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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 Betz 7.3 262 298 87.9% 83.7%
2 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 58 64 90.6% 81.0%
3 Shelley Lake 8.1 95 110 86.4% 78.7%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 123 146 84.2% 77.5%
5 Beaver Marsh 16.7 257 322 79.8% 75.1%
6 Bond Park 2.7 110 137 80.3% 72.8%
7 Apex Community Park 3.7 190 243 78.2% 72.6%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 62 75 82.7% 72.6%
9 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 16 18 88.9% 67.2%
10 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 41 55 74.5% 61.7%
11 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 82 117 70.1% 61.3%
12 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 237 358 66.2% 61.2%
13 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 121 181 66.9% 59.7%
14 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 252 401 62.8% 58.0%
15 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 61 90 67.8% 57.6%
16 Eastgate Park 9.5 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
17 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 28 40 70.0% 54.6%
18 Lake Wheeler 8.2 32 47 68.1% 53.8%
19 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 139 232 59.9% 53.5%
20 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 42 64 65.6% 53.4%
21 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 34 51 66.7% 53.0%
22 Lake Raleigh 6.0 67 112 59.8% 50.6%
23 Hoffman Lake 2.4 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
24 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 51 87 58.6% 48.1%
25 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 96 174 55.2% 47.8%
26 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 105 192 54.7% 47.6%
27 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 269 541 49.7% 45.5%
28 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 39 68 57.4% 45.5%
29 Lake Benson 11.9 66 122 54.1% 45.3%
30 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 29 50 58.0% 44.2%
31 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 20 33 60.6% 43.7%
32 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 33 59 55.9% 43.3%
33 Schenck Forest 3.6 113 235 48.1% 41.8%
34 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
35 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
36 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
37 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
38 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
39 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
40 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
41 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
42 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 34 85 40.0% 30.2%
43 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
44 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
45 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 46 137 33.6% 26.2%
46 Carpenter Park 5.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
47 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
48 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
49 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 23 67 34.3% 24.1%
50 Jack Marley Park 19.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
51 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 26 81 32.1% 22.9%
52 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 88 327 26.9% 22.4%
53 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
54 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
55 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
56 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
59 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
62 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 26 91 28.6% 20.3%
63 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
64 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 33 123 26.8% 19.8%
65 Eden Lakes 23.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
66 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 19 71 26.8% 17.9%
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 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
70 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
71 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
72 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
73 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 25 141 17.7% 12.3%
74 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
75 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
76 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
77 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
78 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
79 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 27 189 14.3% 10.0%
80 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
81 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
82 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 8 44 18.2% 9.5%
83 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
86 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
87 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
88 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
89 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
90 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 20 158 12.7% 8.3%
91 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
92 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
93 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
94 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
95 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
96 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
97 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
98 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
99 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
100 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
101 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
103 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 34 413 8.2% 6.0%
104 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
105 Inwood Rd. 7.3 8 73 11.0% 5.7%
106 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
107 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
108 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
109 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
110 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 16 231 6.9% 4.3%
111 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
112 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
113 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 72 8.3% 3.9%
114 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
115 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
116 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
117 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
118 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
119 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
120 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
121 Wendell Park 22.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
122 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
123 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
124 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
125 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
127 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
128 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 26 661 3.9% 2.7%
129 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
130 Falls Lake 15.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
131 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
133 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
134 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
135 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 6 130 4.6% 2.1%
136 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
137 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
138 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
139 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
140 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
141 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
142 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 99 4.0% 1.6%
143 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
144 Pullen Park 6.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
145 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
146 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 174 2.9% 1.2%
147 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
148 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
149 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
150 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
151 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
152 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
153 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
154 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
155 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
156 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
157 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 98 2.0% 0.6%
158 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
159 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
160 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
161 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
162 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 94 1.1% 0.2%