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Where to find Blue Jay in February
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 February. 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 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 243 327 74.3% 69.3%
2 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 29 38 76.3% 60.8%
3 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
4 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
5 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 36 50 72.0% 58.3%
6 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 45 64 70.3% 58.2%
7 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 50 72 69.4% 58.0%
8 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 40 57 70.2% 57.3%
9 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
10 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
11 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 19 26 73.1% 53.9%
12 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 44 68 64.7% 52.8%
13 Lake Betz 7.3 124 208 59.6% 52.8%
14 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 23 33 69.7% 52.7%
15 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
16 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 77 128 60.2% 51.5%
17 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
18 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 158 279 56.6% 50.8%
19 Dorothea Dix 6.6 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
20 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 20 30 66.7% 48.8%
21 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
22 Ritter Park 4.3 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
23 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
24 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
25 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
26 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 208 437 47.6% 43.0%
27 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 42 78 53.8% 42.9%
28 Pullen Park 6.6 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
29 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
30 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
31 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
32 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
33 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
34 Wendell Park 22.6 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
35 Lake Lynn 7.7 51 107 47.7% 38.4%
36 Lake Benson 11.9 36 74 48.6% 37.6%
37 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 26 52 50.0% 36.9%
38 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
39 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
40 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
41 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
42 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
43 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
44 Bond Park 2.7 59 137 43.1% 35.1%
45 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
46 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 46 104 44.2% 35.1%
47 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 33 73 45.2% 34.3%
48 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
49 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
50 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
51 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 147 390 37.7% 33.0%
52 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
53 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 127 335 37.9% 32.9%
54 Schenck Forest 3.6 76 194 39.2% 32.6%
55 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 186 510 36.5% 32.4%
56 Fearrington Village 17.5 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
57 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 17 36 47.2% 32.0%
58 17 Acre Woods 18.0 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
59 Lake Raleigh 6.0 45 113 39.8% 31.3%
60 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
61 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
62 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
63 Carrboro High School 18.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
64 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
65 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 28 46.4% 29.5%
66 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
67 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
68 Salem Pond Park 4.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
69 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 47 132 35.6% 28.0%
70 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 42 117 35.9% 27.8%
71 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 19 47 40.4% 27.6%
72 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 25 66 37.9% 27.1%
73 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
74 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
75 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
76 Homestead Park 19.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
77 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
78 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 17 47 36.2% 24.0%
79 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
80 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
81 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 19 55 34.5% 23.4%
82 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
83 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
84 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 26 81 32.1% 22.9%
85 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
86 Eastgate Park 9.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
87 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
88 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
89 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 31 109 28.4% 20.8%
90 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
91 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
92 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
93 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
94 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
95 Duke Park 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
98 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Bethesda Park 11.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Lyon Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 Shelley Lake 8.1 29 104 27.9% 20.2%
107 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 37 139 26.6% 20.0%
108 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
109 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
110 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
111 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
112 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 17 60 28.3% 18.5%
113 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 30 128 23.4% 16.9%
114 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
115 Beaver Marsh 16.7 59 281 21.0% 16.6%
116 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
117 White Deer Park 11.6 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
118 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
119 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
120 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
121 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 20 85 23.5% 15.8%
122 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
123 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
124 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
125 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
126 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
127 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 137 21.2% 15.2%
128 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
129 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
130 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 13 53 24.5% 14.9%
131 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
132 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
133 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 13 56 23.2% 14.1%
134 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
135 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 19 91 20.9% 13.8%
136 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
137 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
138 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
139 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 69 20.3% 12.5%
140 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
141 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
142 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
143 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
144 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
145 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
146 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
147 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
148 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
149 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
150 Inwood Rd. 7.3 9 47 19.1% 10.4%
151 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
152 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 13 77 16.9% 10.1%
153 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
154 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
155 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
156 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
157 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
158 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
159 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
160 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
161 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
162 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
163 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
164 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
165 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
166 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
167 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
168 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
169 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
170 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
171 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
172 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
173 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
174 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
175 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
176 Leesville Park 7.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
177 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
178 Northgate Park 17.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
179 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
180 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
181 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
182 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
183 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
184 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
185 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
186 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
187 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
188 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
189 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
190 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
191 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
192 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
193 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
194 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
195 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
196 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
197 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
198 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
199 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
200 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
201 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
202 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
203 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
204 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
205 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
206 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
207 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
208 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
209 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
210 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
211 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
212 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
213 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
214 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
215 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
216 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
217 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
218 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
219 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
220 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
221 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
222 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
223 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
224 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
225 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
226 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
227 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
228 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 5 110 4.5% 2.0%
229 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
230 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
231 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
232 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
233 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
234 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
235 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
236 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
237 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
238 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
239 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%