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Where to find Ruddy Duck in November
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 November. 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 7.2 347 395 87.8% 84.3%
2 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 35 43 81.4% 67.4%
3 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 82 137 59.9% 51.5%
4 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 39 61 63.9% 51.4%
5 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 115 198 58.1% 51.1%
6 Lake Betz 7.3 114 202 56.4% 49.5%
7 Lake Lynn 7.7 91 160 56.9% 49.1%
8 Lake Raleigh 6.0 37 73 50.7% 39.5%
9 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
10 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 106 249 42.6% 36.6%
11 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 239 619 38.6% 34.9%
12 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 68 171 39.8% 32.7%
13 Bond Park 2.7 40 100 40.0% 30.9%
14 Lake Benson 11.9 25 59 42.4% 30.6%
15 Apex Community Park 3.7 26 64 40.6% 29.5%
16 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
17 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 106 395 26.8% 22.7%
18 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
19 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
20 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
21 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 13 56 23.2% 14.1%
22 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
23 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
24 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 19 94 20.2% 13.3%
25 Lake Wheeler 8.2 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
26 Schenck Forest 3.6 21 132 15.9% 10.6%
27 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 33 245 13.5% 9.8%
28 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 24 196 12.2% 8.4%
29 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
30 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 22 197 11.2% 7.5%
31 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 9 66 13.6% 7.3%
32 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
33 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
34 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
35 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
36 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
37 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
38 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
39 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
40 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
41 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
42 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
43 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
44 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
45 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
46 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
47 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
48 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 101 4.0% 1.6%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
50 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
51 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
52 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
53 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 106 2.8% 1.0%
54 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
55 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
56 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
57 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 10 746 1.3% 0.7%
58 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
59 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
60 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
61 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
62 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
63 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
64 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 133 1.5% 0.4%
65 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%