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Where to find Hooded Merganser in December
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 Hooded Merganser 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			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	104	133	78.2%	70.4%
2			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	40	48	83.3%	70.4%
3			Beaver Marsh	16.7	161	221	72.9%	66.6%
4			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	81	109	74.3%	65.4%
5			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	43	65	66.2%	54.0%
6			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
7			Lake Benson	11.9	74	122	60.7%	51.8%
8			Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land)	15.4	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
9			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
10			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	74	127	58.3%	49.6%
11			Lake Betz	7.3	126	234	53.8%	47.4%
12			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	140	263	53.2%	47.2%
13			Apex Community Park	3.7	58	105	55.2%	45.7%
14			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
15			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	13	21	61.9%	40.9%
16			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	223	506	44.1%	39.8%
17			Schenck Forest	3.6	72	153	47.1%	39.3%
18			Bond Park	2.7	61	133	45.9%	37.6%
19			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
20			Eden Lakes	23.7	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
21			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	35	77	45.5%	34.8%
22			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	20	41	48.8%	34.3%
23			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	20	41	48.8%	34.3%
24			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	17	34	50.0%	34.1%
25			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	27	60	45.0%	33.1%
26			Shelley Lake	8.1	62	156	39.7%	32.4%
27			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	22	49	44.9%	31.9%
28			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	36	90	40.0%	30.5%
29			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
30			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
31			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	83	257	32.3%	26.9%
32			Hoffman Lake	2.4	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
33			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
34			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	10	27	37.0%	21.5%
35			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
36			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
37			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
38			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
39			South Point Mall Retention Pond	12.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
40			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	30	111	27.0%	19.6%
41			Carpenter Park	5.1	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
42			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
43			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
44			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	13	44	29.5%	18.2%
45			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	76	343	22.2%	18.1%
46			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	9	29	31.0%	17.3%
47			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	9	30	30.0%	16.7%
48			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	11	41	26.8%	15.7%
49			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
50			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
51			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
52			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
53			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	11	48	22.9%	13.3%
54			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	11	50	22.0%	12.8%
55			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
56			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	18	104	17.3%	11.2%
57			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	36	239	15.1%	11.1%
58			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	9	45	20.0%	10.9%
59			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	34	229	14.8%	10.8%
60			Lake Raleigh	6.0	17	106	16.0%	10.3%
61			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
62			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
63			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
64			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
65			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	48	403	11.9%	9.1%
66			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	10	62	16.1%	9.0%
67			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	45	393	11.5%	8.7%
68			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
69			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	8	51	15.7%	8.2%
70			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
71			Eastgate Park	9.5	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
72			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	7	46	15.2%	7.6%
73			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
74			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	5	31	16.1%	7.1%
75			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
76			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
77			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
78			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
79			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
80			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
81			Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
82			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
83			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
84			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
85			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
86			Lake Wheeler	8.2	6	52	11.5%	5.4%
87			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
88			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
89			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
90			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	17	293	5.8%	3.7%
91			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
92			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
93			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
94			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
95			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	7	104	6.7%	3.3%
96			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
97			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	26	657	4.0%	2.7%
98			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
99			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
100			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
101			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
102			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
103			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
104			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
105			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
106			Town Lake Park	23.4	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
107			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	4	78	5.1%	2.0%
108			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
109			Lake Lynn	7.7	7	181	3.9%	1.9%
110			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
111			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	3	59	5.1%	1.7%
112			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
113			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
114			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
115			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
116			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
117			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
118			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	3	78	3.8%	1.3%
119			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
120			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	3	81	3.7%	1.3%
121			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
122			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
123			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
124			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
125			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
126			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
127			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
128			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	4	182	2.2%	0.9%
129			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
130			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
131			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	73	2.7%	0.8%
132			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
133			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
134			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
135			White Deer Park	11.6	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
136			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
137			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	4	319	1.3%	0.5%
138			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
139			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	2	170	1.2%	0.3%