lake Park	23.4	22	34	64.7%	47.9%
52			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	21	33	63.6%	46.6%
53			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	101	190	53.2%	46.1%
54			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
55			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	246	505	48.7%	44.4%
56			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
57			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
58			Hoffman Lake	2.4	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
59			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	14	22	63.6%	43.0%
60			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	21	36	58.3%	42.2%
61			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
62			Lake Benson	11.9	25	48	52.1%	38.3%
63			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
64			Lake Raleigh	6.0	39	83	47.0%	36.6%
65			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
66			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	72	172	41.9%	34.7%
67			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	36	80	45.0%	34.6%
68			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
69			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
70			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
71			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	11	20	55.0%	34.2%
72			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
73			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	30	68	44.1%	32.9%
74			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
75			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
76			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
77			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	148	423	35.0%	30.6%
78			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	43	110	39.1%	30.5%
79			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
80			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
81			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
82			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
83			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	19	44	43.2%	29.7%
84			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	26	64	40.6%	29.5%
85			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
86			Schenck Forest	3.6	77	224	34.4%	28.5%
87			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	701	2414	29.0%	27.3%
88			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
89			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
90			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	15	38	39.5%	25.6%
91			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
92			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	30	90	33.3%	24.5%
93			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
94			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
95			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
96			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
97			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
98			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
99			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
100			Beaver Marsh	16.7	42	151	27.8%	21.3%
101			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	35	125	28.0%	20.9%
102			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
103			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
104			Shaw Lake	9.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
105			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
106			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
107			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
108			South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
109			Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
110			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
111			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
112			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	9	26	34.6%	19.4%
113			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	7	19	36.8%	19.1%
114			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
115			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
116			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	22	84	26.2%	18.0%
117			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	10	33	30.3%	17.4%
118			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
119			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	14	51	27.5%	17.1%
120			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
121			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	87	459	19.0%	15.6%
122			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	9	32	28.1%	15.6%
123			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
124			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	11	43	25.6%	14.9%
125			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	10	39	25.6%	14.6%
126			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	36	183	19.7%	14.6%
127			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
128			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	14	66	21.2%	13.1%
129			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	7	29	24.1%	12.2%
130			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
131			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
132			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
133			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	26	157	16.6%	11.6%
134			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	62	429	14.5%	11.4%
135			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
136			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
137			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
138			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
139			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
140			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
141			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
142			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
143			Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
144			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
145			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
146			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
147			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
148			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	6	32	18.8%	8.9%
149			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	9	55	16.4%	8.9%
150			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	22	174	12.6%	8.5%
151			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
152			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
153			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
154			Raven Rock SP	23.9	6	36	16.7%	7.9%
155			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	7	45	15.6%	7.7%
156			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
157			Wendell Park	22.6	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
158			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
159			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
160			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
161			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	10	87	11.5%	6.4%
162			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
163			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
164			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
165			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
166			Fallon park	8.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
167			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
168			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
169			Williamson Preserve	19.2	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
170			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
171			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	7	73	9.6%	4.7%
172			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
173			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
174			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
175			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
176			Downtown Cary Park	0.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
177			Apex Nature Park	8.6	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
178			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
179			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
180			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
181			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
182			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
183			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
184			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	6	83	7.2%	3.4%
185			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
186			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
187			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
188			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
189			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	15	319	4.7%	2.9%
190			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
191			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	7	123	5.7%	2.8%
192			Crowder District Park	6.8	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
193			17 Acre Woods	18.0	6	105	5.7%	2.6%
194			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
195			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
196			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
197			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
198			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
199			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	3	43	7.0%	2.4%
200			Cedar Fork District Park	3.1	3	43	7.0%	2.4%
201			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
202			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
203			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	4	71	5.6%	2.2%
204			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	3	50	6.0%	2.1%
205			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
206			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
207			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
208			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	4	112	3.6%	1.4%
209			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
210			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
211			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
212			Pullen Park	6.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
213			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	2	51	3.9%	1.1%
214			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
215			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
216			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
217			Falls Lake	15.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
218			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
219			White Deer Park	11.6	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
220			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	65	1.5%	0.3%
221			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	1	76	1.3%	0.2%
222			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	1	84	1.2%	0.2%
223			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	155	0.6%	0.1%