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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 7.2 385 437 88.1% 84.7%
2 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 99 114 86.8% 79.4%
3 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 51 59 86.4% 75.5%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 92 127 72.4% 64.1%
5 Lake Benson 11.9 63 86 73.3% 63.1%
6 Bond Park 2.7 88 142 62.0% 53.8%
7 Lake Raleigh 6.0 106 177 59.9% 52.5%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 40 68 58.8% 47.0%
9 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
10 Apex Community Park 3.7 86 176 48.9% 41.6%
11 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 59 134 44.0% 35.9%
12 Lake Betz 7.3 98 240 40.8% 34.8%
13 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
14 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 159 496 32.1% 28.1%
15 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 58 171 33.9% 27.2%
16 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 36 146 24.7% 18.4%
17 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 28 122 23.0% 16.4%
18 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
19 Schenck Forest 3.6 39 208 18.8% 14.0%
20 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
21 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
22 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 15 129 11.6% 7.2%
24 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
25 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 99 11.1% 6.3%
26 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
27 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
28 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
29 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
30 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
31 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
32 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
33 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
34 Shelley Lake 8.1 9 135 6.7% 3.5%
35 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
36 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 85 5.9% 2.5%
37 White Deer Park 11.6 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
38 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
39 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 18 592 3.0% 1.9%
40 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
41 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
42 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
43 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 136 2.9% 1.1%
44 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
45 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
46 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
47 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
48 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
49 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 4 389 1.0% 0.4%
50 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 54 1.9% 0.3%