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Where to find Mallard in October
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 October. 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	639	734	87.1%	84.4%
2			Shelley Lake	8.1	81	90	90.0%	82.1%
3			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	103	117	88.0%	80.9%
4			Apex Community Park	3.7	62	69	89.9%	80.5%
5			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	24	25	96.0%	80.5%
6			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	129	152	84.9%	78.3%
7			Bond Park	2.7	159	195	81.5%	75.5%
8			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	132	201	65.7%	58.9%
9			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	241	443	54.4%	49.7%
10			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	62	114	54.4%	45.2%
11			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	56	104	53.8%	44.3%
12			Hoffman Lake	2.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
13			Lake Betz	7.3	89	177	50.3%	43.0%
14			Lake Wheeler	8.2	12	19	63.2%	41.0%
15			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	29	54	53.7%	40.6%
16			Lake Raleigh	6.0	36	71	50.7%	39.3%
17			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	25	48	52.1%	38.3%
18			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	24	47	51.1%	37.2%
19			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	147	358	41.1%	36.1%
20			Lake Benson	11.9	15	29	51.7%	34.4%
21			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
22			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
23			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	82	203	40.4%	33.9%
24			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	15	30	50.0%	33.2%
25			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
26			Schenck Forest	3.6	66	207	31.9%	25.9%
27			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
28			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	29	84	34.5%	25.2%
29			Eastgate Park	9.5	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
30			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	21	59	35.6%	24.6%
31			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	15	41	36.6%	23.6%
32			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
33			Eden Lakes	23.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
34			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	13	39	33.3%	20.6%
35			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
36			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	104	439	23.7%	20.0%
37			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	14	46	30.4%	19.1%
38			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
39			Beaver Marsh	16.7	39	165	23.6%	17.8%
40			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	8	27	29.6%	15.9%
41			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
42			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
43			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	11	42	26.2%	15.3%
44			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
45			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	7	25	28.0%	14.3%
46			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
47			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
48			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	9	44	20.5%	11.2%
49			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
50			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	24	167	14.4%	9.9%
51			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
52			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
53			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
54			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	5	24	20.8%	9.2%
55			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	8	46	17.4%	9.1%
56			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
57			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	6	36	16.7%	7.9%
58			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
59			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
60			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	7	52	13.5%	6.7%
61			Pullen Park	6.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
62			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
63			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
64			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
65			Park West Village Greenway	2.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
66			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
67			Ritter Park	4.3	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
68			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	8	105	7.6%	3.9%
69			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
70			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
71			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
72			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	10	162	6.2%	3.4%
73			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	15	294	5.1%	3.1%
74			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
75			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	4	55	7.3%	2.9%
76			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
77			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
78			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
79			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
80			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	15	369	4.1%	2.5%
81			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	5	92	5.4%	2.3%
82			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
83			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
84			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
85			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
86			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	20	680	2.9%	1.9%
87			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
88			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	4	97	4.1%	1.6%
89			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	21	888	2.4%	1.6%
90			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
91			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
92			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
93			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	5	175	2.9%	1.2%
94			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
95			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
96			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
97			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
98			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	3	88	3.4%	1.2%
99			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	2	48	4.2%	1.2%
100			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
101			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
102			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
103			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	7	446	1.6%	0.8%
104			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
105			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
106			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
107			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
108			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
109			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
110			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
111			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
112			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
113			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
114			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
115			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	2	176	1.1%	0.3%
116			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	57	1.8%	0.3%