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Where to find Green Heron in May
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 May. 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	88	126	69.8%	61.3%
2			Lake Betz	7.3	183	285	64.2%	58.5%
3			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	27	39	69.2%	53.6%
4			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
5			Salem Pond Park	4.5	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
6			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	40	68	58.8%	47.0%
7			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	44	79	55.7%	44.7%
8			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	37	66	56.1%	44.1%
9			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	148	314	47.1%	41.7%
10			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	15	31	48.4%	32.0%
11			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	65	201	32.3%	26.3%
12			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
13			Lake Lynn	7.7	63	211	29.9%	24.1%
14			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	14	37	37.8%	24.1%
15			Shaw Lake	9.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
16			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
17			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	7	19	36.8%	19.1%
18			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	134	755	17.7%	15.2%
19			Carpenter Park	5.1	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
20			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
21			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
22			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	45	233	19.3%	14.8%
23			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	16	70	22.9%	14.6%
24			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	8	30	26.7%	14.2%
25			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	50	300	16.7%	12.9%
26			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
27			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	18	108	16.7%	10.8%
28			Fearrington Village	17.5	11	63	17.5%	10.0%
29			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	9	49	18.4%	10.0%
30			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
31			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
32			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	38	309	12.3%	9.1%
33			Lake Raleigh	6.0	17	121	14.0%	9.0%
34			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
35			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
36			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	46	450	10.2%	7.8%
37			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	11	86	12.8%	7.3%
38			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
39			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	7	49	14.3%	7.1%
40			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	57	626	9.1%	7.1%
41			Beaver Marsh	16.7	21	199	10.6%	7.0%
42			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	59	681	8.7%	6.8%
43			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
44			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
45			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
46			Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
47			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
48			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	45	616	7.3%	5.5%
49			Bond Park	2.7	17	199	8.5%	5.4%
50			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	7	70	10.0%	4.9%
51			Shelley Lake	8.1	11	134	8.2%	4.6%
52			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
53			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
54			Apex Community Park	3.7	5	54	9.3%	4.0%
55			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
56			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	5	57	8.8%	3.8%
57			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	6	74	8.1%	3.8%
58			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	6	76	7.9%	3.7%
59			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
60			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
61			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
62			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	4	48	8.3%	3.3%
63			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	9	152	5.9%	3.1%
64			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
65			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	5	77	6.5%	2.8%
66			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
67			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	6	101	5.9%	2.8%
68			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
69			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
70			Schenck Forest	3.6	10	217	4.6%	2.5%
71			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	3	43	7.0%	2.4%
72			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	24	681	3.5%	2.4%
73			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
74			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
75			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
76			Ritter Park	4.3	3	51	5.9%	2.0%
77			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	6	139	4.3%	2.0%
78			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
79			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
80			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
81			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
82			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
83			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
84			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
85			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
86			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
87			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	3	73	4.1%	1.4%
88			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
89			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	2	41	4.9%	1.3%
90			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	12	513	2.3%	1.3%
91			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
92			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	92	3.3%	1.1%
93			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
94			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
95			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	54	3.7%	1.0%
96			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
97			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
98			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
99			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
100			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
101			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	7	384	1.8%	0.9%
102			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	3	129	2.3%	0.8%
103			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
104			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
105			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
106			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
107			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
108			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	2	76	2.6%	0.7%
109			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	7	491	1.4%	0.7%
110			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
111			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
112			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
113			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
114			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
115			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
116			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
117			Lake Benson	11.9	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
118			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
119			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
120			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
121			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
122			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
123			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
124			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
125			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
126			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
127			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
128			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	1	65	1.5%	0.3%
129			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	88	1.1%	0.2%
130			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
131			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	1	145	0.7%	0.1%