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Where to find Green Heron in April
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 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	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
2			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	51	82	62.2%	51.4%
3			Lake Betz	7.3	188	355	53.0%	47.8%
4			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	67	139	48.2%	40.1%
5			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	32	71	45.1%	34.0%
6			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	10	22	45.5%	26.9%
7			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	39	134	29.1%	22.1%
8			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	17	61	27.9%	18.2%
9			Shaw Lake	9.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
10			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	147	984	14.9%	12.8%
11			Lake Lynn	7.7	43	266	16.2%	12.2%
12			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
13			Eden Lakes	23.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
14			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
15			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	8	37	21.6%	11.4%
16			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	39	268	14.6%	10.8%
17			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	11	61	18.0%	10.4%
18			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
19			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	17	118	14.4%	9.2%
20			Lake Raleigh	6.0	21	158	13.3%	8.9%
21			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
22			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
23			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	9	64	14.1%	7.6%
24			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
25			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	34	356	9.6%	6.9%
26			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	9	71	12.7%	6.8%
27			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
28			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
29			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	32	390	8.2%	5.9%
30			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	7	60	11.7%	5.8%
31			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	62	899	6.9%	5.4%
32			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	7	68	10.3%	5.1%
33			Beaver Marsh	16.7	24	330	7.3%	4.9%
34			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	6	57	10.5%	4.9%
35			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
36			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
37			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
38			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	11	143	7.7%	4.3%
39			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	5	58	8.6%	3.7%
40			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	5	59	8.5%	3.7%
41			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
42			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
43			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
44			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
45			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	5	61	8.2%	3.6%
46			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
47			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	6	83	7.2%	3.4%
48			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	28	628	4.5%	3.1%
49			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
50			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	27	603	4.5%	3.1%
51			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
52			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
53			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	10	199	5.0%	2.8%
54			Schenck Forest	3.6	13	295	4.4%	2.6%
55			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
56			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	7	142	4.9%	2.4%
57			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
58			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
59			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
60			Bond Park	2.7	9	217	4.1%	2.2%
61			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	5	102	4.9%	2.1%
62			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
63			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
64			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
65			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	3	61	4.9%	1.7%
66			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
67			Town Lake Park	23.4	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
68			Fearrington Village	17.5	3	67	4.5%	1.5%
69			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
70			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
71			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
72			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
73			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
74			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
75			Falls Lake	15.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
76			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	84	3.6%	1.2%
77			Apex Community Park	3.7	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
78			Shelley Lake	8.1	4	143	2.8%	1.1%
79			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	3	102	2.9%	1.0%
80			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
81			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	2	61	3.3%	0.9%
82			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	5	238	2.1%	0.9%
83			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	3	115	2.6%	0.9%
84			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	3	116	2.6%	0.9%
85			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
86			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
87			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
88			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
89			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	9	597	1.5%	0.8%
90			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
91			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
92			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
93			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	7	592	1.2%	0.6%
94			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	3	195	1.5%	0.5%
95			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
96			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
97			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	2	122	1.6%	0.5%
98			Ritter Park	4.3	2	132	1.5%	0.4%
99			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
100			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	4	435	0.9%	0.4%
101			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	60	1.7%	0.3%
102			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
103			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	1	78	1.3%	0.2%
104			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	1	120	0.8%	0.1%
105			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	1	121	0.8%	0.1%
106			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	176	0.6%	0.1%