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Where to find Great Egret 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 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 19.0 157 181 86.7% 81.0%
2 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 52 59 88.1% 77.5%
3 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 44 52 84.6% 72.5%
4 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 32 40 80.0% 65.2%
5 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 32 40 80.0% 65.2%
6 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 107 152 70.4% 62.7%
7 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 24 30 80.0% 62.7%
8 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 44 59 74.6% 62.2%
9 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
10 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
11 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
12 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
13 Bond Park 2.7 117 235 49.8% 43.4%
14 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
15 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
16 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 64 137 46.7% 38.6%
17 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 106 247 42.9% 36.9%
18 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
19 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 30 64 46.9% 35.2%
20 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 53 126 42.1% 33.8%
21 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 95 242 39.3% 33.3%
22 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 16 34 47.1% 31.5%
23 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
24 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
25 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
26 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
27 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
28 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 161 481 33.5% 29.4%
29 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
30 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
31 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 265 1101 24.1% 21.6%
32 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
33 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
34 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 19 62 30.6% 20.6%
36 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 103 449 22.9% 19.3%
37 Apex Community Park 3.7 21 79 26.6% 18.1%
38 Lake Benson 11.9 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
39 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 32 144 22.2% 16.2%
40 Shelley Lake 8.1 23 98 23.5% 16.2%
41 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 30 136 22.1% 15.9%
42 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
43 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
44 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
45 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
46 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
47 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
48 Lake Lynn 7.7 167 1002 16.7% 14.5%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
50 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
51 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
52 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 10 42 23.8% 13.5%
53 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
54 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
55 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 22 138 15.9% 10.8%
56 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
57 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
58 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
59 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
62 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
63 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 44 488 9.0% 6.8%
64 Schenck Forest 3.6 22 223 9.9% 6.6%
65 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
66 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 67 11.9% 6.2%
67 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Lake Betz 7.3 18 205 8.8% 5.6%
69 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
70 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 59 10.2% 4.7%
71 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
72 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
74 Lake Raleigh 6.0 8 99 8.1% 4.2%
75 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
76 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
77 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
78 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 7 99 7.1% 3.5%
79 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
80 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
81 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
82 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 10 198 5.1% 2.8%
83 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
84 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
85 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
86 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
87 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
88 Ritter Park 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
89 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 11 508 2.2% 1.2%
90 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
91 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 14 825 1.7% 1.0%
92 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
93 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
94 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
95 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
96 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
97 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
98 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 4 351 1.1% 0.4%
99 Beaver Marsh 16.7 2 166 1.2% 0.3%
100 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
101 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 177 1.1% 0.3%
102 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 84 1.2% 0.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.