Bird Finder

Where to find Osprey in September
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 September. 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 Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 32 39 82.1% 67.3%
2 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 131 181 72.4% 65.4%
3 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 181 263 68.8% 63.0%
4 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 55 83 66.3% 55.6%
5 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 22 30 73.3% 55.6%
6 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
7 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
8 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
9 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
10 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
11 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
12 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 19 33 57.6% 40.8%
13 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
14 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 132 311 42.4% 37.1%
15 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
16 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 58 132 43.9% 35.8%
17 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 91 223 40.8% 34.6%
18 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
19 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
20 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
21 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
22 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
23 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
24 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
25 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 18 45 40.0% 27.0%
26 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
27 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 53 164 32.3% 25.6%
28 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 23 64 35.9% 25.3%
29 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
30 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
31 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
32 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
34 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 30 105 28.6% 20.8%
35 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
36 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
40 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
41 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
42 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 106 497 21.3% 18.0%
43 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
44 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 42 192 21.9% 16.6%
45 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 39 181 21.5% 16.2%
46 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 30 136 22.1% 15.9%
47 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
48 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
49 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
50 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 33 176 18.8% 13.7%
51 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
52 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
53 Lake Raleigh 6.0 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
54 Lake Betz 7.3 32 231 13.9% 10.0%
55 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
56 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 31 232 13.4% 9.6%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Lake Benson 11.9 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
61 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 12 81 14.8% 8.7%
62 Bond Park 2.7 23 181 12.7% 8.6%
63 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
64 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
65 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 56 14.3% 7.4%
66 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
67 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 10 86 11.6% 6.4%
68 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
69 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Lake Lynn 7.7 44 577 7.6% 5.7%
73 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
74 Homestead Park 19.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
75 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
76 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 8 86 9.3% 4.8%
77 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
79 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
80 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 7 83 8.4% 4.1%
81 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
82 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
83 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
84 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
86 Shelley Lake 8.1 6 81 7.4% 3.4%
87 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
88 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
89 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
90 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 13 296 4.4% 2.6%
91 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
92 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
93 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 7 141 5.0% 2.4%
94 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
95 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
96 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
97 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 15 411 3.6% 2.2%
98 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 12 337 3.6% 2.0%
99 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
100 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
101 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
102 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
103 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 5 130 3.8% 1.7%
104 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
105 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
106 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 37 1701 2.2% 1.6%
107 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
108 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
109 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
110 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
111 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
112 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
113 Schenck Forest 3.6 5 195 2.6% 1.1%
114 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 4 163 2.5% 1.0%
115 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 109 2.8% 0.9%
116 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
117 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 5 248 2.0% 0.9%
118 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
119 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
120 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
121 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
122 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
123 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
124 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
125 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 3 156 1.9% 0.7%
126 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
127 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
128 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
129 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
130 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
131 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 413 0.5% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.