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Where to find Mallard in January
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

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 Betz 7.3 413 460 89.8% 86.7%
2 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 67 73 91.8% 83.2%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 157 182 86.3% 80.5%
4 Shelley Lake 8.1 136 158 86.1% 79.8%
5 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 105 124 84.7% 77.3%
6 Bond Park 2.7 130 158 82.3% 75.6%
7 Apex Community Park 3.7 211 269 78.4% 73.1%
8 Beaver Marsh 16.7 289 373 77.5% 73.0%
9 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
10 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 334 509 65.6% 61.4%
11 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 87 125 69.6% 61.1%
12 Lake Benson 11.9 127 187 67.9% 60.9%
13 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 333 516 64.5% 60.3%
14 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 59 84 70.2% 59.8%
15 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 130 201 64.7% 57.8%
16 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 44 63 69.8% 57.6%
17 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 224 358 62.6% 57.4%
18 Eastgate Park 9.5 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
19 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 36 53 67.9% 54.5%
20 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 84 134 62.7% 54.3%
21 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 171 287 59.6% 53.8%
22 Lake Raleigh 6.0 93 153 60.8% 52.9%
23 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 50 80 62.5% 51.5%
24 Lake Wheeler 8.2 38 60 63.3% 50.7%
25 Hoffman Lake 2.4 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
26 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 114 212 53.8% 47.1%
27 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 332 657 50.5% 46.7%
28 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 127 241 52.7% 46.4%
29 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 43 75 57.3% 46.1%
30 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 59 107 55.1% 45.7%
31 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 20 32 62.5% 45.3%
32 Schenck Forest 3.6 139 284 48.9% 43.2%
33 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 40 78 51.3% 40.4%
34 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 37 77 48.1% 37.3%
35 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 20 39 51.3% 36.2%
36 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
37 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
38 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
39 South Point Mall Retention Pond 12.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
40 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
41 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
42 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
43 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 39 93 41.9% 32.4%
44 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 18 45 40.0% 27.0%
45 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
46 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 52 38.5% 26.5%
47 Jack Marley Park 19.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
48 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
49 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 55 176 31.2% 24.9%
50 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 25 72 34.7% 24.8%
51 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
52 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
53 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
54 Carpenter Park 5.1 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
55 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
56 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 31 107 29.0% 21.2%
57 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
58 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
59 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 98 399 24.6% 20.6%
61 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 32 34.4% 20.4%
62 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
63 Eden Lakes 23.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
64 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
65 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
66 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 19 75 25.3% 16.9%
67 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
68 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land) 15.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
69 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 26 119 21.8% 15.4%
70 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
71 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 16 68 23.5% 15.0%
72 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
73 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 69 397 17.4% 14.0%
74 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 29 156 18.6% 13.3%
75 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
76 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
77 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
78 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
79 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
80 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 11 62 17.7% 10.2%
81 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
82 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
83 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
84 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
85 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
86 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
87 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
88 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
89 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
90 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
91 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
92 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
93 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
94 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 30 231 13.0% 9.3%
95 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 24 182 13.2% 9.0%
96 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
97 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
98 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
99 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
100 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 8 55 14.5% 7.6%
101 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
102 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 24 226 10.6% 7.2%
103 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
104 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
105 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
106 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
107 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
109 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
112 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
113 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 35 493 7.1% 5.1%
114 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
115 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
116 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
117 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
118 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
119 Inwood Rd. 7.3 8 95 8.4% 4.3%
120 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
121 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 9 116 7.8% 4.1%
122 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
123 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
124 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
125 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
126 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
127 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
128 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
129 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
130 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
131 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
132 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
133 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
134 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 11 194 5.7% 3.2%
135 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
136 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
137 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
138 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
139 Wendell Park 22.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
140 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
141 Falls Lake 15.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
142 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
143 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
144 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
145 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
146 Downtown Cary Park 0.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
147 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
148 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
149 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 29 925 3.1% 2.2%
150 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
151 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
152 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
153 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
154 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
155 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
156 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
157 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
158 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 123 3.3% 1.3%
159 Pullen Park 6.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
160 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
161 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 182 2.7% 1.2%
162 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 5 196 2.6% 1.1%
163 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
164 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
165 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
166 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
167 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
168 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
169 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
170 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
171 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
172 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
173 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
174 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
175 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
176 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
177 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
178 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 123 0.8% 0.1%