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Where to find Osprey in May
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 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			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	66	77	85.7%	76.2%
2			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	22	25	88.0%	70.0%
3			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	86	110	78.2%	69.6%
4			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	21	24	87.5%	69.0%
5			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	22	26	84.6%	66.5%
6			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	64	85	75.3%	65.2%
7			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	19	24	79.2%	59.5%
8			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	27	36	75.0%	58.9%
9			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	46	66	69.7%	57.8%
10			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	11	13	84.6%	57.8%
11			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
12			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	8	9	88.9%	56.5%
13			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	18	24	75.0%	55.1%
14			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	16	21	76.2%	54.9%
15			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	14	18	77.8%	54.8%
16			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	23	32	71.9%	54.6%
17			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	37	56	66.1%	53.0%
18			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	26	38	68.4%	52.5%
19			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	24	35	68.6%	52.0%
20			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	25	38	65.8%	49.9%
21			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	32	51	62.7%	49.0%
22			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	52	88	59.1%	48.6%
23			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	24	38	63.2%	47.3%
24			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	37	62	59.7%	47.3%
25			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	14	21	66.7%	45.4%
26			Lake Betz	7.3	210	431	48.7%	44.0%
27			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	329	698	47.1%	43.5%
28			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
29			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
30			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	44	85	51.8%	41.3%
31			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
32			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	19	33	57.6%	40.8%
33			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	16	27	59.3%	40.7%
34			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	286	659	43.4%	39.7%
35			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	118	265	44.5%	38.7%
36			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
37			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	21	41	51.2%	36.5%
38			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	12	22	54.5%	34.7%
39			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
40			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	22	48	45.8%	32.6%
41			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
42			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
43			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
44			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	30	74	40.5%	30.1%
45			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
46			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
47			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
48			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
49			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
50			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	25	64	39.1%	28.1%
51			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	38	105	36.2%	27.6%
52			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	33	92	35.9%	26.8%
53			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
54			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
55			Falls Lake	15.1	10	24	41.7%	24.5%
56			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	121	445	27.2%	23.3%
57			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
58			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	74	265	27.9%	22.9%
59			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	23	72	31.9%	22.3%
60			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
61			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
62			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
63			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
64			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
65			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
66			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
67			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
68			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
69			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
70			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	17	55	30.9%	20.3%
71			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	116	490	23.7%	20.1%
72			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	29	106	27.4%	19.8%
73			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
74			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
75			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
76			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
77			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
78			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	16	68	23.5%	15.0%
79			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
80			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%
81			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	28	137	20.4%	14.5%
82			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	71	414	17.1%	13.8%
83			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	16	77	20.8%	13.2%
84			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
85			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
86			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
87			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
88			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
89			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
90			Bond Park	2.7	33	233	14.2%	10.3%
91			Shelley Lake	8.1	29	205	14.1%	10.0%
92			Heritage Lake	19.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
93			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	10	58	17.2%	9.6%
94			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
95			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
96			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
97			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	100	946	10.6%	8.8%
98			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	22	177	12.4%	8.4%
99			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	6	34	17.6%	8.3%
100			Lake Benson	11.9	9	63	14.3%	7.7%
101			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	79	847	9.3%	7.5%
102			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	6	42	14.3%	6.7%
103			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	18	178	10.1%	6.5%
104			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	12	110	10.9%	6.4%
105			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
106			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
107			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	10	95	10.5%	5.8%
108			Schenck Forest	3.6	24	290	8.3%	5.6%
109			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	7	66	10.6%	5.2%
110			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
111			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	14	166	8.4%	5.1%
112			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	51	780	6.5%	5.0%
113			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
114			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	13	155	8.4%	5.0%
115			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
116			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
117			Lake Wheeler	8.2	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
118			Lake Lynn	7.7	21	320	6.6%	4.3%
119			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
120			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
121			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	45	886	5.1%	3.8%
122			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
123			Lake Raleigh	6.0	12	186	6.5%	3.7%
124			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	9	132	6.8%	3.6%
125			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	4	45	8.9%	3.5%
126			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
127			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	11	197	5.6%	3.1%
128			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	42	999	4.2%	3.1%
129			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	5	72	6.9%	3.0%
130			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	14	282	5.0%	3.0%
131			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	4	53	7.5%	3.0%
132			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
133			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
134			Wendell Park	22.6	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
135			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	24	594	4.0%	2.7%
136			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	5	80	6.2%	2.7%
137			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
138			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
139			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
140			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	5	93	5.4%	2.3%
141			Apex Community Park	3.7	4	68	5.9%	2.3%
142			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
143			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	52	5.8%	2.0%
144			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
145			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	4	83	4.8%	1.9%
146			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	4	86	4.7%	1.8%
147			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
148			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
149			Beaver Marsh	16.7	7	224	3.1%	1.5%
150			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	10	362	2.8%	1.5%
151			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
152			Raven Rock SP	23.9	3	71	4.2%	1.4%
153			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
154			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	3	85	3.5%	1.2%
155			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
156			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
157			White Deer Park	11.6	3	93	3.2%	1.1%
158			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	2	52	3.8%	1.1%
159			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
160			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
161			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
162			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	4	162	2.5%	1.0%
163			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
164			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	68	2.9%	0.8%
165			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
166			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
167			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
168			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
169			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	2	86	2.3%	0.6%
170			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	2	88	2.3%	0.6%
171			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
172			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
173			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
174			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	109	1.8%	0.5%
175			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	110	1.8%	0.5%
176			Cedar Fork District Park	3.1	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
177			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
178			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
179			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
180			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
181			Parker Preserve	15.5	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
182			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	1	66	1.5%	0.3%
183			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	2	210	1.0%	0.3%
184			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	1	107	0.9%	0.2%
185			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	107	0.9%	0.2%
186			17 Acre Woods	18.0	1	174	0.6%	0.1%