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Where to find Blue Jay in December
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 December. 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	188	212	88.7%	83.7%
2			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	248	308	80.5%	75.7%
3			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	229	295	77.6%	72.5%
4			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	9	9	100.0%	70.1%
5			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	17	19	89.5%	68.6%
6			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	13	14	92.9%	68.5%
7			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	24	28	85.7%	68.5%
8			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	56	71	78.9%	68.0%
9			Williamson Preserve	19.2	34	42	81.0%	66.7%
10			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	43	55	78.2%	65.6%
11			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
12			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
13			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
14			Homestead Park	19.3	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
15			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
16			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	17	21	81.0%	60.0%
17			Schenck Forest	3.6	93	137	67.9%	59.7%
18			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	47	67	70.1%	58.3%
19			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	18	23	78.3%	58.1%
20			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	49	72	68.1%	56.6%
21			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	15	20	75.0%	53.1%
22			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	13	17	76.5%	52.7%
23			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	11	14	78.6%	52.4%
24			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	131	227	57.7%	51.2%
25			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
26			Coker Pinetum	16.4	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
27			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	45	72	62.5%	51.0%
28			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	20	29	69.0%	50.8%
29			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	125	218	57.3%	50.7%
30			Lake Betz	7.3	102	177	57.6%	50.3%
31			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	28	43	65.1%	50.2%
32			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
33			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	31	49	63.3%	49.3%
34			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	13	18	72.2%	49.1%
35			Dorothea Dix	6.6	13	18	72.2%	49.1%
36			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
37			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
38			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	75	132	56.8%	48.3%
39			Lake Lynn	7.7	92	166	55.4%	47.8%
40			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	12	17	70.6%	46.9%
41			Higgins Greenway	1.2	12	17	70.6%	46.9%
42			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
43			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	38	65	58.5%	46.3%
44			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	19	30	63.3%	45.5%
45			Ritter Park	4.3	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
46			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
47			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	22	36	61.1%	44.9%
48			Lake Benson	11.9	51	94	54.3%	44.2%
49			Lake Raleigh	6.0	53	99	53.5%	43.8%
50			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
51			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
52			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
53			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	25	43	58.1%	43.3%
54			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	164	347	47.3%	42.1%
55			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	26	47	55.3%	41.2%
56			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
57			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
58			White Deer Park	11.6	13	21	61.9%	40.9%
59			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	270	608	44.4%	40.5%
60			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	51	102	50.0%	40.5%
61			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	45	89	50.6%	40.4%
62			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	24	45	53.3%	39.1%
63			Pullen Park	6.6	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
64			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
65			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
66			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
67			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	15	26	57.7%	38.9%
68			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
69			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	21	39	53.8%	38.6%
70			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	187	441	42.4%	37.9%
71			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	95	215	44.2%	37.7%
72			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
73			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	12	21	57.1%	36.5%
74			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	11	19	57.9%	36.3%
75			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	23	46	50.0%	36.1%
76			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	91	214	42.5%	36.1%
77			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
78			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
79			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	138	336	41.1%	35.9%
80			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	28	58	48.3%	35.9%
81			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
82			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
83			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
84			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	9	15	60.0%	35.7%
85			Bond Park	2.7	49	110	44.5%	35.6%
86			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	34	73	46.6%	35.6%
87			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
88			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
89			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	35	76	46.1%	35.3%
90			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
91			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
92			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
93			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	19	39	48.7%	33.9%
94			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
95			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
96			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	65	163	39.9%	32.7%
97			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	14	28	50.0%	32.6%
98			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	22	49	44.9%	31.9%
99			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
100			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
101			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	23	54	42.6%	30.3%
102			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
103			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
104			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
105			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
106			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
107			17 Acre Woods	18.0	26	63	41.3%	30.0%
108			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
109			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	27	67	40.3%	29.4%
110			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
111			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
112			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	17	40	42.5%	28.5%
113			Indian Trail Park	18.1	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
114			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
115			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	13	30	43.3%	27.4%
116			Eastgate Park	9.5	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
117			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	32	93	34.4%	25.5%
118			Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
119			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
120			Apex Community Park	3.7	29	86	33.7%	24.6%
121			Shelley Lake	8.1	41	131	31.3%	24.0%
122			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	13	34	38.2%	23.9%
123			Fearrington Village	17.5	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
124			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
125			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	8	19	42.1%	23.1%
126			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
127			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
128			Town Lake Park	23.4	9	23	39.1%	22.2%
129			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
130			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
131			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	23	75	30.7%	21.4%
132			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
133			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
134			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
135			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
136			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
137			Walltown Park	17.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
138			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
139			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
140			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
141			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
142			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
143			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
144			Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden	12.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
145			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
146			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
147			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
148			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
149			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
150			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
151			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
152			Lyon Park	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
153			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	9	25	36.0%	20.2%
154			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	21	71	29.6%	20.2%
155			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	12	36	33.3%	20.2%
156			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
157			Parker Preserve	15.5	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
158			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	15	49	30.6%	19.5%
159			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	29	109	26.6%	19.2%
160			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
161			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
162			Wendell Park	22.6	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
163			Apex Nature Park	8.6	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
164			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
165			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	43	178	24.2%	18.5%
166			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	12	40	30.0%	18.1%
167			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
168			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
169			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	13	47	27.7%	16.9%
170			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
171			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	12	43	27.9%	16.7%
172			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	23	95	24.2%	16.7%
173			Beaver Marsh	16.7	44	206	21.4%	16.3%
174			Lake Wheeler	8.2	13	49	26.5%	16.2%
175			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
176			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
177			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
178			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	11	42	26.2%	15.3%
179			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
180			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	9	33	27.3%	15.1%
181			South Durham WRF	13.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
182			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
183			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
184			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	12	50	24.0%	14.3%
185			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
186			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
187			Raven Rock SP	23.9	7	26	26.9%	13.7%
188			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	7	26	26.9%	13.7%
189			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
190			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
191			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	7	29	24.1%	12.2%
192			Hoffman Lake	2.4	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
193			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
194			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	10	47	21.3%	12.0%
195			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
196			Northgate Park	17.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
197			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
198			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	6	25	24.0%	11.5%
199			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	15	86	17.4%	10.9%
200			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
201			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	6	28	21.4%	10.2%
202			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
203			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
204			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
205			Jack Marley Park	19.7	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
206			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
207			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
208			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
209			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
210			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
211			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
212			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
213			Rock Ridge Park	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
214			Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
215			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
216			Forest Hills Park	15.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
217			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
218			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	7	39	17.9%	9.0%
219			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	7	42	16.7%	8.3%
220			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	6	37	16.2%	7.7%
221			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
222			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
223			Carrboro High School	18.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
224			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
225			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
226			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	8	64	12.5%	6.5%
227			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
228			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
229			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
230			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
231			UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
232			Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
233			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	8	69	11.6%	6.0%
234			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	11	108	10.2%	5.8%
235			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
236			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
237			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
238			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
239			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
240			Strickland Park	8.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
241			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
242			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
243			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
244			Leesville Park	7.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
245			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
246			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
247			Inwood Rd.	7.3	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
248			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
249			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
250			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
251			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
252			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
253			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
254			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
255			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
256			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
257			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
258			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
259			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
260			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
261			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
262			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
263			Eden Lakes	23.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
264			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
265			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
266			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
267			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
268			Falls Lake	15.1	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
269			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	26	3.8%	0.7%