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 17 18 94.4% 74.2%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 144 187 77.0% 70.5%
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 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 22 34 64.7% 47.9%
18 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 37 62 59.7% 47.3%
19 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 25 40 62.5% 47.0%
20 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
21 Town Lake Park 23.4 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
22 Bond Park 2.7 54 97 55.7% 45.8%
23 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
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 Schenck Forest 3.6 66 125 52.8% 44.1%
27 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
28 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
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 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 28 52 53.8% 40.5%
37 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 24 44 54.5% 40.1%
38 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 137 304 45.1% 39.6%
39 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
40 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
41 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
42 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
43 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
44 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
45 Northgate Park 17.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
46 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
47 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
48 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 203 497 40.8% 36.6%
49 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 23 46 50.0% 36.1%
50 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
51 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
52 White Deer Park 11.6 8 13 61.5% 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 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
67 Lake Raleigh 6.0 37 89 41.6% 31.9%
68 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
69 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
70 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
71 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
72 Lake Betz 7.3 53 139 38.1% 30.5%
73 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 16 35 45.7% 30.5%
74 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 133 383 34.7% 30.1%
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 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 24 58 41.4% 29.6%
80 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 20 47 42.6% 29.5%
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 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 20 51 39.2% 27.0%
89 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
90 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 20 53 37.7% 25.9%
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 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
98 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
99 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
100 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
101 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 32 96 33.3% 24.7%
102 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 33 39.4% 24.7%
103 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 13 33 39.4% 24.7%
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 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 38 126 30.2% 22.8%
114 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
115 Apex Community Park 3.7 22 70 31.4% 21.8%
116 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
117 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 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 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
140 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
141 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
142 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
143 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 16 51 31.4% 20.3%
144 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
145 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
146 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
147 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
148 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
149 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
150 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
151 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
152 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
153 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
154 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 20 78 25.6% 17.3%
155 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
156 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
157 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
158 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
159 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
160 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 15 60 25.0% 15.8%
161 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 23 102 22.5% 15.5%
162 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 14 56 25.0% 15.5%
163 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
164 Strickland Park 8.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
165 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
166 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
167 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 40 206 19.4% 14.6%
168 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
169 Fearrington Village 17.5 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
170 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
171 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
172 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
173 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
174 Eastgate Park 9.5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
175 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 28 156 17.9% 12.7%
176 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 56 21.4% 12.7%
177 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
178 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
179 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
180 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
182 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
183 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
184 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
185 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
186 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
187 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 18 103 17.5% 11.3%
188 Lake Wheeler 8.2 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
189 Pullen Park 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
190 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
191 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
192 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
193 Beaver Marsh 16.7 27 190 14.2% 10.0%
194 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
195 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
196 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
197 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
198 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 10 59 16.9% 9.5%
199 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Walltown Park 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
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 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 58 12.1% 6.0%
235 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
236 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
237 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
241 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
242 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 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 29 10.3% 3.6%
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%