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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	134	67.9%	59.6%
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			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	98	389	25.2%	21.1%
22			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	109	437	24.9%	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			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
30			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
31			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	28	99	28.3%	20.4%
32			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	93	382	24.3%	20.3%
33			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
34			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	35	129	27.1%	20.2%
35			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
36			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	15	51	29.4%	18.7%
37			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
38			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	39	171	22.8%	17.2%
39			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	11	39	28.2%	16.5%
40			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
41			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	13	54	24.1%	14.6%
42			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
43			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	12	60	20.0%	11.8%
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			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
50			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
51			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
52			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	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	73	15.1%	8.6%
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			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	4	45	8.9%	3.5%
83			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
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	592	1.7%	0.9%
114			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	6	323	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	54	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%