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Where to find Ruddy Duck in February
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 February. 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 7.2 354 390 90.8% 87.5%
2 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 92 104 88.5% 80.9%
3 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 30 37 81.1% 65.8%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 80 107 74.8% 65.8%
5 Lake Benson 11.9 53 74 71.6% 60.5%
6 Bond Park 2.7 84 137 61.3% 53.0%
7 Lake Raleigh 6.0 59 113 52.2% 43.1%
8 Lake Betz 7.3 94 208 45.2% 38.6%
9 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 58 128 45.3% 37.0%
10 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 50 109 45.9% 36.8%
11 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
12 Apex Community Park 3.7 59 137 43.1% 35.1%
13 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 22 47 46.8% 33.3%
14 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 150 437 34.3% 30.0%
15 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
16 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 26 110 23.6% 16.7%
17 Schenck Forest 3.6 38 194 19.6% 14.6%
18 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
19 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
20 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 26 132 19.7% 13.8%
21 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 13 73 17.8% 10.7%
22 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
23 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
25 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
26 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
28 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
29 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
30 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
31 Shelley Lake 8.1 9 104 8.7% 4.6%
32 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
33 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
34 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 6 85 7.1% 3.3%
35 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
36 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
37 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 81 6.2% 2.7%
38 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
39 White Deer Park 11.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
40 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
41 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 16 510 3.1% 1.9%
42 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
43 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 117 3.4% 1.3%
44 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
45 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
46 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
47 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
48 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 4 335 1.2% 0.5%
49 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 50 2.0% 0.4%