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Where to find Great Egret in August
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 August. 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--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	43	43	100.0%	91.8%
2			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	285	306	93.1%	89.7%
3			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	407	450	90.4%	87.4%
4			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	183	202	90.6%	85.8%
5			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	195	216	90.3%	85.6%
6			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	31	32	96.9%	84.3%
7			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	116	137	84.7%	77.7%
8			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	42	47	89.4%	77.4%
9			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	37	42	88.1%	75.0%
10			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	162	203	79.8%	73.8%
11			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	30	34	88.2%	73.4%
12			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	71	87	81.6%	72.2%
13			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	123	158	77.8%	70.8%
14			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	11	12	91.7%	64.6%
15			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	13	15	86.7%	62.1%
16			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	13	15	86.7%	62.1%
17			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
18			Shelley Lake	8.1	49	70	70.0%	58.5%
19			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
20			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	12	15	80.0%	54.8%
21			Lake Benson	11.9	19	26	73.1%	53.9%
22			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	27	39	69.2%	53.6%
23			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	17	23	73.9%	53.5%
24			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
25			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	126	215	58.6%	51.9%
26			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	43	68	63.2%	51.4%
27			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	55	92	59.8%	49.6%
28			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	101	184	54.9%	47.7%
29			Lake Lynn	7.7	78	143	54.5%	46.4%
30			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
31			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
32			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
33			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
34			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	16	29	55.2%	37.5%
35			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	16	30	53.3%	36.1%
36			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
37			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
38			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
39			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
40			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
41			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
42			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	16	35	45.7%	30.5%
43			Bond Park	2.7	39	100	39.0%	30.0%
44			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
45			Town Lake Park	23.4	25	64	39.1%	28.1%
46			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
47			Schenck Forest	3.6	30	84	35.7%	26.3%
48			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
49			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
50			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
51			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
52			Lake Raleigh	6.0	12	31	38.7%	23.7%
53			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	30	93	32.3%	23.6%
54			Lake Wheeler	8.2	13	35	37.1%	23.2%
55			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
56			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	17	50	34.0%	22.4%
57			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	15	44	34.1%	21.9%
58			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
59			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
60			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	31	107	29.0%	21.2%
61			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	22	72	30.6%	21.1%
62			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
63			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
64			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
65			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	69	287	24.0%	19.5%
66			Lake Betz	7.3	51	206	24.8%	19.4%
67			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
68			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
69			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
70			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	8	26	30.8%	16.5%
71			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
72			Apex Community Park	3.7	8	29	27.6%	14.7%
73			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	44	242	18.2%	13.8%
74			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
75			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
76			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
77			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	7	33	21.2%	10.7%
78			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
79			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
80			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	61	495	12.3%	9.7%
81			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	10	59	16.9%	9.5%
82			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
83			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
84			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
85			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
86			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
87			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
88			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
89			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
90			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
91			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
92			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
93			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
94			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
95			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
96			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
97			Beaver Marsh	16.7	13	146	8.9%	5.3%
98			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
99			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
100			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	5	51	9.8%	4.3%
101			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
102			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
103			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
104			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
105			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
106			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
107			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
108			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
109			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	4	74	5.4%	2.1%
110			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	3	50	6.0%	2.1%
111			Falls Lake	15.1	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
112			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
113			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
114			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
115			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	9	315	2.9%	1.5%
116			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
117			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
118			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	4	130	3.1%	1.2%
119			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
120			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
121			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	3	112	2.7%	0.9%
122			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	4	231	1.7%	0.7%
123			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	3	183	1.6%	0.6%