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Where to find American Goldfinch in October
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 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	112	144	77.8%	70.3%
2			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	64	84	76.2%	66.1%
3			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	126	177	71.2%	64.1%
4			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
5			Bond Park	2.7	154	235	65.5%	59.2%
6			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	225	351	64.1%	59.0%
7			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	27	37	73.0%	57.0%
8			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	125	198	63.1%	56.2%
9			Lake Lynn	7.7	578	1002	57.7%	54.6%
10			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	28	41	68.3%	53.0%
11			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	68	111	61.3%	52.0%
12			White Deer Park	11.6	24	37	64.9%	48.8%
13			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	11	15	73.3%	48.0%
14			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	28	45	62.2%	47.6%
15			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	33	56	58.9%	45.9%
16			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	36	62	58.1%	45.7%
17			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	28	48	58.3%	44.3%
18			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
19			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	387	825	46.9%	43.5%
20			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	193	403	47.9%	43.1%
21			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	20	34	58.8%	42.2%
22			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	23	40	57.5%	42.2%
23			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	29	53	54.7%	41.5%
24			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
25			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	14	24	58.3%	38.8%
26			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	22	41	53.7%	38.7%
27			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	208	488	42.6%	38.3%
28			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	64	138	46.4%	38.3%
29			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
30			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	62	136	45.6%	37.5%
31			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	14	25	56.0%	37.1%
32			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	26	52	50.0%	36.9%
33			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	12	21	57.1%	36.5%
34			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	16	30	53.3%	36.1%
35			Northgate Park	17.2	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
36			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
37			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	20	40	50.0%	35.2%
38			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	143	358	39.9%	35.0%
39			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
40			Apex Community Park	3.7	35	79	44.3%	33.9%
41			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	16	32	50.0%	33.6%
42			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
43			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	37	87	42.5%	32.7%
44			17 Acre Woods	18.0	45	109	41.3%	32.5%
45			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
46			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
47			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	14	30	46.7%	30.2%
48			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
49			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	13	28	46.4%	29.5%
50			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	26	64	40.6%	29.5%
51			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	65	181	35.9%	29.3%
52			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	18	42	42.9%	29.1%
53			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	24	59	40.7%	29.1%
54			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	21	51	41.2%	28.8%
55			Schenck Forest	3.6	77	223	34.5%	28.6%
56			Homestead Park	19.3	10	21	47.6%	28.3%
57			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
58			Higgins Greenway	1.2	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
59			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	143	449	31.8%	27.7%
60			Williamson Preserve	19.2	12	27	44.4%	27.6%
61			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
62			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
63			Lake Betz	7.3	68	205	33.2%	27.1%
64			Ritter Park	4.3	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
65			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
66			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	54	165	32.7%	26.0%
67			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
68			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	26	74	35.1%	25.2%
69			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	44	138	31.9%	24.7%
70			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	11	27	40.7%	24.5%
71			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	20	57	35.1%	24.0%
72			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
73			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	10	25	40.0%	23.4%
74			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
75			Fearrington Village	17.5	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
76			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
77			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	20	60	33.3%	22.7%
78			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	126	481	26.2%	22.5%
79			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
80			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
81			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
82			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
83			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY	12.4	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
84			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
85			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
86			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
87			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
88			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
89			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
90			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
91			William B. Umstead SP--Graylyn Trail	5.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
92			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	20	66	30.3%	20.6%
93			Lake Raleigh	6.0	28	99	28.3%	20.4%
94			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	9	26	34.6%	19.4%
95			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	28	104	26.9%	19.3%
96			Lake Benson	11.9	11	34	32.4%	19.1%
97			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
98			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
99			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
100			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	110	508	21.7%	18.3%
101			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	14	49	28.6%	17.8%
102			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	12	41	29.3%	17.6%
103			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	16	59	27.1%	17.4%
104			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
105			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	27	112	24.1%	17.1%
106			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	52	242	21.5%	16.8%
107			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
108			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	201	1101	18.3%	16.1%
109			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
110			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	11	41	26.8%	15.7%
111			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
112			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
113			Wendell Park	22.6	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
114			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
115			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	9	34	26.5%	14.6%
116			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	7	25	28.0%	14.3%
117			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	8	32	25.0%	13.3%
118			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	7	27	25.9%	13.2%
119			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	24	126	19.0%	13.1%
120			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
121			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
122			Town Lake Park	23.4	8	35	22.9%	12.1%
123			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	26	152	17.1%	11.9%
124			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
125			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
126			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
127			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	6	25	24.0%	11.5%
128			Shelley Lake	8.1	17	98	17.3%	11.1%
129			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	8	38	21.1%	11.1%
130			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	9	49	18.4%	10.0%
131			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	11	64	17.2%	9.9%
132			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
133			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
134			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	20	137	14.6%	9.7%
135			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
136			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
137			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
138			Leesville Park	7.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
139			Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
140			Forest Hills Park	15.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
141			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
142			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	11	67	16.4%	9.4%
143			Indian Trail Park	18.1	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
144			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	7	41	17.1%	8.5%
145			Carpenter Park	5.1	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
146			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	7	42	16.7%	8.3%
147			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
148			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
149			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	8	51	15.7%	8.2%
150			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
151			Parker Preserve	15.5	5	28	17.9%	7.9%
152			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	13	99	13.1%	7.8%
153			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	7	46	15.2%	7.6%
154			Beaver Marsh	16.7	19	166	11.4%	7.5%
155			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
156			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
157			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
158			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
159			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
160			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
161			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	8	59	13.6%	7.0%
162			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
163			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	25	247	10.1%	7.0%
164			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	5	33	15.2%	6.7%
165			Crowder District Park	6.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
166			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
167			Duke Park	16.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
168			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
169			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
170			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	7	59	11.9%	5.9%
171			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
172			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
173			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
174			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
175			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
176			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
177			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
178			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
179			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	10	119	8.4%	4.6%
180			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
181			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
182			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
183			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
184			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
185			Mount Hope Cemetery	7.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
186			Action Park	13.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
187			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
188			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	4	25.0%	4.6%
189			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
190			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
191			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
192			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
193			Dorothea Dix	6.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
194			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
195			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
196			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
197			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
198			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
199			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
200			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
201			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
202			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
203			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	40	7.5%	2.6%
204			Inwood Rd.	7.3	3	40	7.5%	2.6%
205			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
206			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
207			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
208			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
209			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
210			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
211			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
212			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
213			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
214			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
215			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
216			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	3	56	5.4%	1.8%
217			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
218			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
219			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
220			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
221			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
222			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
223			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
224			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	3	78	3.8%	1.3%
225			Falls Lake	15.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
226			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
227			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
228			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	53	3.8%	1.0%
229			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
230			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
231			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
232			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
233			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	113	0.9%	0.2%