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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 5.7 180 196 91.8% 87.2%
2 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 391 436 89.7% 86.5%
3 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 62 70 88.6% 79.0%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 125 164 76.2% 69.2%
5 Lake Betz 7.3 239 346 69.1% 64.0%
6 Lake Benson 11.9 103 150 68.7% 60.9%
7 Bond Park 2.7 94 145 64.8% 56.8%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 57 89 64.0% 53.7%
9 Lake Raleigh 6.0 81 135 60.0% 51.6%
10 Apex Community Park 3.7 147 257 57.2% 51.1%
11 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
12 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 140 302 46.4% 40.8%
13 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 71 175 40.6% 33.6%
14 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 26 57 45.6% 33.4%
15 Schenck Forest 3.6 81 250 32.4% 26.9%
16 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 41 121 33.9% 26.1%
17 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 173 593 29.2% 25.7%
18 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
19 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 21 70 30.0% 20.5%
20 Lake Wheeler 8.2 14 50 28.0% 17.5%
21 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
22 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 35 190 18.4% 13.6%
23 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
24 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 12 87 13.8% 8.1%
26 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 28 251 11.2% 7.8%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 36 338 10.7% 7.8%
28 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 8 60 13.3% 6.9%
29 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 9 73 12.3% 6.6%
30 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
31 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
32 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 12 169 7.1% 4.1%
33 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 12 171 7.0% 4.1%
34 Shelley Lake 8.1 9 131 6.9% 3.7%
35 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 77 7.8% 3.6%
36 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
37 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 133 6.0% 3.1%
38 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
39 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
40 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
41 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
42 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
43 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
44 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 111 5.4% 2.5%
45 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 22 817 2.7% 1.8%
46 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
47 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 116 3.4% 1.3%
48 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
49 Pullen Park 6.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
50 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
51 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
52 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
53 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
54 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
55 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
56 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
57 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
58 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
59 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
60 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
61 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 141 1.4% 0.4%
62 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
63 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 102 1.0% 0.2%