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Where to find Hooded Merganser in November
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 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 Carpenter Park 5.1 15 18 83.3% 60.8%
2 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
3 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 84 145 57.9% 49.8%
4 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
5 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 21 35 60.0% 43.6%
6 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 31 63 49.2% 37.3%
7 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 21 42 50.0% 35.5%
8 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 122 305 40.0% 34.7%
9 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land) 15.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 250 708 35.3% 31.9%
11 Lake Benson 11.9 32 77 41.6% 31.2%
12 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
13 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
14 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 87 260 33.5% 28.0%
15 Beaver Marsh 16.7 69 213 32.4% 26.5%
16 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
17 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 27 85 31.8% 22.8%
18 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 South Point Mall Retention Pond 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 24 85 28.2% 19.8%
21 Schenck Forest 3.6 38 147 25.9% 19.5%
22 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
23 Lake Betz 7.3 71 309 23.0% 18.6%
24 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 69 300 23.0% 18.6%
25 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 26 105 24.8% 17.5%
26 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 26 120 21.7% 15.2%
27 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
28 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 40 200 20.0% 15.0%
29 Shelley Lake 8.1 25 117 21.4% 14.9%
30 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
31 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
32 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 31 200 15.5% 11.1%
33 Bond Park 2.7 18 109 16.5% 10.7%
34 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
35 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
36 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
37 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
39 Apex Community Park 3.7 10 72 13.9% 7.7%
40 Lake Lynn 7.7 20 186 10.8% 7.1%
41 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
42 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
43 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
44 Lake Raleigh 6.0 9 89 10.1% 5.4%
45 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 39 532 7.3% 5.4%
46 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 19 238 8.0% 5.2%
47 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
48 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
49 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
50 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
51 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 22 352 6.2% 4.2%
52 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
53 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
54 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 21 441 4.8% 3.1%
55 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
56 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
57 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
58 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
59 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
60 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
61 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
62 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
63 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
64 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
65 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
66 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
67 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
68 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
69 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
70 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 69 4.3% 1.5%
71 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
72 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
73 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
74 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
75 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
76 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
77 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
78 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
79 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
80 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
81 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
82 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 2 94 2.1% 0.6%
83 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
84 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
85 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 139 1.4% 0.4%
86 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
87 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
88 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
89 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
90 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 2 259 0.8% 0.2%
91 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
92 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
93 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 337 0.6% 0.2%
94 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 2 408 0.5% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.