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Where to find Bufflehead in February
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 February. 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 5.7 117 129 90.7% 84.4%
2 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 130 155 83.9% 77.3%
3 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 24 27 88.9% 71.9%
4 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 17 19 89.5% 68.6%
5 Lake Raleigh 6.0 150 214 70.1% 63.6%
6 Lake Lynn 7.7 133 189 70.4% 63.5%
7 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 47 73 64.4% 52.9%
8 Lake Benson 11.9 98 166 59.0% 51.4%
9 Hoffman Lake 2.4 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
10 Apex Community Park 3.7 121 219 55.3% 48.6%
11 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 135 287 47.0% 41.3%
12 Lake Betz 7.3 162 364 44.5% 39.5%
13 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 83 191 43.5% 36.6%
14 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 224 574 39.0% 35.1%
15 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 South Point Mall Retention Pond 12.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
17 Salem Pond Park 4.5 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
18 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
19 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
20 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
21 Carpenter Park 5.1 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
22 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 33 112 29.5% 21.8%
23 Inwood Rd. 7.3 18 55 32.7% 21.8%
24 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
25 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
26 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
27 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
30 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
31 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
32 Schenck Forest 3.6 80 372 21.5% 17.6%
33 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
34 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
35 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
36 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 103 717 14.4% 12.0%
37 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
38 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
39 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 36 235 15.3% 11.3%
40 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
41 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 79 583 13.6% 11.0%
42 Bond Park 2.7 28 187 15.0% 10.6%
43 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
44 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 16 104 15.4% 9.7%
45 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 71 15.5% 8.9%
46 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 20 155 12.9% 8.5%
47 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 22 180 12.2% 8.2%
48 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 9 65 13.8% 7.5%
49 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
50 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
51 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 118 10.2% 5.9%
52 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
53 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
54 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 11 125 8.8% 5.0%
55 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
56 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 12 146 8.2% 4.8%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
58 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
59 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
60 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
61 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
62 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 110 7.3% 3.7%
63 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
64 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
65 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
66 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
67 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
68 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
69 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 9 207 4.3% 2.3%
70 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
71 Shelley Lake 8.1 7 184 3.8% 1.9%
72 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
73 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
74 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
75 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
76 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 12 500 2.4% 1.4%
77 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
78 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
79 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
80 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
81 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
82 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
83 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
84 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
85 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 104 2.9% 1.0%
86 White Deer Park 11.6 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
87 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
88 Ritter Park 4.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
89 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
90 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 101 2.0% 0.5%
91 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 102 2.0% 0.5%
92 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
93 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
94 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
95 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
96 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 355 0.3% 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.