Bird Finder

Where to find American Goldfinch in October
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 October. 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 80 92 87.0% 78.6%
2 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 120 167 71.9% 64.6%
3 Bond Park 2.7 131 195 67.2% 60.3%
4 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 28 39 71.8% 56.2%
5 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 166 268 61.9% 56.0%
6 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 37 54 68.5% 55.3%
7 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
8 Lake Lynn 7.7 421 734 57.4% 53.7%
9 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 106 176 60.2% 52.9%
10 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 65 105 61.9% 52.4%
11 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 21 30 70.0% 52.1%
12 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
13 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
14 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 27 43 62.8% 47.9%
15 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 34 56 60.7% 47.6%
16 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 27 44 61.4% 46.6%
17 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 340 680 50.0% 46.3%
18 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
19 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 20 33 60.6% 43.7%
20 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 179 369 48.5% 43.5%
21 White Deer Park 11.6 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
22 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
23 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 24 43 55.8% 41.1%
24 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 22 39 56.4% 41.0%
25 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
26 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 58 117 49.6% 40.7%
27 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 133 294 45.2% 39.6%
28 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 20 36 55.6% 39.6%
29 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
30 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 188 439 42.8% 38.3%
31 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 24 46 52.2% 38.1%
32 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
33 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
34 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 31 63 49.2% 37.3%
35 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
36 Northgate Park 17.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
37 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 15 29 51.7% 34.4%
38 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 48 114 42.1% 33.4%
39 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
40 17 Acre Woods 18.0 45 108 41.7% 32.8%
41 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
42 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 34 47.1% 31.5%
43 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 69 42.0% 31.1%
44 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
45 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 21 48 43.8% 30.7%
46 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
47 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
48 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
49 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
50 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 64 175 36.6% 29.8%
51 Schenck Forest 3.6 73 207 35.3% 29.1%
52 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 23 57 40.4% 28.6%
53 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
54 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
55 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
56 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
57 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
58 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 19 48 39.6% 27.0%
59 Lake Betz 7.3 59 177 33.3% 26.8%
60 Ritter Park 4.3 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
61 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 109 358 30.4% 25.9%
62 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 38 112 33.9% 25.8%
63 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 52 162 32.1% 25.4%
64 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
65 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
66 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
67 Homestead Park 19.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
68 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 22 64 34.4% 23.9%
69 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
70 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 18 52 34.6% 23.2%
71 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
72 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
73 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
74 Lake Raleigh 6.0 23 71 32.4% 22.7%
75 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
76 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
77 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 112 443 25.3% 21.5%
78 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
79 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
80 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
81 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
82 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
83 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
84 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
85 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
86 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
87 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
88 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
89 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 54 29.6% 19.1%
90 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 13 42 31.0% 19.1%
91 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
92 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
93 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 100 446 22.4% 18.8%
94 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
95 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
96 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 36 30.6% 18.0%
97 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 16 59 27.1% 17.4%
98 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
99 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
100 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 38 28.9% 17.0%
101 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
102 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 20 84 23.8% 16.0%
103 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
104 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
105 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 41 201 20.4% 15.4%
106 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
107 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
108 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 23 105 21.9% 15.1%
109 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
110 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 153 888 17.2% 14.9%
111 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
112 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
113 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
114 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
115 Lake Benson 11.9 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
116 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
117 Wendell Park 22.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
118 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 26 152 17.1% 11.9%
119 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
120 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
121 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
122 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
123 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 18 104 17.3% 11.2%
124 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
125 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
126 Shelley Lake 8.1 15 90 16.7% 10.4%
127 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
128 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
129 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
130 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
131 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
132 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
133 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
134 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
135 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
136 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
142 Parker Preserve 15.5 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
143 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
144 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 14 97 14.4% 8.8%
145 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 41 17.1% 8.5%
146 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
147 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
148 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
149 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 88 13.6% 8.0%
150 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
151 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
152 Beaver Marsh 16.7 19 165 11.5% 7.5%
153 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
154 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
155 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
156 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
157 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
158 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
159 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
160 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 7 53 13.2% 6.5%
161 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
162 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
163 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
164 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
165 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
166 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
167 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
168 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 19 203 9.4% 6.1%
169 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
170 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
171 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
172 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
173 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
174 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
175 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
176 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
177 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
178 Action Park 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
179 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
180 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
181 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
182 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
183 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 8 111 7.2% 3.7%
184 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
185 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
186 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
187 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
188 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
189 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
190 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
191 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
192 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
193 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
194 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
195 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
196 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
197 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
198 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
199 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
200 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
201 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
202 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
203 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
204 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
205 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
206 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
207 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
208 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
209 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
210 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
211 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
212 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
213 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 3 76 3.9% 1.4%
214 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
215 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
216 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
217 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
218 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
219 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
220 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
221 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
222 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
223 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 88 1.1% 0.2%