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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%