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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 Carpenter Park 5.1 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
3 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 82 137 59.9% 51.5%
4 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 21 32 65.6% 48.3%
5 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
6 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 29 56 51.8% 39.0%
7 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
8 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 103 249 41.4% 35.4%
9 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 224 619 36.2% 32.5%
10 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
11 Beaver Marsh 16.7 68 200 34.0% 27.8%
12 Lake Benson 11.9 23 59 39.0% 27.6%
13 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
14 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 59 198 29.8% 23.9%
15 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
16 Lake Betz 7.3 55 202 27.2% 21.6%
17 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Schenck Forest 3.6 36 132 27.3% 20.4%
20 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 24 84 28.6% 20.0%
21 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 23 80 28.7% 20.0%
22 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 19 65 29.2% 19.6%
23 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 53 245 21.6% 16.9%
24 Shelley Lake 8.1 24 101 23.8% 16.5%
25 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 25 112 22.3% 15.6%
26 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
27 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 39 196 19.9% 14.9%
28 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
29 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
30 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
31 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 28 171 16.4% 11.6%
32 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
33 Bond Park 2.7 17 100 17.0% 10.9%
34 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
35 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
36 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
37 Apex Community Park 3.7 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
38 Lake Lynn 7.7 20 160 12.5% 8.2%
39 Lake Raleigh 6.0 9 73 12.3% 6.6%
40 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
41 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
42 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 30 395 7.6% 5.4%
43 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
44 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
45 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
46 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
47 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
48 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
49 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
50 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 21 308 6.8% 4.5%
51 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 14 197 7.1% 4.3%
52 Pullen Park 6.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
53 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
54 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 19 395 4.8% 3.1%
55 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
56 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
57 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
58 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
59 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
60 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
61 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
62 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
63 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
64 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
65 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
66 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
67 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
68 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
69 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
70 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
71 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
72 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
73 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
74 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
75 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
76 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
77 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
78 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
79 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
80 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 133 1.5% 0.4%
81 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
82 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
83 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
84 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
85 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
86 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 290 0.7% 0.2%
87 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
88 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 106 0.9% 0.2%
89 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 2 368 0.5% 0.1%