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Where to find Blue Jay 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 Blue Jay 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			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	102	116	87.9%	80.8%
2			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	29	33	87.9%	72.7%
3			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	259	345	75.1%	70.2%
4			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	22	26	84.6%	66.5%
5			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	41	53	77.4%	64.5%
6			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	52	71	73.2%	61.9%
7			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
8			Lake Betz	7.3	169	266	63.5%	57.6%
9			Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
10			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	8	9	88.9%	56.5%
11			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	159	255	62.4%	56.3%
12			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	12	15	80.0%	54.8%
13			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
14			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	43	67	64.2%	52.2%
15			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	16	22	72.7%	51.8%
16			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
17			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	47	78	60.3%	49.2%
18			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
19			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
20			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	27	44	61.4%	46.6%
21			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	52	92	56.5%	46.3%
22			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	19	30	63.3%	45.5%
23			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	14	21	66.7%	45.4%
24			Schenck Forest	3.6	106	208	51.0%	44.2%
25			Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
26			American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
27			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
28			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
29			Williamson Preserve	19.2	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
30			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	69	136	50.7%	42.4%
31			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	25	45	55.6%	41.2%
32			Apex Nature Park	8.6	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
33			Salem Pond Park	4.5	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
34			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	12	20	60.0%	38.7%
35			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
36			Lake Lynn	7.7	53	115	46.1%	37.3%
37			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	13	23	56.5%	36.8%
38			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	31	64	48.4%	36.6%
39			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	11	19	57.9%	36.3%
40			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	223	556	40.1%	36.1%
41			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
42			Bond Park	2.7	54	122	44.3%	35.8%
43			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	125	304	41.1%	35.7%
44			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	18	35	51.4%	35.6%
45			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	14	26	53.8%	35.5%
46			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
47			Higgins Greenway	1.2	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
48			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
49			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	23	48	47.9%	34.5%
50			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
51			Cedar Hills Park	9.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
52			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	11	20	55.0%	34.2%
53			Lake Raleigh	6.0	41	97	42.3%	32.9%
54			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	66	168	39.3%	32.2%
55			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	183	509	36.0%	31.9%
56			Homestead Park	19.3	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
57			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	14	30	46.7%	30.2%
58			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
59			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
60			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
61			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
62			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
63			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	117	343	34.1%	29.3%
64			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
65			Lake Benson	11.9	38	102	37.3%	28.5%
66			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
67			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
68			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
69			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	67	198	33.8%	27.6%
70			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
71			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	37	105	35.2%	26.8%
72			Fearrington Village	17.5	16	40	40.0%	26.3%
73			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	20	53	37.7%	25.9%
74			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	56	174	32.2%	25.7%
75			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
76			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
77			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
78			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
79			Wendell Park	22.6	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
80			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	40	123	32.5%	24.9%
81			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
82			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	14	37	37.8%	24.1%
83			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	14	37	37.8%	24.1%
84			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	19	54	35.2%	23.8%
85			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
86			Carrboro High School	18.4	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
87			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
88			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	18	52	34.6%	23.2%
89			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
90			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
91			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	12	33	36.4%	22.2%
92			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	9	23	39.1%	22.2%
93			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	23	73	31.5%	22.0%
94			Raven Rock SP	23.9	8	20	40.0%	21.9%
95			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
96			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
97			Ritter Park	4.3	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
98			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	19	61	31.1%	20.9%
99			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
100			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
101			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
102			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
103			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
104			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
105			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
106			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
107			American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
108			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
109			Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
110			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
111			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
112			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
113			Walltown Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
114			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
115			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
116			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	19	65	29.2%	19.6%
117			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	22	79	27.8%	19.2%
118			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	13	42	31.0%	19.1%
119			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	18	63	28.6%	18.9%
120			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
121			17 Acre Woods	18.0	8	23	34.8%	18.8%
122			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
123			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
124			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
125			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
126			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
127			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
128			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	13	45	28.9%	17.7%
129			Pullen Park	6.6	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
130			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
131			Forest Hills Park	15.0	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
132			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	17	63	27.0%	17.6%
133			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	14	51	27.5%	17.1%
134			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
135			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	8	26	30.8%	16.5%
136			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	12	44	27.3%	16.3%
137			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	10	35	28.6%	16.3%
138			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	16	63	25.4%	16.3%
139			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
140			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	20	84	23.8%	16.0%
141			Eden Lakes	23.7	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
142			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
143			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
144			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	31	143	21.7%	15.7%
145			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
146			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
147			White Deer Park	11.6	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
148			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	7	26	26.9%	13.7%
149			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
150			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
151			Shelley Lake	8.1	19	93	20.4%	13.5%
152			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
153			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	24	125	19.2%	13.3%
154			Lake Wheeler	8.2	9	38	23.7%	13.0%
155			Parker Preserve	15.5	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
156			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	17	87	19.5%	12.6%
157			Beaver Marsh	16.7	48	295	16.3%	12.5%
158			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	21	115	18.3%	12.3%
159			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
160			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
161			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
162			Northgate Park	17.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
163			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
164			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	14	80	17.5%	10.7%
165			Falls Lake	15.1	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
166			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
167			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
168			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
169			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	6	29	20.7%	9.8%
170			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	7	36	19.4%	9.8%
171			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
172			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
173			Eastgate Park	9.5	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
174			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
175			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
176			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
177			Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
178			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
179			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
180			South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
181			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
182			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
183			Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
184			Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
185			Oberlin Cemetery	6.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
186			Apex Community Park	3.7	13	85	15.3%	9.2%
187			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
188			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
189			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
190			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
191			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
192			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
193			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
194			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
195			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
196			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
197			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
198			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
199			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
200			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
201			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
202			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
203			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
204			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
205			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	8	66	12.1%	6.3%
206			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
207			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
208			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
209			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
210			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
211			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	7	58	12.1%	6.0%
212			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
213			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
214			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
215			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
216			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
217			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
218			Inwood Rd.	7.3	7	71	9.9%	4.9%
219			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
220			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
221			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
222			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
223			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
224			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
225			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
226			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
227			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
228			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
229			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
230			Fallon park	8.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
231			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
232			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
233			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
234			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
235			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
236			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
237			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
238			Lyon Park	15.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
239			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
240			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
241			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	8	167	4.8%	2.4%
242			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
243			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
244			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
245			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
246			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
247			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
248			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
249			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
250			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
251			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
252			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	43	2.3%	0.4%