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