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Where to find Merlin in January
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 Merlin in January. 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 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
2 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
3 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
4 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 22 817 2.7% 1.8%
5 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
6 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
7 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
8 Lake Betz 7.3 5 346 1.4% 0.6%
9 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
10 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 141 1.4% 0.4%
11 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
12 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
13 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
14 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
15 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 448 0.4% 0.1%
16 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 184 0.5% 0.1%
17 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 1 209 0.5% 0.1%
18 Schenck Forest 3.6 1 250 0.4% 0.1%
19 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 1 361 0.3% 0.0%
20 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 1 436 0.2% 0.0%