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 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 33 47 70.2% 56.0%
13 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 18 24 75.0% 55.1%
14 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
15 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 161 265 60.8% 54.8%
16 Bond Park 2.7 59 91 64.8% 54.6%
17 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
18 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 141 239 59.0% 52.7%
19 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 101 172 58.7% 51.3%
20 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
21 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
22 Wendell Park 22.6 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
23 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 26 41 63.4% 48.1%
24 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
25 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
26 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
27 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 46 80 57.5% 46.6%
28 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
29 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
30 Schenck Forest 3.6 63 117 53.8% 44.8%
31 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
32 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
33 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
34 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
35 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
36 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 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 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 52 103 50.5% 41.0%
44 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 21 37 56.8% 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 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 291 655 44.4% 40.7%
48 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 152 337 45.1% 39.9%
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 17 Acre Woods 18.0 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
73 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
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 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
83 Lake Raleigh 6.0 23 59 39.0% 27.6%
84 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 81 245 33.1% 27.5%
85 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
86 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 15 36 41.7% 27.1%
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 46 170 27.1% 20.9%
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 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Hillcrest Cemetery 0.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
124 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
125 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
126 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
127 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 12 39 30.8% 18.6%
128 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 42 174 24.1% 18.4%
129 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 11 38 28.9% 17.0%
130 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
131 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
132 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 24 104 23.1% 16.0%
133 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
134 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
135 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
136 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
137 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 13 52 25.0% 15.2%
138 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
139 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 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 65 21.5% 13.3%
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 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
152 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
153 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
154 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
155 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
156 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
157 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
158 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
159 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
160 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 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 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
196 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
197 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
198 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 63 11.1% 5.5%
199 Homestead Park 19.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
200 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
201 Falls Lake 15.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
202 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
203 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
204 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
205 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
206 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
207 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
208 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
209 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
210 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
211 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
212 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
213 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
214 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
215 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
216 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
217 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
218 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
219 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
220 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
221 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
222 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
223 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
224 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
225 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 93 6.5% 3.0%
226 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
227 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
228 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
229 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
230 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
231 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
232 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
233 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
234 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
235 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
236 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
237 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
238 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
239 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
240 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
241 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
242 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
243 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
244 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 25 4.0% 0.7%