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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			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	105	135	77.8%	70.1%
2			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	283	381	74.3%	69.7%
3			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	33	43	76.7%	62.3%
4			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	54	74	73.0%	61.9%
5			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	50	69	72.5%	61.0%
6			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
7			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	34	46	73.9%	59.7%
8			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	39	54	72.2%	59.1%
9			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	18	23	78.3%	58.1%
10			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	23	31	74.2%	56.8%
11			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
12			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	24	33	72.7%	55.8%
13			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	16	21	76.2%	54.9%
14			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	39	59	66.1%	53.4%
15			Lake Betz	7.3	142	240	59.2%	52.9%
16			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	81	132	61.4%	52.8%
17			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	13	17	76.5%	52.7%
18			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	185	322	57.5%	52.0%
19			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	50	80	62.5%	51.5%
20			Pullen Park	6.6	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
21			Dorothea Dix	6.6	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
22			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	14	20	70.0%	48.1%
23			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	21	34	61.8%	45.0%
24			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	23	38	60.5%	44.7%
25			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
26			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
27			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	237	496	47.8%	43.4%
28			Ritter Park	4.3	14	22	63.6%	43.0%
29			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
30			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	26	46	56.5%	42.2%
31			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
32			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	19	33	57.6%	40.8%
33			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	48	95	50.5%	40.6%
34			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
35			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	15	26	57.7%	38.9%
36			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
37			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	60	129	46.5%	38.1%
38			Lake Lynn	7.7	59	127	46.5%	38.0%
39			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	23	44	52.3%	37.9%
40			Wendell Park	22.6	13	23	56.5%	36.8%
41			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	18	34	52.9%	36.7%
42			Lake Benson	11.9	40	86	46.5%	36.3%
43			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	15	28	53.6%	35.8%
44			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
45			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
46			Williamson Preserve	19.2	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
47			Little Creek Trail	15.3	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
48			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
49			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	28	59	47.5%	35.3%
50			Bond Park	2.7	60	142	42.3%	34.4%
51			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	49	114	43.0%	34.3%
52			American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
53			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
54			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
55			Jaycee Park	6.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
56			Cates Creek Park	25.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
57			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	223	591	37.7%	33.9%
58			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	19	39	48.7%	33.9%
59			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	148	389	38.0%	33.4%
60			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	161	436	36.9%	32.5%
61			Fearrington Village	17.5	11	21	52.4%	32.4%
62			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	58	146	39.7%	32.1%
63			Schenck Forest	3.6	80	208	38.5%	32.1%
64			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	15	31	48.4%	32.0%
65			17 Acre Woods	18.0	16	34	47.1%	31.5%
66			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
67			Carrboro High School	18.4	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
68			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	52	136	38.2%	30.5%
69			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	31	76	40.8%	30.4%
70			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	28	68	41.2%	30.3%
71			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
72			Forest Hills Park	15.0	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
73			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
74			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
75			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	61	171	35.7%	28.9%
76			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	21	51	41.2%	28.8%
77			Lake Raleigh	6.0	62	177	35.0%	28.4%
78			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	10	21	47.6%	28.3%
79			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
80			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
81			Salem Pond Park	4.5	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
82			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	22	60	36.7%	25.6%
83			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	25	70	35.7%	25.5%
84			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
85			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
86			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
87			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	41	133	30.8%	23.6%
88			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
89			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
90			Parker Preserve	15.5	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
91			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	13	35	37.1%	23.2%
92			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
93			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	23	70	32.9%	23.0%
94			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	27	85	31.8%	22.8%
95			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	24	75	32.0%	22.5%
96			Town Lake Park	23.4	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
97			Homestead Park	19.3	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
98			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
99			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
100			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
101			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	12	34	35.3%	21.5%
102			Higgins Greenway	1.2	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
103			Shelley Lake	8.1	38	135	28.1%	21.2%
104			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	17	53	32.1%	21.1%
105			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
106			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
107			Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
108			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
109			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
110			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	47	176	26.7%	20.7%
111			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	10	28	35.7%	20.7%
112			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
113			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
114			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
115			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
116			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
117			Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
118			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
119			Bethesda Park	11.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
120			Cedar Hills Park	9.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
121			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
122			East Clayton Community Park	23.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
123			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
124			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
125			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	9	28	32.1%	17.9%
126			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	9	28	32.1%	17.9%
127			Beaver Marsh	16.7	65	295	22.0%	17.7%
128			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	8	25	32.0%	17.2%
129			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	24	99	24.2%	16.9%
130			Eastgate Park	9.5	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
131			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	11	39	28.2%	16.5%
132			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	7	22	31.8%	16.4%
133			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
134			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
135			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	8	27	29.6%	15.9%
136			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
137			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	16	65	24.6%	15.8%
138			Apex Community Park	3.7	37	176	21.0%	15.7%
139			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	16	67	23.9%	15.3%
140			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
141			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
142			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
143			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
144			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
145			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	21	96	21.9%	14.8%
146			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	12	49	24.5%	14.6%
147			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	16	71	22.5%	14.4%
148			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
149			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
150			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
151			White Deer Park	11.6	10	43	23.3%	13.2%
152			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
153			Raven Rock SP	23.9	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
154			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
155			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
156			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
157			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
158			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
159			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
160			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
161			Apex Nature Park	8.6	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
162			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
163			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
164			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
165			Inwood Rd.	7.3	9	49	18.4%	10.0%
166			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
167			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
168			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	10	59	16.9%	9.5%
169			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
170			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
171			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
172			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
173			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
174			Duke Park	16.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
175			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
176			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
177			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
178			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
179			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
180			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
181			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
182			Lyon Park	15.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
183			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	13	83	15.7%	9.4%
184			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	9	52	17.3%	9.4%
185			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	14	93	15.1%	9.2%
186			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
187			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
188			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
189			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
190			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
191			Leesville Park	7.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
192			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
193			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
194			Northgate Park	17.2	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
195			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
196			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
197			Jack Marley Park	19.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
198			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
199			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
200			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
201			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
202			Lake Wheeler	8.2	6	44	13.6%	6.4%
203			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
204			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
205			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
206			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
207			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
208			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
209			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
210			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
211			Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
212			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
213			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
214			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
215			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
216			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
217			Oberlin Cemetery	6.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
218			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
219			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
220			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
221			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
222			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
223			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
224			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
225			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
226			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
227			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
228			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
229			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
230			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
231			Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
232			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
233			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
234			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
235			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
236			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
237			Eden Lakes	23.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
238			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
239			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
240			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
241			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
242			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
243			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
244			Crowder District Park	6.8	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
245			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
246			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	7	122	5.7%	2.8%
247			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
248			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
249			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
250			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
251			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
252			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
253			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
254			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
255			Fallon park	8.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
256			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
257			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
258			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
259			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
260			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	79	2.5%	0.7%
261			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	32	3.1%	0.6%