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Where to find Great Egret 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 Great Egret 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 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 152 175 86.9% 81.1%
2 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 50 55 90.9% 80.4%
3 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 23 27 85.2% 67.5%
4 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 37 46 80.4% 66.8%
5 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 32 40 80.0% 65.2%
6 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
7 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 31 39 79.5% 64.5%
8 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 107 152 70.4% 62.7%
9 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 44 59 74.6% 62.2%
10 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
11 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
12 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
13 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
14 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
15 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 49 97 50.5% 40.7%
16 Bond Park 2.7 89 195 45.6% 38.8%
17 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 50 104 48.1% 38.7%
18 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 26 57 45.6% 33.4%
19 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 79 201 39.3% 32.8%
20 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 77 203 37.9% 31.5%
21 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
22 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
23 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
24 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 151 443 34.1% 29.8%
25 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 19 45 42.2% 29.0%
26 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
27 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
28 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 31 92 33.7% 24.9%
29 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 103 358 28.8% 24.3%
30 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
31 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 222 888 25.0% 22.3%
32 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
33 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
34 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
35 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Apex Community Park 3.7 20 69 29.0% 19.6%
37 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 16 56 28.6% 18.4%
38 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 29 114 25.4% 18.3%
39 Lake Lynn 7.7 149 734 20.3% 17.5%
40 Lake Benson 11.9 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
41 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
42 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
43 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
44 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
45 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 10 41 24.4% 13.8%
46 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
47 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
48 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
49 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
50 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
51 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
52 Shelley Lake 8.1 17 90 18.9% 12.1%
53 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
54 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 20 117 17.1% 11.3%
55 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
56 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
57 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
58 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
62 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 42 439 9.6% 7.2%
63 Schenck Forest 3.6 22 207 10.6% 7.1%
64 Lake Betz 7.3 18 177 10.2% 6.5%
65 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
66 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
68 Lake Raleigh 6.0 8 71 11.3% 5.8%
69 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
70 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
71 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
72 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
74 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
75 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
76 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
77 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
78 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 88 6.8% 3.2%
79 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 10 176 5.7% 3.1%
80 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
81 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
82 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
83 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
84 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
85 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 11 446 2.5% 1.4%
86 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
87 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
88 Ritter Park 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
89 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 14 680 2.1% 1.2%
90 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
91 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
92 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
93 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
94 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
95 Beaver Marsh 16.7 2 165 1.2% 0.3%
96 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 167 1.2% 0.3%
97 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
98 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 55 1.8% 0.3%