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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			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	221	238	92.9%	88.9%
2			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	401	444	90.3%	87.2%
3			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	190	210	90.5%	85.7%
4			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	77	85	90.6%	82.5%
5			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	58	66	87.9%	77.9%
6			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	20	21	95.2%	77.3%
7			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	39	44	88.6%	76.0%
8			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	79	95	83.2%	74.4%
9			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	11	11	100.0%	74.1%
10			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	14	15	93.3%	70.2%
11			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	85	109	78.0%	69.3%
12			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	20	23	87.0%	67.9%
13			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	68	91	74.7%	64.9%
14			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
15			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	13	15	86.7%	62.1%
16			Shelley Lake	8.1	45	61	73.8%	61.6%
17			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	18	22	81.8%	61.5%
18			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
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 Lynn	7.7	73	116	62.9%	53.9%
22			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	114	196	58.2%	51.2%
23			Lake Benson	11.9	17	24	70.8%	50.8%
24			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	55	90	61.1%	50.8%
25			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
26			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	30	52	57.7%	44.2%
27			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
28			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
29			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	15	25	60.0%	40.7%
30			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	71	151	47.0%	39.2%
31			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
32			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
33			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
34			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
35			Town Lake Park	23.4	25	52	48.1%	35.1%
36			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
37			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
38			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
39			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
40			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
41			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
42			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
43			Bond Park	2.7	35	95	36.8%	27.8%
44			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	12	27	44.4%	27.6%
45			Schenck Forest	3.6	29	80	36.2%	26.6%
46			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	12	30	40.0%	24.6%
47			Lake Wheeler	8.2	13	34	38.2%	23.9%
48			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	30	92	32.6%	23.9%
49			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	8	19	42.1%	23.1%
50			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
51			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	31	100	31.0%	22.8%
52			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
53			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
54			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	69	264	26.1%	21.2%
55			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
56			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
57			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
58			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
59			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
60			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	13	42	31.0%	19.1%
61			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
62			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	12	39	30.8%	18.6%
63			Lake Betz	7.3	45	191	23.6%	18.1%
64			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
65			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
66			Apex Community Park	3.7	8	25	32.0%	17.2%
67			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	43	200	21.5%	16.4%
68			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
69			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
70			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
71			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	61	366	16.7%	13.2%
72			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
73			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	10	49	20.4%	11.5%
74			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
75			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
76			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	6	27	22.2%	10.6%
77			Lake Raleigh	6.0	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
78			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
79			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
80			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
81			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
82			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
83			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
84			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
85			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
86			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
87			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
88			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
89			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
90			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
91			Beaver Marsh	16.7	13	140	9.3%	5.5%
92			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	5	43	11.6%	5.1%
93			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
94			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
95			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
96			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
97			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
98			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
99			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
100			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
101			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
102			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
103			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
104			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
105			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
106			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
107			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
108			Falls Lake	15.1	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
109			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
110			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	4	83	4.8%	1.9%
111			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
112			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	8	238	3.4%	1.7%
113			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
114			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
115			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	3	110	2.7%	0.9%
116			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	3	169	1.8%	0.6%
117			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	3	209	1.4%	0.5%