Bird Finder

Where to find Osprey in July
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 July. 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 71 90.1% 81.0%
2 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 64 75 85.3% 75.6%
3 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
4 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 25 29 86.2% 69.4%
5 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 22 26 84.6% 66.5%
6 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 99 135 73.3% 65.3%
7 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
8 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 41 54 75.9% 63.1%
9 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 28 39 71.8% 56.2%
10 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
11 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
12 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 69 118 58.5% 49.5%
13 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 43 72 59.7% 48.2%
14 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
15 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
16 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
17 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
18 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
19 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
20 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
21 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
22 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
23 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 47 96 49.0% 39.2%
24 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
25 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
26 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
28 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
29 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 30 65 46.2% 34.6%
30 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
32 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
33 Lake Betz 7.3 60 145 41.4% 33.7%
34 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
35 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
36 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 80 220 36.4% 30.3%
37 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
38 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
39 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
40 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
41 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 25 62 40.3% 29.0%
42 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 22 55 40.0% 28.1%
43 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
44 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 44 124 35.5% 27.6%
45 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
46 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
47 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
48 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
49 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
50 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
51 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
52 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
53 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
54 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
55 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
56 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
59 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
62 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
66 Shelley Lake 8.1 22 83 26.5% 18.2%
67 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 12 40 30.0% 18.1%
68 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
69 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
70 Lake Lynn 7.7 39 182 21.4% 16.1%
71 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
72 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
73 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
74 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
75 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
76 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 27 152 17.8% 12.5%
77 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
78 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
79 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 16 93 17.2% 10.9%
80 Lake Benson 11.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
81 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
82 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
86 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
87 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
88 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 33 296 11.1% 8.0%
89 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
90 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
91 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
92 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
93 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
94 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
95 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
96 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
97 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
98 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
99 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
100 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 6 55 10.9% 5.1%
101 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
102 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
103 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
104 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
105 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
106 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
107 Lake Raleigh 6.0 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
108 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
109 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
110 Bond Park 2.7 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
111 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
112 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
113 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
114 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
115 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 9 248 3.6% 1.9%
116 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
117 Wendell Park 22.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
118 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
119 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 7 214 3.3% 1.6%
120 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
121 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
122 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
123 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
124 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
125 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
126 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
127 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 95 3.2% 1.1%
128 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 5 214 2.3% 1.0%
129 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
130 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
131 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 3 119 2.5% 0.9%
132 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
133 Schenck Forest 3.6 2 74 2.7% 0.7%
134 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
135 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
136 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
137 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
138 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
139 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
140 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
141 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
142 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
143 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 145 0.7% 0.1%
144 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 1 150 0.7% 0.1%