Bird Finder

Where to find American Goldfinch in November
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 November. 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 59 68 86.8% 76.7%
2 Williamson Preserve 19.2 36 42 85.7% 72.2%
3 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 61 76 80.3% 70.0%
4 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
5 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 227 339 67.0% 61.8%
6 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 25 32 78.1% 61.2%
7 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
8 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 19 24 79.2% 59.5%
9 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
10 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 56 82 68.3% 57.6%
11 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
12 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
13 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 33 47 70.2% 56.0%
14 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 18 24 75.0% 55.1%
15 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
16 Bond Park 2.7 59 91 64.8% 54.6%
17 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 161 267 60.3% 54.3%
18 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
19 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 141 238 59.2% 52.9%
20 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
21 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 101 173 58.4% 50.9%
22 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
23 Wendell Park 22.6 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
24 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 26 41 63.4% 48.1%
25 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
26 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 46 79 58.2% 47.2%
27 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
28 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
29 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
30 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
31 Schenck Forest 3.6 63 116 54.3% 45.3%
32 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
33 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
34 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
35 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
36 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
37 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
38 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 22 37 59.5% 43.5%
39 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
40 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 42 80 52.5% 41.7%
41 Lake Lynn 7.7 65 131 49.6% 41.2%
42 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 64 129 49.6% 41.1%
43 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
44 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 291 652 44.6% 40.9%
45 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 20 35 57.1% 40.9%
46 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 18 31 58.1% 40.8%
47 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 152 336 45.2% 40.0%
48 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 50 101 49.5% 40.0%
49 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 25 47 53.2% 39.2%
50 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
51 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
52 Lake Betz 7.3 80 174 46.0% 38.7%
53 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
54 Apex Community Park 3.7 24 46 52.2% 38.1%
55 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
56 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
57 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 21 40 52.5% 37.5%
58 Town Lake Park 23.4 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
59 White Deer Park 11.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
60 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
61 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
62 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
63 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
64 Lake Benson 11.9 22 45 48.9% 35.0%
65 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
66 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
67 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
68 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 165 428 38.6% 34.1%
69 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 17 35 48.6% 33.0%
70 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 26 58 44.8% 32.7%
71 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 24 53 45.3% 32.7%
72 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 19 41 46.3% 32.1%
73 17 Acre Woods 18.0 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
74 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 20 45 44.4% 30.9%
75 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 17 38 44.7% 30.1%
76 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
77 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
78 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
79 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
80 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 52 141 36.9% 29.4%
81 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 57 161 35.4% 28.4%
82 Lake Raleigh 6.0 23 59 39.0% 27.6%
83 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 81 245 33.1% 27.5%
84 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
85 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 15 36 41.7% 27.1%
86 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
87 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
88 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
89 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 23 64 35.9% 25.3%
90 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
91 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
92 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
93 Beaver Marsh 16.7 56 190 29.5% 23.4%
94 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
95 Carrboro High School 18.4 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
96 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
97 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
98 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
99 Shelley Lake 8.1 25 81 30.9% 21.9%
100 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
101 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
102 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
103 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
104 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
105 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 46 171 26.9% 20.8%
106 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
107 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
108 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 Hillcrest Cemetery 0.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
125 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
126 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
127 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
128 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 12 39 30.8% 18.6%
129 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 42 174 24.1% 18.4%
130 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 11 38 28.9% 17.0%
131 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
132 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
133 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 24 104 23.1% 16.0%
134 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
135 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
136 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
137 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
138 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 13 52 25.0% 15.2%
139 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
140 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
141 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
142 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
143 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
144 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 14 64 21.9% 13.5%
145 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
146 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 33 192 17.2% 12.5%
147 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 11 51 21.6% 12.5%
148 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
149 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
150 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
151 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
152 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
153 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
154 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
155 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
156 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
157 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
158 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
159 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
160 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
161 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
162 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
163 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
164 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
165 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
166 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
167 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
168 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
169 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
170 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
171 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
172 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
173 Higgins Park 1.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
174 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
175 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
176 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
177 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
178 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
179 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
180 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 15 114 13.2% 8.1%
181 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
182 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
183 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
184 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
185 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 8 65 12.3% 6.4%
186 Ritter Park 4.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
187 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
188 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
189 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
190 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
191 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
192 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
193 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
194 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
195 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
196 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
197 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
198 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
199 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 63 11.1% 5.5%
200 Homestead Park 19.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
201 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
202 Falls Lake 15.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
203 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
204 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
205 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
206 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
207 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
208 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
209 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
210 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
211 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
212 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
213 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
214 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
215 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
216 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
217 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
218 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
219 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
220 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
221 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
222 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
223 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
224 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
225 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
226 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 93 6.5% 3.0%
227 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
228 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
229 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
230 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
231 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
232 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
233 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
234 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
235 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
236 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
237 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
238 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
239 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
240 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
241 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
242 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
243 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
244 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
245 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 25 4.0% 0.7%