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Where to find Herring Gull in January
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 Herring Gull in January. 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--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
2 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 114 198 57.6% 50.6%
3 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
4 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
5 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 37 87 42.5% 32.7%
6 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
7 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 39 115 33.9% 25.9%
8 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 53 167 31.7% 25.2%
9 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
10 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
11 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
12 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
13 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
15 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 18 65 27.7% 18.3%
16 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 104 509 20.4% 17.2%
17 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
18 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 29 143 20.3% 14.5%
19 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
20 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
21 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 13 66 19.7% 11.9%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
23 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
24 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
25 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
26 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 11 80 13.8% 7.9%
27 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 7 51 13.7% 6.8%
28 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
29 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 6 63 9.5% 4.4%
30 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
31 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
32 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
33 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
34 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
35 Bond Park 2.7 7 122 5.7% 2.8%
36 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
37 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
38 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
39 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
40 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
41 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
42 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
43 Pullen Park 6.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
44 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
45 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
46 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
47 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 3 116 2.6% 0.9%
48 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 125 2.4% 0.8%
49 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
50 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
51 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
52 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
53 Schenck Forest 3.6 2 208 1.0% 0.3%
54 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 85 1.2% 0.2%
55 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
56 Lake Benson 11.9 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
57 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 343 0.6% 0.2%
58 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 174 0.6% 0.1%
59 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 1 556 0.2% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relFeb-2021. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Feb 2021.