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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%