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Where to find Hooded Merganser 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 Hooded Merganser 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			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	143	196	73.0%	66.3%
2			Lake Betz	7.3	235	346	67.9%	62.8%
3			Beaver Marsh	16.7	231	351	65.8%	60.7%
4			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	117	175	66.9%	59.6%
5			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	40	56	71.4%	58.5%
6			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	11	13	84.6%	57.8%
7			Shelley Lake	8.1	81	131	61.8%	53.3%
8			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	53	87	60.9%	50.4%
9			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	36	57	63.2%	50.2%
10			Hoffman Lake	2.4	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
11			Apex Community Park	3.7	134	257	52.1%	46.0%
12			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
13			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
14			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	96	190	50.5%	43.5%
15			Bond Park	2.7	71	145	49.0%	41.0%
16			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	37	73	50.7%	39.5%
17			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	25	47	53.2%	39.2%
18			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	250	593	42.2%	38.2%
19			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	11	19	57.9%	36.3%
20			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	105	251	41.8%	35.9%
21			Eden Lakes	23.7	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
22			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	119	302	39.4%	34.1%
23			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	46	116	39.7%	31.2%
24			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
25			Salem Pond Park	4.5	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
26			Lake Benson	11.9	51	150	34.0%	26.9%
27			Schenck Forest	3.6	80	250	32.0%	26.5%
28			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	13	32	40.6%	25.5%
29			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
30			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
31			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	37	121	30.6%	23.1%
32			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	19	58	32.8%	22.1%
33			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	8	20	40.0%	21.9%
34			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	16	51	31.4%	20.3%
35			Carpenter Park	5.1	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
36			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
37			Strickland Park	8.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
38			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
39			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
40			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	9	30	30.0%	16.7%
41			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	45	209	21.5%	16.5%
42			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	87	436	20.0%	16.5%
43			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
44			Lake Raleigh	6.0	30	135	22.2%	16.0%
45			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	17	70	24.3%	15.8%
46			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	13	53	24.5%	14.9%
47			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	9	34	26.5%	14.6%
48			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	16	71	22.5%	14.4%
49			Eastgate Park	9.5	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
50			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
51			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	19	92	20.7%	13.6%
52			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	73	448	16.3%	13.2%
53			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
54			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	29	169	17.2%	12.2%
55			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	68	462	14.7%	11.8%
56			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
57			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
58			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
59			Greenview Ponds	7.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
60			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
61			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
62			Lake Lynn	7.7	23	164	14.0%	9.5%
63			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
64			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	15	102	14.7%	9.1%
65			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	18	133	13.5%	8.7%
66			Lake Wheeler	8.2	8	50	16.0%	8.3%
67			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
68			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
69			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
70			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
71			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	7	50	14.0%	7.0%
72			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
73			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
74			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	7	60	11.7%	5.8%
75			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
76			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
77			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
78			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	7	68	10.3%	5.1%
79			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	7	70	10.0%	4.9%
80			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
81			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
82			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
83			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
84			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	13	197	6.6%	3.9%
85			Pullen Park	6.6	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
86			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
87			Fearrington Village	17.5	4	43	9.3%	3.7%
88			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
89			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
90			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
91			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
92			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
93			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
94			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
95			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
96			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
97			Falls Lake	15.1	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
98			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	29	817	3.5%	2.5%
99			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
100			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
101			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
102			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	12	338	3.6%	2.0%
103			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
104			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
105			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
106			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
107			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
108			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
109			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	4	89	4.5%	1.8%
110			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
111			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
112			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
113			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
114			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
115			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	4	111	3.6%	1.4%
116			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	3	73	4.1%	1.4%
117			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
118			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
119			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
120			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
121			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
122			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	8	361	2.2%	1.1%
123			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
124			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
125			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
126			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
127			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
128			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	4	171	2.3%	0.9%
129			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
130			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
131			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
132			Wendell Park	22.6	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
133			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
134			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
135			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	3	141	2.1%	0.7%
136			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	2	78	2.6%	0.7%
137			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	92	2.2%	0.6%
138			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
139			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
140			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	60	1.7%	0.3%
141			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
142			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	82	1.2%	0.2%
143			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	1	184	0.5%	0.1%