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Where to find Wood Duck in April
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 April. 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 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 95 143 66.4% 58.4%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 161 268 60.1% 54.1%
3 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
4 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 79 139 56.8% 48.5%
5 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
6 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 66 134 49.3% 40.9%
7 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
8 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
9 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 53 115 46.1% 37.3%
10 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
11 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
12 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
13 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
14 Wendell Park 22.6 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
15 Lake Raleigh 6.0 55 158 34.8% 27.8%
16 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
17 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
18 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 41 120 34.2% 26.3%
19 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 64 199 32.2% 26.1%
20 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
21 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
22 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
23 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 261 984 26.5% 23.9%
24 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
25 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
26 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
28 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 146 628 23.2% 20.1%
29 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 12 37 32.4% 19.6%
30 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
31 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
32 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 17 61 27.9% 18.2%
33 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 85 390 21.8% 18.0%
34 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 50 238 21.0% 16.3%
35 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 11 40 27.5% 16.1%
36 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 26 116 22.4% 15.8%
37 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
38 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 150 899 16.7% 14.4%
39 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 14 61 23.0% 14.2%
40 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 14 61 23.0% 14.2%
41 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
42 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
43 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
44 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
45 Lake Betz 7.3 58 355 16.3% 12.9%
46 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
47 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
48 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 14 71 19.7% 12.1%
49 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
50 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
51 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
52 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
53 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
54 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
55 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
56 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
57 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 11 59 18.6% 10.7%
58 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 17 102 16.7% 10.7%
59 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
60 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 16 105 15.2% 9.6%
61 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 17 114 14.9% 9.5%
62 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
65 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 67 603 11.1% 8.8%
66 Beaver Marsh 16.7 39 330 11.8% 8.8%
67 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 12 84 14.3% 8.4%
68 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
69 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
70 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
71 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
72 Lake Benson 11.9 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
73 Inwood Rd. 7.3 14 113 12.4% 7.5%
74 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
75 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 53 592 9.0% 6.9%
76 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 18 173 10.4% 6.7%
77 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 13 122 10.7% 6.3%
78 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
79 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
80 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
81 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
82 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 12 118 10.2% 5.9%
83 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 6 54 11.1% 5.2%
84 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
85 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 16 195 8.2% 5.1%
86 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
87 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
88 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 29 435 6.7% 4.7%
89 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
90 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
91 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
92 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 9 108 8.3% 4.4%
93 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 69 8.7% 4.0%
94 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
95 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
96 Schenck Forest 3.6 18 295 6.1% 3.9%
97 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
98 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
99 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
100 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
101 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
102 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
103 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
104 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
105 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 102 5.9% 2.7%
106 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 24 597 4.0% 2.7%
107 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
108 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
109 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 15 356 4.2% 2.6%
110 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
111 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 6 121 5.0% 2.3%
112 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
113 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
114 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
115 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
116 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
117 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
118 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
119 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
120 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
121 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
122 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
123 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
124 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
125 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
126 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
127 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
128 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
129 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
130 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
131 Lake Lynn 7.7 5 266 1.9% 0.8%
132 White Deer Park 11.6 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
133 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
134 Bond Park 2.7 4 217 1.8% 0.7%
135 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
136 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
137 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
138 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
139 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
140 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
141 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
142 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 142 1.4% 0.4%
143 Shelley Lake 8.1 2 143 1.4% 0.4%
144 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
145 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
146 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
147 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
148 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
149 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
150 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
151 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
152 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
153 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
154 Ritter Park 4.3 1 132 0.8% 0.1%
155 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 139 0.7% 0.1%
156 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 156 0.6% 0.1%