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Where to find Great Egret in July
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 July. 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--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 39 39 100.0% 91.0%
2 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 67 70 95.7% 88.1%
3 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 182 214 85.0% 79.7%
4 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 44 51 86.3% 74.3%
5 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 71 102 69.6% 60.1%
6 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
7 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 62 91 68.1% 58.0%
8 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
9 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
10 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
11 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
12 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
14 Shelley Lake 8.1 40 76 52.6% 41.6%
15 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 25 48 52.1% 38.3%
16 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 51 111 45.9% 37.0%
17 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
18 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
19 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
20 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
21 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
22 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 16 37 43.2% 28.7%
23 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
24 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 33 98 33.7% 25.1%
25 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
26 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
27 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
28 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
29 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
31 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
32 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 28 115 24.3% 17.4%
33 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 26 111 23.4% 16.5%
34 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
35 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
36 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
37 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
38 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
39 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
40 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
41 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
42 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 38 255 14.9% 11.1%
43 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
44 Lake Benson 11.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
45 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
47 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
48 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
51 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
52 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Lake Lynn 7.7 21 154 13.6% 9.1%
54 Bond Park 2.7 8 51 15.7% 8.2%
55 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
56 Schenck Forest 3.6 9 71 12.7% 6.8%
57 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
58 Lake Betz 7.3 14 132 10.6% 6.4%
59 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
60 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Wendell Park 22.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
66 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
67 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
68 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
69 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
70 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
71 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
72 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
74 Beaver Marsh 16.7 10 142 7.0% 3.9%
75 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
76 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
77 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
78 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
79 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
80 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
81 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
82 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
83 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
84 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
85 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
86 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 4 89 4.5% 1.8%
87 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
88 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
89 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 5 172 2.9% 1.2%
90 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
91 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
92 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
93 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 4 188 2.1% 0.8%
94 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
95 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
96 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 47 2.1% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.