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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 63 74 85.1% 75.3%
2 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
3 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 230 312 73.7% 68.6%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 169 232 72.8% 66.8%
6 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 22 26 84.6% 66.5%
7 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 116 159 73.0% 65.6%
8 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 48 63 76.2% 64.4%
9 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 364 532 68.4% 64.4%
10 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 33 42 78.6% 64.1%
11 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
12 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
13 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 32 42 76.2% 61.5%
14 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
15 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 76 109 69.7% 60.5%
16 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
17 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
18 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
19 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 34 48 70.8% 56.8%
20 Homestead Park 19.3 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
21 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 126 199 63.3% 56.4%
22 Pullen Park 6.6 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
23 Lake Betz 7.3 172 285 60.4% 54.6%
24 Ritter Park 4.3 48 74 64.9% 53.5%
25 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 49 76 64.5% 53.3%
26 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
27 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
28 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
29 Little Creek Trail 15.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
30 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 278 524 53.1% 48.8%
31 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
32 Lake Lynn 7.7 100 182 54.9% 47.7%
33 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
34 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
35 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 24 38 63.2% 47.3%
36 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 134 251 53.4% 47.2%
37 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
38 Schenck Forest 3.6 103 194 53.1% 46.1%
39 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
40 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
41 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
42 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 45 80 56.2% 45.3%
43 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
44 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
45 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
46 Walltown Park 17.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
47 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 21 35 60.0% 43.6%
48 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 42 77 54.5% 43.5%
49 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 71 139 51.1% 42.9%
50 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 38 70 54.3% 42.7%
51 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 301 649 46.4% 42.6%
52 Bond Park 2.7 88 179 49.2% 41.9%
53 Higgins Greenway 1.2 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
54 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 26 47 55.3% 41.2%
55 Lake Raleigh 6.0 65 131 49.6% 41.2%
56 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 118 252 46.8% 40.8%
57 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 35 68 51.5% 39.8%
58 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
59 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 41 82 50.0% 39.4%
60 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
61 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 54 113 47.8% 38.8%
62 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
63 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 260 617 42.1% 38.3%
64 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 42 88 47.7% 37.6%
65 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
66 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
67 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 19 36 52.8% 37.0%
68 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
69 Parker Preserve 15.5 17 32 53.1% 36.4%
70 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
71 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
72 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
73 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 25 52 48.1% 35.1%
74 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 167 428 39.0% 34.5%
75 17 Acre Woods 18.0 25 53 47.2% 34.4%
76 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 51 119 42.9% 34.3%
77 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 20 41 48.8% 34.3%
78 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
79 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
80 Leesville Park 7.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
81 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
82 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
83 Higgins Park 1.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
84 Lake Benson 11.9 32 71 45.1% 34.0%
85 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 37 84 44.0% 33.9%
86 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 35 79 44.3% 33.9%
87 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
88 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 25 55 45.5% 33.0%
89 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
90 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
91 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
92 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
93 Salem Pond Park 4.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
94 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
95 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
96 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
97 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
98 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
99 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
100 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 21 50 42.0% 29.4%
101 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
102 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
103 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
104 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
105 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
106 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
107 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 41 118 34.7% 26.8%
108 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
109 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
110 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
111 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 40 118 33.9% 26.0%
112 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 40 118 33.9% 26.0%
113 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 20 53 37.7% 25.9%
114 Shelley Lake 8.1 42 125 33.6% 25.9%
115 Beaver Marsh 16.7 125 416 30.0% 25.8%
116 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
117 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 33 97 34.0% 25.4%
118 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
119 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
120 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 13 33 39.4% 24.7%
121 Town Lake Park 23.4 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
122 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 20 56 35.7% 24.5%
123 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
124 Wendell Park 22.6 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
125 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
126 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
127 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 23 70 32.9% 23.0%
128 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
129 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 16 46 34.8% 22.7%
130 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 18 54 33.3% 22.2%
132 White Deer Park 11.6 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
133 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
134 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
135 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
136 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
137 American Tobacco Trail--O'Kelly Chapel Road 9.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
138 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
139 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
140 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
141 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
142 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
143 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
144 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
145 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
146 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
147 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
148 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
149 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
150 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
151 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
152 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 18 60 30.0% 19.9%
153 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 24 86 27.9% 19.5%
154 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 14 45 31.1% 19.5%
155 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
156 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
157 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
158 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 14 48 29.2% 18.2%
159 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 24 93 25.8% 18.0%
160 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
161 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
162 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
163 Apex Community Park 3.7 30 129 23.3% 16.8%
164 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
165 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
166 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 53 26.4% 16.4%
167 Fearrington Village 17.5 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
168 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
169 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 15 59 25.4% 16.1%
170 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
171 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
172 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 20 87 23.0% 15.4%
173 Inwood Rd. 7.3 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
174 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
175 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
176 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
177 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
178 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
179 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
180 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
181 Fallon park 8.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
182 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
183 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
184 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
185 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
186 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
187 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
188 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
189 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
190 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
191 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
192 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
193 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 41 22.0% 12.0%
194 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
195 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
196 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
197 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
198 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 13 73 17.8% 10.7%
199 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 25 174 14.4% 9.9%
200 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
201 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
202 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
203 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
204 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
205 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
218 Northgate Park 17.2 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
219 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
220 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
221 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
222 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
223 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
224 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
225 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
226 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
227 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
228 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
229 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
230 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
231 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
233 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
234 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
235 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 16 169 9.5% 5.9%
236 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
237 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
238 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
239 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
241 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
242 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
243 Duke Park 16.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
244 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
245 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
246 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
247 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
248 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
249 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
250 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
251 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
252 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
253 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
254 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
255 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
256 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
257 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
258 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
259 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
260 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
261 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
262 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
263 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
264 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
265 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
266 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
267 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
268 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
269 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
270 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
271 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
272 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
273 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
274 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
275 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
276 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
277 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
278 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
279 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
280 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%