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Where to find Merlin 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 Merlin 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 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
2 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 10 263 3.8% 2.1%
3 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
4 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 132 3.8% 1.6%
5 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
6 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 223 2.7% 1.2%
7 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
8 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
9 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 164 2.4% 1.0%
10 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
11 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 3 130 2.3% 0.8%
12 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 86 2.3% 0.6%
13 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
14 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
15 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
16 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
17 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
18 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 4 497 0.8% 0.3%
19 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 3 337 0.9% 0.3%
20 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
21 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
22 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 2 296 0.7% 0.2%
23 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
24 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 2 411 0.5% 0.1%
25 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 141 0.7% 0.1%
26 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 148 0.7% 0.1%
27 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 176 0.6% 0.1%
28 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
29 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 3 1701 0.2% 0.1%
30 Lake Lynn 7.7 1 577 0.2% 0.0%