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Where to find Merlin in October
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

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	62	11.3%	5.6%
2			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	10	137	7.3%	4.0%
3			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	26	508	5.1%	3.5%
4			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
5			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
6			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
7			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
8			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	32	1101	2.9%	2.1%
9			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
10			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	12	351	3.4%	2.0%
11			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
12			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	6	181	3.3%	1.5%
13			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
14			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
15			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
16			Schenck Forest	3.6	6	223	2.7%	1.2%
17			Falls Lake	15.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
18			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
19			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
20			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
21			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	53	3.8%	1.0%
22			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
23			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	3	152	2.0%	0.7%
24			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
25			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
26			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
27			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
28			Lake Benson	11.9	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
29			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	4	358	1.1%	0.4%
30			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
31			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
32			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
33			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
34			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
35			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	2	177	1.1%	0.3%
36			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
37			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
38			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	2	198	1.0%	0.3%
39			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
40			Lake Betz	7.3	2	205	1.0%	0.3%
41			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
42			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	3	449	0.7%	0.2%
43			Lake Lynn	7.7	5	1002	0.5%	0.2%
44			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	3	481	0.6%	0.2%
45			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	1	99	1.0%	0.2%
46			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	1	119	0.8%	0.1%
47			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	2	403	0.5%	0.1%
48			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	1	138	0.7%	0.1%
49			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	1	138	0.7%	0.1%
50			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	1	144	0.7%	0.1%
51			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	1	247	0.4%	0.1%
52			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	1	488	0.2%	0.0%
53			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	1	825	0.1%	0.0%