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Where to find House Finch in January
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 House Finch in January. 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 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 266 345 77.1% 72.4%
2 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 58 71 81.7% 71.2%
3 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 22 26 84.6% 66.5%
4 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 49 67 73.1% 61.5%
7 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
8 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
9 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
10 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 46 78 59.0% 47.9%
11 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 53 92 57.6% 47.4%
12 Bond Park 2.7 68 122 55.7% 46.9%
13 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 20 36 55.6% 39.6%
14 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
15 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 41 84 48.8% 38.4%
16 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 25 48 52.1% 38.3%
17 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
18 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
19 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
20 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
21 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
22 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 28 64 43.8% 32.3%
23 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
24 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
25 Schenck Forest 3.6 76 208 36.5% 30.3%
26 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 37 43.2% 28.7%
27 Fearrington Village 17.5 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
28 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
29 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
30 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 173 556 31.1% 27.4%
31 Ritter Park 4.3 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
32 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
33 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
34 Lake Lynn 7.7 38 115 33.0% 25.1%
35 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 17 45 37.8% 25.1%
36 Eden Lakes 23.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
37 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
38 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
39 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
40 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 22 63 34.9% 24.3%
41 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
42 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
43 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
44 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
45 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 17 53 32.1% 21.1%
46 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
47 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Duke Park 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 45 174 25.9% 19.9%
58 Lake Raleigh 6.0 27 97 27.8% 19.9%
59 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
60 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
61 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
62 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
63 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
64 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
65 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
66 Lake Benson 11.9 25 102 24.5% 17.2%
67 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
68 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
69 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
70 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
71 Shelley Lake 8.1 21 93 22.6% 15.3%
72 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
73 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
74 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
75 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 64 343 18.7% 14.9%
76 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
77 Lake Betz 7.3 50 266 18.8% 14.6%
78 White Deer Park 11.6 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
79 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
80 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
81 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 25 136 18.4% 12.8%
82 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 48 304 15.8% 12.1%
83 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
84 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
85 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
86 Fallon park 8.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
87 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
88 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
89 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
90 Falls Lake 15.1 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
91 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 22 143 15.4% 10.4%
92 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
93 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
94 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
95 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
96 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
97 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
98 Strickland Park 8.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
99 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
100 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
101 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
102 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
103 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
104 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 9 52 17.3% 9.4%
105 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
106 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
107 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
108 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
109 Apex Community Park 3.7 12 85 14.1% 8.3%
110 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
111 Pullen Park 6.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
112 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
113 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
114 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
115 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
116 17 Acre Woods 18.0 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
117 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
118 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
119 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
120 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
121 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
122 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
123 Homestead Park 19.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
124 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
125 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 7 63 11.1% 5.5%
126 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 38 509 7.5% 5.5%
127 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
128 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 8 79 10.1% 5.2%
129 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
130 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
131 Inwood Rd. 7.3 7 71 9.9% 4.9%
132 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
133 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
134 Wendell Park 22.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
135 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 9 105 8.6% 4.6%
136 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
137 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
138 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
139 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 18 255 7.1% 4.5%
140 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 6 63 9.5% 4.4%
141 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
142 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
143 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
144 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
145 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
146 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
147 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
148 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
149 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
150 Lyon Park 15.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
151 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
152 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
153 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 9 167 5.4% 2.9%
154 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
155 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
156 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
157 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
158 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
159 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
160 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
161 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
162 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
163 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
164 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
165 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
166 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
167 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
168 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 80 5.0% 2.0%
169 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
170 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
171 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
172 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 6 168 3.6% 1.6%
173 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
174 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
175 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
176 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
177 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
178 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
179 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
180 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 125 3.2% 1.3%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
182 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
183 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
184 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
185 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
186 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
187 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 3 123 2.4% 0.8%
188 Beaver Marsh 16.7 5 295 1.7% 0.7%
189 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
190 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
191 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 198 1.5% 0.5%
192 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
193 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 115 1.7% 0.5%
194 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
195 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
196 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
197 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 1 116 0.9% 0.2%