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 23.4 145 188 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%