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Where to find Great Horned Owl in April
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 April. 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 Wendell Park 22.6 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
2 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 10 56 17.9% 10.0%
3 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 26 382 6.8% 4.7%
5 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 85 8.2% 4.0%
6 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 10 174 5.7% 3.2%
7 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
8 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
9 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
10 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
11 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
12 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
13 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
14 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
15 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
16 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
17 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 24 1111 2.2% 1.5%
18 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
19 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
20 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
21 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 135 3.0% 1.2%
22 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
23 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
24 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
25 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 8 452 1.8% 0.9%
26 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
27 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 5 273 1.8% 0.8%
28 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 74 2.7% 0.7%
29 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 141 2.1% 0.7%
30 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
31 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 149 2.0% 0.7%
32 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
33 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
34 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
35 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
36 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
37 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 3 206 1.5% 0.5%
38 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
39 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
40 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 4 344 1.2% 0.5%
41 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
42 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 160 1.2% 0.3%
43 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
44 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 185 1.1% 0.3%
45 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 2 192 1.0% 0.3%
46 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
47 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 130 0.8% 0.1%
48 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 3 773 0.4% 0.1%
49 Ritter Park 4.3 1 136 0.7% 0.1%
50 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 142 0.7% 0.1%
51 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 3 853 0.4% 0.1%
52 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 158 0.6% 0.1%
53 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
54 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 185 0.5% 0.1%
55 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 191 0.5% 0.1%
56 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 251 0.4% 0.1%
57 Bond Park 2.7 1 280 0.4% 0.1%
58 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 498 0.2% 0.0%
59 Lake Betz 7.3 1 524 0.2% 0.0%
60 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 1 537 0.2% 0.0%
61 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 1 867 0.1% 0.0%
62 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 886 0.1% 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.