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Where to find Bufflehead 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 Bufflehead 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 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 98 109 89.9% 82.8%
2 Lake Betz 7.3 203 234 86.8% 81.8%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 147 181 81.2% 74.9%
4 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
5 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 49 62 79.0% 67.4%
6 Briar Chapel WWT pond 19.2 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
7 Lake Raleigh 6.0 68 106 64.2% 54.7%
8 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
9 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
10 Apex Community Park 3.7 62 105 59.0% 49.5%
11 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 37 65 56.9% 44.8%
12 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
13 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
14 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 21 41 51.2% 36.5%
15 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
16 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
17 Lake Benson 11.9 50 122 41.0% 32.7%
18 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
19 Inwood Rd. 7.3 16 35 45.7% 30.5%
20 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 136 403 33.7% 29.3%
21 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 46 127 36.2% 28.4%
22 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 44 133 33.1% 25.7%
23 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
24 Schenck Forest 3.6 48 153 31.4% 24.6%
25 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 143 506 28.3% 24.5%
26 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
27 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 75 257 29.2% 24.0%
28 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
29 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 67 239 28.0% 22.7%
30 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 19 60 31.7% 21.3%
31 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
32 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 South Point Mall Retention Pond 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
35 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
36 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 11 41 26.8% 15.7%
37 Lake Wheeler 8.2 12 52 23.1% 13.7%
38 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
39 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
40 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 41 293 14.0% 10.5%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 14 104 13.5% 8.2%
42 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 11 78 14.1% 8.1%
43 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
44 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 62 657 9.4% 7.4%
45 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
46 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 26 263 9.9% 6.8%
47 Bond Park 2.7 14 133 10.5% 6.4%
48 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
49 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
50 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
51 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
53 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 111 9.9% 5.6%
54 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
55 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
56 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
57 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
58 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
59 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
60 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
61 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
62 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 12 229 5.2% 3.0%
63 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
64 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
65 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
66 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
67 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
68 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
69 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
70 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
71 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
72 Shelley Lake 8.1 6 156 3.8% 1.8%
73 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
74 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
75 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
76 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
77 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
78 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
79 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
80 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
81 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 170 1.8% 0.6%
82 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
83 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
84 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
85 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
86 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
87 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
88 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 90 1.1% 0.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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