Bird Finder

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%