Bird Finder

Where to find Bald Eagle in May
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 May. 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 Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
2 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
3 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
4 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 205 384 53.4% 48.4%
5 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
6 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
7 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
8 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 28 52 53.8% 40.5%
9 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
10 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
11 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
12 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 15 29 51.7% 34.4%
13 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 34 76 44.7% 34.1%
14 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 31 70 44.3% 33.2%
15 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 53 129 41.1% 33.0%
16 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
17 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
18 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
19 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
20 Shelley Lake 8.1 47 134 35.1% 27.5%
21 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 21 54 38.9% 27.0%
22 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
23 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
24 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 35 108 32.4% 24.3%
25 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
26 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 58 201 28.9% 23.0%
27 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
28 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 84 314 26.8% 22.2%
29 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
30 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
31 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 26 86 30.2% 21.5%
32 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
34 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
36 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 116 491 23.6% 20.1%
37 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 13 41 31.7% 19.6%
38 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
39 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 117 513 22.8% 19.4%
40 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
41 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
42 Lake Betz 7.3 68 285 23.9% 19.3%
43 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
44 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 20 73 27.4% 18.5%
45 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
46 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
47 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
48 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
49 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 16 62 25.8% 16.6%
50 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 31 139 22.3% 16.2%
51 Lake Raleigh 6.0 27 121 22.3% 15.8%
52 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
53 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
54 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
55 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
56 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
57 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
58 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 11 57 19.3% 11.1%
59 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
60 Falls Lake 15.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
61 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
62 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
63 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
64 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
65 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
69 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
70 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
71 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 30 309 9.7% 6.9%
72 Lake Benson 11.9 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
73 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
74 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
75 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
76 Strickland Park 8.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
77 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
78 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
79 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
80 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
81 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
82 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
83 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
84 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 10 145 6.9% 3.8%
85 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
86 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
87 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 29 681 4.3% 3.0%
88 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
89 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
90 Schenck Forest 3.6 10 217 4.6% 2.5%
91 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 7 152 4.6% 2.2%
92 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
93 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 21 681 3.1% 2.0%
94 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
95 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 79 5.1% 2.0%
96 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 89 4.5% 1.8%
97 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 126 4.0% 1.7%
98 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
99 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
100 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
101 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 14 626 2.2% 1.3%
102 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
103 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
104 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
105 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
106 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
107 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
108 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
109 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
110 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
111 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
112 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
113 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
114 Lake Lynn 7.7 4 211 1.9% 0.7%
115 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
116 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 6 450 1.3% 0.6%
117 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
118 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
119 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 101 2.0% 0.5%
120 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
121 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
122 17 Acre Woods 18.0 2 134 1.5% 0.4%
123 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
124 Ritter Park 4.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
125 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
126 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
127 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
128 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
129 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
130 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
131 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 5 755 0.7% 0.3%
132 White Deer Park 11.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
133 Bond Park 2.7 2 199 1.0% 0.3%
134 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
135 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 4 616 0.6% 0.3%
136 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
137 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
138 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
139 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 2 300 0.7% 0.2%
140 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 1 233 0.4% 0.1%