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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 91 102 89.2% 81.7%
2 Lake Betz 7.3 147 177 83.1% 76.8%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 136 166 81.9% 75.4%
4 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
5 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 47 58 81.0% 69.1%
6 Lake Raleigh 6.0 63 99 63.6% 53.8%
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 51 86 59.3% 48.7%
10 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
11 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 22 37 59.5% 43.5%
12 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
13 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 21 36 58.3% 42.2%
14 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
15 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
16 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 129 347 37.2% 32.3%
17 Inwood Rd. 7.3 16 34 47.1% 31.5%
18 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
19 Lake Benson 11.9 36 94 38.3% 29.1%
20 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 38 108 35.2% 26.8%
21 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 122 441 27.7% 23.7%
22 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 19 55 34.5% 23.4%
23 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
24 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 51 178 28.7% 22.5%
25 Schenck Forest 3.6 40 137 29.2% 22.2%
26 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 25 86 29.1% 20.5%
28 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
29 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 53 218 24.3% 19.1%
30 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
31 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
32 Lake Wheeler 8.2 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
33 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
34 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
35 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 11 72 15.3% 8.8%
38 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 13 95 13.7% 8.2%
39 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 58 608 9.5% 7.5%
40 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
41 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
42 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 22 227 9.7% 6.5%
43 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
44 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
45 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
46 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
47 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 109 10.1% 5.7%
48 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
49 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
50 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
51 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 16 214 7.5% 4.7%
52 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
53 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 69 8.7% 4.0%
54 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
55 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
56 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
57 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
58 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
59 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 12 212 5.7% 3.3%
60 Bond Park 2.7 7 110 6.4% 3.1%
61 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
62 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
63 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
64 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
65 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
66 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 131 3.8% 1.6%
67 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
68 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
69 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
70 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
71 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
72 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
73 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
74 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
75 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
76 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
77 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
78 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
79 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
80 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
81 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
82 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
83 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 93 1.1% 0.2%