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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 66 70 94.3% 86.2%
2 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 165 196 84.2% 78.4%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 127 164 77.4% 70.5%
4 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
5 Lake Raleigh 6.0 84 135 62.2% 53.8%
6 Lake Betz 7.3 199 346 57.5% 52.3%
7 Apex Community Park 3.7 148 257 57.6% 51.5%
8 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
9 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 37 70 52.9% 41.3%
10 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 141 302 46.7% 41.1%
11 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
12 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
13 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 33 73 45.2% 34.3%
14 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
15 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
16 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 37 87 42.5% 32.7%
17 Lake Benson 11.9 60 150 40.0% 32.5%
18 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 26 60 43.3% 31.6%
19 Schenck Forest 3.6 89 250 35.6% 29.9%
20 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 129 436 29.6% 25.5%
21 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
22 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 53 175 30.3% 24.0%
23 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
24 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
25 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
26 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
28 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
29 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
30 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
31 Inwood Rd. 7.3 22 92 23.9% 16.4%
32 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 41 190 21.6% 16.3%
33 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 114 593 19.2% 16.3%
34 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 36 169 21.3% 15.8%
35 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
36 Salem Pond Park 4.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
37 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 13 57 22.8% 13.8%
38 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 26 133 19.5% 13.7%
39 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
40 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
41 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
42 Carpenter Park 5.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
43 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 35 209 16.7% 12.3%
44 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 29 171 17.0% 12.1%
45 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 112 817 13.7% 11.5%
46 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 12 68 17.6% 10.4%
47 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 14 89 15.7% 9.6%
48 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
49 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
51 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
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 25 251 10.0% 6.8%
55 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
56 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 29 338 8.6% 6.0%
58 Bond Park 2.7 13 145 9.0% 5.3%
59 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
60 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 111 9.0% 5.0%
61 Falls Lake 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
62 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
63 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
64 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 7 121 5.8% 2.8%
65 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
66 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
67 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
68 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
69 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
70 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
71 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
72 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
73 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 131 3.8% 1.6%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
75 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
76 Pullen Park 6.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
77 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
78 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
79 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
80 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
81 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 8 462 1.7% 0.9%
82 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
83 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
84 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
85 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 102 2.0% 0.5%
86 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 116 1.7% 0.5%
87 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 141 1.4% 0.4%
88 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
89 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
90 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
91 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 448 0.4% 0.1%
92 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 351 0.3% 0.1%