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Where to find American Goldfinch in February
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including American Goldfinch in February. 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 70 84 83.3% 73.9%
2 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 54 78 69.2% 58.3%
3 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 26 36 72.2% 56.0%
4 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 65 112 58.0% 48.8%
5 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 60 112 53.6% 44.4%
6 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
7 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
8 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 89 180 49.4% 42.2%
9 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 19 34 55.9% 39.5%
10 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
11 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
12 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 18 36 50.0% 34.5%
13 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 197 512 38.5% 34.4%
14 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
15 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land) 15.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
17 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
18 Ritter Park 4.3 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
19 Bond Park 2.7 71 187 38.0% 31.3%
20 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 56 147 38.1% 30.6%
21 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
22 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
23 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
24 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
25 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
26 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 26 67 38.8% 28.0%
27 Lake Lynn 7.7 64 189 33.9% 27.5%
28 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 49 38.8% 26.4%
29 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
30 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 34 100 34.0% 25.5%
31 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 146 500 29.2% 25.4%
32 White Deer Park 11.6 21 58 36.2% 25.1%
33 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
34 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
35 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
36 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 34 104 32.7% 24.4%
37 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 75 253 29.6% 24.4%
38 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 17 47 36.2% 24.0%
39 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 48 157 30.6% 23.9%
40 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
41 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
42 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
43 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
44 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 43 155 27.7% 21.3%
45 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
46 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 100 398 25.1% 21.1%
47 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 23 76 30.3% 21.1%
48 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 30 104 28.8% 21.0%
49 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
50 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
51 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
52 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
53 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
59 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 Lake Benson 11.9 44 166 26.5% 20.4%
62 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 52 207 25.1% 19.7%
63 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
64 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 18 63 28.6% 18.9%
65 Oberlin Cemetery 6.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
66 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 66 287 23.0% 18.5%
67 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
68 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
69 Shelley Lake 8.1 44 184 23.9% 18.3%
70 Apex Community Park 3.7 51 219 23.3% 18.2%
71 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
72 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
73 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
74 Lake Raleigh 6.0 49 214 22.9% 17.8%
75 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
76 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 16 59 27.1% 17.4%
77 Carpenter Park 5.1 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
78 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
79 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
80 Lake Betz 7.3 74 364 20.3% 16.5%
81 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
82 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
83 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 109 574 19.0% 16.0%
84 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
85 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
86 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
87 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
88 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 19 84 22.6% 15.0%
89 Raven Rock SP 23.9 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
90 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
91 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 14 59 23.7% 14.7%
92 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
93 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
94 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 15 67 22.4% 14.1%
95 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 16 73 21.9% 14.0%
96 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 25 128 19.5% 13.6%
97 Schenck Forest 3.6 63 372 16.9% 13.5%
98 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
99 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 19 95 20.0% 13.2%
100 Wendell Park 22.6 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
101 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
102 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
103 Fallon park 8.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
104 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
105 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 23 129 17.8% 12.2%
106 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
107 Little Creek Trail 15.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
108 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
109 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 84 583 14.4% 11.8%
110 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
111 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
112 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 18 102 17.6% 11.5%
113 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 14 76 18.4% 11.3%
114 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 16 91 17.6% 11.1%
115 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
116 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
117 Pullen Park 6.6 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
118 Beaver Marsh 16.7 48 355 13.5% 10.4%
119 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
120 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
121 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
122 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
123 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
124 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
125 South Point Mall Retention Pond 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
126 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 10 60 16.7% 9.3%
127 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 82 717 11.4% 9.3%
128 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
129 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
130 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
131 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
132 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
133 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 29 235 12.3% 8.7%
134 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 7 41 17.1% 8.5%
135 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 11 74 14.9% 8.5%
136 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
137 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 10 67 14.9% 8.3%
138 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
139 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
140 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
141 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
142 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
143 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
144 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
145 Downtown Cary Park 0.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
146 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
147 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
148 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
149 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
150 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
151 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
152 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
153 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
154 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 65 12.3% 6.4%
155 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
156 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
157 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
158 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
159 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
160 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
161 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
162 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
163 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
164 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 8 72 11.1% 5.7%
165 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 8 73 11.0% 5.7%
166 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
167 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
168 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 11 118 9.3% 5.3%
169 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 13 146 8.9% 5.3%
170 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
171 Homestead Park 19.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
172 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
173 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
174 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
175 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
176 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
177 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
178 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
179 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
180 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
181 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
182 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
183 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
184 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
185 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
186 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
187 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
188 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
189 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
190 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
191 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
192 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
193 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
194 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
195 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
196 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
197 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
198 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 5 73 6.8% 3.0%
199 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
200 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
201 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 10 191 5.2% 2.9%
202 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
203 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
204 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
205 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 8 155 5.2% 2.6%
206 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
207 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
208 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
209 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
210 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
211 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
212 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
213 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
214 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
215 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
216 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
217 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
218 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
219 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
220 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
221 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
222 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
223 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
224 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 125 4.0% 1.7%
225 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
226 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
227 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
228 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
229 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
230 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
231 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 98 3.1% 1.0%
232 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
233 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 101 3.0% 1.0%
234 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
235 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
236 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
237 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
238 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 110 2.7% 0.9%
239 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
240 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
241 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
242 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
243 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
244 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
245 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 38 2.6% 0.5%