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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 23.4 174 188 92.6% 87.9%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 221 273 81.0% 75.9%
3 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 17 18 94.4% 74.2%
4 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 193 255 75.7% 70.1%
5 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 29 34 85.3% 69.9%
6 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
7 Williamson Preserve 19.2 28 34 82.4% 66.5%
8 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 22 26 84.6% 66.5%
9 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 41 52 78.8% 66.0%
10 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 39 51 76.5% 63.2%
11 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
12 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 46 63 73.0% 61.0%
13 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 37 51 72.5% 59.1%
14 Schenck Forest 3.6 83 123 67.5% 58.8%
15 Homestead Park 19.3 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
16 Lake Betz 7.3 90 138 65.2% 57.0%
17 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
18 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
19 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
20 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 38 58 65.5% 52.7%
21 Lake Lynn 7.7 84 138 60.9% 52.5%
22 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 75 126 59.5% 50.8%
23 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
24 Dorothea Dix 6.6 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
25 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 28 43 65.1% 50.2%
26 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
27 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
28 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
29 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
30 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
31 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
32 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
33 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
34 Lake Benson 11.9 43 72 59.7% 48.2%
35 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
36 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
37 Higgins Greenway 1.2 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
38 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 23 37 62.2% 46.1%
39 Lake Raleigh 6.0 50 89 56.2% 45.8%
40 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 92 173 53.2% 45.8%
41 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
42 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
43 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 246 498 49.4% 45.0%
44 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 33 57 57.9% 45.0%
45 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
46 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 25 42 59.5% 44.5%
47 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
48 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
49 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
50 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 151 306 49.3% 43.8%
51 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 20 33 60.6% 43.7%
52 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
53 Ritter Park 4.3 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
54 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
55 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 22 38 57.9% 42.2%
56 White Deer Park 11.6 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
57 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 47 93 50.5% 40.6%
58 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 173 384 45.1% 40.1%
59 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 22 40 55.0% 39.8%
60 Pullen Park 6.6 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
61 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
62 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 41 83 49.4% 38.9%
63 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
64 Bond Park 2.7 46 97 47.4% 37.8%
65 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
66 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 59 130 45.4% 37.1%
67 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 29 59 49.2% 36.8%
68 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
69 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 89 206 43.2% 36.6%
70 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
71 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
72 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
73 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
74 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 120 290 41.4% 35.9%
75 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 22 44 50.0% 35.8%
76 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
77 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
78 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
79 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
80 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
81 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
82 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
83 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 17 34 50.0% 34.1%
84 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 26 56 46.4% 34.0%
85 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 54 130 41.5% 33.4%
86 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 22 47 46.8% 33.3%
87 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 17 35 48.6% 33.0%
88 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
89 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
90 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
91 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 23 51 45.1% 32.3%
92 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
93 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
94 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
95 17 Acre Woods 18.0 25 57 43.9% 31.8%
96 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
97 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
98 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 32 78 41.0% 30.8%
99 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
100 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
101 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
102 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
103 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
104 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
105 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 21 49 42.9% 30.0%
106 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
107 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 60 167 35.9% 29.0%
108 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
109 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
110 Eastgate Park 9.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
111 Shelley Lake 8.1 37 109 33.9% 25.7%
112 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
113 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
114 Indian Trail Park 18.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
115 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
116 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 16 47 34.0% 22.2%
117 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
118 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 18 55 32.7% 21.8%
119 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
120 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
121 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 19 60 31.7% 21.3%
122 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
123 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
124 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
125 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
126 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
127 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
128 Walltown Park 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
129 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
140 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
141 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
142 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
143 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
144 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
145 Lyon Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
146 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
147 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
148 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 12 36 33.3% 20.2%
149 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 29 104 27.9% 20.2%
150 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
151 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
152 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 12 37 32.4% 19.6%
153 Apex Community Park 3.7 20 70 28.6% 19.3%
154 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
155 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
156 Wendell Park 22.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
157 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
158 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
159 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
160 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
161 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
162 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
163 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
164 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 38 156 24.4% 18.3%
165 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
166 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 13 46 28.3% 17.3%
167 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 14 51 27.5% 17.1%
168 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
169 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
170 Beaver Marsh 16.7 41 190 21.6% 16.3%
171 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
172 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
173 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
174 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
175 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
176 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
177 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
178 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
179 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
180 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 45 24.4% 14.2%
181 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
182 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
183 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
184 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
185 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
186 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
187 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
188 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
189 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
190 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
191 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
192 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
193 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
194 Northgate Park 17.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
195 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
196 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
197 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
198 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
199 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
200 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
201 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
202 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
203 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
204 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
205 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
206 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 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 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 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 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
217 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
218 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
219 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 58 13.8% 7.2%
220 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
221 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
222 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
223 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
224 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
226 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
227 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
228 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
229 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 11 102 10.8% 6.1%
230 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 59 11.9% 5.9%
231 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
232 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
233 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
234 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
235 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
236 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
237 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
240 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
241 Leesville Park 7.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
242 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
243 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
244 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
245 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
246 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
247 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
248 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
249 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
250 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
251 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
252 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
253 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
254 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
255 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
256 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
257 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
258 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
259 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%