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Where to find Bufflehead in January
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 Bufflehead in January. 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 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 60 64 93.8% 85.0%
2 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 155 181 85.6% 79.8%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 111 146 76.0% 68.5%
4 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
5 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
6 Apex Community Park 3.7 144 243 59.3% 53.0%
7 Lake Betz 7.3 168 298 56.4% 50.7%
8 Lake Raleigh 6.0 67 112 59.8% 50.6%
9 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 37 68 54.4% 42.7%
10 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
11 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
12 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
13 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 33 71 46.5% 35.4%
14 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
15 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 37 85 43.5% 33.5%
16 Schenck Forest 3.6 87 235 37.0% 31.1%
17 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 85 232 36.6% 30.7%
18 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 121 358 33.8% 29.1%
19 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
20 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 48 137 35.0% 27.6%
21 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
23 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
24 Inwood Rd. 7.3 22 73 30.1% 20.8%
25 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
26 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
27 Lake Benson 11.9 34 122 27.9% 20.7%
28 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Carpenter Park 5.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
31 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
32 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
33 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 40 174 23.0% 17.4%
34 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
35 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 29 130 22.3% 16.0%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 34 158 21.5% 15.8%
37 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 96 541 17.7% 14.8%
38 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
39 Salem Pond Park 4.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
40 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 25 123 20.3% 14.2%
41 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 35 189 18.5% 13.6%
42 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 47 23.4% 13.6%
43 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
44 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
45 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 14 75 18.7% 11.5%
46 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
47 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 10 59 16.9% 9.5%
48 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
49 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
50 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 68 661 10.3% 8.2%
51 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
52 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
53 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
54 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 19 192 9.9% 6.4%
55 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
56 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
57 Bond Park 2.7 13 137 9.5% 5.6%
58 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 99 10.1% 5.6%
59 Falls Lake 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
60 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 14 231 6.1% 3.6%
62 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
63 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
64 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 7 117 6.0% 2.9%
65 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
66 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
67 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
68 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
69 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
70 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
71 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
72 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
73 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
75 Pullen Park 6.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
76 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
77 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
78 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
79 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 110 2.7% 0.9%
80 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
81 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
82 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
83 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
84 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 3 413 0.7% 0.2%
85 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
86 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
87 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
88 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
89 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 401 0.5% 0.1%
90 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 322 0.3% 0.1%