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Where to find Ruddy Duck in March
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 March. 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 7.2 506 649 78.0% 74.6%
2 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 51 68 75.0% 63.6%
3 Bond Park 2.7 126 179 70.4% 63.3%
4 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 83 119 69.7% 61.0%
5 Lake Lynn 7.7 118 182 64.8% 57.7%
6 Lake Benson 11.9 46 71 64.8% 53.2%
7 Lake Raleigh 6.0 64 131 48.9% 40.5%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 40 79 50.6% 39.8%
9 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
10 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 164 524 31.3% 27.5%
11 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 21 56 37.5% 26.0%
12 Apex Community Park 3.7 43 129 33.3% 25.8%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 55 194 28.4% 22.5%
14 Lake Betz 7.3 77 285 27.0% 22.2%
15 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
16 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 47 174 27.0% 21.0%
17 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 63 252 25.0% 20.1%
19 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
20 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
21 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
22 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
23 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 59 11.9% 5.9%
24 Shelley Lake 8.1 12 125 9.6% 5.6%
25 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 10 118 8.5% 4.7%
26 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 8 118 6.8% 3.5%
28 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
29 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
30 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
31 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
32 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
33 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
34 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 3 82 3.7% 1.3%
35 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 86 3.5% 1.2%
36 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
37 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
38 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
39 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 8 428 1.9% 1.0%
40 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
41 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
42 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
43 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 169 1.8% 0.6%
44 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
45 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
46 Ritter Park 4.3 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
47 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
48 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
49 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
50 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 118 0.8% 0.1%