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Where to find Great Egret in May
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 May. 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 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 50 65 76.9% 65.4%
2 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 53 72 73.6% 62.4%
3 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 34 150 22.7% 16.7%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 19 82 23.2% 15.4%
7 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
8 Beaver Marsh 16.7 27 194 13.9% 9.7%
9 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
10 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 121 9.1% 5.2%
11 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
12 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
13 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
14 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
15 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 81 6.2% 2.7%
16 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
17 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
18 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
19 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
20 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
21 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
22 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
23 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
24 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 13 629 2.1% 1.2%
25 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
26 Lake Benson 11.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
27 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
28 Lake Betz 7.3 5 261 1.9% 0.8%
29 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
30 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 7 427 1.6% 0.8%
31 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
32 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 4 208 1.9% 0.8%
33 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
34 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
35 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
37 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
38 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 5 515 1.0% 0.4%
39 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
40 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
41 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
42 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 264 0.8% 0.2%
43 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
44 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 334 0.6% 0.2%
45 Bond Park 2.7 1 182 0.5% 0.1%
46 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 2 568 0.4% 0.1%
47 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 2 617 0.3% 0.1%
48 Schenck Forest 3.6 1 206 0.5% 0.1%
49 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 270 0.4% 0.1%