Bird Finder

Where to find Ruddy Duck in December
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 December. 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.

• Click on a month in the bar chart to switch to that month.
• Click on a location to view its top birds.
• Click here to view a map on eBird.

Back to the Top Birds list

Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	325	347	93.7%	90.6%
2			Lake Lynn	7.7	144	166	86.7%	80.7%
3			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	33	36	91.7%	78.2%
4			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	85	102	83.3%	74.9%
5			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	15	18	83.3%	60.8%
6			Lake Raleigh	6.0	67	99	67.7%	58.0%
7			Lake Betz	7.3	112	177	63.3%	56.0%
8			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	44	65	67.7%	55.6%
9			Lake Benson	11.9	61	94	64.9%	54.8%
10			Bond Park	2.7	60	110	54.5%	45.2%
11			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
12			Apex Community Park	3.7	46	86	53.5%	43.0%
13			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	20	37	54.1%	38.4%
14			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	150	441	34.0%	29.7%
15			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	66	218	30.3%	24.6%
16			Schenck Forest	3.6	42	137	30.7%	23.6%
17			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	50	178	28.1%	22.0%
18			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	24	86	27.9%	19.5%
19			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	25	95	26.3%	18.5%
20			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	26	108	24.1%	17.0%
21			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	10	34	29.4%	16.8%
22			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	15	58	25.9%	16.3%
23			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	44	227	19.4%	14.8%
24			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
25			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
26			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
27			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
28			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
29			Lake Wheeler	8.2	8	49	16.3%	8.5%
30			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	24	214	11.2%	7.7%
31			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	6	39	15.4%	7.2%
32			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	13	109	11.9%	7.1%
33			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
34			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	6	47	12.8%	6.0%
35			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	8	73	11.0%	5.7%
36			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
37			Eden Lakes	23.7	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
38			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
39			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
40			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
41			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	5	69	7.2%	3.1%
42			Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
43			White Deer Park	11.6	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
44			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
45			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
46			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
47			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	16	608	2.6%	1.6%
48			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
49			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	3	75	4.0%	1.4%
50			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
51			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
52			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
53			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
54			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
55			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
56			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
57			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
58			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
59			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
60			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	1	46	2.2%	0.4%