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Where to find Green Heron in April
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 Green Heron in April. 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 Salem Pond Park 4.5 17 19 89.5% 68.6%
2 Lake Betz 7.3 287 524 54.8% 50.5%
3 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 62 106 58.5% 49.0%
4 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 80 158 50.6% 42.9%
5 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 16 36 44.4% 29.5%
6 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 33 84 39.3% 29.5%
7 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
8 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 20 68 29.4% 19.9%
9 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 70 316 22.2% 17.9%
10 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
11 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
12 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 188 1370 13.7% 12.0%
13 Lake Lynn 7.7 54 366 14.8% 11.5%
14 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
15 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
16 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 46 344 13.4% 10.2%
17 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
18 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
19 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 11 71 15.5% 8.9%
20 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
21 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
22 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 19 160 11.9% 7.7%
23 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 10 72 13.9% 7.7%
24 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 10 86 11.6% 6.4%
25 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 38 452 8.4% 6.2%
26 Beaver Marsh 16.7 29 350 8.3% 5.8%
27 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
28 Lake Raleigh 6.0 21 251 8.4% 5.5%
29 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
30 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 33 498 6.6% 4.8%
31 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 61 9.8% 4.6%
32 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
33 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
34 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 63 1111 5.7% 4.5%
35 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
36 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 17 259 6.6% 4.1%
37 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 72 8.3% 3.9%
38 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
39 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 7 92 7.6% 3.7%
40 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
41 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
42 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
43 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
44 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
45 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
46 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
47 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
48 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 74 6.8% 2.9%
49 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 32 853 3.8% 2.7%
50 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
51 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 9 181 5.0% 2.6%
52 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 32 867 3.7% 2.6%
53 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
54 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 11 249 4.4% 2.5%
55 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 149 4.7% 2.3%
56 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
57 Bond Park 2.7 11 280 3.9% 2.2%
58 Schenck Forest 3.6 14 382 3.7% 2.2%
59 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
60 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
61 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
62 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
63 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
64 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 7 174 4.0% 2.0%
65 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
66 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 117 4.3% 1.8%
67 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
68 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
69 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
70 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
71 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
72 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
73 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
74 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
75 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
76 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
77 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
78 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
79 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
80 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
81 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 85 3.5% 1.2%
82 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
83 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
84 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 185 2.7% 1.2%
85 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
86 Falls Lake 15.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
87 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 15 886 1.7% 1.0%
88 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
89 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 107 2.8% 1.0%
90 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
91 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 195 2.1% 0.8%
92 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 5 273 1.8% 0.8%
93 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 135 2.2% 0.8%
94 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
95 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 142 2.1% 0.7%
96 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 10 773 1.3% 0.7%
97 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
98 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
99 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
100 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
101 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
102 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
103 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
104 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
105 Ritter Park 4.3 2 136 1.5% 0.4%
106 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 141 1.4% 0.4%
107 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 265 1.1% 0.4%
108 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
109 Lake Benson 11.9 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
110 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 158 1.3% 0.3%
111 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 4 537 0.7% 0.3%
112 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
113 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
114 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
115 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
116 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
117 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 103 1.0% 0.2%
118 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 111 0.9% 0.2%
119 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
120 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 123 0.8% 0.1%
121 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 130 0.8% 0.1%
122 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 167 0.6% 0.1%
123 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 172 0.6% 0.1%
124 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 205 0.5% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.