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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			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	116	152	76.3%	69.0%
2			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	27	32	84.4%	68.2%
3			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	121	192	63.0%	56.0%
4			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	49	74	66.2%	54.9%
5			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	21	29	72.4%	54.3%
6			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	15	23	65.2%	44.9%
7			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
8			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	15	24	62.5%	42.7%
9			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	18	32	56.2%	39.3%
10			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	129	305	42.3%	36.9%
11			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	13	23	56.5%	36.8%
12			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	25	50	50.0%	36.6%
13			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
14			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	84	210	40.0%	33.6%
15			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
16			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	13	29	44.8%	28.4%
17			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
18			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
19			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	13	31	41.9%	26.4%
20			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	16	40	40.0%	26.3%
21			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	10	23	43.5%	25.6%
22			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	22	60	36.7%	25.6%
23			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
24			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
25			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
26			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
27			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
28			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
29			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
30			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
31			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
32			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
33			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
34			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	27	100	27.0%	19.3%
35			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	39	154	25.3%	19.1%
36			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
37			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	31	122	25.4%	18.5%
38			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	103	471	21.9%	18.4%
39			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
40			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
41			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	15	59	25.4%	16.1%
42			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	25	109	22.9%	16.0%
43			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
44			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
45			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
46			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	31	165	18.8%	13.6%
47			Lake Wheeler	8.2	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
48			Lake Raleigh	6.0	8	39	20.5%	10.8%
49			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
50			Lake Betz	7.3	32	219	14.6%	10.5%
51			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	31	214	14.5%	10.4%
52			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
53			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
54			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
55			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
56			Bond Park	2.7	21	157	13.4%	8.9%
57			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	6	32	18.8%	8.9%
58			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
59			Lake Benson	11.9	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
60			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	7	48	14.6%	7.2%
61			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	6	39	15.4%	7.2%
62			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	8	67	11.9%	6.2%
63			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
64			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
65			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
66			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
67			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
68			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	5	36	13.9%	6.1%
69			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
70			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
71			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
72			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
73			Shelley Lake	8.1	6	58	10.3%	4.8%
74			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
75			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
76			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
77			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
78			Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
79			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	7	77	9.1%	4.5%
80			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
81			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	5	57	8.8%	3.8%
82			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
83			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	7	110	6.4%	3.1%
84			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
85			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
86			Lake Lynn	7.7	18	373	4.8%	3.1%
87			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
88			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	13	261	5.0%	2.9%
89			Apex Community Park	3.7	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
90			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
91			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
92			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
93			Homestead Park	19.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
94			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	3	44	6.8%	2.3%
95			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
96			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
97			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
98			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
99			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	13	392	3.3%	1.9%
100			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	5	111	4.5%	1.9%
101			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
102			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
103			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
104			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
105			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
106			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
107			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	28	1293	2.2%	1.5%
108			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
109			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	6	242	2.5%	1.1%
110			Schenck Forest	3.6	5	189	2.6%	1.1%
111			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	3	100	3.0%	1.0%
112			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	4	160	2.5%	1.0%
113			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	5	224	2.2%	1.0%
114			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
115			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	2	61	3.3%	0.9%
116			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
117			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
118			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	2	68	2.9%	0.8%
119			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
120			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
121			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
122			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	3	152	2.0%	0.7%
123			Falls Lake	15.1	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
124			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
125			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
126			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	65	1.5%	0.3%
127			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
128			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	1	371	0.3%	0.0%