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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	67	77	87.0%	77.7%
2			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	17	20	85.0%	64.0%
3			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	112	157	71.3%	63.8%
4			Bond Park	2.7	118	171	69.0%	61.7%
5			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	28	38	73.7%	58.0%
6			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	130	208	62.5%	55.8%
7			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	23	33	69.7%	52.7%
8			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
9			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	25	37	67.6%	51.5%
10			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
11			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	93	159	58.5%	50.7%
12			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	15	21	71.4%	50.0%
13			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	33	52	63.5%	49.9%
14			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	59	99	59.6%	49.7%
15			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	283	527	53.7%	49.4%
16			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
17			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	27	43	62.8%	47.9%
18			Lake Lynn	7.7	250	480	52.1%	47.6%
19			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
20			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	20	32	62.5%	45.3%
21			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
22			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	172	352	48.9%	43.7%
23			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
24			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	53	101	52.5%	42.8%
25			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	23	40	57.5%	42.2%
26			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	19	33	57.6%	40.8%
27			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	119	254	46.9%	40.8%
28			White Deer Park	11.6	14	23	60.9%	40.8%
29			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
30			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
31			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	160	380	42.1%	37.2%
32			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
33			Northgate Park	17.2	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
34			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	15	28	53.6%	35.8%
35			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
36			17 Acre Woods	18.0	45	107	42.1%	33.1%
37			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	21	46	45.7%	32.2%
38			Homestead Park	19.3	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
39			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	48	122	39.3%	31.1%
40			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
41			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
42			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	19	44	43.2%	29.7%
43			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
44			Schenck Forest	3.6	71	201	35.3%	29.0%
45			Lake Betz	7.3	55	153	35.9%	28.8%
46			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	18	43	41.9%	28.4%
47			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	10	21	47.6%	28.3%
48			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	10	21	47.6%	28.3%
49			Apex Community Park	3.7	24	61	39.3%	28.1%
50			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
51			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
52			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
53			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
54			Ritter Park	4.3	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
55			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	11	25	44.0%	26.7%
56			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	13	32	40.6%	25.5%
57			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
58			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	49	152	32.2%	25.3%
59			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	10	24	41.7%	24.5%
60			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	93	325	28.6%	24.0%
61			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
62			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
63			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	22	66	33.3%	23.2%
64			Fearrington Village	17.5	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
65			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	12	32	37.5%	22.9%
66			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	18	53	34.0%	22.7%
67			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
68			Lake Raleigh	6.0	20	61	32.8%	22.3%
69			Williamson Preserve	19.2	8	20	40.0%	21.9%
70			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	103	403	25.6%	21.5%
71			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
72			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	26	87	29.9%	21.3%
73			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
74			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
75			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
76			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
77			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
78			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
79			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
80			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
81			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
82			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
83			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
84			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
85			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	14	44	31.8%	20.0%
86			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	13	41	31.7%	19.6%
87			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
88			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	11	34	32.4%	19.1%
89			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
90			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
91			Carpenter Park	5.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
92			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
93			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	17	65	26.2%	17.0%
94			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
95			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	12	44	27.3%	16.3%
96			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	74	369	20.1%	16.3%
97			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
98			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
99			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	21	91	23.1%	15.6%
100			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
101			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	8	29	27.6%	14.7%
102			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	29	146	19.9%	14.2%
103			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
104			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
105			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	9	36	25.0%	13.8%
106			Town Lake Park	23.4	8	32	25.0%	13.3%
107			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	7	27	25.9%	13.2%
108			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	7	27	25.9%	13.2%
109			Lake Benson	11.9	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
110			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	26	145	17.9%	12.5%
111			Wendell Park	22.6	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
112			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
113			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	18	100	18.0%	11.7%
114			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	8	37	21.6%	11.4%
115			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	89	647	13.8%	11.3%
116			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	8	38	21.1%	11.1%
117			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	7	33	21.2%	10.7%
118			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	9	47	19.1%	10.4%
119			Indian Trail Park	18.1	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
120			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	11	65	16.9%	9.7%
121			Higgins Greenway	1.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
122			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
123			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
124			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
125			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
126			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
127			Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
128			Forest Hills Park	15.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
129			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%
130			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
131			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	9	52	17.3%	9.4%
132			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	7	41	17.1%	8.5%
133			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	7	41	17.1%	8.5%
134			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
135			Crowder District Park	6.8	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
136			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
137			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
138			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
139			Beaver Marsh	16.7	18	161	11.2%	7.2%
140			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
141			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
142			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
143			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
144			Shelley Lake	8.1	10	78	12.8%	7.1%
145			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
146			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
147			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	8	66	12.1%	6.3%
148			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
149			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
150			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
151			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
152			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
153			Action Park	13.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
154			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
155			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
156			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	6	47	12.8%	6.0%
157			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
158			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	5	39	12.8%	5.6%
159			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
160			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
161			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	13	168	7.7%	4.6%
162			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
163			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
164			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
165			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
166			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
167			Mount Hope Cemetery	7.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
168			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
169			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
170			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
171			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
172			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
173			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
174			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
175			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
176			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
177			Dorothea Dix	6.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
178			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
179			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
180			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
181			Inwood Rd.	7.3	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
182			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	6	104	5.8%	2.7%
183			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
184			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
185			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
186			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
187			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
188			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	3	50	6.0%	2.1%
189			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
190			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
191			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
192			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
193			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
194			Parker Preserve	15.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
195			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	3	76	3.9%	1.4%
196			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
197			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
198			Falls Lake	15.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
199			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
200			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
201			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
202			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	36	2.8%	0.5%