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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 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 49 78 62.8% 51.7%
2 Lake Betz 7.3 171 317 53.9% 48.4%
3 Salem Pond Park 4.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
4 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 57 120 47.5% 38.8%
5 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 30 64 46.9% 35.2%
6 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
7 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
8 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 20 84 23.8% 16.0%
9 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
10 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
11 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 39 217 18.0% 13.4%
12 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
13 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
14 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
15 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
16 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 118 865 13.6% 11.5%
17 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
18 Lake Lynn 7.7 31 213 14.6% 10.4%
19 Lake Raleigh 6.0 19 126 15.1% 9.9%
20 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 9 59 15.3% 8.2%
21 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
22 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 33 314 10.5% 7.6%
23 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
24 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
25 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 31 343 9.0% 6.4%
26 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
27 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
28 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
29 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
30 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 10 93 10.8% 5.9%
31 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 96 10.4% 5.8%
32 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
33 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 61 845 7.2% 5.7%
34 Beaver Marsh 16.7 24 318 7.5% 5.1%
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 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
38 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
39 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 63 9.5% 4.4%
40 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
41 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
42 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
43 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 26 453 5.7% 3.9%
44 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 57 8.8% 3.8%
45 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
46 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
47 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
48 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 26 564 4.6% 3.2%
49 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 10 181 5.5% 3.0%
50 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
51 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
52 Schenck Forest 3.6 12 274 4.4% 2.5%
53 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
54 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 6 122 4.9% 2.3%
55 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
56 Bond Park 2.7 8 195 4.1% 2.1%
57 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
58 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
59 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
60 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
61 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
62 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
63 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
64 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
65 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
66 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
67 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
68 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
69 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
70 Falls Lake 15.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
71 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 92 3.3% 1.1%
72 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
73 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
74 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 9 465 1.9% 1.0%
75 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
76 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
77 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 109 2.8% 0.9%
78 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
79 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
80 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
81 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
82 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 123 2.4% 0.8%
83 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 7 432 1.6% 0.8%
84 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 4 219 1.8% 0.7%
85 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
86 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 156 1.9% 0.7%
87 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
88 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 108 1.9% 0.5%
89 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
90 Ritter Park 4.3 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
91 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
92 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
93 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
94 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
95 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 3 369 0.8% 0.3%
96 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
97 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 117 0.9% 0.2%
98 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 155 0.6% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relFeb-2021. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Feb 2021.