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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	60	72	83.3%	73.1%
2			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	19	22	86.4%	66.7%
3			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	33	43	76.7%	62.3%
4			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	23	30	76.7%	59.1%
5			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	11	13	84.6%	57.8%
6			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	13	16	81.2%	57.0%
7			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	13	16	81.2%	57.0%
8			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	30	43	69.8%	54.9%
9			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	34	50	68.0%	54.2%
10			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	16	22	72.7%	51.8%
11			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	16	23	69.6%	49.1%
12			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
13			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
14			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	17	25	68.0%	48.4%
15			Lake Betz	7.3	140	261	53.6%	47.6%
16			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	19	30	63.3%	45.5%
17			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
18			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
19			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
20			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	192	387	49.6%	44.7%
21			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	16	25	64.0%	44.5%
22			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
23			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
24			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
25			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
26			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	14	24	58.3%	38.8%
27			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
28			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
29			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	172	427	40.3%	35.7%
30			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
31			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
32			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	16	31	51.6%	34.8%
33			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
34			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
35			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	23	49	46.9%	33.7%
36			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	39	94	41.5%	32.1%
37			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	26	60	43.3%	31.6%
38			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
39			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	22	50	44.0%	31.2%
40			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	14	30	46.7%	30.2%
41			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
42			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
43			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
44			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
45			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
46			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	11	25	44.0%	26.7%
47			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	29	82	35.4%	25.9%
48			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	48	150	32.0%	25.1%
49			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
50			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
51			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
52			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
53			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	85	334	25.4%	21.1%
54			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
55			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
56			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
57			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	13	42	31.0%	19.1%
58			Falls Lake	15.1	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
59			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	14	49	28.6%	17.8%
60			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	10	34	29.4%	16.8%
61			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
62			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	13	52	25.0%	15.2%
63			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
64			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
65			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
66			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
67			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%
68			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	8	29	27.6%	14.7%
69			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	24	121	19.8%	13.7%
70			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
71			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	11	48	22.9%	13.3%
72			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
73			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
74			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	43	264	16.3%	12.3%
75			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
76			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
77			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	39	283	13.8%	10.2%
78			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
79			Bond Park	2.7	25	182	13.7%	9.5%
80			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
81			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
82			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
83			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
84			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	11	67	16.4%	9.4%
85			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	8	45	17.8%	9.3%
86			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	7	42	16.7%	8.3%
87			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
88			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	14	105	13.3%	8.1%
89			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
90			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	7	49	14.3%	7.1%
91			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	16	147	10.9%	6.8%
92			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	53	629	8.4%	6.5%
93			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
94			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
95			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
96			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	9	81	11.1%	6.0%
97			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
98			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
99			Shelley Lake	8.1	10	109	9.2%	5.1%
100			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	8	82	9.8%	5.0%
101			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
102			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	34	515	6.6%	4.8%
103			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
104			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
105			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
106			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
107			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	5	49	10.2%	4.4%
108			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
109			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
110			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
111			Lake Lynn	7.7	11	164	6.7%	3.8%
112			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	32	617	5.2%	3.7%
113			Lake Raleigh	6.0	7	93	7.5%	3.7%
114			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	13	208	6.2%	3.7%
115			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
116			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
117			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
118			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
119			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	28	568	4.9%	3.4%
120			Schenck Forest	3.6	12	206	5.8%	3.4%
121			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	4	48	8.3%	3.3%
122			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
123			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	7	113	6.2%	3.0%
124			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
125			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	4	57	7.0%	2.8%
126			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
127			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	16	424	3.8%	2.3%
128			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
129			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	11	270	4.1%	2.3%
130			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	4	69	5.8%	2.3%
131			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	3	65	4.6%	1.6%
132			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
133			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
134			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
135			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
136			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
137			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
138			Beaver Marsh	16.7	5	194	2.6%	1.1%
139			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
140			Lake Benson	11.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
141			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
142			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
143			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
144			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
145			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
146			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
147			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
148			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	2	68	2.9%	0.8%
149			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
150			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	77	2.6%	0.7%
151			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	78	2.6%	0.7%
152			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
153			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
154			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
155			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	4	264	1.5%	0.6%
156			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
157			White Deer Park	11.6	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
158			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
159			Apex Community Park	3.7	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
160			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
161			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
162			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	1	79	1.3%	0.2%
163			17 Acre Woods	18.0	1	121	0.8%	0.1%