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Where to find Ruddy Duck in February
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Ruddy Duck 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 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 499 574 86.9% 83.9%
2 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 109 129 84.5% 77.3%
3 Lake Benson 11.9 132 166 79.5% 72.7%
4 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 23 27 85.2% 67.5%
5 Lake Lynn 7.7 139 189 73.5% 66.8%
6 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 52 71 73.2% 61.9%
7 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 48 73 65.8% 54.3%
8 Bond Park 2.7 113 187 60.4% 53.3%
9 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 63 104 60.6% 51.0%
10 Lake Raleigh 6.0 120 214 56.1% 49.4%
11 Apex Community Park 3.7 113 219 51.6% 45.0%
12 Lake Betz 7.3 176 364 48.4% 43.3%
13 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 90 191 47.1% 40.2%
14 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 121 287 42.2% 36.6%
15 South Point Mall Retention Pond 12.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 176 583 30.2% 26.6%
17 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
18 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 43 155 27.7% 21.3%
19 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
21 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 31 125 24.8% 18.1%
22 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 35 155 22.6% 16.7%
23 Schenck Forest 3.6 65 372 17.5% 14.0%
24 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
25 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
26 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 26 207 12.6% 8.7%
27 Shelley Lake 8.1 21 184 11.4% 7.6%
28 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 101 10.9% 6.2%
29 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
30 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
31 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 21 235 8.9% 5.9%
32 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
33 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
34 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 12 128 9.4% 5.4%
35 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 65 10.8% 5.3%
36 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
37 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
38 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
39 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
40 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
42 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
43 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
44 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
45 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
46 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 102 5.9% 2.7%
47 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
48 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
49 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 118 4.2% 1.8%
50 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 20 717 2.8% 1.8%
51 White Deer Park 11.6 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
52 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
53 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
54 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 110 3.6% 1.4%
55 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
56 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
57 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
58 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
59 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
60 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
61 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 4 512 0.8% 0.3%
62 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
63 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 95 1.1% 0.2%