Bird Finder

Where to find American Goldfinch in December
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 December. 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 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 18 19 94.7% 75.4%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 163 212 76.9% 70.8%
3 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
4 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
5 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
6 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 41 55 74.5% 61.7%
7 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 205 308 66.6% 61.1%
8 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 52 72 72.2% 61.0%
9 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
10 Williamson Preserve 19.2 29 42 69.0% 54.0%
11 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 175 295 59.3% 53.6%
12 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 134 227 59.0% 52.5%
13 Homestead Park 19.3 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
14 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 191 336 56.8% 51.5%
15 Lake Lynn 7.7 98 166 59.0% 51.4%
16 Coker Pinetum 16.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
17 Lake Benson 11.9 56 94 59.6% 49.5%
18 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 43 72 59.7% 48.2%
19 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
20 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
21 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 52 89 58.4% 48.0%
22 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
23 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 26 43 60.5% 45.6%
24 Ritter Park 4.3 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
25 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
26 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
27 Schenck Forest 3.6 73 137 53.3% 45.0%
28 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
29 Town Lake Park 23.4 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
30 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 38 67 56.7% 44.8%
31 Bond Park 2.7 59 110 53.6% 44.4%
32 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
33 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
34 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
35 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 27 47 57.4% 43.3%
36 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 81 163 49.7% 42.1%
37 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 164 347 47.3% 42.1%
38 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 30 55 54.5% 41.5%
39 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
40 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
41 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 25 45 55.6% 41.2%
42 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
43 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
44 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
45 White Deer Park 11.6 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
46 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 25 46 54.3% 40.2%
47 17 Acre Woods 18.0 32 63 50.8% 38.8%
48 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
49 Northgate Park 17.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
50 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
51 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 25 49 51.0% 37.5%
52 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 250 608 41.1% 37.3%
53 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
54 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
55 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 22 43 51.2% 36.8%
56 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 25 50 50.0% 36.6%
57 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 36 76 47.4% 36.5%
58 Shelley Lake 8.1 58 131 44.3% 36.1%
59 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
60 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
61 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
62 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
63 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
64 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
65 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
66 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
67 Dorothea Dix 6.6 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
68 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
69 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 29 65 44.6% 33.2%
70 Lake Raleigh 6.0 42 99 42.4% 33.2%
71 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 24 54 44.4% 32.0%
72 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
73 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
74 Lake Betz 7.3 68 177 38.4% 31.6%
75 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 30 71 42.3% 31.5%
76 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 16 34 47.1% 31.5%
77 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
78 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
79 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
80 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 155 441 35.1% 30.8%
81 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
82 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
83 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
84 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
85 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
86 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
87 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
88 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
89 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
90 Apex Community Park 3.7 34 86 39.5% 29.9%
91 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
92 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 78 218 35.8% 29.7%
93 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
94 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 20 49 40.8% 28.2%
95 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 26 67 38.8% 28.0%
96 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
97 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
98 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
99 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
100 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 72 214 33.6% 27.7%
101 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
102 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 15 36 41.7% 27.1%
103 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 16 39 41.0% 27.1%
104 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
105 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
106 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
107 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
108 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
109 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
110 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
111 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
112 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
113 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
114 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 26 75 34.7% 24.9%
115 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
116 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
117 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 33 102 32.4% 24.1%
118 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
119 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
120 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
121 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
122 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
123 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
124 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
125 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 39 132 29.5% 22.4%
126 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
127 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 29 95 30.5% 22.2%
128 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
129 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
130 Indian Trail Park 18.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
131 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
132 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
133 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
134 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
135 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
136 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
137 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
138 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
140 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
141 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
142 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
143 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
144 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
145 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
146 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
147 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
148 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
149 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
150 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
151 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
152 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
153 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
154 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
155 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 12 36 33.3% 20.2%
156 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
157 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
158 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
159 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
160 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
161 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
162 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
163 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
164 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 20 73 27.4% 18.5%
165 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
166 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 18 71 25.4% 16.7%
167 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
168 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
169 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
170 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
171 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 25 108 23.1% 16.2%
172 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 45 215 20.9% 16.0%
173 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
174 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
175 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
176 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 37 178 20.8% 15.5%
177 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
178 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 21 93 22.6% 15.3%
179 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
180 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
181 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
182 Strickland Park 8.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
183 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
184 Eastgate Park 9.5 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
185 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
186 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
187 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
188 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
189 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
190 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
191 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 11 47 23.4% 13.6%
192 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
193 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
194 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
195 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 20 109 18.3% 12.2%
196 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
197 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
198 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 16 86 18.6% 11.8%
199 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
200 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
201 Lake Wheeler 8.2 10 49 20.4% 11.5%
202 Beaver Marsh 16.7 32 206 15.5% 11.2%
203 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
204 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 9 47 19.1% 10.4%
205 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
206 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
207 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
208 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
209 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
210 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
211 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
212 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
213 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
221 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
223 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
224 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
225 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
226 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
227 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
228 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
229 Pullen Park 6.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
230 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
231 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
232 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
233 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
234 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
235 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
236 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
237 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
238 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
239 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
240 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
241 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
242 Wendell Park 22.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
243 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
244 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
245 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
246 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
247 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
248 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
249 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
250 Walltown Park 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
251 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
252 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 69 10.1% 5.0%
253 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
254 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
255 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
256 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
257 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
258 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
259 Leesville Park 7.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
260 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
261 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
262 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
263 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
264 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
265 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
266 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
267 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
268 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
269 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
270 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
271 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
272 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
273 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
274 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
275 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
276 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%