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Where to find Green Heron in September
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 September. 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 7.3 120 219 54.8% 48.2%
2 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
3 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 22 38 57.9% 42.2%
4 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
5 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 395 1293 30.5% 28.1%
6 Town Lake Park 23.4 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
7 Lake Lynn 7.7 120 373 32.2% 27.6%
8 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 28 77 36.4% 26.5%
9 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
10 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
12 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
13 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
14 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 56 305 18.4% 14.4%
15 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
16 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
17 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
18 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
19 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
20 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
21 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 28 224 12.5% 8.8%
22 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 40 371 10.8% 8.0%
23 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 18 152 11.8% 7.6%
24 Bond Park 2.7 18 157 11.5% 7.4%
25 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
26 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
27 Schenck Forest 3.6 19 189 10.1% 6.5%
28 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 12 111 10.8% 6.3%
29 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
30 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 8 77 10.4% 5.4%
31 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 10 109 9.2% 5.1%
32 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 20 261 7.7% 5.0%
33 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
34 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
35 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
36 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
37 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
38 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
39 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 23 392 5.9% 3.9%
40 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
41 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
42 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
43 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
44 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
45 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
46 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
47 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
48 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
49 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
50 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
51 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 7 122 5.7% 2.8%
52 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
53 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
54 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
55 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
56 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
57 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
58 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 7 154 4.5% 2.2%
59 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
60 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
61 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
62 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
63 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 7 214 3.3% 1.6%
64 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 4 100 4.0% 1.6%
65 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
66 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 210 2.9% 1.3%
67 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
68 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
69 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
70 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 100 3.0% 1.0%
71 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
72 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
73 Lake Benson 11.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
74 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
75 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
76 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
77 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 4 242 1.7% 0.6%
78 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
79 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
80 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 6 471 1.3% 0.6%
81 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
82 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
83 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
84 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
85 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
86 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 2 152 1.3% 0.4%
87 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
88 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
89 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 1 160 0.6% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.