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Where to find Wood 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 Wood 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 82 135 60.7% 52.3%
2 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 30 54 55.6% 42.4%
3 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
4 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
5 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
6 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 36 99 36.4% 27.6%
7 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 23 60 38.3% 27.1%
8 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
9 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
10 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
11 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
12 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
14 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
15 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
21 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
22 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 28 122 23.0% 16.4%
23 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 74 389 19.0% 15.4%
24 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
25 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
26 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 21 114 18.4% 12.4%
27 Lake Raleigh 6.0 30 177 16.9% 12.1%
28 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 15 80 18.8% 11.7%
29 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 17 96 17.7% 11.4%
30 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
31 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
32 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 45 323 13.9% 10.6%
33 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
34 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 56 437 12.8% 10.0%
35 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
36 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 13 85 15.3% 9.2%
40 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 17 132 12.9% 8.2%
41 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
42 Lake Benson 11.9 11 86 12.8% 7.3%
43 Wendell Park 22.6 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
44 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
45 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
46 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
47 Lake Betz 7.3 21 240 8.8% 5.8%
48 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
49 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 8 73 11.0% 5.7%
50 Beaver Marsh 16.7 24 295 8.1% 5.5%
51 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 15 176 8.5% 5.2%
52 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
53 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 6 59 10.2% 4.7%
54 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
55 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
56 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 7 74 9.5% 4.7%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
58 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
59 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
60 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
61 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
62 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
63 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
64 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
65 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
66 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
67 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
68 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
69 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
70 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
71 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
72 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
73 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
74 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
75 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
76 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 17 496 3.4% 2.2%
77 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
78 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 19 592 3.2% 2.1%
79 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
80 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
81 Schenck Forest 3.6 8 208 3.8% 2.0%
82 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
83 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
84 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
85 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
86 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
87 Northgate Park 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
88 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
89 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
90 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 134 3.0% 1.2%
91 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
92 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
93 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
94 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
95 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
96 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
97 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 4 171 2.3% 0.9%
98 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 176 2.3% 0.9%
99 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
100 Ritter Park 4.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
101 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
102 Bond Park 2.7 3 142 2.1% 0.7%
103 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
104 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
105 White Deer Park 11.6 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
106 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
107 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
108 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
109 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
110 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
111 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
112 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
113 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 2 382 0.5% 0.1%
114 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 136 0.7% 0.1%