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 68 79 86.1% 76.8%
2 Williamson Preserve 19.2 38 44 86.4% 73.3%
3 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 66 87 75.9% 65.9%
4 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 249 368 67.7% 62.7%
5 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 24 30 80.0% 62.7%
6 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 26 33 78.8% 62.2%
7 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 37 50 74.0% 60.4%
8 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
9 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 62 92 67.4% 57.3%
10 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
11 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 34 48 70.8% 56.8%
12 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
13 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
14 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 178 290 61.4% 55.7%
15 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
16 Bond Park 2.7 64 100 64.0% 54.2%
17 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
18 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 176 308 57.1% 51.6%
19 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
20 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
21 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
22 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 126 220 57.3% 50.7%
23 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 29 45 64.4% 49.8%
24 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
25 Wendell Park 22.6 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
26 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 24 37 64.9% 48.8%
27 Apex Community Park 3.7 39 64 60.9% 48.7%
28 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
29 Schenck Forest 3.6 73 132 55.3% 46.8%
30 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 46 80 57.5% 46.6%
31 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 23 37 62.2% 46.1%
32 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
33 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
34 Lake Lynn 7.7 84 160 52.5% 44.8%
35 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 194 395 49.1% 44.2%
36 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
37 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
38 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
39 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
40 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
41 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
42 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 187 395 47.3% 42.5%
43 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
44 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
45 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 340 746 45.6% 42.0%
46 Lake Benson 11.9 32 59 54.2% 41.7%
47 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 68 137 49.6% 41.4%
48 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 23 41 56.1% 41.0%
49 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
50 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
51 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
52 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 55 112 49.1% 40.0%
53 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 52 106 49.1% 39.7%
54 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 26 49 53.1% 39.4%
55 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
56 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 23 43 53.5% 38.9%
57 Lake Betz 7.3 92 202 45.5% 38.8%
58 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
59 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
60 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 27 53 50.9% 37.9%
61 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 258 619 41.7% 37.9%
62 17 Acre Woods 18.0 17 31 54.8% 37.8%
63 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
64 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 29 61 47.5% 35.5%
65 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
66 Town Lake Park 23.4 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
67 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 29 62 46.8% 34.9%
68 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 30 65 46.2% 34.6%
69 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
70 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
71 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
72 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
73 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
74 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
75 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
76 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
77 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 18 40 45.0% 30.7%
78 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 73 197 37.1% 30.6%
79 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
80 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
81 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 53 144 36.8% 29.4%
82 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 17 39 43.6% 29.3%
83 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
84 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
85 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
86 Lake Raleigh 6.0 28 73 38.4% 28.1%
87 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
88 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
89 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 22 56 39.3% 27.6%
90 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 29 78 37.2% 27.3%
91 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
92 Carrboro High School 18.4 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
93 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
94 White Deer Park 11.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
95 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 22 58 37.9% 26.6%
96 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
97 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
98 Shelley Lake 8.1 34 101 33.7% 25.2%
99 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 75 245 30.6% 25.2%
100 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 23 65 35.4% 24.9%
101 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
102 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
103 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
104 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
105 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
106 Beaver Marsh 16.7 58 200 29.0% 23.2%
107 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
108 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
109 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 17 51 33.3% 22.0%
110 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
111 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
112 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
113 Duke Park 16.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
114 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
115 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
116 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Hillcrest Cemetery 0.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
131 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
132 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 60 249 24.1% 19.2%
133 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
134 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
135 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
136 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
137 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 32 133 24.1% 17.6%
138 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 11 38 28.9% 17.0%
139 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
140 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
141 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
142 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
143 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
144 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
145 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
146 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
147 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
148 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
149 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 19 84 22.6% 15.0%
150 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
151 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
152 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 15 64 23.4% 14.7%
153 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
154 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
155 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
156 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
157 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
158 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 36 196 18.4% 13.6%
159 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
160 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
161 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
162 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
163 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
164 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
165 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
166 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
167 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
168 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
169 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
170 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 16 94 17.0% 10.8%
171 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 10 56 17.9% 10.0%
172 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
173 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
174 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
175 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
176 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
177 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
178 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
179 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
180 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
181 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
182 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
183 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
184 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
185 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 Higgins Park 1.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 22 171 12.9% 8.7%
191 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
192 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
193 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
194 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
195 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
196 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
197 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
198 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
199 Ritter Park 4.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
200 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
201 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
202 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
203 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
204 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
205 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
206 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
207 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
208 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
209 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
210 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
211 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
212 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 18 198 9.1% 5.8%
213 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
214 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
215 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
216 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
217 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 66 10.6% 5.2%
218 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
219 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
220 Falls Lake 15.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
221 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
222 Homestead Park 19.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
223 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
224 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
225 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
226 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
227 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
228 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 79 8.9% 4.4%
229 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
230 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
231 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
232 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
233 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
234 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
235 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
236 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
237 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
238 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
239 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
240 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
241 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
242 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
243 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
244 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
245 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
246 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
247 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
248 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
249 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
250 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
251 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
252 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
253 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
254 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
255 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
256 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
257 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
258 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
259 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 28 3.6% 0.6%