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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%