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Where to find Hooded Merganser in March
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 March. 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 16.7 186 416 44.7% 40.0%
2 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
3 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 21 56 37.5% 26.0%
4 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 23 76 30.3% 21.1%
5 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 31 119 26.1% 19.0%
7 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 16 55 29.1% 18.8%
8 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 110 524 21.0% 17.7%
9 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 12 42 28.6% 17.2%
10 Lake Betz 7.3 59 285 20.7% 16.4%
11 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
12 Apex Community Park 3.7 26 129 20.2% 14.1%
13 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 46 252 18.3% 14.0%
14 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 42 232 18.1% 13.7%
15 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 32 174 18.4% 13.3%
16 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 53 312 17.0% 13.2%
17 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 97 617 15.7% 13.1%
18 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
19 Schenck Forest 3.6 30 194 15.5% 11.1%
20 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 14 82 17.1% 10.5%
21 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
22 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Bond Park 2.7 24 179 13.4% 9.2%
24 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
25 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 11 74 14.9% 8.5%
26 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
27 Lake Benson 11.9 10 71 14.1% 7.8%
28 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 14 109 12.8% 7.8%
29 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 64 649 9.9% 7.8%
30 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
31 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
32 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
33 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
34 Shelley Lake 8.1 14 125 11.2% 6.8%
35 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
36 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
37 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 12 118 10.2% 5.9%
38 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
39 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 10 113 8.8% 4.9%
40 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
41 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
42 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
43 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
44 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
45 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
46 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
47 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
48 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 6 86 7.0% 3.2%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
50 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
51 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
52 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
53 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 20 532 3.8% 2.4%
54 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
55 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
56 Lake Raleigh 6.0 6 131 4.6% 2.1%
57 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
58 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
59 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
60 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
61 Lake Lynn 7.7 6 182 3.3% 1.5%
62 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
63 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 118 3.4% 1.3%
64 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
65 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
66 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
67 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 5 199 2.5% 1.1%
68 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
69 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
70 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
71 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
72 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 169 2.4% 0.9%
73 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 5 251 2.0% 0.9%
74 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
75 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
76 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
77 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
78 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
79 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
80 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
81 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
82 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 118 1.7% 0.5%
83 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
84 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
85 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
86 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
87 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
88 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 4 428 0.9% 0.4%
89 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
90 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 80 1.2% 0.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.