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Where to find Hooded Merganser in February
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 February. 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 Beaver Marsh 16.7 221 295 74.9% 69.7%
2 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 49 65 75.4% 63.7%
3 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 91 133 68.4% 60.1%
4 Apex Community Park 3.7 112 176 63.6% 56.3%
5 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 70 114 61.4% 52.2%
6 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
7 Lake Betz 7.3 115 240 47.9% 41.7%
8 Bond Park 2.7 66 142 46.5% 38.5%
9 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
10 Shelley Lake 8.1 56 135 41.5% 33.5%
11 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
12 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
13 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 164 496 33.1% 29.1%
14 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 20 49 40.8% 28.2%
15 Schenck Forest 3.6 62 208 29.8% 24.0%
16 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 38 122 31.1% 23.6%
17 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
18 Lake Benson 11.9 27 86 31.4% 22.6%
19 Carpenter Park 5.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
20 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
21 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 109 436 25.0% 21.2%
22 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 98 389 25.2% 21.1%
23 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 15 46 32.6% 20.9%
24 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
25 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
26 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Forgotten Pond 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 93 381 24.4% 20.4%
33 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 28 99 28.3% 20.4%
34 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
35 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 35 129 27.1% 20.2%
36 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
37 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 15 51 29.4% 18.7%
38 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
39 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 39 171 22.8% 17.2%
40 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
41 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
42 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 13 54 24.1% 14.6%
43 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
44 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
45 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 23 135 17.0% 11.6%
46 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
47 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
48 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 59 18.6% 10.7%
49 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 11 59 18.6% 10.7%
50 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
51 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
52 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Lake Raleigh 6.0 24 177 13.6% 9.3%
54 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 11 71 15.5% 8.9%
55 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
56 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
57 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
58 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
59 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
60 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 10 80 12.5% 6.9%
61 Lake Lynn 7.7 14 127 11.0% 6.7%
62 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
66 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
67 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
68 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
69 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
70 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
71 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
72 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
75 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
77 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
78 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
79 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
80 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
81 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
82 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
83 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
84 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 85 7.1% 3.3%
85 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
86 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 75 6.7% 2.9%
87 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
88 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
89 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
90 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
91 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
92 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 7 146 4.8% 2.3%
93 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
94 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 4 74 5.4% 2.1%
95 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 136 4.4% 2.0%
96 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
97 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
98 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
99 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
100 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
101 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
102 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
103 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
104 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
105 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
106 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
107 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
108 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
109 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
110 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
111 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
112 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
113 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 10 591 1.7% 0.9%
114 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 6 322 1.9% 0.9%
115 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
116 Ritter Park 4.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
117 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
118 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
119 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
120 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
121 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 1 176 0.6% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.