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Where to find Blue Jay in July
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 July. 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 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 14 14 100.0% 78.5%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 154 197 78.2% 71.9%
3 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
4 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
5 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 39 51 76.5% 63.2%
6 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 23 29 79.3% 61.6%
7 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 74 108 68.5% 59.3%
8 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 60 93 64.5% 54.4%
9 Homestead Park 19.3 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
10 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
11 Schenck Forest 3.6 47 74 63.5% 52.1%
12 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
13 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
14 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
15 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 86 152 56.6% 48.6%
16 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 30 50 60.0% 46.2%
17 Bond Park 2.7 33 58 56.9% 44.1%
18 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
19 Strickland Park 8.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
20 Wendell Park 22.6 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
21 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
22 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
23 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
24 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
25 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
26 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
28 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
29 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
30 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
31 Town Lake Park 23.4 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
32 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 105 248 42.3% 36.4%
33 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
34 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
35 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
36 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
37 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
38 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
39 Lake Lynn 7.7 77 182 42.3% 35.4%
40 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 22 45 48.9% 35.0%
41 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
42 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
43 Eva Perry Library 4.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
44 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
45 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
46 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
47 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 21 45 46.7% 32.9%
48 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
49 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
50 Ritter Park 4.3 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
51 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 81 214 37.9% 31.6%
52 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 24 55 43.6% 31.4%
53 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
54 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
55 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
56 Lake Betz 7.3 55 145 37.9% 30.4%
57 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
58 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
59 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
60 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
61 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
62 Eastgate Park 9.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
63 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 45 118 38.1% 29.9%
64 White Deer Park 11.6 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
65 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
66 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
67 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
68 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 94 296 31.8% 26.7%
69 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
70 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
71 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
72 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 15 37 40.5% 26.3%
73 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
74 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 44 135 32.6% 25.3%
75 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
76 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 18 49 36.7% 24.7%
77 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
78 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 38 119 31.9% 24.2%
79 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 15 40 37.5% 24.2%
80 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 63 214 29.4% 23.7%
81 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 27 82 32.9% 23.7%
82 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
83 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 21 62 33.9% 23.3%
84 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 38 124 30.6% 23.2%
85 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
86 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
87 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
88 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 63 220 28.6% 23.1%
89 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
90 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
91 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 15 45 33.3% 21.4%
92 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
93 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
94 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
95 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
96 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
97 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
98 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
99 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 River Forest Park 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 19 62 30.6% 20.6%
112 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 17 55 30.9% 20.3%
113 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
114 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
115 Dorothea Dix 6.6 38 146 26.0% 19.6%
116 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
117 Parker Preserve 15.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
118 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
119 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 16 54 29.6% 19.1%
120 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
121 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
122 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
123 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 20 72 27.8% 18.8%
124 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 28 109 25.7% 18.4%
125 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 20 75 26.7% 18.0%
126 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
127 Beaver Marsh 16.7 34 145 23.4% 17.3%
128 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 35 150 23.3% 17.3%
129 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 17 65 26.2% 17.0%
130 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
131 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
132 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
133 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
134 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
135 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
136 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
137 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
138 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
139 Fearrington Village 17.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
140 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
141 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
142 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
143 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
144 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
145 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
146 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
147 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
148 Shelley Lake 8.1 15 83 18.1% 11.3%
149 Apex Community Park 3.7 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
150 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
151 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
152 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
153 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 16 96 16.7% 10.5%
154 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
155 17 Acre Woods 18.0 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
156 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
157 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
158 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
159 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
160 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
161 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
162 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
163 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
164 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
165 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
166 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
167 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
168 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
169 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
170 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
171 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
172 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
173 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
174 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
175 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
176 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
177 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
178 Hillcrest Cemetery 0.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
179 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
180 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
181 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
182 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
183 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
184 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
185 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
186 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
187 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
188 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
189 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
190 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
191 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
192 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
193 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
194 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
195 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
196 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
197 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
198 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
199 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
200 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
201 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
202 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
203 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
204 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
205 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
206 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
207 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
208 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
209 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
210 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
211 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
212 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
213 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
214 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
215 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
216 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
217 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
218 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
219 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
220 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
221 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
222 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
223 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
224 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
225 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
226 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
227 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
228 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
229 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
230 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
231 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
232 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
233 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
234 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
235 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
236 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
237 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
238 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
239 Northgate Park 17.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
240 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
241 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
242 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
243 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
244 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 95 3.2% 1.1%
245 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
246 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%