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Where to find Mallard in May
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 May. 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 7.7 151 164 92.1% 86.9%
2 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 75 81 92.6% 84.8%
3 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 27 29 93.1% 78.0%
4 Shelley Lake 8.1 90 109 82.6% 74.4%
5 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 263 334 78.7% 74.0%
6 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 99 121 81.8% 74.0%
7 Lake Betz 7.3 207 261 79.3% 74.0%
8 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 208 264 78.8% 73.5%
9 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 326 427 76.3% 72.1%
10 Bond Park 2.7 138 182 75.8% 69.1%
11 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 24 28 85.7% 68.5%
12 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 82 113 72.6% 63.7%
13 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 192 283 67.8% 62.2%
14 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 65 94 69.1% 59.2%
15 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 33 48 68.8% 54.7%
16 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 42 69.0% 54.0%
17 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
18 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 40 62 64.5% 52.1%
19 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
20 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
21 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 344 629 54.7% 50.8%
22 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
23 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
24 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 226 515 43.9% 39.7%
25 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 27 52 51.9% 38.7%
26 Schenck Forest 3.6 92 206 44.7% 38.0%
27 Shaw Lake 9.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
28 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 32 69 46.4% 35.1%
29 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
30 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
31 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 60 147 40.8% 33.2%
32 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 82 208 39.4% 33.0%
33 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
34 Pullen Park 6.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
35 Heritage Lake 19.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
36 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 25 61 41.0% 29.5%
37 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 21 50 42.0% 29.4%
38 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 32 82 39.0% 29.2%
39 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 18 42 42.9% 29.1%
40 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 27 68 39.7% 28.9%
41 Lake Raleigh 6.0 35 93 37.6% 28.5%
42 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
43 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
44 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
45 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
46 Beaver Marsh 16.7 58 194 29.9% 23.9%
47 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
48 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
49 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
50 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
51 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
52 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 42 150 28.0% 21.4%
53 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 19 60 31.7% 21.3%
54 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
55 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
56 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
59 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
61 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 14 45 31.1% 19.5%
62 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
63 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
64 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
65 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
66 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
67 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
68 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
69 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
70 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
71 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 16 72 22.2% 14.2%
72 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
73 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
74 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
75 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
76 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
77 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
78 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
79 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
80 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 74 617 12.0% 9.7%
81 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
85 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
86 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
87 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
88 Wendell Park 22.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
89 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
90 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
91 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
92 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
93 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
94 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
95 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
96 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
97 Lake Benson 11.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
98 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 24 264 9.1% 6.2%
99 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
100 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
101 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
103 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
104 Inwood Rd. 7.3 7 58 12.1% 6.0%
105 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
106 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
107 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
108 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
109 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 8 78 10.3% 5.3%
110 Falls Lake 15.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
111 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
112 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 38 568 6.7% 4.9%
113 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 28 424 6.6% 4.6%
114 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
115 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
116 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
117 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
118 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
119 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
120 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
121 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
122 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 65 9.2% 4.3%
123 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
124 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
125 White Deer Park 11.6 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
126 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 5 56 8.9% 3.9%
127 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
128 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
129 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
130 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
131 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
132 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 6 82 7.3% 3.4%
133 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 121 6.6% 3.4%
134 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
135 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
136 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
137 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
138 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
139 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
140 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
141 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
142 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
143 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
144 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
145 Ritter Park 4.3 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
146 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
147 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
148 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
149 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
150 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
151 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
152 Fallon park 8.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
153 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
154 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
155 Northgate Park 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
156 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
157 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
158 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
159 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
160 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
161 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
162 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
163 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
164 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
165 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
166 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
167 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
168 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 7 387 1.8% 0.9%
169 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
170 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
171 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
172 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
173 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
174 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
175 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
176 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
177 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
178 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
179 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
180 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 270 1.1% 0.4%
181 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
182 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
183 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
184 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
185 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 77 1.3% 0.2%