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Where to find Hooded Merganser in December
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 December. 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			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	39	47	83.0%	69.9%
2			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	77	102	75.5%	66.3%
3			Beaver Marsh	16.7	147	206	71.4%	64.8%
4			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	61	86	70.9%	60.6%
5			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	26	37	70.3%	54.2%
6			Apex Community Park	3.7	55	86	64.0%	53.4%
7			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
8			Lake Benson	11.9	58	94	61.7%	51.6%
9			Lake Betz	7.3	100	177	56.5%	49.1%
10			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	60	108	55.6%	46.2%
11			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	112	214	52.3%	45.7%
12			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
13			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
14			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
15			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	187	441	42.4%	37.9%
16			Schenck Forest	3.6	63	137	46.0%	37.9%
17			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	19	36	52.8%	37.0%
18			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	27	55	49.1%	36.4%
19			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	20	39	51.3%	36.2%
20			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
21			Eden Lakes	23.7	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
22			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	17	34	50.0%	34.1%
23			Bond Park	2.7	47	110	42.7%	33.9%
24			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	33	75	44.0%	33.3%
25			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	31	71	43.7%	32.7%
26			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	22	49	44.9%	31.9%
27			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
28			Shelley Lake	8.1	46	131	35.1%	27.5%
29			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
30			Hoffman Lake	2.4	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
31			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	65	218	29.8%	24.1%
32			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
33			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	9	23	39.1%	22.2%
34			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
35			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
36			Carpenter Park	5.1	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
37			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
38			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
39			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
40			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	30	109	27.5%	20.0%
41			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	73	308	23.7%	19.3%
42			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
43			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	12	40	30.0%	18.1%
44			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	11	36	30.6%	18.0%
45			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	9	28	32.1%	17.9%
46			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
47			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
48			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
49			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	11	45	24.4%	14.2%
50			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
51			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	11	47	23.4%	13.6%
52			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	33	178	18.5%	13.5%
53			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
54			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	9	43	20.9%	11.4%
55			Lake Raleigh	6.0	17	99	17.2%	11.0%
56			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	32	212	15.1%	10.9%
57			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
58			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
59			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
60			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
61			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	42	347	12.1%	9.1%
62			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
63			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
64			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	9	58	15.5%	8.4%
65			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
66			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	7	43	16.3%	8.1%
67			Eastgate Park	9.5	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
68			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	7	46	15.2%	7.6%
69			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
70			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	30	336	8.9%	6.3%
71			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
72			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
73			Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
74			Lake Wheeler	8.2	6	49	12.2%	5.7%
75			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
76			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	9	93	9.7%	5.2%
77			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
78			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
79			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
80			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
81			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	15	227	6.6%	4.0%
82			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
83			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
84			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
85			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	7	95	7.4%	3.6%
86			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
87			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
88			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
89			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	26	608	4.3%	2.9%
90			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
91			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
92			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
93			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
94			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
95			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
96			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
97			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
98			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
99			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
100			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	3	54	5.6%	1.9%
101			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
102			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
103			Lake Lynn	7.7	6	166	3.6%	1.7%
104			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
105			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
106			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	3	65	4.6%	1.6%
107			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
108			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	3	72	4.2%	1.4%
109			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	3	72	4.2%	1.4%
110			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
111			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
112			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
113			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
114			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
115			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
116			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
117			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	4	163	2.5%	1.0%
118			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
119			White Deer Park	11.6	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
120			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
121			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
122			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	69	2.9%	0.8%
123			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
124			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
125			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
126			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
127			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	4	295	1.4%	0.5%
128			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
129			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	1	76	1.3%	0.2%