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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	123	168	73.2%	66.1%
2			Beaver Marsh	16.7	204	295	69.2%	63.7%
3			Lake Betz	7.3	170	266	63.9%	58.0%
4			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	13	16	81.2%	57.0%
5			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
6			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	79	125	63.2%	54.5%
7			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	31	45	68.9%	54.3%
8			Shelley Lake	8.1	59	93	63.4%	53.3%
9			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	50	80	62.5%	51.5%
10			Hoffman Lake	2.4	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
11			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	87	167	52.1%	44.6%
12			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
13			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	36	66	54.5%	42.6%
14			Bond Park	2.7	61	122	50.0%	41.3%
15			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	21	37	56.8%	40.9%
16			Apex Community Park	3.7	43	85	50.6%	40.2%
17			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	222	509	43.6%	39.4%
18			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	32	63	50.8%	38.8%
19			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	65	143	45.5%	37.5%
20			Eden Lakes	23.7	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
21			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	34	73	46.6%	35.6%
22			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	19	43	44.2%	30.4%
23			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
24			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	13	29	44.8%	28.4%
25			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
26			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
27			Schenck Forest	3.6	70	208	33.7%	27.6%
28			Salem Pond Park	4.5	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
29			Lake Benson	11.9	36	102	35.3%	26.7%
30			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	55	174	31.6%	25.2%
31			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
32			Carpenter Park	5.1	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
33			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	16	45	35.6%	23.2%
34			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
35			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
36			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
37			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
38			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
39			Strickland Park	8.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
40			Lake Raleigh	6.0	24	97	24.7%	17.2%
41			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	17	65	26.2%	17.0%
42			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	63	304	20.7%	16.5%
43			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
44			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
45			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
46			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	9	33	27.3%	15.1%
47			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	13	54	24.1%	14.6%
48			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
49			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	14	64	21.9%	13.5%
50			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	9	37	24.3%	13.4%
51			Lake Lynn	7.7	21	115	18.3%	12.3%
52			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
53			Lake Wheeler	8.2	8	38	21.1%	11.1%
54			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
55			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	49	343	14.3%	11.0%
56			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	47	345	13.6%	10.4%
57			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	18	115	15.7%	10.1%
58			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	18	116	15.5%	10.0%
59			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	13	79	16.5%	9.9%
60			Eastgate Park	9.5	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
61			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
62			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
63			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
64			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
65			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
66			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
67			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
68			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
69			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
70			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
71			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
72			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	9	84	10.7%	5.7%
73			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
74			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
75			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
76			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
77			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
78			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
79			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
80			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
81			Pullen Park	6.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
82			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
83			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
84			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
85			Fearrington Village	17.5	4	40	10.0%	4.0%
86			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
87			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
88			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	11	198	5.6%	3.1%
89			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
90			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
91			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
92			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
93			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
94			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	4	53	7.5%	3.0%
95			Falls Lake	15.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
96			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
97			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
98			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
99			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
100			Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access	12.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
101			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	3	53	5.7%	1.9%
102			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	4	87	4.6%	1.8%
103			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
104			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	5	123	4.1%	1.7%
105			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
106			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
107			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
108			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	4	105	3.8%	1.5%
109			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
110			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	12	556	2.2%	1.2%
111			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
112			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	2	52	3.8%	1.1%
113			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
114			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
115			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
116			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	2	67	3.0%	0.8%
117			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
118			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
119			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
120			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
121			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
122			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
123			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
124			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
125			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
126			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
127			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	1	255	0.4%	0.1%