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Where to find Mallard 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 Mallard 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			Lake Lynn	7.7	103	115	89.6%	82.6%
2			Lake Betz	7.3	231	266	86.8%	82.3%
3			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	49	53	92.5%	82.1%
4			Shelley Lake	8.1	83	93	89.2%	81.3%
5			Apex Community Park	3.7	74	85	87.1%	78.3%
6			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	46	52	88.5%	77.0%
7			Beaver Marsh	16.7	234	295	79.3%	74.3%
8			Bond Park	2.7	99	122	81.1%	73.3%
9			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	15	16	93.8%	71.7%
10			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	36	45	80.0%	66.2%
11			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	14	16	87.5%	64.0%
12			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	34	45	75.6%	61.3%
13			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	115	168	68.5%	61.1%
14			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	198	304	65.1%	59.6%
15			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	212	343	61.8%	56.6%
16			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	19	26	73.1%	53.9%
17			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
18			Eastgate Park	9.5	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
19			Lake Raleigh	6.0	59	97	60.8%	50.9%
20			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	101	174	58.0%	50.6%
21			Lake Wheeler	8.2	25	38	65.8%	49.9%
22			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	39	63	61.9%	49.6%
23			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	95	167	56.9%	49.3%
24			Hoffman Lake	2.4	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
25			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	33	54	61.1%	47.8%
26			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	80	143	55.9%	47.8%
27			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	261	509	51.3%	46.9%
28			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	32	53	60.4%	46.9%
29			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	42	73	57.5%	46.1%
30			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	45	79	57.0%	46.0%
31			Schenck Forest	3.6	106	208	51.0%	44.2%
32			Lake Benson	11.9	54	102	52.9%	43.3%
33			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	26	48	54.2%	40.3%
34			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	23	43	53.5%	38.9%
35			Cedar Hills Park	9.7	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
36			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
37			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
38			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
39			Carpenter Park	5.1	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
40			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	19	42	45.2%	31.2%
41			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	16	35	45.7%	30.5%
42			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
43			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
44			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	32	80	40.0%	30.0%
45			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
46			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	25	71	35.2%	25.1%
47			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	40	125	32.0%	24.5%
48			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
49			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	11	29	37.9%	22.7%
50			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	21	64	32.8%	22.6%
51			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
52			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
53			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
54			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
55			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
56			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
57			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
58			Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
59			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
60			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
61			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
62			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
63			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	32	115	27.8%	20.5%
64			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	19	66	28.8%	19.3%
65			Eden Lakes	23.7	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
66			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	50	255	19.6%	15.2%
67			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
68			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
69			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
70			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	17	84	20.2%	13.0%
71			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	8	33	24.2%	12.8%
72			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	25	136	18.4%	12.8%
73			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
74			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
75			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
76			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
77			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
78			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
79			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
80			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
81			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
82			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
83			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
84			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
85			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
86			Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
87			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
88			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
89			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
90			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
91			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
92			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	5	33	15.2%	6.7%
93			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
94			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	8	65	12.3%	6.4%
95			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
96			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
97			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
98			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
99			Inwood Rd.	7.3	8	71	11.3%	5.8%
100			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
101			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
102			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
103			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
104			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
105			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
106			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	23	345	6.7%	4.5%
107			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
108			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
109			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
110			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
111			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
112			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
113			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
114			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	5	61	8.2%	3.6%
115			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	8	116	6.9%	3.5%
116			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	12	198	6.1%	3.5%
117			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
118			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
119			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
120			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
121			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
122			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
123			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	24	556	4.3%	2.9%
124			Falls Lake	15.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
125			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	6	105	5.7%	2.6%
126			Fearrington Village	17.5	3	40	7.5%	2.6%
127			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
128			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
129			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
130			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
131			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
132			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
133			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
134			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
135			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	4	87	4.6%	1.8%
136			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
137			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
138			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
139			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
140			Pullen Park	6.6	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
141			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
142			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
143			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
144			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
145			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	2	63	3.2%	0.9%
146			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
147			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
148			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
149			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
150			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
151			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
152			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
153			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
154			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	78	1.3%	0.2%