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Where to find Bufflehead in January
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 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 69 73 94.5% 86.7%
2 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 170 201 84.6% 78.9%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 139 182 76.4% 69.7%
4 Lake Betz 7.3 304 460 66.1% 61.6%
5 Lake Raleigh 6.0 99 153 64.7% 56.9%
6 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
7 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
8 Apex Community Park 3.7 155 269 57.6% 51.6%
9 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 185 358 51.7% 46.5%
10 Lake Benson 11.9 90 187 48.1% 41.1%
11 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 40 78 51.3% 40.4%
12 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
13 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
14 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 34 75 45.3% 34.6%
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 Briar Chapel WWT pond 19.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
18 Schenck Forest 3.6 112 284 39.4% 33.9%
19 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 39 93 41.9% 32.4%
20 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 26 60 43.3% 31.6%
21 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 89 241 36.9% 31.1%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
23 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 179 516 34.7% 30.7%
24 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
25 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 30 84 35.7% 26.3%
26 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
27 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
28 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
29 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Lake Wheeler 8.2 18 60 30.0% 19.9%
31 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
32 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 47 212 22.2% 17.1%
33 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
34 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 129 657 19.6% 16.8%
35 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 39 182 21.4% 16.1%
37 Inwood Rd. 7.3 22 95 23.2% 15.8%
38 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
39 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
40 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 26 124 21.0% 14.7%
41 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 35 176 19.9% 14.7%
42 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
43 Salem Pond Park 4.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
44 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
45 Carpenter Park 5.1 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
46 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 14 77 18.2% 11.2%
47 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 35 231 15.2% 11.1%
48 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
49 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 29 194 14.9% 10.6%
50 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 115 925 12.4% 10.5%
51 Bond Park 2.7 24 158 15.2% 10.4%
52 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
53 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
54 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
55 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 48 397 12.1% 9.2%
57 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
58 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
59 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 30 287 10.5% 7.4%
60 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
61 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
62 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
63 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
65 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 11 116 9.5% 5.4%
66 Falls Lake 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
67 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 123 8.1% 4.5%
68 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
69 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
70 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
71 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
72 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
73 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
74 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
75 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 7 125 5.6% 2.7%
76 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
77 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
78 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
79 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
80 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 83 4.8% 1.9%
81 Shelley Lake 8.1 6 158 3.8% 1.8%
82 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
83 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
84 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
85 Pullen Park 6.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
86 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
87 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
88 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
89 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
90 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 8 493 1.6% 0.8%
91 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
92 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
93 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 196 1.5% 0.5%
94 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 107 1.9% 0.5%
95 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 134 1.5% 0.4%
96 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
97 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
98 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 509 0.4% 0.1%
99 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 373 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.