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Where to find Ruddy Duck in December
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 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 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 377 403 93.5% 90.7%
2 Lake Lynn 7.7 156 181 86.2% 80.4%
3 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 90 109 82.6% 74.4%
4 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 33 41 80.5% 66.0%
5 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
6 Lake Raleigh 6.0 71 106 67.0% 57.6%
7 Lake Betz 7.3 147 234 62.8% 56.5%
8 Lake Benson 11.9 79 122 64.8% 55.9%
9 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 50 81 61.7% 50.8%
10 Apex Community Park 3.7 62 105 59.0% 49.5%
11 Bond Park 2.7 74 133 55.6% 47.2%
12 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 34 65 52.3% 40.4%
14 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
15 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 53 133 39.8% 31.9%
16 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 85 239 35.6% 29.8%
17 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 169 506 33.4% 29.4%
18 Schenck Forest 3.6 49 153 32.0% 25.2%
19 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 73 257 28.4% 23.2%
20 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 36 127 28.3% 21.2%
21 South Point Mall Retention Pond 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
23 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 27 104 26.0% 18.5%
24 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 65 293 22.2% 17.8%
25 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
26 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
27 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
28 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
29 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
30 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 31 263 11.8% 8.4%
31 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
32 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 13 111 11.7% 7.0%
33 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
34 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
35 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
36 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 8 77 10.4% 5.4%
37 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
38 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
39 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land) 15.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
40 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
41 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
42 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
43 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 73 6.8% 3.0%
44 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
45 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
46 Shelley Lake 8.1 7 156 4.5% 2.2%
47 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
48 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
49 White Deer Park 11.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
50 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
51 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
52 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 90 4.4% 1.7%
53 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
54 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 16 657 2.4% 1.5%
55 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
56 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
57 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
58 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
59 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
60 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
61 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 170 2.4% 0.9%
62 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
63 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
64 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
65 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
66 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
67 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 41 2.4% 0.4%