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Where to find Great Egret in September
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 September. 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 Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	125	132	94.7%	89.5%
2			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	47	48	97.9%	89.1%
3			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	281	311	90.4%	86.6%
4			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	200	223	89.7%	85.0%
5			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	147	164	89.6%	84.0%
6			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	205	232	88.4%	83.6%
7			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	25	26	96.2%	81.1%
8			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	57	64	89.1%	79.1%
9			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	28	31	90.3%	75.1%
10			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	48	56	85.7%	74.3%
11			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	11	11	100.0%	74.1%
12			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	18	20	90.0%	69.9%
13			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	32	39	82.1%	67.3%
14			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	16	18	88.9%	67.2%
15			Shelley Lake	8.1	61	81	75.3%	64.9%
16			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	126	181	69.6%	62.6%
17			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	23	30	76.7%	59.1%
18			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	87	130	66.9%	58.5%
19			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	39	55	70.9%	57.9%
20			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	69	105	65.7%	56.2%
21			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	87	136	64.0%	55.6%
22			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	23	32	71.9%	54.6%
23			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	54	83	65.1%	54.3%
24			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	156	263	59.3%	53.3%
25			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	20	28	71.4%	52.9%
26			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	18	25	72.0%	52.4%
27			Bond Park	2.7	106	181	58.6%	51.3%
28			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	111	192	57.8%	50.7%
29			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	274	497	55.1%	50.7%
30			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	42	69	60.9%	49.1%
31			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
32			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	25	39	64.1%	48.4%
33			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
34			Lake Benson	11.9	16	24	66.7%	46.7%
35			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
36			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
37			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
38			Town Lake Park	23.4	19	31	61.3%	43.8%
39			Lake Lynn	7.7	247	577	42.8%	38.8%
40			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
41			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
42			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
43			Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.)	17.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
44			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
45			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
46			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	115	296	38.9%	33.5%
47			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	21	45	46.7%	32.9%
48			Apex Community Park	3.7	22	48	45.8%	32.6%
49			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
50			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	18	43	41.9%	28.4%
51			Lake Betz	7.3	77	231	33.3%	27.6%
52			Lake Wheeler	8.2	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
53			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
54			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	14	33	42.4%	27.2%
55			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
56			Schenck Forest	3.6	57	195	29.2%	23.3%
57			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
58			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
59			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
60			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
61			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	13	36	36.1%	22.5%
62			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
63			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
64			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
65			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
66			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	10	30	33.3%	19.2%
67			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	7	19	36.8%	19.1%
68			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	11	34	32.4%	19.1%
69			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
70			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
71			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	84	413	20.3%	16.7%
72			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
73			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
74			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	9	33	27.3%	15.1%
75			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
76			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
77			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
78			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
79			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
80			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
81			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
82			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
83			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
84			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
85			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
86			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	11	64	17.2%	9.9%
87			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
88			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
89			Lake Raleigh	6.0	8	46	17.4%	9.1%
90			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	21	181	11.6%	7.7%
91			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
92			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	11	86	12.8%	7.3%
93			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
94			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
95			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	140	1701	8.2%	7.0%
96			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
97			Beaver Marsh	16.7	15	148	10.1%	6.2%
98			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	15	156	9.6%	5.9%
99			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	9	83	10.8%	5.8%
100			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
101			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
102			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
103			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
104			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	13	176	7.4%	4.4%
105			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	22	337	6.5%	4.4%
106			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
107			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
108			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
109			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
110			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
111			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
112			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
113			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
114			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
115			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
116			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	3	58	5.2%	1.8%
117			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
118			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	4	109	3.7%	1.4%
119			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
120			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
121			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
122			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
123			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	6	411	1.5%	0.7%
124			Falls Lake	15.1	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
125			Ritter Park	4.3	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
126			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
127			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	104	1.9%	0.5%
128			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
129			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
130			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	86	1.2%	0.2%
131			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	1	141	0.7%	0.1%
132			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	1	248	0.4%	0.1%