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Where to find Osprey in May
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 May. 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			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	64	76	84.2%	74.4%
2			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	34	41	82.9%	68.7%
3			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	20	23	87.0%	67.9%
4			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	14	17	82.4%	59.0%
5			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	44	62	71.0%	58.7%
6			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	35	49	71.4%	57.6%
7			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	15	19	78.9%	56.7%
8			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
9			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	21	29	72.4%	54.3%
10			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	35	52	67.3%	53.8%
11			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
12			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
13			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	13	17	76.5%	52.7%
14			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	21	30	70.0%	52.1%
15			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
16			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	18	26	69.2%	50.0%
17			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	23	35	65.7%	49.2%
18			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
19			Lake Betz	7.3	156	285	54.7%	48.9%
20			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	270	513	52.6%	48.3%
21			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
22			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	21	33	63.6%	46.6%
23			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	38	70	54.3%	42.7%
24			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
25			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	40	79	50.6%	39.8%
26			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
27			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	14	24	58.3%	38.8%
28			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	205	489	41.9%	37.6%
29			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
30			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
31			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
32			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	18	35	51.4%	35.6%
33			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
34			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
35			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
36			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	17	34	50.0%	34.1%
37			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
38			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
39			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
40			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
41			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	54	139	38.8%	31.2%
42			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	27	64	42.2%	30.9%
43			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
44			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
45			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
46			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
47			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
48			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
49			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	12	27	44.4%	27.6%
50			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	31	86	36.0%	26.7%
51			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
52			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	17	47	36.2%	24.0%
53			Falls Lake	15.1	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
54			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	17	49	34.7%	22.9%
55			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	19	57	33.3%	22.5%
56			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	56	199	28.1%	22.4%
57			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	9	23	39.1%	22.2%
58			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	101	384	26.3%	22.1%
59			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
60			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
61			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
62			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
63			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
64			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
65			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
66			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	64	314	20.4%	16.3%
67			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
68			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
69			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
70			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
71			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
72			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
73			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	13	54	24.1%	14.6%
74			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	13	55	23.6%	14.4%
75			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
76			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	26	129	20.2%	14.1%
77			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
78			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
79			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
80			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
81			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	13	66	19.7%	11.9%
82			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	14	73	19.2%	11.8%
83			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	9	43	20.9%	11.4%
84			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	46	309	14.9%	11.3%
85			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	9	48	18.8%	10.2%
86			Bond Park	2.7	28	199	14.1%	9.9%
87			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
88			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
89			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
90			Shelley Lake	8.1	18	134	13.4%	8.7%
91			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	19	144	13.2%	8.6%
92			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	73	755	9.7%	7.8%
93			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
94			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
95			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
96			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	16	152	10.5%	6.6%
97			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
98			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
99			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	7	57	12.3%	6.1%
100			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	49	624	7.9%	6.0%
101			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
102			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
103			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	10	107	9.3%	5.2%
104			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	44	680	6.5%	4.9%
105			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
106			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
107			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
108			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
109			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	4	38	10.5%	4.2%
110			Lake Raleigh	6.0	9	119	7.6%	4.0%
111			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	5	54	9.3%	4.0%
112			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
113			Lake Lynn	7.7	14	211	6.6%	4.0%
114			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	4	40	10.0%	4.0%
115			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
116			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	9	126	7.1%	3.8%
117			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
118			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
119			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
120			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	34	676	5.0%	3.6%
121			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
122			Schenck Forest	3.6	13	216	6.0%	3.6%
123			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	7	101	6.9%	3.4%
124			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	13	233	5.6%	3.3%
125			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
126			Lake Wheeler	8.2	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
127			Lake Benson	11.9	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
128			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	4	52	7.7%	3.0%
129			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	26	616	4.2%	2.9%
130			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
131			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
132			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	4	64	6.2%	2.5%
133			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
134			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
135			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
136			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
137			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	4	75	5.3%	2.1%
138			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	14	450	3.1%	1.9%
139			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
140			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	3	70	4.3%	1.5%
141			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
142			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	8	300	2.7%	1.4%
143			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
144			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
145			Beaver Marsh	16.7	5	199	2.5%	1.1%
146			Apex Community Park	3.7	2	54	3.7%	1.0%
147			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
148			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
149			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
150			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
151			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
152			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	2	68	2.9%	0.8%
153			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
154			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	2	74	2.7%	0.7%
155			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
156			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
157			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	2	84	2.4%	0.7%
158			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
159			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	88	2.3%	0.6%
160			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
161			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	92	2.2%	0.6%
162			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
163			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
164			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
165			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	2	111	1.8%	0.5%
166			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
167			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
168			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
169			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
170			White Deer Park	11.6	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
171			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
172			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	1	76	1.3%	0.2%
173			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	88	1.1%	0.2%
174			17 Acre Woods	18.0	1	134	0.7%	0.1%