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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	17	18	94.4%	74.2%
2			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	145	188	77.1%	70.6%
3			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
4			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
5			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	183	273	67.0%	61.3%
6			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	41	58	70.7%	58.0%
7			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	15	19	78.9%	56.7%
8			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	24	34	70.6%	53.8%
9			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	167	290	57.6%	51.8%
10			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
11			Lake Benson	11.9	45	72	62.5%	51.0%
12			Williamson Preserve	19.2	23	34	67.6%	50.8%
13			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	145	255	56.9%	50.7%
14			Homestead Park	19.3	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
15			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	50	83	60.2%	49.5%
16			Lake Lynn	7.7	79	138	57.2%	48.9%
17			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	38	63	60.3%	48.0%
18			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	22	34	64.7%	47.9%
19			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	25	40	62.5%	47.0%
20			Town Lake Park	23.4	12	17	70.6%	46.9%
21			Bond Park	2.7	54	97	55.7%	45.8%
22			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
23			Schenck Forest	3.6	66	123	53.7%	44.9%
24			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	25	42	59.5%	44.5%
25			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
26			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
27			Coker Pinetum	16.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
28			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
29			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
30			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	29	51	56.9%	43.3%
31			Ritter Park	4.3	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
32			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	66	130	50.8%	42.3%
33			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	22	38	57.9%	42.2%
34			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	65	130	50.0%	41.5%
35			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	22	39	56.4%	41.0%
36			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	14	23	60.9%	40.8%
37			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	28	52	53.8%	40.5%
38			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	24	44	54.5%	40.1%
39			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	138	306	45.1%	39.6%
40			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
41			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
42			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
43			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
44			Northgate Park	17.2	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
45			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
46			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	204	498	41.0%	36.7%
47			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	23	46	50.0%	36.1%
48			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
49			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	19	37	51.4%	35.9%
50			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
51			White Deer Park	11.6	9	15	60.0%	35.7%
52			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	14	26	53.8%	35.5%
53			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
54			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
55			Shelley Lake	8.1	48	109	44.0%	35.1%
56			17 Acre Woods	18.0	27	57	47.4%	35.0%
57			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
58			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
59			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
60			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	14	27	51.9%	34.0%
61			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
62			Dorothea Dix	6.6	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
63			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	12	23	52.2%	33.0%
64			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
65			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
66			Lake Raleigh	6.0	37	89	41.6%	31.9%
67			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	12	24	50.0%	31.4%
68			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
69			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
70			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
71			Lake Betz	7.3	53	138	38.4%	30.7%
72			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	16	35	45.7%	30.5%
73			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	134	384	34.9%	30.3%
74			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	24	57	42.1%	30.2%
75			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
76			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
77			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
78			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
79			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	20	47	42.6%	29.5%
80			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
81			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	24	59	40.7%	29.1%
82			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	16	37	43.2%	28.7%
83			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	20	49	40.8%	28.2%
84			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	60	173	34.7%	28.0%
85			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	12	27	44.4%	27.6%
86			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
87			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	15	36	41.7%	27.1%
88			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	20	51	39.2%	27.0%
89			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	20	51	39.2%	27.0%
90			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
91			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	10	23	43.5%	25.6%
92			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	53	167	31.7%	25.2%
93			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
94			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
95			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
96			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
97			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
98			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
99			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
100			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
101			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	13	33	39.4%	24.7%
102			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	13	33	39.4%	24.7%
103			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	31	93	33.3%	24.6%
104			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	11	27	40.7%	24.5%
105			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
106			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	17	47	36.2%	24.0%
107			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	12	31	38.7%	23.7%
108			Indian Trail Park	18.1	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
109			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
110			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
111			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
112			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
113			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
114			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	38	126	30.2%	22.8%
115			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	12	33	36.4%	22.2%
116			Apex Community Park	3.7	22	70	31.4%	21.8%
117			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
118			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
119			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
120			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
121			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
122			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
123			Apex Nature Park	8.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
124			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
125			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
126			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
127			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
128			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
129			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
130			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
131			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
132			Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden	12.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
133			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
134			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
135			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
136			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
137			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
138			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
139			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
140			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
141			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
142			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
143			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	14	43	32.6%	20.5%
144			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	16	51	31.4%	20.3%
145			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
146			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
147			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
148			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
149			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
150			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
151			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
152			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
153			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
154			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
155			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	20	78	25.6%	17.3%
156			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
157			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
158			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
159			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
160			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
161			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	14	55	25.5%	15.8%
162			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	15	60	25.0%	15.8%
163			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	23	102	22.5%	15.5%
164			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
165			Strickland Park	8.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
166			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
167			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
168			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	40	206	19.4%	14.6%
169			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
170			Fearrington Village	17.5	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
171			Raven Rock SP	23.9	7	25	28.0%	14.3%
172			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
173			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
174			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
175			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
176			Eastgate Park	9.5	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
177			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	28	156	17.9%	12.7%
178			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	12	56	21.4%	12.7%
179			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
180			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	8	34	23.5%	12.4%
181			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	10	46	21.7%	12.3%
182			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
183			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
184			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
185			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
186			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
187			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
188			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	18	104	17.3%	11.2%
189			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
190			Lake Wheeler	8.2	9	45	20.0%	10.9%
191			Pullen Park	6.6	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
192			Eden Lakes	23.7	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
193			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
194			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	9	46	19.6%	10.7%
195			Beaver Marsh	16.7	27	190	14.2%	10.0%
196			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
197			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
198			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
199			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
200			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	10	59	16.9%	9.5%
201			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
202			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
203			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
204			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
205			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
206			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
207			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
208			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
209			South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
210			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
211			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
212			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
213			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
214			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
215			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
216			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
217			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
218			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
219			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
220			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	6	37	16.2%	7.7%
221			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
222			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
223			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
224			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	8	64	12.5%	6.5%
225			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
226			Wendell Park	22.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
227			Parker Preserve	15.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
228			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
229			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
230			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
231			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
232			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
233			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
234			Walltown Park	17.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
235			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	7	58	12.1%	6.0%
236			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
237			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
238			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
239			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
240			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
241			Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
242			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
243			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
244			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
245			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
246			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
247			Leesville Park	7.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
248			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
249			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
250			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
251			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
252			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
253			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
254			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
255			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
256			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
257			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
258			Higgins Greenway	1.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
259			Falls Lake	15.1	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
260			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
261			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	24	4.2%	0.7%