Bird Finder

Where to find Ruddy Duck in January
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 Ruddy Duck in January. 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 5.7 157 168 93.5% 88.7%
2 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 273 304 89.8% 85.9%
3 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 47 54 87.0% 75.6%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 90 115 78.3% 69.9%
5 Lake Betz 7.3 186 266 69.9% 64.2%
6 Bond Park 2.7 80 122 65.6% 56.8%
7 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
8 Lake Benson 11.9 64 102 62.7% 53.1%
9 Lake Raleigh 6.0 56 97 57.7% 47.8%
10 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 29 52 55.8% 42.3%
11 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 61 125 48.8% 40.2%
12 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 81 174 46.6% 39.3%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 76 208 36.5% 30.3%
14 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
15 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
16 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
17 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 152 509 29.9% 26.0%
18 Lake Wheeler 8.2 14 38 36.8% 23.4%
19 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Apex Community Park 3.7 21 85 24.7% 16.8%
21 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 30 167 18.0% 12.9%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
23 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 11 53 20.8% 12.0%
24 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 21 143 14.7% 9.8%
25 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 12 80 15.0% 8.8%
26 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
27 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
28 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 9 66 13.6% 7.3%
29 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
30 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 51 11.8% 5.5%
31 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 7 73 9.6% 4.7%
32 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 87 6.9% 3.2%
33 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
34 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
35 Shelley Lake 8.1 6 93 6.5% 3.0%
36 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 115 6.1% 3.0%
37 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
38 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
39 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 19 556 3.4% 2.2%
40 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 7 198 3.5% 1.7%
41 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
42 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
43 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
44 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
45 Pullen Park 6.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
46 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
47 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
48 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
49 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
50 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
51 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
52 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
53 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
54 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 105 1.0% 0.2%