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Where to find Merlin in October
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 October. 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			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	7	56	12.5%	6.2%
2			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	8	97	8.2%	4.2%
3			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	26	446	5.8%	4.0%
4			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
5			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
6			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
7			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
8			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	31	888	3.5%	2.5%
9			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
10			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
11			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	6	175	3.4%	1.6%
12			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
13			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
14			Schenck Forest	3.6	6	207	2.9%	1.3%
15			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
16			Falls Lake	15.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
17			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
18			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
19			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
20			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
21			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
22			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	3	152	2.0%	0.7%
23			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
24			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
25			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
26			Lake Benson	11.9	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
27			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	4	294	1.4%	0.5%
28			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
29			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
30			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
31			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
32			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
33			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	2	167	1.2%	0.3%
34			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
35			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	2	176	1.1%	0.3%
36			Lake Betz	7.3	2	177	1.1%	0.3%
37			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
38			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
39			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	3	358	0.8%	0.3%
40			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
41			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	3	443	0.7%	0.2%
42			Lake Lynn	7.7	4	734	0.5%	0.2%
43			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	1	88	1.1%	0.2%
44			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	1	92	1.1%	0.2%
45			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
46			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	1	117	0.9%	0.2%
47			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	2	369	0.5%	0.1%
48			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	1	203	0.5%	0.1%
49			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	1	439	0.2%	0.0%
50			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	1	680	0.1%	0.0%