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Where to find Osprey in April
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 April. 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--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	13	14	92.9%	68.5%
2			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	42	54	77.8%	65.1%
3			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	33	42	78.6%	64.1%
4			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	42	55	76.4%	63.7%
5			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	46	62	74.2%	62.1%
6			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	14	17	82.4%	59.0%
7			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	71	106	67.0%	57.6%
8			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
9			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
10			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	19	26	73.1%	53.9%
11			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	94	155	60.6%	52.8%
12			Lake Betz	7.3	184	317	58.0%	52.5%
13			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
14			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
15			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	24	36	66.7%	50.3%
16			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	69	120	57.5%	48.6%
17			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	14	20	70.0%	48.1%
18			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	24	38	63.2%	47.3%
19			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	19	30	63.3%	45.5%
20			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	214	432	49.5%	44.8%
21			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
22			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
23			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
24			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
25			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	18	30	60.0%	42.3%
26			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	18	30	60.0%	42.3%
27			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
28			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	15	25	60.0%	40.7%
29			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	20	36	55.6%	39.6%
30			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
31			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	13	23	56.5%	36.8%
32			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
33			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
34			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
35			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
36			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	26	56	46.4%	34.0%
37			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	10	19	52.6%	31.7%
38			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	10	19	52.6%	31.7%
39			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
40			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	42	109	38.5%	29.9%
41			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	57	156	36.5%	29.4%
42			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	14	31	45.2%	29.2%
43			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
44			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	35	96	36.5%	27.5%
45			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	72	217	33.2%	27.3%
46			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
47			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
48			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
49			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	15	40	37.5%	24.2%
50			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	11	28	39.3%	23.6%
51			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
52			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	8	19	42.1%	23.1%
53			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
54			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
55			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
56			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	92	369	24.9%	20.8%
57			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
58			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
59			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
60			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
61			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
62			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
63			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	12	36	33.3%	20.2%
64			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	32	117	27.4%	20.1%
65			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	23	84	27.4%	19.0%
66			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
67			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	14	48	29.2%	18.2%
68			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	24	92	26.1%	18.2%
69			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
70			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
71			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	21	84	25.0%	17.0%
72			Lake Wheeler	8.2	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
73			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
74			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
75			Little Beaverdam Creek	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
76			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
77			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	9	34	26.5%	14.6%
78			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
79			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	40	219	18.3%	13.7%
80			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
81			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
82			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	7	29	24.1%	12.2%
83			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
84			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
85			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
86			Eden Lakes	23.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
87			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
88			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
89			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	11	56	19.6%	11.3%
90			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
91			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
92			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	8	43	18.6%	9.7%
93			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
94			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
95			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
96			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
97			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	60	564	10.6%	8.4%
98			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	48	453	10.6%	8.1%
99			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
100			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	36	343	10.5%	7.7%
101			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	6	37	16.2%	7.7%
102			Falls Lake	15.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
103			Lake Raleigh	6.0	14	126	11.1%	6.7%
104			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	70	845	8.3%	6.6%
105			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	68	865	7.9%	6.2%
106			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
107			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
108			Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
109			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	10	93	10.8%	5.9%
110			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
111			Schenck Forest	3.6	23	274	8.4%	5.7%
112			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
113			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
114			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
115			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
116			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
117			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
118			Shelley Lake	8.1	10	123	8.1%	4.5%
119			Lake Benson	11.9	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
120			Bond Park	2.7	14	195	7.2%	4.3%
121			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	27	465	5.8%	4.0%
122			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
123			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	9	122	7.4%	3.9%
124			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	12	181	6.6%	3.8%
125			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	6	75	8.0%	3.7%
126			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
127			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
128			Lake Lynn	7.7	13	213	6.1%	3.6%
129			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	7	98	7.1%	3.5%
130			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
131			Town Lake Park	23.4	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
132			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
133			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
134			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	5	78	6.4%	2.8%
135			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
136			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	4	61	6.6%	2.6%
137			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
138			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
139			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	8	166	4.8%	2.5%
140			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	3	45	6.7%	2.3%
141			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	4	69	5.8%	2.3%
142			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	5	98	5.1%	2.2%
143			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	5	108	4.6%	2.0%
144			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
145			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
146			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
147			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	4	102	3.9%	1.5%
148			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
149			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
150			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
151			Beaver Marsh	16.7	8	318	2.5%	1.3%
152			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
153			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
154			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	3	84	3.6%	1.2%
155			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	3	96	3.1%	1.1%
156			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
157			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
158			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	2	53	3.8%	1.0%
159			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	56	3.6%	1.0%
160			White Deer Park	11.6	2	56	3.6%	1.0%
161			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
162			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	2	59	3.4%	0.9%
163			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	63	3.2%	0.9%
164			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
165			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	69	2.9%	0.8%
166			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
167			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
168			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
169			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
170			Apex Community Park	3.7	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
171			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
172			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
173			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	2	143	1.4%	0.4%
174			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	3	314	1.0%	0.3%
175			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
176			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
177			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
178			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	82	1.2%	0.2%
179			17 Acre Woods	18.0	1	124	0.8%	0.1%