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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	81	113	71.7%	62.8%
2			Lake Betz	7.3	177	261	67.8%	61.9%
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			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	38	62	61.3%	48.8%
6			Salem Pond Park	4.5	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
7			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	31	60	51.7%	39.3%
8			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	119	264	45.1%	39.2%
9			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	62	150	41.3%	33.8%
10			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	13	28	46.4%	29.5%
11			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	17	42	40.5%	27.0%
12			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	14	35	40.0%	25.6%
13			Lake Lynn	7.7	50	164	30.5%	24.0%
14			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
15			Shaw Lake	9.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
16			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
17			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	7	19	36.8%	19.1%
18			Carpenter Park	5.1	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
19			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
20			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
21			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	41	208	19.7%	14.9%
22			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	50	264	18.9%	14.7%
23			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	17	81	21.0%	13.5%
24			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	14	65	21.5%	13.3%
25			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
26			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	39	270	14.4%	10.7%
27			Lake Raleigh	6.0	15	93	16.1%	10.0%
28			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	77	629	12.2%	9.9%
29			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	8	43	18.6%	9.7%
30			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	37	283	13.1%	9.6%
31			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
32			Fearrington Village	17.5	9	53	17.0%	9.2%
33			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
34			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	11	82	13.4%	7.7%
35			Beaver Marsh	16.7	21	194	10.8%	7.2%
36			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	55	617	8.9%	6.9%
37			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
38			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	5	34	14.7%	6.4%
39			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
40			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
41			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
42			Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
43			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
44			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
45			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	41	515	8.0%	5.9%
46			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
47			Bond Park	2.7	16	182	8.8%	5.5%
48			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
49			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	29	424	6.8%	4.8%
50			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
51			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
52			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
53			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	5	49	10.2%	4.4%
54			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	5	50	10.0%	4.3%
55			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	6	68	8.8%	4.1%
56			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	6	69	8.7%	4.0%
57			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
58			Shelley Lake	8.1	8	109	7.3%	3.8%
59			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
60			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	4	45	8.9%	3.5%
61			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	9	147	6.1%	3.3%
62			Schenck Forest	3.6	10	206	4.9%	2.7%
63			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	4	61	6.6%	2.6%
64			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
65			Apex Community Park	3.7	3	42	7.1%	2.5%
66			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	43	7.0%	2.4%
67			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
68			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
69			Ritter Park	4.3	3	49	6.1%	2.1%
70			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
71			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	17	568	3.0%	1.9%
72			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
73			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
74			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
75			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
76			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
77			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
78			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
79			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	3	67	4.5%	1.5%
80			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
81			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
82			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
83			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
84			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	3	82	3.7%	1.3%
85			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	9	387	2.3%	1.2%
86			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
87			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	48	4.2%	1.2%
88			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
89			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
90			Lake Benson	11.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
91			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
92			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
93			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
94			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	3	121	2.5%	0.8%
95			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
96			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
97			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
98			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	2	72	2.8%	0.8%
99			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
100			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
101			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	78	2.6%	0.7%
102			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
103			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	6	427	1.4%	0.6%
104			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	5	334	1.5%	0.6%
105			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
106			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
107			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
108			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
109			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	2	94	2.1%	0.6%
110			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
111			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
112			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
113			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
114			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
115			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
116			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
117			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
118			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
119			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
120			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
121			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	1	79	1.3%	0.2%
122			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	1	105	1.0%	0.2%