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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 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
2 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 253 680 37.2% 33.7%
3 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
4 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 26 86 30.2% 21.5%
5 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
6 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
7 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 33 129 25.6% 18.8%
8 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
9 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
10 Bond Park 2.7 45 199 22.6% 17.4%
11 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
12 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 16 64 25.0% 16.0%
13 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 21 89 23.6% 16.0%
14 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 40 199 20.1% 15.1%
15 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
16 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 18 79 22.8% 14.9%
17 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
18 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
19 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 28 152 18.4% 13.1%
20 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 18 92 19.6% 12.7%
21 Little Creek Trail 15.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
22 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 24 144 16.7% 11.5%
23 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
24 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
25 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 13 76 17.1% 10.3%
26 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
27 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
28 White Deer Park 11.6 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
29 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 12 74 16.2% 9.5%
30 Schenck Forest 3.6 29 216 13.4% 9.5%
31 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
32 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
33 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
34 17 Acre Woods 18.0 16 134 11.9% 7.5%
35 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
36 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
37 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
38 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
39 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 59 13.6% 7.0%
40 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
41 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 61 755 8.1% 6.3%
42 Shelley Lake 8.1 14 134 10.4% 6.3%
43 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
44 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
45 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
46 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
47 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 9 80 11.2% 6.0%
48 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 8 70 11.4% 5.9%
49 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
50 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
51 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 62 11.3% 5.6%
52 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
53 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
54 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
55 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
56 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 10 107 9.3% 5.2%
57 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
58 Lake Lynn 7.7 17 211 8.1% 5.1%
59 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
60 Lake Raleigh 6.0 10 119 8.4% 4.6%
61 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
62 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
63 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
64 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
65 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 38 616 6.2% 4.5%
66 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 21 309 6.8% 4.5%
67 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 126 7.9% 4.4%
68 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
69 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
70 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
71 Wendell Park 22.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
72 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 5 55 9.1% 3.9%
73 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
74 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 111 7.2% 3.7%
75 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
76 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
77 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
78 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
79 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
80 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
81 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
82 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
83 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
84 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
85 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
86 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
87 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
88 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
89 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 10 233 4.3% 2.3%
90 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
91 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
92 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
93 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
94 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
95 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
96 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
97 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
98 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 19 624 3.0% 2.0%
99 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
100 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
101 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
102 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
103 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
104 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
105 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
106 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
107 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
108 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
109 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 9 314 2.9% 1.5%
110 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
111 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
112 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
113 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
114 Fallon park 8.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
115 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
116 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 5 172 2.9% 1.2%
117 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 13 676 1.9% 1.1%
118 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 4 139 2.9% 1.1%
119 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
120 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
121 Ritter Park 4.3 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
122 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 10 513 1.9% 1.1%
123 Homestead Park 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
124 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
125 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
126 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
127 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
128 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
129 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
130 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
131 Lake Betz 7.3 6 285 2.1% 1.0%
132 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
133 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
134 Falls Lake 15.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
135 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
136 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
137 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
138 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
139 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
140 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
141 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
142 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
143 Beaver Marsh 16.7 3 199 1.5% 0.5%
144 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
145 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
146 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
147 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
148 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
149 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
150 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
151 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
152 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
153 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
154 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
155 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 3 489 0.6% 0.2%
156 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
157 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 101 1.0% 0.2%
158 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 384 0.5% 0.1%