Bird Finder

Where to find Bald Eagle 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 Bald Eagle 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 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 169 263 64.3% 58.3%
2 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 24 32 75.0% 57.9%
3 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 22 31 71.0% 53.4%
4 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 20 30 66.7% 48.8%
5 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 47 83 56.6% 45.9%
6 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
7 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
8 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 19 34 55.9% 39.5%
9 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 76 164 46.3% 38.9%
10 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
11 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 101 232 43.5% 37.3%
12 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
13 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
14 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 22 45 48.9% 35.0%
15 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
17 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
18 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 54 136 39.7% 31.9%
19 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 114 311 36.7% 31.5%
20 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
21 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 50 132 37.9% 30.1%
22 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
23 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 62 176 35.2% 28.6%
24 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
25 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
26 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
27 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 141 497 28.4% 24.6%
28 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 55 181 30.4% 24.2%
29 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
30 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
31 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 16 48 33.3% 21.7%
32 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 48 181 26.5% 20.6%
35 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 19 64 29.7% 19.9%
36 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 55 223 24.7% 19.5%
37 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 28 105 26.7% 19.1%
38 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
39 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
40 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
41 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
42 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
43 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
44 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 19 86 22.1% 14.6%
45 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
46 Shelley Lake 8.1 16 81 19.8% 12.5%
47 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
48 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
49 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 56 19.6% 11.3%
50 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
51 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
52 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
53 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
54 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
55 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
58 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
59 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
60 Lake Betz 7.3 26 231 11.3% 7.8%
61 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 11 81 13.6% 7.8%
62 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
63 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 8 55 14.5% 7.6%
64 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
65 Bond Park 2.7 19 181 10.5% 6.8%
66 Lake Benson 11.9 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
67 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
68 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
69 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
70 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
71 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 8 86 9.3% 4.8%
72 Lake Lynn 7.7 37 577 6.4% 4.7%
73 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
74 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
75 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
76 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
77 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
78 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
79 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 8 130 6.2% 3.2%
80 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
81 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
82 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
83 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 12 337 3.6% 2.0%
84 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
85 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
86 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
87 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 83 4.8% 1.9%
88 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 83 4.8% 1.9%
89 Schenck Forest 3.6 7 195 3.6% 1.7%
90 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
91 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
92 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
93 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 5 192 2.6% 1.1%
94 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
95 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
96 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
97 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
98 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
99 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
100 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
101 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
102 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 5 296 1.7% 0.7%
103 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
104 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
105 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
106 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
107 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 3 163 1.8% 0.6%
108 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
109 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
110 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
111 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
112 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
113 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 156 1.3% 0.4%
114 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
115 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
116 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 3 411 0.7% 0.2%
117 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
118 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 2 248 0.8% 0.2%
119 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
120 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 6 1701 0.4% 0.2%
121 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 148 0.7% 0.1%
122 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 1 413 0.2% 0.0%