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Where to find Osprey in October
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 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	416	888	46.8%	43.6%
2			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	15	24	62.5%	42.7%
3			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
4			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	22	45	48.9%	35.0%
5			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	41	97	42.3%	32.9%
6			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	17	36	47.2%	32.0%
7			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
8			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
9			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	59	176	33.5%	27.0%
10			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
11			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	8	19	42.1%	23.1%
12			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	13	37	35.1%	21.8%
13			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
14			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
15			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
16			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
17			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	17	55	30.9%	20.3%
18			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
19			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	8	28	28.6%	15.3%
20			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	12	47	25.5%	15.3%
21			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	7	26	26.9%	13.7%
22			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
23			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
24			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	15	88	17.0%	10.6%
25			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	10	57	17.5%	9.8%
26			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
27			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
28			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
29			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
30			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	6	32	18.8%	8.9%
31			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	7	40	17.5%	8.7%
32			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	8	53	15.1%	7.9%
33			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	18	152	11.8%	7.6%
34			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	20	175	11.4%	7.5%
35			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
36			Falls Lake	15.1	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
37			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
38			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	13	117	11.1%	6.6%
39			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
40			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
41			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
42			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	18	201	9.0%	5.7%
43			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	18	203	8.9%	5.7%
44			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
45			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
46			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
47			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	6	55	10.9%	5.1%
48			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	30	443	6.8%	4.8%
49			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
50			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
51			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
52			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
53			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
54			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
55			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
56			Lake Benson	11.9	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
57			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	5	64	7.8%	3.4%
58			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
59			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
60			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
61			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
62			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
63			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	3	47	6.4%	2.2%
64			Schenck Forest	3.6	8	207	3.9%	2.0%
65			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	14	446	3.1%	1.9%
66			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
67			Lake Betz	7.3	6	177	3.4%	1.6%
68			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
69			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
70			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	4	114	3.5%	1.4%
71			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
72			Shelley Lake	8.1	3	90	3.3%	1.1%
73			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
74			Bond Park	2.7	5	195	2.6%	1.1%
75			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
76			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
77			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	3	105	2.9%	1.0%
78			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	2	59	3.4%	0.9%
79			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
80			Lake Raleigh	6.0	2	71	2.8%	0.8%
81			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	6	358	1.7%	0.8%
82			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
83			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
84			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
85			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
86			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
87			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
88			Lake Lynn	7.7	9	734	1.2%	0.6%
89			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
90			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	2	92	2.2%	0.6%
91			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
92			17 Acre Woods	18.0	2	108	1.9%	0.5%
93			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
94			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	7	680	1.0%	0.5%
95			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
96			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	2	112	1.8%	0.5%
97			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
98			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
99			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
100			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	2	162	1.2%	0.3%
101			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	2	167	1.2%	0.3%
102			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
103			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
104			Apex Community Park	3.7	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
105			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	2	294	0.7%	0.2%
106			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
107			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	1	369	0.3%	0.0%
108			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	1	439	0.2%	0.0%