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Where to find Ring-necked Duck in January
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 Ring-necked Duck in January. 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 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 133 168 79.2% 72.4%
2 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 69 125 55.2% 46.5%
3 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
4 Salem Pond Park 4.5 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
5 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 174 509 34.2% 30.2%
6 Lake Raleigh 6.0 38 97 39.2% 30.1%
7 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 44 143 30.8% 23.8%
8 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 85 304 28.0% 23.2%
9 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 47 167 28.1% 21.9%
10 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
11 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 Lake Benson 11.9 24 102 23.5% 16.4%
13 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
14 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 13 53 24.5% 14.9%
15 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
16 Apex Community Park 3.7 18 85 21.2% 13.8%
17 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
18 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
19 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
20 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
21 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
22 Lake Betz 7.3 35 266 13.2% 9.6%
23 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 15 105 14.3% 8.9%
24 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
25 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 80 12.5% 6.9%
26 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
27 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
28 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
29 Schenck Forest 3.6 16 208 7.7% 4.8%
30 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
31 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
32 Bond Park 2.7 8 122 6.6% 3.4%
33 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 66 7.6% 3.3%
34 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
35 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
36 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
37 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
38 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
39 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
40 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 87 4.6% 1.8%
41 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
42 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
43 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
44 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 6 174 3.4% 1.6%
45 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
46 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 115 3.5% 1.4%
47 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 4 116 3.4% 1.3%
48 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
49 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
50 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
51 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 93 3.2% 1.1%
52 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
53 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
54 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
55 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
56 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 198 1.5% 0.5%
58 Lake Lynn 7.7 2 115 1.7% 0.5%
59 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 3 345 0.9% 0.3%
60 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
62 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 2 556 0.4% 0.1%