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Where to find Blue Jay in August
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 August. 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 74 81 91.4% 83.2%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 161 183 88.0% 82.5%
3 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 49 58 84.5% 73.1%
4 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 39 47 83.0% 69.9%
5 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 16 18 88.9% 67.2%
6 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
7 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
8 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
9 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
10 Lake Lynn 7.7 92 143 64.3% 56.2%
11 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 51 76 67.1% 55.9%
12 Homestead Park 19.3 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
13 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
14 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 36 56 64.3% 51.2%
15 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
16 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
17 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
18 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
19 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
20 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
21 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
22 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 116 215 54.0% 47.3%
23 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 36 61 59.0% 46.5%
24 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 62 112 55.4% 46.1%
25 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
26 Schenck Forest 3.6 47 84 56.0% 45.3%
27 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
28 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
29 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
30 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
31 Wendell Park 22.6 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
32 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 93 184 50.5% 43.4%
33 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 16 26 61.5% 42.5%
34 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
35 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
36 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 224 495 45.3% 40.9%
37 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 18 31 58.1% 40.8%
38 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
39 Lake Betz 7.3 96 206 46.6% 39.9%
40 Bond Park 2.7 49 100 49.0% 39.4%
41 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
42 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
43 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 30 61 49.2% 37.1%
44 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 29 59 49.2% 36.8%
45 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 103 242 42.6% 36.5%
46 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
47 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 18 35 51.4% 35.6%
48 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
49 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 24 50 48.0% 34.8%
50 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
51 Duke Park 16.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
52 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
53 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
54 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
55 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 93 231 40.3% 34.1%
56 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 14 27 51.9% 34.0%
57 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
58 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 61 159 38.4% 31.2%
59 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
60 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
61 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 18 40 45.0% 30.7%
62 Pullen Park 6.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
63 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
64 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
65 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 30 74 40.5% 30.1%
66 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
67 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
68 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 21 50 42.0% 29.4%
69 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 35 92 38.0% 28.8%
70 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
71 Town Lake Park 23.4 24 64 37.5% 26.7%
72 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
73 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 37 107 34.6% 26.2%
74 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
75 Dorothea Dix 6.6 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
76 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
77 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
78 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
79 Strickland Park 8.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
80 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 130 450 28.9% 24.9%
81 Parker Preserve 15.5 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
82 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
83 Northgate Park 17.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
84 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 87 315 27.6% 23.0%
85 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 22 68 32.4% 22.4%
86 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
87 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
88 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 39 137 28.5% 21.6%
89 17 Acre Woods 18.0 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
90 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
91 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
92 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 55 203 27.1% 21.4%
93 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
94 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
95 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
96 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
97 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
98 Lyon Park 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
99 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
100 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Bethesda Park 11.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
116 White Deer Park 11.6 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
117 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
118 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 68 287 23.7% 19.1%
119 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 25 93 26.9% 18.9%
120 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
121 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
122 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
123 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
124 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
125 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
126 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
127 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
128 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
129 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
130 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
131 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
132 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
133 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
134 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
135 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 13 51 25.5% 15.5%
136 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
137 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
138 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 33 158 20.9% 15.3%
139 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
140 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 12 48 25.0% 14.9%
141 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
142 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
143 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 37 202 18.3% 13.6%
144 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
145 Beaver Marsh 16.7 27 146 18.5% 13.0%
146 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
147 Ritter Park 4.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
148 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
149 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
150 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 35 216 16.2% 11.9%
151 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
152 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
153 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
154 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 50 20.0% 11.2%
155 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
156 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
157 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
158 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
159 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
160 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
161 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
162 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
163 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
164 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
165 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
166 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 8 44 18.2% 9.5%
167 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
168 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
169 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
170 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
171 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
172 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
173 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
174 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
175 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
176 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
177 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
178 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
179 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
180 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
181 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
182 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
183 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
184 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
185 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
186 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
187 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
188 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
189 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
190 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 11 87 12.6% 7.2%
191 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
192 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
193 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
194 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
195 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
196 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
197 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
198 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
199 Lake Benson 11.9 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
200 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
201 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
202 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
203 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
204 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
205 Shelley Lake 8.1 7 70 10.0% 4.9%
206 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
207 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
208 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
209 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
210 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
211 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
212 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
213 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
214 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
215 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
216 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
217 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
218 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
219 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
220 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
221 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 12 306 3.9% 2.3%
222 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
223 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
224 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
225 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
226 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
227 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
228 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
229 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
230 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
231 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
232 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
233 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
234 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
235 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
236 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 4 130 3.1% 1.2%
237 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
238 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
239 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
240 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
241 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
242 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%