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Where to find American Goldfinch 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 American Goldfinch 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 23 26 88.5% 71.0%
2 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
3 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 77 116 66.4% 57.4%
4 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 59 92 64.1% 53.9%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
6 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
7 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 34 58 58.6% 45.8%
8 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
9 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
10 Bond Park 2.7 63 122 51.6% 42.9%
11 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 27 48 56.2% 42.3%
12 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
13 Wendell Park 22.6 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
14 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
15 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 20 37 54.1% 38.4%
16 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 148 343 43.1% 38.0%
17 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 35 71 49.3% 38.0%
18 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
19 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 146 345 42.3% 37.2%
20 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 110 255 43.1% 37.2%
21 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
22 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
23 Williamson Preserve 19.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
24 Lake Lynn 7.7 50 115 43.5% 34.8%
25 Lake Betz 7.3 107 266 40.2% 34.5%
26 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
27 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
28 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
30 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 52 123 42.3% 33.9%
31 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 29 64 45.3% 33.7%
32 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 42 47.6% 33.4%
33 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
34 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
35 Homestead Park 19.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
38 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
39 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
40 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 31 79 39.2% 29.2%
41 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
42 Fearrington Village 17.5 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
43 Lake Benson 11.9 38 102 37.3% 28.5%
44 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
45 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
46 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
47 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
48 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 29 78 37.2% 27.3%
49 Schenck Forest 3.6 68 208 32.7% 26.7%
50 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
51 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
52 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
53 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 54 168 32.1% 25.5%
54 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
55 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
56 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
58 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
59 Fallon park 8.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
60 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
61 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 40 136 29.4% 22.4%
62 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 15 44 34.1% 21.9%
63 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
64 Shelley Lake 8.1 27 93 29.0% 20.8%
65 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
66 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
67 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
71 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
72 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
73 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
74 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
75 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
76 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
77 Lake Raleigh 6.0 27 97 27.8% 19.9%
78 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
79 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 16 53 30.2% 19.5%
80 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
81 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
82 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
83 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
84 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
85 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
86 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
87 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
88 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
89 Strickland Park 8.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
90 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
91 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 70 304 23.0% 18.6%
92 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
93 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 118 556 21.2% 18.0%
94 White Deer Park 11.6 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
95 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 14 53 26.4% 16.4%
96 Ritter Park 4.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
97 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
98 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
99 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 42 198 21.2% 16.1%
100 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
101 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
102 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
103 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
104 Valley Springs Park 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
105 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
106 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 15 63 23.8% 15.0%
107 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 35 174 20.1% 14.8%
108 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
109 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 89 509 17.5% 14.4%
110 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
111 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
112 Apex Community Park 3.7 18 85 21.2% 13.8%
113 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
114 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
115 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
116 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 13 63 20.6% 12.5%
117 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 16 84 19.0% 12.1%
118 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
119 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
120 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
121 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
122 Northgate Park 17.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
123 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
124 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
125 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
126 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
127 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
128 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
129 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
130 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
131 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
133 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
134 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
135 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
136 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
137 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 9 51 17.6% 9.6%
138 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
143 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
144 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
145 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
146 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 17 115 14.8% 9.4%
147 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 9 52 17.3% 9.4%
148 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
149 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 12 80 15.0% 8.8%
150 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 73 15.1% 8.6%
151 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 21 167 12.6% 8.4%
152 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
153 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
154 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
155 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
156 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
157 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
158 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
159 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
160 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
161 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 9 61 14.8% 8.0%
162 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
163 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
164 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
165 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
166 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
167 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 9 67 13.4% 7.2%
168 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
169 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
170 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
171 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
172 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
173 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 15 143 10.5% 6.5%
174 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
175 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 8 66 12.1% 6.3%
176 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
177 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
178 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
179 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
180 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
181 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
182 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
183 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 105 9.5% 5.3%
184 Beaver Marsh 16.7 23 295 7.8% 5.3%
185 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
186 Falls Lake 15.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
187 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
188 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
189 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
190 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
191 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
192 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
193 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
194 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
195 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
196 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 9 125 7.2% 3.8%
197 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
198 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
199 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
200 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
201 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
202 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
203 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
204 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
205 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
206 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
207 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
208 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 65 6.2% 2.4%
209 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
210 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
211 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
212 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
213 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
214 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
215 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
216 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
217 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
218 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 87 4.6% 1.8%
219 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
220 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
221 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
222 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
223 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
224 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
225 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
226 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
227 Pullen Park 6.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
228 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
229 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
230 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
231 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
232 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
233 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 63 1.6% 0.3%