Bird Finder

Where to find Bald Eagle in December
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 Bald Eagle in December. 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 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 55 76 72.4% 61.4%
2 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 70 108 64.8% 55.4%
3 Lake Benson 11.9 61 94 64.9% 54.8%
4 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 237 441 53.7% 49.1%
5 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 45 75 60.0% 48.7%
6 Shelley Lake 8.1 72 131 55.0% 46.4%
7 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 110 227 48.5% 42.0%
8 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 101 214 47.2% 40.6%
9 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 36 69 52.2% 40.6%
10 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
11 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 30 65 46.2% 34.6%
12 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
13 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
14 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 73 178 41.0% 34.0%
15 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
16 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
17 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
18 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
19 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
20 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 76 212 35.8% 29.7%
21 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
23 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 41 109 37.6% 29.1%
24 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
25 Apex Community Park 3.7 32 86 37.2% 27.7%
26 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 18 49 36.7% 24.7%
27 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
28 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 25 73 34.2% 24.4%
29 Lake Raleigh 6.0 32 99 32.3% 23.9%
30 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
31 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 15 45 33.3% 21.4%
32 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 15 46 32.6% 20.9%
33 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
34 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
35 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
36 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Lake Wheeler 8.2 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
38 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
39 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 25 95 26.3% 18.5%
40 Bond Park 2.7 27 110 24.5% 17.5%
41 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
42 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
43 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
44 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 16 72 22.2% 14.2%
45 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
46 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
47 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
48 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
49 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 16 86 18.6% 11.8%
50 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
51 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
52 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
53 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 80 608 13.2% 10.7%
54 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
55 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
56 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 29 218 13.3% 9.4%
60 Schenck Forest 3.6 19 137 13.9% 9.1%
61 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 14 102 13.7% 8.4%
62 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
63 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
64 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
65 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 58 13.8% 7.2%
66 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
67 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
68 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
72 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
73 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
74 Lake Betz 7.3 16 177 9.0% 5.6%
75 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
76 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
77 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
78 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
79 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
80 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
81 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
82 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
83 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
84 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
85 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
86 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 132 7.6% 4.2%
87 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
88 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
89 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
90 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
91 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 18 347 5.2% 3.3%
92 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
93 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
94 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
95 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
96 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
97 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
98 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
99 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 14 295 4.7% 2.8%
100 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
101 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
102 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
103 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
104 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
105 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
106 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
107 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
108 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
109 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
110 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
111 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
112 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
113 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
114 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
115 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
116 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
117 Lake Lynn 7.7 5 166 3.0% 1.3%
118 Ritter Park 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
119 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
120 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
121 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
122 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
123 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 215 2.3% 1.0%
124 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
125 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
126 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
127 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
128 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
129 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
130 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
131 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
132 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
133 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
134 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
135 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
136 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
137 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 4 308 1.3% 0.5%
138 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
139 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 4 336 1.2% 0.5%
140 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
141 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
142 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
143 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
144 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
145 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
146 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
147 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 89 1.1% 0.2%