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Where to find Osprey in October
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 Osprey in October. 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 15.0 507 1101 46.0% 43.1%
2 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
3 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
4 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 23 46 50.0% 36.1%
5 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 58 137 42.3% 34.4%
6 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 17 37 45.9% 31.0%
7 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
8 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 62 198 31.3% 25.3%
9 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
10 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
11 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
12 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 17 59 28.8% 18.8%
15 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
16 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
17 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 14 53 26.4% 16.4%
18 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
19 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
20 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
21 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
23 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 17 99 17.2% 11.0%
24 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
25 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
26 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
27 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
28 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
29 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
30 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 38 351 10.8% 8.0%
31 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 18 152 11.8% 7.6%
32 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 20 181 11.0% 7.3%
33 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
34 Falls Lake 15.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
35 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
36 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 67 11.9% 6.2%
37 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
38 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
39 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
40 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
41 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 21 247 8.5% 5.6%
42 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 13 138 9.4% 5.6%
43 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
44 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
45 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 20 242 8.3% 5.4%
46 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
47 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
48 Lake Benson 11.9 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
49 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 7 74 9.5% 4.7%
50 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
51 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 30 481 6.2% 4.4%
52 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
53 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
54 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
55 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
56 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
58 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
59 Apex Community Park 3.7 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
60 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
61 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
62 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
63 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
64 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
65 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
66 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 17 508 3.3% 2.1%
67 Bond Park 2.7 9 235 3.8% 2.0%
68 Schenck Forest 3.6 8 223 3.6% 1.8%
69 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
70 Lake Betz 7.3 7 205 3.4% 1.7%
71 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
72 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 5 136 3.7% 1.6%
73 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
74 Lake Lynn 7.7 22 1002 2.2% 1.5%
75 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
76 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
77 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
78 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 98 3.1% 1.0%
79 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
80 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
81 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
82 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 112 2.7% 0.9%
83 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
84 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 3 138 2.2% 0.7%
85 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
86 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
87 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
88 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 10 825 1.2% 0.7%
89 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
90 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
91 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
92 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 6 449 1.3% 0.6%
93 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
94 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
95 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
96 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
97 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
98 17 Acre Woods 18.0 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
99 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
100 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
101 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
102 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 2 144 1.4% 0.4%
103 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
104 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
105 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
106 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 2 165 1.2% 0.3%
107 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 177 1.1% 0.3%
108 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
109 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
110 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
111 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 2 358 0.6% 0.2%
112 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
113 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 1 403 0.2% 0.0%
114 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 1 488 0.2% 0.0%