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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 5.7 143 181 79.0% 72.5%
2 Apex Community Park 3.7 130 243 53.5% 47.2%
3 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
4 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 73 137 53.3% 45.0%
5 Salem Pond Park 4.5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
6 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 125 358 34.9% 30.2%
7 Lake Raleigh 6.0 42 112 37.5% 29.1%
8 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 176 541 32.5% 28.7%
9 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 40 117 34.2% 26.2%
10 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 21 64 32.8% 22.6%
11 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
12 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 47 174 27.0% 21.0%
13 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
14 Lake Benson 11.9 32 122 26.2% 19.2%
15 Eden Lakes 23.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
16 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 45 192 23.4% 18.0%
17 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
18 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
19 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
20 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
21 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
22 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
24 Lake Betz 7.3 36 298 12.1% 8.9%
25 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 15 130 11.5% 7.1%
26 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
27 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 85 11.8% 6.5%
28 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 7 68 10.3% 5.1%
29 Schenck Forest 3.6 17 235 7.2% 4.6%
30 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
31 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
32 Bond Park 2.7 9 137 6.6% 3.5%
33 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
34 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
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 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 87 5.7% 2.5%
38 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
39 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
40 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
41 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 7 189 3.7% 1.8%
42 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 99 4.0% 1.6%
43 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
44 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
45 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
46 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
47 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 123 3.3% 1.3%
48 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 6 232 2.6% 1.2%
49 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
50 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
51 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
52 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 110 2.7% 0.9%
53 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 4 174 2.3% 0.9%
54 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
55 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
56 Lake Lynn 7.7 3 146 2.1% 0.7%
57 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
58 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
59 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
60 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 231 1.3% 0.4%
61 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
62 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 158 1.3% 0.3%
63 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 3 413 0.7% 0.2%
64 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
65 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 3 661 0.5% 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.