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Where to find House Finch in May
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 May. 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 3.9 219 264 83.0% 78.0%
2 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 54 62 87.1% 76.6%
3 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 26 31 83.9% 67.4%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 150 206 72.8% 66.4%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 143 208 68.8% 62.2%
6 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 80 113 70.8% 61.8%
7 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
8 Higgins Greenway 1.2 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
9 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 34 48 70.8% 56.8%
10 Bond Park 2.7 116 182 63.7% 56.5%
11 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
12 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 24 35 68.6% 52.0%
13 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
14 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
15 White Deer Park 11.6 24 40 60.0% 44.6%
16 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
17 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
19 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 16 26 61.5% 42.5%
20 Lake Raleigh 6.0 48 93 51.6% 41.6%
21 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 76 154 49.4% 41.6%
22 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 259 568 45.6% 41.5%
23 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 26 47 55.3% 41.2%
24 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 21 38 55.3% 39.7%
25 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
26 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 19 34 55.9% 39.5%
27 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
28 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
29 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
30 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
31 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
32 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
33 Lake Lynn 7.7 71 164 43.3% 35.9%
34 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
35 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
36 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 115 283 40.6% 35.1%
37 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 200 515 38.8% 34.7%
38 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 21 43 48.8% 34.6%
39 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
40 Coker Pinetum 16.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
41 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 23 50 46.0% 33.0%
42 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
43 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
44 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
45 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
46 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
47 Apex Community Park 3.7 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
48 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 38 94 40.4% 31.1%
49 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 26 61 42.6% 31.0%
50 South Durham WRF 13.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
51 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
52 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
53 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
54 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
55 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
56 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
57 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 18 42 42.9% 29.1%
58 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 49 40.8% 28.2%
59 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 31 82 37.8% 28.1%
60 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
61 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
62 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
63 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 29 81 35.8% 26.2%
64 Fearrington Village 17.5 20 53 37.7% 25.9%
65 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
66 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
67 Carrboro High School 18.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
68 Homestead Park 19.3 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
69 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 173 629 27.5% 24.2%
70 17 Acre Woods 18.0 38 121 31.4% 23.8%
71 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
72 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
73 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 17 48 35.4% 23.4%
74 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
75 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
76 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
77 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 17 49 34.7% 22.9%
78 Shelley Lake 8.1 33 109 30.3% 22.4%
79 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
80 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
81 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 68 264 25.8% 20.9%
82 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
83 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
84 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
85 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
86 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
87 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
88 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
89 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
90 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
91 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
92 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
93 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
94 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
95 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 19 62 30.6% 20.6%
96 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
97 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
98 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
99 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 19 69 27.5% 18.4%
100 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
101 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
102 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
103 Ritter Park 4.3 13 49 26.5% 16.2%
104 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
105 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
106 Strickland Park 8.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
107 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
108 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
109 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
110 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 15 68 22.1% 13.8%
111 Pullen Park 6.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
112 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
113 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
114 Inwood Rd. 7.3 13 58 22.4% 13.6%
115 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 14 65 21.5% 13.3%
116 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
117 Northgate Park 17.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
118 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
119 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
120 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
121 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
122 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
123 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
124 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
125 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
126 Indian Trail Park 18.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
127 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
128 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
129 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
130 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 39 270 14.4% 10.7%
131 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 79 617 12.8% 10.4%
132 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 42 19.0% 10.0%
133 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 49 387 12.7% 9.7%
134 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
135 Lake Benson 11.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
136 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
143 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
144 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
145 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
146 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 47 427 11.0% 8.4%
147 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
148 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
149 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
150 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
151 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
152 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
153 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 10 71 14.1% 7.8%
154 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 72 13.9% 7.7%
155 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 11 82 13.4% 7.7%
156 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
157 Wendell Park 22.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
158 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 17 147 11.6% 7.3%
159 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
160 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
161 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
162 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 32 334 9.6% 6.9%
163 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
164 Lake Betz 7.3 25 261 9.6% 6.6%
165 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
166 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
167 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
168 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
169 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
170 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
171 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
172 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
173 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
174 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
175 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
176 Fallon park 8.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
177 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
178 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
179 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
180 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
181 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
182 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
183 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
184 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
185 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
186 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
187 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
188 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
189 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
190 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 8 105 7.6% 3.9%
191 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
192 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
193 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
194 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 60 8.3% 3.6%
195 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
196 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
197 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
198 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
199 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
200 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
201 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
202 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
203 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
204 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 7 150 4.7% 2.3%
205 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
206 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
207 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
208 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
209 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
210 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
211 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
212 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 4 79 5.1% 2.0%
213 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
214 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 14 424 3.3% 2.0%
215 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
216 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
217 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
218 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
219 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
220 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
221 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
222 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
223 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
224 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
225 Falls Lake 15.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
226 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
227 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
228 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
229 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
230 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
231 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
232 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
233 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
234 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
235 Beaver Marsh 16.7 2 194 1.0% 0.3%
236 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
237 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 121 0.8% 0.1%