Bird Finder

Where to find Bufflehead in December
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 December. 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 84 93 90.3% 82.6%
2 Lake Betz 7.3 114 138 82.6% 75.4%
3 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 109 138 79.0% 71.4%
5 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 41 51 80.4% 67.5%
6 Lake Raleigh 6.0 57 89 64.0% 53.7%
7 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
8 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
9 Apex Community Park 3.7 40 70 57.1% 45.5%
10 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 20 33 60.6% 43.7%
11 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
12 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
13 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
14 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
15 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 119 306 38.9% 33.6%
16 Inwood Rd. 7.3 16 34 47.1% 31.5%
17 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 37 102 36.3% 27.6%
18 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 19 52 36.5% 24.8%
19 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 21 59 35.6% 24.6%
20 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 110 384 28.6% 24.4%
21 Schenck Forest 3.6 39 123 31.7% 24.1%
22 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
23 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 44 156 28.2% 21.7%
24 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
25 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Lake Benson 11.9 21 72 29.2% 19.9%
28 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 14 47 29.8% 18.7%
29 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
30 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
31 Lake Wheeler 8.2 12 45 26.7% 16.0%
32 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 37 173 21.4% 15.9%
33 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
34 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
35 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
36 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
37 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
38 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 58 498 11.6% 9.1%
40 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 9 60 15.0% 8.1%
42 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 8 58 13.8% 7.2%
43 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
44 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 14 130 10.8% 6.5%
45 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
46 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 104 10.6% 6.0%
47 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
48 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 15 167 9.0% 5.5%
49 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
50 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
51 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
52 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
53 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 12 188 6.4% 3.7%
54 Bond Park 2.7 7 97 7.2% 3.5%
55 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
56 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
57 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
58 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
59 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
60 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
61 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
62 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
63 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
64 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 109 4.6% 2.0%
65 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
66 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
67 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
68 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
69 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
70 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
71 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
72 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
73 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
74 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
75 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
76 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
77 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
78 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
79 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 78 1.3% 0.2%