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Where to find House Finch in September
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 September. 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 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 67 81 82.7% 73.1%
2 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 190 248 76.6% 71.0%
4 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 21 25 84.0% 65.3%
5 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
6 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 45 64 70.3% 58.2%
7 White Deer Park 11.6 20 31 64.5% 46.9%
8 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 53 98 54.1% 44.2%
9 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
10 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 45 86 52.3% 41.9%
11 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 188 413 45.5% 40.8%
12 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 68 141 48.2% 40.1%
13 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 71 156 45.5% 37.9%
14 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
15 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
16 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
17 Apex Nature Park 8.6 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
18 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 30 63 47.6% 35.8%
19 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 70 163 42.9% 35.6%
20 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 37 86 43.0% 33.1%
21 Schenck Forest 3.6 77 195 39.5% 32.9%
22 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
23 Bond Park 2.7 68 181 37.6% 30.8%
24 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
25 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
26 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
27 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
28 Town Lake Park 23.4 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
29 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 29 83 34.9% 25.6%
30 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
31 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
32 17 Acre Woods 18.0 32 95 33.7% 25.0%
33 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
34 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
35 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
36 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
37 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
38 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
39 Lake Betz 7.3 65 231 28.1% 22.7%
40 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
41 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 40 136 29.4% 22.4%
42 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
43 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 22 70 31.4% 21.8%
44 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
45 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Clayton Community Park 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
54 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
55 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 16 58 27.6% 17.8%
56 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
57 Lake Lynn 7.7 120 577 20.8% 17.7%
58 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 67 337 19.9% 16.0%
59 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 40 192 20.8% 15.7%
60 Lake Raleigh 6.0 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
61 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
62 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
63 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
64 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
65 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
66 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
67 Lake Benson 11.9 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
68 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
69 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 10 42 23.8% 13.5%
70 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
71 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 50 296 16.9% 13.1%
72 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
73 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
74 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
75 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
76 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
77 Shelley Lake 8.1 14 81 17.3% 10.6%
78 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 13 75 17.3% 10.4%
79 Apex Community Park 3.7 9 48 18.8% 10.2%
80 Pullen Park 6.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
81 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
82 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
83 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
84 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
85 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
86 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
87 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
88 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
89 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
90 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
91 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
92 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
93 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
94 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
95 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 15 105 14.3% 8.9%
96 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 28 223 12.6% 8.8%
97 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 37 311 11.9% 8.8%
98 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 11 77 14.3% 8.2%
99 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
100 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
101 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 20 181 11.0% 7.3%
102 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
103 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
104 Wendell Park 22.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
105 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 15 130 11.5% 7.1%
106 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
107 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 132 1701 7.8% 6.6%
108 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
109 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
112 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
113 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
114 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
115 Ritter Park 4.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
116 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
117 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
118 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
119 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
120 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 36 497 7.2% 5.3%
121 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
122 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
123 Homestead Park 19.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
124 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 109 9.2% 5.1%
125 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
126 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
127 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 14 181 7.7% 4.7%
128 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
129 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
130 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
131 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 13 176 7.4% 4.4%
132 Northgate Park 17.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
133 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
134 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
135 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 24 411 5.8% 4.0%
136 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
137 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
138 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
139 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
140 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
141 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
142 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
143 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
144 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
145 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
146 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
147 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
148 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
149 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
150 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
151 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 5 75 6.7% 2.9%
152 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
153 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
154 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
155 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 10 232 4.3% 2.4%
156 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
157 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
158 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
159 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
160 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
161 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 7 164 4.3% 2.1%
162 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
163 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
164 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
165 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
166 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
167 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
168 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
169 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
170 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
171 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
172 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 4 104 3.8% 1.5%
173 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
174 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
175 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
176 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
177 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
178 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
179 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
180 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 5 263 1.9% 0.8%
182 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
183 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
184 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
185 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
186 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
187 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
188 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
189 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
190 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
191 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
192 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
193 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
194 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
195 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
196 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
197 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
198 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 132 0.8% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.