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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 16.7 177 396 44.7% 39.9%
2 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
3 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 23 59 39.0% 27.6%
4 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 17 50 34.0% 22.4%
5 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 30 112 26.8% 19.5%
7 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 12 38 31.6% 19.1%
8 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 101 461 21.9% 18.4%
9 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
10 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
11 Lake Betz 7.3 50 250 20.0% 15.5%
12 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 53 274 19.3% 15.1%
13 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 92 549 16.8% 13.9%
14 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 32 178 18.0% 13.0%
15 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 29 160 18.1% 12.9%
16 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 34 201 16.9% 12.4%
17 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
18 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
19 Schenck Forest 3.6 28 176 15.9% 11.2%
20 Apex Community Park 3.7 15 86 17.4% 10.9%
21 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
22 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
23 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 11 69 15.9% 9.1%
25 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
26 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 58 511 11.4% 8.9%
27 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 9 56 16.1% 8.7%
28 Lake Benson 11.9 9 61 14.8% 8.0%
29 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
30 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 10 75 13.3% 7.4%
31 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 12 95 12.6% 7.4%
32 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
33 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
34 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
35 Shelley Lake 8.1 12 105 11.4% 6.7%
36 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
37 Bond Park 2.7 16 160 10.0% 6.2%
38 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
39 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
40 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
41 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
42 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
43 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
44 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
45 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 20 426 4.7% 3.1%
46 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
47 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
48 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
49 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
50 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
51 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 4 66 6.1% 2.4%
52 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
53 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
54 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
55 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
56 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
57 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
58 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
59 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
60 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
61 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
62 Lake Lynn 7.7 5 153 3.3% 1.4%
63 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
64 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
65 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 138 2.9% 1.1%
66 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 97 3.1% 1.1%
67 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
68 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
69 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
70 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 4 166 2.4% 0.9%
71 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
72 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
73 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
74 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
75 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
76 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
77 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
78 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 4 366 1.1% 0.4%
79 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
80 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
81 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
82 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
83 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
84 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 2 197 1.0% 0.3%
85 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
86 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 68 1.5% 0.3%