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Where to find Green Heron in August
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 August. 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 Lake Betz 7.3 179 206 86.9% 81.6%
2 Town Lake Park 23.4 49 64 76.6% 64.9%
3 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 63 92 68.5% 58.4%
4 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
5 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 22 31 71.0% 53.4%
6 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 55 93 59.1% 49.0%
7 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
8 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
9 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 192 495 38.8% 34.6%
11 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 75 183 41.0% 34.1%
12 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
13 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
14 Lake Lynn 7.7 50 143 35.0% 27.6%
15 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 38 107 35.5% 27.1%
16 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
17 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 14 34 41.2% 26.4%
18 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 24 68 35.3% 25.0%
19 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
20 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 41 137 29.9% 22.9%
21 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 111 450 24.7% 20.9%
22 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
23 Apex Community Park 3.7 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
24 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 67 287 23.3% 18.8%
25 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
26 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
27 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
28 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
29 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 49 242 20.2% 15.7%
30 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
31 Schenck Forest 3.6 19 84 22.6% 15.0%
32 Bond Park 2.7 21 100 21.0% 14.2%
33 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 38 202 18.8% 14.0%
34 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 35 203 17.2% 12.7%
35 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 32 184 17.4% 12.6%
36 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
37 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
38 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 16 87 18.4% 11.6%
39 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
40 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 21 130 16.2% 10.8%
41 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
42 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
43 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 10 56 17.9% 10.0%
44 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
45 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
46 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
47 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
51 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
52 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 27 216 12.5% 8.7%
53 Shelley Lake 8.1 10 70 14.3% 7.9%
54 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
55 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
56 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
57 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
58 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
59 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 23 231 10.0% 6.7%
60 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
61 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
62 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
64 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
65 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 7 72 9.7% 4.8%
66 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 6 61 9.8% 4.6%
67 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
68 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
69 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
70 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
71 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
72 Lake Benson 11.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
73 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 11 158 7.0% 3.9%
74 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
75 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
76 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
77 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
78 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
79 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
80 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
81 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
82 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
83 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 13 315 4.1% 2.4%
84 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
85 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
86 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
87 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
88 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
89 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
90 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
91 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
92 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
93 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
94 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
95 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
96 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 8 306 2.6% 1.3%
97 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
98 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
99 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
100 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
101 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
102 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
103 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 146 2.7% 1.1%
104 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
105 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
106 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
107 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
108 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 4 215 1.9% 0.7%
109 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
110 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
111 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
112 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 2 112 1.8% 0.5%
113 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
114 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 47 2.1% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.