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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 5.7 152 196 77.6% 71.2%
2 Apex Community Park 3.7 135 257 52.5% 46.4%
3 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
4 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 90 175 51.4% 44.1%
5 Salem Pond Park 4.5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
6 Lake Benson 11.9 55 150 36.7% 29.4%
7 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 185 593 31.2% 27.6%
8 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 132 436 30.3% 26.2%
9 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 40 121 33.1% 25.3%
10 Lake Raleigh 6.0 44 135 32.6% 25.3%
11 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 24 70 34.3% 24.2%
12 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 50 190 26.3% 20.6%
14 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
15 Eden Lakes 23.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
16 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
17 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
18 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 45 251 17.9% 13.7%
19 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
20 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
21 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 46 302 15.2% 11.6%
22 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
23 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
24 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Lake Betz 7.3 36 346 10.4% 7.6%
26 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
27 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 87 11.5% 6.4%
28 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
29 Schenck Forest 3.6 22 250 8.8% 5.9%
30 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 15 171 8.8% 5.4%
31 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 7 70 10.0% 4.9%
32 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
33 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
34 Bond Park 2.7 9 145 6.2% 3.3%
35 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
36 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 73 6.8% 3.0%
37 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
38 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
39 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
40 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 13 338 3.8% 2.3%
41 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 102 4.9% 2.1%
42 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
43 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 8 209 3.8% 2.0%
44 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
45 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 5 133 3.8% 1.6%
46 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
47 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 111 3.6% 1.4%
48 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
49 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 89 3.4% 1.2%
50 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
51 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
52 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
53 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
54 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
55 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
56 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
57 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
58 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 4 184 2.2% 0.8%
59 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
60 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 131 2.3% 0.8%
61 Lake Lynn 7.7 3 164 1.8% 0.6%
62 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
63 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
64 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
65 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 116 1.7% 0.5%
66 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
67 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 169 1.2% 0.3%
68 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 3 462 0.6% 0.2%
69 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 3 817 0.4% 0.1%