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Where to find Hooded Merganser in November
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 November. 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 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
2 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 77 129 59.7% 51.1%
3 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 21 31 67.7% 50.1%
4 Carpenter Park 5.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
5 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 79 171 46.2% 38.9%
6 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
7 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
8 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
9 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 155 428 36.2% 31.8%
10 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
11 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
12 Beaver Marsh 16.7 64 190 33.7% 27.3%
13 Lake Benson 11.9 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
14 Lake Betz 7.3 50 174 28.7% 22.5%
15 Schenck Forest 3.6 34 116 29.3% 21.8%
16 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 23 79 29.1% 20.3%
19 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
20 Shelley Lake 8.1 21 81 25.9% 17.6%
21 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 17 64 26.6% 17.3%
22 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 23 93 24.7% 17.1%
23 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 39 192 20.3% 15.2%
24 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
25 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 22 101 21.8% 14.8%
26 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 12 52 23.1% 13.7%
27 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 32 174 18.4% 13.3%
28 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
29 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
30 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
31 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
32 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
33 Bond Park 2.7 14 91 15.4% 9.4%
34 Apex Community Park 3.7 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
35 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
36 Lake Lynn 7.7 18 131 13.7% 8.9%
37 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
38 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
39 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
40 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
41 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
42 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 20 245 8.2% 5.3%
43 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 21 267 7.9% 5.2%
44 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 10 114 8.8% 4.8%
45 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
46 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
47 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
48 Pullen Park 6.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
49 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
50 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
51 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 17 336 5.1% 3.2%
52 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 9 161 5.6% 3.0%
53 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
54 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
55 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
56 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
57 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
58 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
59 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
60 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
61 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
62 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
63 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
64 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
65 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
66 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
67 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
68 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
69 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
70 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
71 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
72 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
73 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
74 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
75 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
76 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
77 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
78 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
79 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
80 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 238 0.8% 0.2%
81 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
82 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 2 339 0.6% 0.2%