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Where to find Blue Jay in September
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 September. 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			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	63	67	94.0%	85.6%
2			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	195	224	87.1%	82.0%
3			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	38	41	92.7%	80.6%
4			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	35	38	92.1%	79.2%
5			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	54	61	88.5%	78.2%
6			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	73	84	86.9%	78.1%
7			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	134	160	83.8%	77.3%
8			Lake Lynn	7.7	300	374	80.2%	75.9%
9			Apex Nature Park	8.6	26	29	89.7%	73.6%
10			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
11			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
12			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	19	21	90.5%	71.1%
13			Schenck Forest	3.6	145	189	76.7%	70.2%
14			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	86	110	78.2%	69.6%
15			Town Lake Park	23.4	21	24	87.5%	69.0%
16			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	116	152	76.3%	69.0%
17			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	54	68	79.4%	68.4%
18			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	114	151	75.5%	68.1%
19			Higgins Greenway	1.2	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
20			Wendell Park	22.6	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
21			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
22			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	60	77	77.9%	67.5%
23			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	60	77	77.9%	67.5%
24			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	35	44	79.5%	65.5%
25			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	878	1292	68.0%	65.4%
26			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	45	59	76.3%	64.0%
27			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	269	392	68.6%	63.9%
28			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	64	87	73.6%	63.4%
29			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	27	34	79.4%	63.2%
30			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	28	36	77.8%	61.9%
31			Bond Park	2.7	108	157	68.8%	61.2%
32			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	106	154	68.8%	61.1%
33			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
34			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
35			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
36			Parker Preserve	15.5	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
37			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
38			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	15	18	83.3%	60.8%
39			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	77	111	69.4%	60.3%
40			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
41			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	171	261	65.5%	59.6%
42			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	21	27	77.8%	59.2%
43			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	14	17	82.4%	59.0%
44			Lake Betz	7.3	142	219	64.8%	58.3%
45			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	24	32	75.0%	57.9%
46			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	290	471	61.6%	57.1%
47			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	13	16	81.2%	57.0%
48			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
49			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	25	35	71.4%	54.9%
50			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	16	21	76.2%	54.9%
51			17 Acre Woods	18.0	58	89	65.2%	54.8%
52			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	33	48	68.8%	54.7%
53			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	33	48	68.8%	54.7%
54			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	20	28	71.4%	52.9%
55			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
56			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
57			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
58			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
59			White Deer Park	11.6	18	25	72.0%	52.4%
60			Indian Trail Park	18.1	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
61			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
62			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	16	22	72.7%	51.8%
63			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	211	371	56.9%	51.8%
64			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	28	42	66.7%	51.6%
65			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
66			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
67			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	33	51	64.7%	51.0%
68			Lake Raleigh	6.0	26	39	66.7%	51.0%
69			Williamson Preserve	19.2	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
70			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
71			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	94	164	57.3%	49.7%
72			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	26	40	65.0%	49.5%
73			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	16	23	69.6%	49.1%
74			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	16	23	69.6%	49.1%
75			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	13	18	72.2%	49.1%
76			Pullen Park	6.6	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
77			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
78			Homestead Park	19.3	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
79			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
80			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	26	41	63.4%	48.1%
81			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
82			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	12	17	70.6%	46.9%
83			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	12	17	70.6%	46.9%
84			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	50	88	56.8%	46.4%
85			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	60	110	54.5%	45.2%
86			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	154	305	50.5%	44.9%
87			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	15	23	65.2%	44.9%
88			Raven Rock SP	23.9	16	25	64.0%	44.5%
89			Lee Game Land	22.6	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
90			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
91			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
92			Shaw Lake	9.9	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
93			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
94			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
95			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
96			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
97			Apex Community Park	3.7	22	37	59.5%	43.5%
98			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
99			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
100			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	16	26	61.5%	42.5%
101			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	116	243	47.7%	41.5%
102			Fearrington Village	17.5	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
103			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	13	21	61.9%	40.9%
104			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	13	21	61.9%	40.9%
105			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	17	29	58.6%	40.7%
106			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	30	57	52.6%	39.9%
107			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	49	100	49.0%	39.4%
108			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
109			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
110			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	12	20	60.0%	38.7%
111			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
112			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
113			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
114			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
115			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
116			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	21	40	52.5%	37.5%
117			Beaver Marsh	16.7	67	148	45.3%	37.5%
118			Ritter Park	4.3	15	27	55.6%	37.3%
119			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	55	122	45.1%	36.5%
120			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	17	32	53.1%	36.4%
121			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
122			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	14	26	53.8%	35.5%
123			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	81	192	42.2%	35.4%
124			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
125			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
126			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
127			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	24	50	48.0%	34.8%
128			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
129			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
130			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
131			Salem Pond Park	4.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
132			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
133			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
134			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
135			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
136			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
137			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
138			Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
139			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
140			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
141			Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
142			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
143			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	19	39	48.7%	33.9%
144			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	15	30	50.0%	33.2%
145			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	15	30	50.0%	33.2%
146			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	24	53	45.3%	32.7%
147			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
148			Northgate Park	17.2	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
149			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	79	210	37.6%	31.3%
150			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
151			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
152			Dorothea Dix	6.6	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
153			Shelley Lake	8.1	25	58	43.1%	31.2%
154			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	25	58	43.1%	31.2%
155			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	17	38	44.7%	30.1%
156			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
157			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
158			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
159			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
160			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
161			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
162			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	26	65	40.0%	29.0%
163			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	15	34	44.1%	28.9%
164			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	28	74	37.8%	27.6%
165			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
166			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
167			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
168			Lake Wheeler	8.2	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
169			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
170			Crowder District Park	6.8	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
171			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
172			Lake Benson	11.9	8	20	40.0%	21.9%
173			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
174			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
175			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
176			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
177			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
178			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
179			Strickland Park	8.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
180			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
181			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
182			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
183			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
184			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
185			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
186			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
187			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
188			UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
189			Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
190			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
191			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
192			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
193			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
194			Higgins Park	1.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
195			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
196			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
197			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
198			Greene Tract	20.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
199			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
200			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
201			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
202			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
203			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	9	31	29.0%	16.1%
204			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
205			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	9	32	28.1%	15.6%
206			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
207			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
208			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
209			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
210			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
211			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
212			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
213			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	10	39	25.6%	14.6%
214			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	41	214	19.2%	14.4%
215			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	7	25	28.0%	14.3%
216			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	16	75	21.3%	13.6%
217			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
218			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
219			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
220			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
221			Carrboro High School	18.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
222			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
223			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
224			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
225			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
226			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	16	100	16.0%	10.1%
227			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
228			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
229			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
230			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
231			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
232			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
233			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
234			American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
235			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	6	32	18.8%	8.9%
236			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
237			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
238			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
239			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
240			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
241			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	5	32	15.6%	6.9%
242			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
243			Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
244			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
245			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
246			Krzyzewskiville	16.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
247			Leesville Park	7.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
248			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
249			Lyon Park	15.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
250			Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
251			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
252			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
253			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
254			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
255			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
256			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
257			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
258			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
259			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
260			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
261			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
262			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	4	60	6.7%	2.6%
263			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
264			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
265			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
266			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
267			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
268			Falls Lake	15.1	1	28	3.6%	0.6%