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Where to find Wood Duck in October
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 Wood Duck in October. 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 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
2 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 28 56 50.0% 37.3%
3 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
4 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 41 92 44.6% 34.8%
5 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 26 55 47.3% 34.7%
6 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 64 152 42.1% 34.5%
7 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
8 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
9 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
10 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
11 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
12 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
14 Apex Community Park 3.7 19 69 27.5% 18.4%
15 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 13 47 27.7% 16.9%
16 Lake Raleigh 6.0 16 71 22.5% 14.4%
17 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 10 42 23.8% 13.5%
18 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
19 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
20 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 18 114 15.8% 10.2%
21 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
22 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
27 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
28 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
29 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 15 104 14.4% 8.9%
30 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
31 Lake Betz 7.3 23 177 13.0% 8.8%
32 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 49 439 11.2% 8.5%
33 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
34 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 12 84 14.3% 8.4%
35 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
36 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
37 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
38 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
39 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 15 175 8.6% 5.3%
40 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
41 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 25 358 7.0% 4.8%
42 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 23 369 6.2% 4.2%
43 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 12 167 7.2% 4.2%
44 Beaver Marsh 16.7 11 165 6.7% 3.8%
45 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
46 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 8 111 7.2% 3.7%
47 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
48 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
49 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
50 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
51 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 97 6.2% 2.9%
52 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
53 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
54 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
55 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
56 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
57 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
58 Bond Park 2.7 8 195 4.1% 2.1%
59 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 21 680 3.1% 2.0%
60 Lake Benson 11.9 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
61 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 14 443 3.2% 1.9%
62 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
63 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
64 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
65 Schenck Forest 3.6 7 207 3.4% 1.6%
66 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
67 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
68 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
69 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
70 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
71 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
72 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
73 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 88 3.4% 1.2%
74 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
75 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
76 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 5 203 2.5% 1.1%
77 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
78 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
79 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 6 294 2.0% 0.9%
80 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
81 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 117 2.6% 0.9%
82 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
83 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
84 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
85 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
86 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
87 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
88 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
89 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
90 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 3 176 1.7% 0.6%
91 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
92 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
93 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 201 1.5% 0.5%
94 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
95 Lake Lynn 7.7 7 734 1.0% 0.5%
96 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
97 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
98 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
99 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
100 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
101 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
102 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 888 0.7% 0.3%
103 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 3 446 0.7% 0.2%
104 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
105 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
106 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
107 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 1 162 0.6% 0.1%