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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 5.7 107 114 93.9% 87.9%
2 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 121 146 82.9% 75.9%
3 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 17 19 89.5% 68.6%
4 Lake Raleigh 6.0 126 177 71.2% 64.1%
5 Lake Lynn 7.7 88 127 69.3% 60.8%
6 Apex Community Park 3.7 116 176 65.9% 58.6%
7 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
8 Lake Betz 7.3 101 240 42.1% 36.0%
9 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 67 171 39.2% 32.2%
11 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 156 437 35.7% 31.3%
12 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
13 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 49 134 36.6% 28.9%
14 Lake Benson 11.9 31 86 36.0% 26.7%
15 Salem Pond Park 4.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
16 Carpenter Park 5.1 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
17 Inwood Rd. 7.3 18 49 36.7% 24.7%
18 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
19 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 16 46 34.8% 22.7%
20 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
21 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
22 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Schenck Forest 3.6 53 208 25.5% 20.0%
24 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 23 80 28.7% 20.0%
25 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
26 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
27 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
28 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
29 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 16 68 23.5% 15.0%
30 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
31 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
32 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 73 496 14.7% 11.9%
33 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
34 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 59 18.6% 10.7%
35 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 21 136 15.4% 10.3%
37 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 74 592 12.5% 10.1%
38 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
39 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
40 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 9 52 17.3% 9.4%
41 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
42 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 85 14.1% 8.3%
43 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 17 135 12.6% 8.0%
44 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
45 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 12 96 12.5% 7.3%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 9 67 13.4% 7.2%
47 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 14 122 11.5% 7.0%
48 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
49 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 79 10.1% 5.2%
50 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
51 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
52 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
53 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
54 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
55 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
56 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
57 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
58 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
59 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
60 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
61 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 6 129 4.7% 2.1%
62 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
63 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
64 Bond Park 2.7 5 142 3.5% 1.5%
65 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
66 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
67 White Deer Park 11.6 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
68 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
69 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
70 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
71 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
72 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
73 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 135 3.0% 1.2%
74 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
75 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 8 382 2.1% 1.1%
76 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
77 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
78 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
79 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
80 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
81 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
82 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 295 0.3% 0.1%