Bird Finder

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 7.2 295 336 87.8% 83.9%
2 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 34 42 81.0% 66.7%
3 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 78 129 60.5% 51.8%
4 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 26 41 63.4% 48.1%
5 Lake Betz 7.3 94 174 54.0% 46.6%
6 Lake Lynn 7.7 71 131 54.2% 45.7%
7 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 47 93 50.5% 40.6%
8 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
9 Lake Raleigh 6.0 28 59 47.5% 35.3%
10 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 155 428 36.2% 31.8%
11 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 66 171 38.6% 31.6%
12 Bond Park 2.7 34 91 37.4% 28.1%
13 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
14 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
15 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 36 114 31.6% 23.8%
16 Lake Benson 11.9 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
17 Apex Community Park 3.7 15 46 32.6% 20.9%
18 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
19 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
20 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
21 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 43 245 17.6% 13.3%
23 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
24 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
25 Schenck Forest 3.6 20 116 17.2% 11.4%
26 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
27 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 22 161 13.7% 9.2%
28 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 24 192 12.5% 8.5%
29 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
30 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 18 174 10.3% 6.6%
31 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 8 63 12.7% 6.6%
32 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
33 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
34 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 65 9.2% 4.3%
35 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
36 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
37 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
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 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
41 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
42 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
43 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
44 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
45 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
46 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
47 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
48 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
49 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
50 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
51 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
52 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
53 Shelley Lake 8.1 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
54 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
55 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 8 652 1.2% 0.6%
56 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
57 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
58 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
59 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
60 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
61 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 47 2.1% 0.4%