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Where to find Bufflehead in February
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 February. 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 97 104 93.3% 86.8%
2 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 110 132 83.3% 76.1%
3 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 16 18 88.9% 67.2%
4 Apex Community Park 3.7 101 137 73.7% 65.8%
5 Lake Lynn 7.7 78 107 72.9% 63.8%
6 Lake Raleigh 6.0 74 113 65.5% 56.3%
7 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
8 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
9 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 143 390 36.7% 32.0%
10 Lake Betz 7.3 77 208 37.0% 30.7%
11 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
12 Carpenter Park 5.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
13 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 16 38 42.1% 27.9%
14 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 38 109 34.9% 26.6%
15 Inwood Rd. 7.3 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
16 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 41 128 32.0% 24.6%
17 Salem Pond Park 4.5 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
18 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
19 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
20 Schenck Forest 3.6 53 194 27.3% 21.5%
21 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 21 68 30.9% 21.2%
22 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
23 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
24 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Lake Benson 11.9 22 74 29.7% 20.5%
26 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
27 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
28 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
29 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
30 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
31 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
32 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
33 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
34 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
35 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 14 72 19.4% 12.0%
36 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
37 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
38 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 64 437 14.6% 11.6%
39 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 20 117 17.1% 11.3%
40 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
41 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
44 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 59 510 11.6% 9.1%
45 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 81 14.8% 8.7%
46 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 12 91 13.2% 7.7%
47 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
48 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
49 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
50 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 72 11.1% 5.7%
51 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 11 110 10.0% 5.7%
52 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
53 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
54 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
55 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
56 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
57 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
58 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
59 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
60 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
61 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
62 Bond Park 2.7 5 137 3.6% 1.6%
63 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 104 3.8% 1.5%
64 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
65 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
66 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
67 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
68 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
69 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
70 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 8 327 2.4% 1.2%
71 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
72 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
73 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
74 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
75 White Deer Park 11.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
76 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
77 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
78 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 281 0.4% 0.1%