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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%