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Where to find Barred Owl in May
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 Barred Owl in May. 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 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 224 617 36.3% 32.6%
2 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
3 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
4 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
5 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 24 82 29.3% 20.5%
7 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 33 121 27.3% 20.1%
8 Bond Park 2.7 44 182 24.2% 18.5%
9 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
10 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 16 60 26.7% 17.1%
11 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
12 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 34 150 22.7% 16.7%
13 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
14 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
15 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 16 71 22.5% 14.4%
16 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
17 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 78 20.5% 13.0%
18 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 27 147 18.4% 12.9%
19 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
20 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
21 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 13 72 18.1% 10.9%
22 Schenck Forest 3.6 29 206 14.1% 10.0%
23 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
24 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
27 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
28 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
29 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
30 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
31 17 Acre Woods 18.0 16 121 13.2% 8.3%
32 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
33 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 10 68 14.7% 8.2%
34 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
35 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
36 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
37 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 60 629 9.5% 7.5%
38 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 13 105 12.4% 7.4%
39 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
40 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
41 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
42 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
43 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
44 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
45 Shelley Lake 8.1 12 109 11.0% 6.4%
46 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 8 65 12.3% 6.4%
47 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 56 12.5% 6.2%
48 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
49 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
50 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
51 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
53 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
54 Lake Lynn 7.7 14 164 8.5% 5.2%
55 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
56 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
57 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 20 283 7.1% 4.6%
58 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
59 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
60 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 7 81 8.6% 4.2%
61 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
62 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
63 Wendell Park 22.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
64 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 57 8.8% 3.8%
65 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
66 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
67 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
68 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
69 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
70 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
71 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 22 424 5.2% 3.5%
72 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
73 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
74 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 113 6.2% 3.0%
75 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
76 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
77 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
78 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
79 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
80 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
81 White Deer Park 11.6 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
82 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
83 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
84 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
85 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
86 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
87 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 93 5.4% 2.3%
88 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
89 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
90 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
91 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
92 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
93 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
94 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
95 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
96 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
97 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
98 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
99 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
100 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
101 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
102 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
103 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 15 515 2.9% 1.8%
104 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 7 208 3.4% 1.6%
105 Fallon park 8.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
106 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 10 387 2.6% 1.4%
107 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 5 154 3.2% 1.4%
108 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
109 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
110 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
111 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 13 568 2.3% 1.3%
112 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 7 264 2.7% 1.3%
113 Homestead Park 19.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
114 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
115 Ritter Park 4.3 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
116 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
117 Lake Betz 7.3 6 261 2.3% 1.1%
118 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
119 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
120 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
121 Falls Lake 15.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
122 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
123 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
124 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
125 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
126 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
127 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
128 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
129 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 2 94 2.1% 0.6%
130 Beaver Marsh 16.7 3 194 1.5% 0.5%
131 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
132 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
133 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
134 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
135 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
136 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
137 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
138 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
139 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
140 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
141 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
142 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
143 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 3 427 0.7% 0.2%
144 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 334 0.6% 0.2%