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Where to find Mallard in December
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 December. 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	157	166	94.6%	90.0%
2			Shelley Lake	8.1	115	131	87.8%	81.1%
3			Bond Park	2.7	95	110	86.4%	78.7%
4			Lake Betz	7.3	149	177	84.2%	78.1%
5			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	56	65	86.2%	75.7%
6			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	50	58	86.2%	75.1%
7			Beaver Marsh	16.7	165	206	80.1%	74.1%
8			Apex Community Park	3.7	71	86	82.6%	73.2%
9			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	254	347	73.2%	68.3%
10			Lake Benson	11.9	71	94	75.5%	66.0%
11			Lake Raleigh	6.0	72	99	72.7%	63.2%
12			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	73	102	71.6%	62.2%
13			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	28	37	75.7%	59.9%
14			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	74	109	67.9%	58.6%
15			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	18	23	78.3%	58.1%
16			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	124	214	57.9%	51.2%
17			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	123	218	56.4%	49.8%
18			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	29	47	61.7%	47.4%
19			Schenck Forest	3.6	76	137	55.5%	47.1%
20			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	42	72	58.3%	46.8%
21			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	43	75	57.3%	46.1%
22			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	26	43	60.5%	45.6%
23			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	22	36	61.1%	44.9%
24			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	37	67	55.2%	43.4%
25			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	196	441	44.4%	39.9%
26			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	53	108	49.1%	39.8%
27			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	14	24	58.3%	38.8%
28			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	18	33	54.5%	38.0%
29			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	27	54	50.0%	37.1%
30			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	142	336	42.3%	37.1%
31			Hoffman Lake	2.4	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
32			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
33			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	19	40	47.5%	32.9%
34			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	35	86	40.7%	30.9%
35			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
36			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	29	71	40.8%	30.2%
37			Jack Marley Park	19.7	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
38			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
39			Eastgate Park	9.5	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
40			Lake Wheeler	8.2	20	49	40.8%	28.2%
41			Eden Lakes	23.7	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
42			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
43			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	14	34	41.2%	26.4%
44			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	14	34	41.2%	26.4%
45			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
46			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	17	46	37.0%	24.5%
47			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
48			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	54	178	30.3%	24.1%
49			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
50			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
51			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
52			Carpenter Park	5.1	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
53			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
54			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	16	49	32.7%	21.2%
55			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
56			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
57			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
58			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
59			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
60			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
61			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
62			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
63			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	7	19	36.8%	19.1%
64			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	12	39	30.8%	18.6%
65			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	9	28	32.1%	17.9%
66			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
67			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
68			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
69			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	56	295	19.0%	14.9%
70			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
71			Salem Pond Park	4.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
72			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
73			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	39	227	17.2%	12.8%
74			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
75			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
76			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
77			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
78			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
79			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
80			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
81			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
82			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
83			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
84			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
85			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
86			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	19	132	14.4%	9.4%
87			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
88			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	9	55	16.4%	8.9%
89			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	5	28	17.9%	7.9%
90			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
91			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
92			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
93			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
94			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
95			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
96			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
97			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	6	47	12.8%	6.0%
98			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	10	95	10.5%	5.8%
99			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
100			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
101			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	7	71	9.9%	4.9%
102			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
103			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
104			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	15	212	7.1%	4.3%
105			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
106			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
107			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
108			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
109			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	4	43	9.3%	3.7%
110			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	4	43	9.3%	3.7%
111			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
112			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
113			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	15	308	4.9%	3.0%
114			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	24	608	3.9%	2.7%
115			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
116			White Deer Park	11.6	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
117			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
118			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
119			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	3	42	7.1%	2.5%
120			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
121			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
122			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
123			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
124			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
125			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	4	72	5.6%	2.2%
126			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
127			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
128			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
129			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
130			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
131			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
132			Pullen Park	6.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
133			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
134			Ritter Park	4.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
135			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
136			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
137			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
138			Higgins Greenway	1.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
139			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
140			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
141			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
142			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	69	2.9%	0.8%
143			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
144			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	2	76	2.6%	0.7%
145			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
146			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
147			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
148			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
149			17 Acre Woods	18.0	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
150			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	2	215	0.9%	0.3%
151			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	1	93	1.1%	0.2%