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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	46	84.8%	71.8%
2			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	73	93	78.5%	69.1%
3			Beaver Marsh	16.7	138	190	72.6%	65.9%
4			Apex Community Park	3.7	51	70	72.9%	61.5%
5			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
6			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	39	59	66.1%	53.4%
7			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
8			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
9			Lake Benson	11.9	44	72	61.1%	49.6%
10			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	58	102	56.9%	47.2%
11			Lake Betz	7.3	74	138	53.6%	45.3%
12			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	85	167	50.9%	43.4%
13			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	28	51	54.9%	41.4%
14			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
15			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	175	384	45.6%	40.7%
16			Schenck Forest	3.6	60	123	48.8%	40.1%
17			Eden Lakes	23.7	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
18			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	17	30	56.7%	39.2%
19			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	20	37	54.1%	38.4%
20			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	18	33	54.5%	38.0%
21			Bond Park	2.7	44	97	45.4%	35.8%
22			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	25	52	48.1%	35.1%
23			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	22	47	46.8%	33.3%
24			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
25			Hoffman Lake	2.4	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
26			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
27			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
28			Shelley Lake	8.1	38	109	34.9%	26.6%
29			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
30			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
31			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	19	55	34.5%	23.4%
32			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	50	173	28.9%	22.7%
33			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	72	273	26.4%	21.5%
34			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
35			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	30	104	28.8%	21.0%
36			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
37			Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
38			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
39			Salem Pond Park	4.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
40			Carpenter Park	5.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
41			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
42			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	10	33	30.3%	17.4%
43			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	8	26	30.8%	16.5%
44			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	11	40	27.5%	16.1%
45			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
46			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
47			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
48			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	32	156	20.5%	14.9%
49			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	11	46	23.9%	13.9%
50			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
51			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	32	188	17.0%	12.3%
52			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	8	35	22.9%	12.1%
53			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	9	43	20.9%	11.4%
54			Lake Raleigh	6.0	15	89	16.9%	10.5%
55			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
56			Eastgate Park	9.5	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
57			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
58			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
59			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
60			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
61			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
62			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
63			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
64			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
65			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	7	42	16.7%	8.3%
66			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
67			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
68			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	8	51	15.7%	8.2%
69			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	7	44	15.9%	7.9%
70			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	32	306	10.5%	7.5%
71			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
72			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
73			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
74			Lake Wheeler	8.2	6	45	13.3%	6.3%
75			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	26	290	9.0%	6.2%
76			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
77			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
78			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
79			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
80			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
81			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
82			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
83			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
84			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	9	130	6.9%	3.7%
85			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
86			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
87			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	5	60	8.3%	3.6%
88			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
89			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
90			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
91			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
92			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
93			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	21	498	4.2%	2.8%
94			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
95			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
96			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
97			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
98			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
99			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
100			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	3	49	6.1%	2.1%
101			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
102			Lake Lynn	7.7	6	138	4.3%	2.0%
103			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
104			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
105			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	3	57	5.3%	1.8%
106			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	3	58	5.2%	1.8%
107			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
108			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
109			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	3	78	3.8%	1.3%
110			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
111			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
112			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
113			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	4	130	3.1%	1.2%
114			White Deer Park	11.6	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
115			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
116			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
117			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
118			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
119			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
120			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
121			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	4	255	1.6%	0.6%
122			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
123			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
124			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
125			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	1	63	1.6%	0.3%