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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 50 54 92.6% 82.4%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 149 169 88.2% 82.4%
3 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 47 55 85.5% 73.8%
4 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 18 20 90.0% 69.9%
5 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
6 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
7 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
8 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
9 Lake Lynn 7.7 77 116 66.4% 57.4%
10 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
11 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
12 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 46 69 66.7% 54.9%
13 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 35 53 66.0% 52.6%
14 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
15 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 35 54 64.8% 51.5%
16 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
17 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 111 196 56.6% 49.6%
18 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
19 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
20 Homestead Park 19.3 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
21 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 17 25 68.0% 48.4%
22 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
23 Schenck Forest 3.6 46 80 57.5% 46.6%
24 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
25 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 60 110 54.5% 45.2%
26 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
27 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
28 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
29 Wendell Park 22.6 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
30 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 28 49 57.1% 43.3%
31 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
32 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 171 366 46.7% 41.7%
33 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
34 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
35 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 18 31 58.1% 40.8%
36 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
37 Bond Park 2.7 48 95 50.5% 40.6%
38 Lake Betz 7.3 89 191 46.6% 39.7%
39 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 69 151 45.7% 38.0%
40 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
41 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 88 200 44.0% 37.3%
42 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
43 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 23 45 51.1% 37.0%
44 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
45 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 90 209 43.1% 36.5%
46 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
47 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
48 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 26 55 47.3% 34.7%
49 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
50 Duke Park 16.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
51 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
52 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
53 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
54 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
55 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
56 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
57 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
58 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
59 Pullen Park 6.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
60 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
61 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
62 Northgate Park 17.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
63 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
64 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 35 90 38.9% 29.5%
65 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
66 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 82 238 34.5% 28.7%
67 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
68 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
69 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
70 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 33 91 36.3% 27.1%
71 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 19 48 39.6% 27.0%
72 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
73 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 22 58 37.9% 26.6%
74 Town Lake Park 23.4 20 52 38.5% 26.5%
75 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 34 100 34.0% 25.5%
76 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
77 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
78 Strickland Park 8.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
79 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 129 444 29.1% 25.0%
80 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
81 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
82 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
83 Dorothea Dix 6.6 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
84 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
85 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
86 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
87 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
88 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
89 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
90 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
91 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
92 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
93 Lyon Park 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
94 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
95 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
98 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 Bethesda Park 11.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 27 95 28.4% 20.3%
109 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 16 52 30.8% 19.9%
110 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 65 264 24.6% 19.8%
111 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
112 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
113 White Deer Park 11.6 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
114 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 25 92 27.2% 19.1%
115 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
116 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
117 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
118 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
119 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
120 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
121 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
122 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
123 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
124 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
125 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
126 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
127 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
128 17 Acre Woods 18.0 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
129 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
130 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
131 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
132 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 10 41 24.4% 13.8%
133 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
134 Beaver Marsh 16.7 27 140 19.3% 13.6%
135 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 42 23.8% 13.5%
136 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
137 Ritter Park 4.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
138 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 35 210 16.7% 12.2%
139 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
140 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
141 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
142 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 19 109 17.4% 11.5%
143 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
144 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 15 85 17.6% 11.0%
145 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
146 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
147 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
148 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
149 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
150 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
151 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
152 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
153 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
154 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
155 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
156 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
157 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
158 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
159 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
160 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
161 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
162 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
163 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
164 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
165 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
166 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
167 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
168 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
169 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
170 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
171 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
172 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
173 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
174 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
175 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
176 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
177 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
178 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
179 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
180 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
181 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
182 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
183 Lake Benson 11.9 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
184 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
185 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
186 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
187 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
188 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
189 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
190 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 8 66 12.1% 6.3%
191 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
192 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
193 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
194 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
195 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
196 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
197 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
198 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
199 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
200 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
201 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
202 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
203 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
204 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
205 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
206 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
207 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
208 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
209 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
210 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
211 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
212 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
213 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
214 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
215 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
216 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
217 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 9 238 3.8% 2.0%
218 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
219 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
220 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 4 83 4.8% 1.9%
221 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
222 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
223 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
224 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
225 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
226 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%