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Where to find Hooded Merganser in April
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 April. 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 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 108 984 11.0% 9.2%
2 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
3 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 28 238 11.8% 8.3%
4 Beaver Marsh 16.7 36 330 10.9% 8.0%
5 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 14 120 11.7% 7.1%
6 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 71 9.9% 4.9%
7 Lake Betz 7.3 23 355 6.5% 4.4%
8 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
9 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
10 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
11 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 23 435 5.3% 3.5%
12 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
13 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
14 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 15 390 3.8% 2.3%
15 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
16 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 13 356 3.7% 2.1%
17 Lake Benson 11.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
18 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
19 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
20 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 9 268 3.4% 1.8%
21 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
22 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 108 3.7% 1.4%
23 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 115 3.5% 1.4%
24 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
25 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 83 3.6% 1.2%
26 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
27 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
28 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 118 2.5% 0.9%
29 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
30 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 9 592 1.5% 0.8%
31 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
32 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
33 Lake Raleigh 6.0 3 158 1.9% 0.6%
34 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
35 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
36 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 7 603 1.2% 0.6%
37 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
38 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
39 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 114 1.8% 0.5%
40 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
41 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
42 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
43 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
44 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 134 1.5% 0.4%
45 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
46 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
47 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
48 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
49 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
50 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
51 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
52 Lake Lynn 7.7 2 266 0.8% 0.2%
53 Schenck Forest 3.6 2 295 0.7% 0.2%
54 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 4 899 0.4% 0.2%
55 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
56 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 3 628 0.5% 0.2%
57 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 139 0.7% 0.1%
58 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 142 0.7% 0.1%
59 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 143 0.7% 0.1%