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Where to find Great Horned Owl in December
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Great Horned Owl in December. 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 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
2 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
3 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
4 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
5 Schenck Forest 3.6 21 153 13.7% 9.2%
6 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 9 78 11.5% 6.2%
7 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
8 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
9 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
10 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
11 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 16 229 7.0% 4.3%
12 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
13 Leesville Park 7.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
14 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
15 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
16 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
17 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
18 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
19 Lake Benson 11.9 6 122 4.9% 2.3%
20 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 12 319 3.8% 2.2%
21 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
22 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
23 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
24 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
25 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
26 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
27 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
28 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
29 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 6 263 2.3% 1.0%
30 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
31 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
32 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
33 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
34 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
35 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
36 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
37 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
38 Bond Park 2.7 2 133 1.5% 0.4%
39 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 2 134 1.5% 0.4%
40 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
41 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
42 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
43 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
44 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
45 Lake Betz 7.3 2 234 0.9% 0.2%
46 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
47 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 239 0.8% 0.2%
48 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
49 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 3 506 0.6% 0.2%
50 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
51 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 106 0.9% 0.2%
52 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 127 0.8% 0.1%
53 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 156 0.6% 0.1%
54 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 170 0.6% 0.1%
55 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 2 657 0.3% 0.1%
56 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 1 343 0.3% 0.1%
57 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 1 403 0.2% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.