Wake County - Raleigh Lakes

Raleigh is by far the best place to go in winter for ducks. When lake levels get low in the fall, they can be good for shorebirds, too. Raleigh is also the only place in the Triangle where you have a good chance of finding a Loggerhead Shrike.

Best Birding Spots

1010 pond

Anderson Point Park and Neuse River Trail

Brier Creek Reservoir

Durant Nature Park

Harris Lake

Hemlock Bluffs and Ritter Park

Lake Benson

Lake Crabtree

Lake Johnson

Lake Wheeler

Lake Wheeler marshes

Lake Wheeler Road dairy pond

RDU Airport

Umstead Park

West Lake Road ponds

Yates Mill

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Created 8 Sept 1998/Revised 24 January 2008 cwcook@duke.edu