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Where to find Blue Jay in March
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 March. 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 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 60 69 87.0% 77.0%
2 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 39 44 88.6% 76.0%
3 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
4 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 132 178 74.2% 67.3%
6 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 33 41 80.5% 66.0%
7 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 196 274 71.5% 65.9%
8 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 111 153 72.5% 65.0%
9 Homestead Park 19.3 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
10 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 30 38 78.9% 63.7%
11 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 44 58 75.9% 63.5%
12 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 69 95 72.6% 62.9%
13 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
14 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 284 426 66.7% 62.1%
15 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
16 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
17 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
18 Lake Betz 7.3 154 250 61.6% 55.4%
19 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 101 166 60.8% 53.3%
20 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
21 Pullen Park 6.6 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
22 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
23 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
24 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
25 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
26 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
27 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 36 59 61.0% 48.3%
28 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
29 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 241 461 52.3% 47.7%
30 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 23 36 63.9% 47.6%
31 Lake Lynn 7.7 84 153 54.9% 47.0%
32 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 23 37 62.2% 46.1%
33 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
34 Schenck Forest 3.6 92 176 52.3% 44.9%
35 Ritter Park 4.3 33 58 56.9% 44.1%
36 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
37 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
38 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
39 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 19 31 61.3% 43.8%
40 Parker Preserve 15.5 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
41 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 65 124 52.4% 43.7%
42 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
43 Walltown Park 17.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
44 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 244 511 47.7% 43.5%
45 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
46 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
47 Lake Raleigh 6.0 58 111 52.3% 43.0%
48 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
49 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 37 68 54.4% 42.7%
50 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
51 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 36 68 52.9% 41.2%
52 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 94 197 47.7% 40.9%
53 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 30 56 53.6% 40.7%
54 Bond Park 2.7 77 160 48.1% 40.5%
55 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 23 42 54.8% 39.9%
56 Higgins Greenway 1.2 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
57 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
58 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
59 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
60 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
61 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
62 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
63 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
64 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 227 549 41.3% 37.3%
65 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 36 75 48.0% 37.1%
66 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 30 61 49.2% 37.1%
67 Lake Benson 11.9 29 61 47.5% 35.5%
68 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
69 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
70 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
71 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 83 201 41.3% 34.7%
72 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
73 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
74 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
75 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
76 Leesville Park 7.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
77 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
78 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
79 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 143 366 39.1% 34.2%
80 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 48 112 42.9% 34.1%
81 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
82 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
83 17 Acre Woods 18.0 22 48 45.8% 32.6%
84 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
85 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
86 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 21 48 43.8% 30.7%
87 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 27 65 41.5% 30.4%
88 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
89 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
90 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
91 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
92 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
93 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
94 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
95 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
96 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
97 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 23 58 39.7% 28.1%
98 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 27 70 38.6% 28.0%
99 White Deer Park 11.6 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
100 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 35 97 36.1% 27.2%
101 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
102 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
103 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
104 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
105 Beaver Marsh 16.7 119 396 30.1% 25.7%
106 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
107 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 25 70 35.7% 25.5%
108 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 24 67 35.8% 25.4%
109 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
110 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
111 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
112 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
113 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 13 33 39.4% 24.7%
114 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 49 36.7% 24.7%
115 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
116 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
117 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 28 84 33.3% 24.2%
118 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 18 50 36.0% 24.1%
119 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
120 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
121 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
122 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 24 72 33.3% 23.5%
123 Shelley Lake 8.1 33 105 31.4% 23.3%
124 Wendell Park 22.6 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
125 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
126 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
127 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 14 39 35.9% 22.7%
128 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 17 50 34.0% 22.4%
129 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
130 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
131 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
132 American Tobacco Trail--O'Kelly Chapel Road 9.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
133 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
134 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 Higgins Park 1.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
140 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
141 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
142 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
143 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
144 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 17 57 29.8% 19.5%
145 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 12 38 31.6% 19.1%
146 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
147 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
148 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
149 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
150 Lake Wheeler 8.2 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
151 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
152 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
153 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
154 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
155 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 15 55 27.3% 17.3%
156 Apex Community Park 3.7 21 86 24.4% 16.6%
157 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
158 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
159 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 16 66 24.2% 15.5%
160 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
161 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
162 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
163 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
164 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
165 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
166 Fallon park 8.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
167 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
168 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
169 Fearrington Village 17.5 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
170 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 18 79 22.8% 14.9%
171 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
172 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 11 44 25.0% 14.6%
173 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
174 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
175 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
176 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
177 Inwood Rd. 7.3 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
178 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
179 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
180 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
181 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
182 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
183 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 13 64 20.3% 12.3%
184 Northgate Park 17.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
185 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
186 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
187 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
188 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
189 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
190 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
191 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
192 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
193 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
194 The Hamner Institutes 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
204 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
205 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 19 160 11.9% 7.7%
206 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
207 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
208 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
209 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
210 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
211 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
212 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
213 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
214 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
215 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
216 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
217 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
218 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
219 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
220 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
221 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
222 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
223 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
224 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
225 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
226 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 12 138 8.7% 5.0%
227 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
228 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
229 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
230 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
231 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
232 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
233 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
234 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
235 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
236 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
237 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
239 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
240 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
241 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
242 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
243 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
244 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
245 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
246 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
247 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
248 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
249 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
250 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
251 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
252 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
253 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
254 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
255 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
256 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
257 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
258 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
259 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
260 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
261 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
262 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%