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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 3.9 253 300 84.3% 79.8%
2 Higgins Greenway 1.2 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
3 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 26 31 83.9% 67.4%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 158 217 72.8% 66.5%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 165 233 70.8% 64.7%
6 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 90 126 71.4% 63.0%
7 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
8 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
9 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 37 52 71.2% 57.7%
10 Bond Park 2.7 127 199 63.8% 56.9%
11 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
12 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 25 37 67.6% 51.5%
13 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 40 64 62.5% 50.3%
14 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
15 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 30 49 61.2% 47.2%
16 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
17 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
18 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
19 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
20 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
21 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
22 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
23 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
24 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 22 38 57.9% 42.2%
25 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 35 66 53.0% 41.2%
26 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 83 172 48.3% 40.9%
27 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
28 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 300 681 44.1% 40.4%
29 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 28 53 52.8% 39.7%
30 Lake Lynn 7.7 97 211 46.0% 39.4%
31 Lake Raleigh 6.0 58 121 47.9% 39.2%
32 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
33 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
34 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
35 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 266 626 42.5% 38.7%
36 White Deer Park 11.6 32 64 50.0% 38.1%
37 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 30 62 48.4% 36.4%
38 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
39 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
40 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 123 309 39.8% 34.5%
41 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
42 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
43 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
44 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
45 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 33 77 42.9% 32.4%
46 Apex Community Park 3.7 24 54 44.4% 32.0%
47 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 55 139 39.6% 31.8%
48 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
49 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
50 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
51 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
52 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
53 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
54 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
55 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
56 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
57 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 26 64 40.6% 29.5%
58 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
59 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 242 755 32.1% 28.8%
60 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 23 57 40.4% 28.6%
61 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 40 108 37.0% 28.5%
62 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
63 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 23 58 39.7% 28.1%
64 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
65 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
66 Carpenter Park 5.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
67 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
68 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 37 101 36.6% 27.9%
69 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 19 47 40.4% 27.6%
70 17 Acre Woods 18.0 47 134 35.1% 27.5%
71 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
72 Fearrington Village 17.5 24 63 38.1% 27.1%
73 South Durham WRF 13.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
74 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
75 Homestead Park 19.3 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
76 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
77 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
78 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
79 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
80 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 23 68 33.8% 23.7%
81 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 89 314 28.3% 23.6%
82 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 25 76 32.9% 23.4%
83 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
84 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
85 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
86 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
87 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 17 49 34.7% 22.9%
88 Shelley Lake 8.1 40 134 29.9% 22.8%
89 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 16 47 34.0% 22.2%
90 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
91 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
92 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
93 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
94 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
95 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
98 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 Action Park 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
105 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
106 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
107 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 20 74 27.0% 18.2%
108 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 12 40 30.0% 18.1%
109 Northgate Park 17.2 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
110 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
111 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 22 88 25.0% 17.1%
112 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
113 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
114 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
115 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
116 Ritter Park 4.3 13 51 25.5% 15.5%
117 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
118 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
119 Carrboro High School 18.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
120 Strickland Park 8.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
121 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
122 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%
123 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
124 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
125 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
126 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
127 Lake Benson 11.9 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
128 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
129 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 15 70 21.4% 13.4%
130 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
131 Inwood Rd. 7.3 13 62 21.0% 12.7%
132 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 14 70 20.0% 12.3%
133 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
134 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
135 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 10 48 20.8% 11.7%
136 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
137 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
138 Indian Trail Park 18.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
139 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
140 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 87 681 12.8% 10.5%
141 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 13 76 17.1% 10.3%
142 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
143 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
144 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
145 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
146 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
147 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
148 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
149 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 57 491 11.6% 9.1%
150 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 10 62 16.1% 9.0%
151 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
152 Lake Betz 7.3 35 285 12.3% 9.0%
153 Pullen Park 6.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
154 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
155 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 51 450 11.3% 8.7%
156 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 20 152 13.2% 8.7%
157 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
158 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 43 384 11.2% 8.4%
159 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 55 513 10.7% 8.3%
160 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
161 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
162 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
163 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
164 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 12 86 14.0% 8.2%
165 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
166 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
167 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 54 14.8% 7.7%
168 Wendell Park 22.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
169 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 8 55 14.5% 7.6%
170 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
171 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
172 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
173 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
174 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
175 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
176 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
177 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 11 89 12.4% 7.0%
178 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
179 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
180 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
181 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
182 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
183 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
184 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
189 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
190 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
191 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 11 111 9.9% 5.6%
192 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 13 145 9.0% 5.3%
193 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
194 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
195 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
196 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
197 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
198 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
199 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
200 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
201 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
202 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
203 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
205 Fallon park 8.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
206 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
207 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 13 201 6.5% 3.8%
208 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
209 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
210 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
211 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
212 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
213 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
214 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
215 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 6 89 6.7% 3.1%
216 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
217 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
218 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 27 616 4.4% 3.0%
219 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
220 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
221 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
222 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
223 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
224 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
225 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
226 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
227 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
228 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
229 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
230 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
231 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
232 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
233 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
234 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
235 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
236 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
237 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
238 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
239 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
240 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
241 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
242 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
243 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
244 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
245 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
246 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
247 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 80 3.8% 1.3%
248 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
249 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
250 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
251 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
252 Falls Lake 15.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
253 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
254 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
255 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
256 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
257 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
258 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
259 Beaver Marsh 16.7 2 199 1.0% 0.3%
260 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 129 0.8% 0.1%