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Where to find Wood Duck in May
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 May. 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) 24.1 337 450 74.9% 70.7%
2 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
3 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 101 199 50.8% 43.9%
4 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 41 79 51.9% 41.1%
5 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 131 314 41.7% 36.4%
6 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
7 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 36 86 41.9% 32.0%
8 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
9 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
10 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 42 129 32.6% 25.1%
11 Lake Raleigh 6.0 39 119 32.8% 25.0%
12 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
13 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
14 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
15 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 190 755 25.2% 22.2%
16 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
17 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
18 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
19 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
21 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 55 233 23.6% 18.6%
22 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
23 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 78 384 20.3% 16.6%
24 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
25 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
26 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
27 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
28 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
29 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
30 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
31 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
32 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
33 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
34 Lake Betz 7.3 54 285 18.9% 14.8%
35 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 17 76 22.4% 14.5%
36 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
37 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 15 70 21.4% 13.4%
38 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 16 76 21.1% 13.4%
39 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
40 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 96 680 14.1% 11.7%
41 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 14 75 18.7% 11.5%
42 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
43 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
44 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 23 152 15.1% 10.3%
45 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
46 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 78 624 12.5% 10.1%
47 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 64 513 12.5% 9.9%
48 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 11 70 15.7% 9.0%
49 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
50 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
51 Beaver Marsh 16.7 24 199 12.1% 8.2%
52 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 34 309 11.0% 8.0%
53 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
54 Falls Lake 15.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
55 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 8 57 14.0% 7.3%
56 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 30 300 10.0% 7.1%
57 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
58 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
59 Lake Benson 11.9 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
60 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
61 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
62 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
66 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
67 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
68 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
69 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 13 144 9.0% 5.4%
70 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 92 9.8% 5.2%
71 Schenck Forest 3.6 17 216 7.9% 5.0%
72 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 41 616 6.7% 4.9%
73 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
74 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
75 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 40 676 5.9% 4.4%
76 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 5 57 8.8% 3.8%
77 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 26 489 5.3% 3.7%
78 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
79 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
80 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
81 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
82 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
83 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
84 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 7 107 6.5% 3.2%
85 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
86 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
87 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
88 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
89 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 74 6.8% 2.9%
90 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
91 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
92 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
93 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
94 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
95 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
96 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
97 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
98 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
99 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
100 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
101 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
102 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
103 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
104 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
105 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
106 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
107 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
108 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
109 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
110 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
111 Wendell Park 22.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
112 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
113 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 4 139 2.9% 1.1%
114 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
115 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
116 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
117 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
118 White Deer Park 11.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
119 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
120 Bond Park 2.7 4 199 2.0% 0.8%
121 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
122 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
123 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
124 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
125 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 101 2.0% 0.5%
126 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
127 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
128 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
129 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
130 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
131 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
132 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 89 1.1% 0.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.