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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 49 53 92.5% 82.1%
2 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 143 168 85.1% 79.0%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 88 115 76.5% 68.0%
4 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
5 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 35 54 64.8% 51.5%
6 Lake Raleigh 6.0 58 97 59.8% 49.8%
7 Lake Betz 7.3 139 266 52.3% 46.3%
8 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
9 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 23 43 53.5% 38.9%
10 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
11 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 79 174 45.4% 38.2%
12 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 32 66 48.5% 36.8%
13 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
14 Schenck Forest 3.6 85 208 40.9% 34.4%
15 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Apex Community Park 3.7 36 85 42.4% 32.4%
17 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 113 304 37.2% 31.9%
18 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 33 80 41.2% 31.1%
19 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 46 125 36.8% 28.9%
20 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
21 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
22 Carpenter Park 5.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
23 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
24 Inwood Rd. 7.3 22 71 31.0% 21.4%
25 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
26 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
27 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 19 65 29.2% 19.6%
30 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
31 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
32 Lake Benson 11.9 25 102 24.5% 17.2%
33 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 37 167 22.2% 16.5%
34 Salem Pond Park 4.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
35 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
36 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 25 115 21.7% 15.2%
37 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
38 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 93 509 18.3% 15.2%
39 Lake Wheeler 8.2 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
40 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
42 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
43 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
44 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 17 105 16.2% 10.4%
45 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 66 556 11.9% 9.4%
46 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
47 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
48 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
49 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 17 143 11.9% 7.6%
50 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
51 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 87 11.5% 6.4%
52 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
53 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 12 116 10.3% 6.0%
54 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
55 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
56 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
57 Bond Park 2.7 11 122 9.0% 5.1%
58 Falls Lake 15.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
59 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 7 73 9.6% 4.7%
60 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 14 198 7.1% 4.3%
62 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
63 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
64 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
65 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
66 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
67 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
68 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
69 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
70 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
71 Pullen Park 6.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
72 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
73 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
74 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 93 3.2% 1.1%
75 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
76 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
77 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
78 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
79 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
80 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 3 345 0.9% 0.3%
81 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
82 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 343 0.6% 0.2%