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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 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 54 61 88.5% 78.2%
5 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 73 84 86.9% 78.1%
6 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 134 160 83.8% 77.3%
7 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 35 39 89.7% 76.4%
8 Lake Lynn 7.7 299 373 80.2% 75.8%
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 20.4 115 152 75.7% 68.3%
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 1293 67.9% 65.3%
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 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 95 165 57.6% 49.9%
71 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
72 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 26 40 65.0% 49.5%
73 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 27 42 64.3% 49.2%
74 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
75 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
76 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
77 Pullen Park 6.6 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
78 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
79 Homestead Park 19.3 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
80 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
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 60 109 55.0% 45.7%
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 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
91 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
92 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
93 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
94 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
95 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
96 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
97 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
98 Apex Community Park 3.7 22 37 59.5% 43.5%
99 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
100 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
101 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 16 26 61.5% 42.5%
102 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 116 242 47.9% 41.7%
103 Fearrington Village 17.5 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
104 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
105 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
106 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
107 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 30 57 52.6% 39.9%
108 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 49 100 49.0% 39.4%
109 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
110 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
111 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
112 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
113 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
114 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
115 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
116 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
117 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 21 40 52.5% 37.5%
118 Beaver Marsh 16.7 67 148 45.3% 37.5%
119 Ritter Park 4.3 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
120 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 55 122 45.1% 36.5%
121 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 17 32 53.1% 36.4%
122 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
123 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
124 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 81 192 42.2% 35.4%
125 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
126 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
127 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
128 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 24 50 48.0% 34.8%
129 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
130 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
131 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
132 Salem Pond Park 4.5 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 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
141 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
142 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 19 39 48.7% 33.9%
143 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 24 52 46.2% 33.3%
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 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
147 Northgate Park 17.2 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
148 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 79 210 37.6% 31.3%
149 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
150 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
151 Dorothea Dix 6.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
152 Shelley Lake 8.1 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
153 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
154 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 17 38 44.7% 30.1%
155 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
156 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
157 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
158 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
159 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
160 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
161 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 26 65 40.0% 29.0%
162 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
163 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 28 74 37.8% 27.6%
164 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
165 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
166 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
167 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
168 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
169 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
170 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
171 Lake Benson 11.9 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
172 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
173 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
174 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
175 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
176 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
177 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
178 Strickland Park 8.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
179 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
180 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
181 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 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 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
210 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
211 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
212 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
213 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 41 214 19.2% 14.4%
214 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
215 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 16 75 21.3% 13.6%
216 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
217 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
218 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
219 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
220 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 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 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
261 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
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%