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Where to find Great Horned Owl in October
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 Great Horned Owl in October. 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 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 8 59 13.6% 7.0%
2 Schenck Forest 3.6 21 207 10.1% 6.7%
3 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
4 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
5 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 55 9.1% 3.9%
6 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
7 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 6 105 5.7% 2.6%
8 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
9 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
10 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
11 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
12 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 6 201 3.0% 1.4%
13 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
14 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
15 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
16 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
17 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
18 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
19 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
20 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
21 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
22 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
23 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
24 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 3 203 1.5% 0.5%
25 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 112 1.8% 0.5%
26 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
27 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
28 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
29 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
30 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
31 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 152 1.3% 0.4%
32 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 3 294 1.0% 0.3%
33 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
34 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
35 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
36 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 2 358 0.6% 0.2%
37 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 1 162 0.6% 0.1%
38 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 1 167 0.6% 0.1%
39 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
40 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 1 369 0.3% 0.0%
41 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 1 680 0.1% 0.0%