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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) 24.1 200 270 74.1% 68.5%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 87 150 58.0% 50.0%
3 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 29 60 48.3% 36.2%
5 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 34 82 41.5% 31.4%
7 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 97 264 36.7% 31.2%
8 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
9 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
10 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
11 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
12 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 41 121 33.9% 26.1%
13 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 173 629 27.5% 24.2%
14 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
15 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
16 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
17 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
18 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
20 Lake Raleigh 6.0 26 93 28.0% 19.9%
21 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
22 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 50 208 24.0% 18.7%
23 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
24 Lake Betz 7.3 52 261 19.9% 15.5%
25 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 17 72 23.6% 15.3%
26 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
27 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
28 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
29 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
30 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
31 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
32 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
33 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 14 65 21.5% 13.3%
34 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 55 334 16.5% 12.9%
35 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
36 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 89 617 14.4% 11.9%
37 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
38 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 13 69 18.8% 11.4%
39 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
40 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 23 147 15.6% 10.7%
41 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
42 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
43 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
44 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
45 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 61 515 11.8% 9.3%
46 Beaver Marsh 16.7 24 194 12.4% 8.5%
47 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
48 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 30 264 11.4% 8.1%
49 Falls Lake 15.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
50 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
51 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
52 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
53 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 30 283 10.6% 7.5%
54 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 41 424 9.7% 7.2%
55 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
56 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
57 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
58 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 35 387 9.0% 6.6%
59 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
60 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
61 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
62 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
63 Lake Benson 11.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
64 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 78 11.5% 6.2%
65 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
66 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
70 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
71 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 10 105 9.5% 5.3%
72 Schenck Forest 3.6 17 206 8.3% 5.2%
73 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 38 568 6.7% 4.9%
74 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
75 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
77 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
78 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
79 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
80 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
81 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 22 427 5.2% 3.4%
82 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
83 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
84 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
85 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
86 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
87 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
88 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 81 6.2% 2.7%
89 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
90 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
91 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
92 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
93 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
94 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
95 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
96 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
97 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
98 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
99 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
100 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
101 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
102 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
103 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
104 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
105 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
106 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
107 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
108 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
109 Wendell Park 22.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
110 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
111 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 94 3.2% 1.1%
112 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
113 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
114 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
115 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
116 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
117 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
118 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
119 Bond Park 2.7 3 182 1.6% 0.6%
120 White Deer Park 11.6 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
121 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
122 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
123 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
124 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
125 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 71 1.4% 0.2%