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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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 40 55 72.7% 59.8%
18 Schenck Forest 3.6 93 137 67.9% 59.7%
19 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 47 67 70.1% 58.3%
20 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
21 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 49 72 68.1% 56.6%
22 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
23 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
24 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
25 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 131 227 57.7% 51.2%
26 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
27 Coker Pinetum 16.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
28 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 45 72 62.5% 51.0%
29 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
30 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 125 218 57.3% 50.7%
31 Lake Betz 7.3 102 177 57.6% 50.3%
32 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 28 43 65.1% 50.2%
33 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
34 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 31 49 63.3% 49.3%
35 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
36 Dorothea Dix 6.6 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
37 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
38 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
39 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 75 132 56.8% 48.3%
40 Lake Lynn 7.7 92 166 55.4% 47.8%
41 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
42 Higgins Greenway 1.2 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
43 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
44 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 38 65 58.5% 46.3%
45 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
46 Ritter Park 4.3 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
47 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
48 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 22 36 61.1% 44.9%
49 Lake Benson 11.9 51 94 54.3% 44.2%
50 Lake Raleigh 6.0 53 99 53.5% 43.8%
51 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
52 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
53 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
54 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 25 43 58.1% 43.3%
55 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 164 347 47.3% 42.1%
56 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 26 47 55.3% 41.2%
57 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
58 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
59 White Deer Park 11.6 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
60 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 270 608 44.4% 40.5%
61 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 51 102 50.0% 40.5%
62 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 45 89 50.6% 40.4%
63 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 24 45 53.3% 39.1%
64 Pullen Park 6.6 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
65 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
66 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
67 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
68 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
69 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
70 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
71 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 187 441 42.4% 37.9%
72 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 95 215 44.2% 37.7%
73 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
74 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
75 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
76 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 23 46 50.0% 36.1%
77 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 91 214 42.5% 36.1%
78 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
79 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
80 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 138 336 41.1% 35.9%
81 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 28 58 48.3% 35.9%
82 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
83 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
84 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
85 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
86 Bond Park 2.7 49 110 44.5% 35.6%
87 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 34 73 46.6% 35.6%
88 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
89 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
90 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 35 76 46.1% 35.3%
91 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
92 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
93 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
94 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 19 39 48.7% 33.9%
95 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
96 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
97 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 65 163 39.9% 32.7%
98 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 14 28 50.0% 32.6%
99 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 22 49 44.9% 31.9%
100 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
101 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
102 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 23 54 42.6% 30.3%
103 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
104 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
105 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
106 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
107 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
108 17 Acre Woods 18.0 26 63 41.3% 30.0%
109 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
110 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 27 67 40.3% 29.4%
111 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
112 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
113 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
114 Indian Trail Park 18.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
115 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
116 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
117 Eastgate Park 9.5 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
118 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 32 93 34.4% 25.5%
119 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
120 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
121 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 86 33.7% 24.6%
122 Shelley Lake 8.1 41 131 31.3% 24.0%
123 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
124 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
125 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
126 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
127 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
128 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
129 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
130 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
131 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
132 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 23 75 30.7% 21.4%
133 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
134 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
135 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
136 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
137 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
138 Walltown Park 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
139 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
140 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
141 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
142 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
143 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
144 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
145 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
146 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
147 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
148 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
149 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
150 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
151 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
152 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
153 Lyon Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
154 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
155 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 21 71 29.6% 20.2%
156 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 12 36 33.3% 20.2%
157 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
158 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
159 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
160 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 29 109 26.6% 19.2%
161 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
162 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
163 Wendell Park 22.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
164 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
165 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
166 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 43 178 24.2% 18.5%
167 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 12 40 30.0% 18.1%
168 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
169 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
170 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 13 47 27.7% 16.9%
171 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
172 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
173 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 23 95 24.2% 16.7%
174 Beaver Marsh 16.7 44 206 21.4% 16.3%
175 Lake Wheeler 8.2 13 49 26.5% 16.2%
176 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
177 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
178 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
179 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
180 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
181 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
182 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
183 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
184 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
185 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 12 50 24.0% 14.3%
186 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
187 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
188 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
189 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
190 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
191 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
192 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
193 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
194 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
195 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
196 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
197 Northgate Park 17.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
198 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
199 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
200 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 15 86 17.4% 10.9%
201 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
202 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
203 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
204 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
205 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
206 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
207 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
220 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
221 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
222 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
223 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
224 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
225 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
226 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
227 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
228 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
229 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
230 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
231 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
233 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
234 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 69 11.6% 6.0%
235 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 11 108 10.2% 5.8%
236 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
237 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
238 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
239 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
241 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
242 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
243 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
244 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
245 Leesville Park 7.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
246 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
247 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
248 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
249 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
250 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
251 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
252 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
253 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
254 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
255 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
256 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
257 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
258 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
259 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
260 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
261 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
262 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
263 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
264 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
265 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
266 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
267 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
268 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
269 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
270 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%