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Where to find American Goldfinch in February
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 February. 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 33 43 76.7% 62.3%
2 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
3 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 29 44 65.9% 51.1%
4 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
5 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 54 93 58.1% 47.9%
6 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 46 80 57.5% 46.6%
7 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
8 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
9 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 49 95 51.6% 41.7%
10 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
11 Ritter Park 4.3 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
12 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 63 135 46.7% 38.5%
13 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 165 389 42.4% 37.6%
14 Bond Park 2.7 64 142 45.1% 37.1%
15 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
16 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
17 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
18 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
19 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
20 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
21 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 24 54 44.4% 32.0%
22 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
23 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 16 35 45.7% 30.5%
24 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 132 381 34.6% 30.0%
25 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
26 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
27 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 60 176 34.1% 27.5%
28 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 28 75 37.3% 27.3%
29 Lake Lynn 7.7 44 127 34.6% 26.9%
30 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 45 132 34.1% 26.6%
31 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
32 Carpenter Park 5.1 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
33 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
34 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
35 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
36 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
37 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
38 White Deer Park 11.6 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
39 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
40 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 23 76 30.3% 21.1%
41 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 40 146 27.4% 20.8%
42 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
43 Oberlin Cemetery 6.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
44 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
47 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
48 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
49 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
50 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 20 68 29.4% 19.9%
55 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
56 Apex Community Park 3.7 45 176 25.6% 19.7%
57 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 77 322 23.9% 19.6%
58 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 14 46 30.4% 19.1%
59 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
60 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 15 51 29.4% 18.7%
61 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 19 69 27.5% 18.4%
62 Shelley Lake 8.1 33 135 24.4% 18.0%
63 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
64 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 40 171 23.4% 17.7%
65 Lake Betz 7.3 54 240 22.5% 17.7%
66 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
67 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
68 Lake Benson 11.9 21 86 24.4% 16.6%
69 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
70 Fallon park 8.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
71 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
72 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
73 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
74 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
75 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
76 Lake Raleigh 6.0 37 177 20.9% 15.6%
77 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
78 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
79 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
80 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
81 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
82 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
83 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
84 Pullen Park 6.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
85 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
86 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
87 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 23 114 20.2% 13.8%
88 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 74 436 17.0% 13.7%
89 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
90 Schenck Forest 3.6 38 208 18.3% 13.6%
91 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 15 71 21.1% 13.2%
92 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
93 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
94 Wendell Park 22.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
95 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
96 Little Creek Trail 15.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
97 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
98 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
99 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 12 59 20.3% 12.0%
100 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
101 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 72 496 14.5% 11.7%
102 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 15 83 18.1% 11.3%
103 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
104 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 13 74 17.6% 10.6%
105 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
106 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
107 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
108 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 19 129 14.7% 9.6%
109 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
110 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
111 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
112 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
113 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
114 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
115 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
116 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
117 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
118 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
119 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 65 591 11.0% 8.7%
120 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
121 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
122 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
123 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
124 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
125 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
126 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
127 Beaver Marsh 16.7 32 295 10.8% 7.8%
128 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
129 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
130 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 15 136 11.0% 6.8%
132 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
133 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
134 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
135 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
136 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
137 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
138 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
139 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
140 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
141 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
142 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
143 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
144 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
145 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 7 60 11.7% 5.8%
146 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 96 10.4% 5.8%
147 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
148 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
149 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
150 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
151 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
152 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
153 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
154 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
155 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
156 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
157 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
158 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
159 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
160 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
161 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 7 85 8.2% 4.0%
162 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
163 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
164 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
165 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
166 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
167 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
168 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
169 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
170 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
171 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
172 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
173 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
174 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
175 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
176 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
177 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 8 122 6.6% 3.4%
178 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 5 65 7.7% 3.3%
179 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
180 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
181 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
182 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
183 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
184 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
185 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
186 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
187 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
188 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
189 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
190 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
191 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
192 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
193 Homestead Park 19.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
194 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
195 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
196 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
197 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 133 4.5% 2.1%
198 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
199 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
200 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
201 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
202 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
203 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
204 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
205 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
206 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
207 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
208 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
209 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 99 3.0% 1.0%
210 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
211 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
212 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
213 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
214 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
215 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
216 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 49 2.0% 0.4%