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.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 285 306 93.1% 89.7%
2 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 31 33 93.9% 80.4%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 118 138 85.5% 78.7%
4 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 77 93 82.8% 73.9%
5 Lake Betz 7.3 93 138 67.4% 59.2%
6 Lake Raleigh 6.0 60 89 67.4% 57.1%
7 Lake Benson 11.9 47 72 65.3% 53.8%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 38 57 66.7% 53.7%
9 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
10 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
11 Bond Park 2.7 52 97 53.6% 43.7%
12 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
13 Apex Community Park 3.7 31 70 44.3% 33.2%
14 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 131 384 34.1% 29.6%
15 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 22 59 37.3% 26.1%
16 Schenck Forest 3.6 40 123 32.5% 24.9%
17 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 52 173 30.1% 23.7%
18 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 42 156 26.9% 20.6%
19 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
20 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 51 29.4% 18.7%
21 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 24 102 23.5% 16.4%
22 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
23 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
24 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
25 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 21 130 16.2% 10.8%
26 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
27 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 23 167 13.8% 9.4%
28 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
29 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
30 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 13 104 12.5% 7.5%
31 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
32 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 8 60 13.3% 6.9%
33 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
34 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
35 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
36 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
37 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
38 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
39 White Deer Park 11.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
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 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
42 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
43 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
44 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
45 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 16 498 3.2% 2.0%
46 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
47 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
48 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
49 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
50 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
51 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
52 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
53 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
54 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
55 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
56 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%