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 5.7 168 181 92.8% 88.1%
2 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 321 358 89.7% 86.1%
3 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 60 68 88.2% 78.5%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 110 146 75.3% 67.8%
5 Lake Betz 7.3 206 298 69.1% 63.7%
6 Bond Park 2.7 89 137 65.0% 56.7%
7 Lake Benson 11.9 77 122 63.1% 54.3%
8 Apex Community Park 3.7 136 243 56.0% 49.7%
9 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 45 75 60.0% 48.7%
10 Lake Raleigh 6.0 63 112 56.2% 47.0%
11 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
12 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 65 137 47.4% 39.3%
13 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 18 40 45.0% 30.7%
14 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 85 232 36.6% 30.7%
15 Schenck Forest 3.6 77 235 32.8% 27.1%
16 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
17 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 40 117 34.2% 26.2%
18 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 157 541 29.0% 25.4%
19 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 20 64 31.2% 21.2%
20 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Lake Wheeler 8.2 14 47 29.8% 18.7%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
23 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 33 174 19.0% 13.8%
24 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
25 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 25 192 13.0% 9.0%
26 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 12 85 14.1% 8.3%
27 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
28 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 9 71 12.7% 6.8%
29 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
30 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
31 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
32 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 11 158 7.0% 3.9%
34 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
35 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
36 Shelley Lake 8.1 7 110 6.4% 3.1%
37 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 99 6.1% 2.8%
38 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 123 5.7% 2.8%
39 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
40 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 10 231 4.3% 2.4%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
42 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
43 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 21 661 3.2% 2.1%
44 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 90 4.4% 1.7%
45 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
46 Pullen Park 6.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
47 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
48 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
49 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
50 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
51 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
52 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
53 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
54 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
55 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
56 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
57 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 130 2.3% 0.8%
58 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
59 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
60 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 98 1.0% 0.2%