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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			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	14	19	73.7%	51.2%
2			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	17	25	68.0%	48.4%
3			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	39	68	57.4%	45.5%
4			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	39	69	56.5%	44.8%
5			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
6			Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
7			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	41	78	52.6%	41.6%
8			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	38	72	52.8%	41.4%
9			Ritter Park	4.3	12	19	63.2%	41.0%
10			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
11			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	12	20	60.0%	38.7%
12			Bond Park	2.7	63	137	46.0%	37.9%
13			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	139	335	41.5%	36.3%
14			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
15			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
16			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
17			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
18			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	15	30	50.0%	33.2%
19			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	23	52	44.2%	31.6%
20			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	11	22	50.0%	30.7%
21			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	116	327	35.5%	30.5%
22			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	15	33	45.5%	29.8%
23			Lake Lynn	7.7	41	107	38.3%	29.7%
24			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	21	50	42.0%	29.4%
25			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
26			Carpenter Park	5.1	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
27			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	10	21	47.6%	28.3%
28			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	11	26	42.3%	25.5%
29			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	42	128	32.8%	25.3%
30			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	44	139	31.7%	24.5%
31			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	21	60	35.0%	24.2%
32			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
33			Dorothea Dix	6.6	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
34			Williamson Preserve	19.2	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
35			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
36			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	10	27	37.0%	21.5%
37			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
38			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
39			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
40			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
41			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
42			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
43			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
44			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
45			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
46			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
47			Cedar Hills Park	9.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
48			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
49			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	15	47	31.9%	20.4%
50			Fallon park	8.1	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
51			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
52			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	33	132	25.0%	18.4%
53			Lake Betz	7.3	47	208	22.6%	17.4%
54			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	8	25	32.0%	17.2%
55			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
56			Fearrington Village	17.5	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
57			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	8	26	30.8%	16.5%
58			White Deer Park	11.6	7	22	31.8%	16.4%
59			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
60			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
61			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
62			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	56	279	20.1%	15.8%
63			Apex Community Park	3.7	30	137	21.9%	15.8%
64			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	14	57	24.6%	15.2%
65			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
66			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
67			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
68			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
69			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	10	38	26.3%	15.0%
70			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	13	53	24.5%	14.9%
71			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	7	24	29.2%	14.9%
72			Wendell Park	22.6	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
73			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
74			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
75			Lake Benson	11.9	16	74	21.6%	13.8%
76			Eastgate Park	9.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
77			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	11	47	23.4%	13.6%
78			Schenck Forest	3.6	35	194	18.0%	13.3%
79			Lake Raleigh	6.0	22	113	19.5%	13.2%
80			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	63	390	16.2%	12.8%
81			Shelley Lake	8.1	20	104	19.2%	12.8%
82			Pullen Park	6.6	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
83			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
84			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
85			17 Acre Woods	18.0	7	29	24.1%	12.2%
86			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
87			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
88			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	19	104	18.3%	12.0%
89			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
90			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
91			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	14	77	18.2%	11.2%
92			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	12	64	18.8%	11.1%
93			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	61	437	14.0%	11.0%
94			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
95			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	7	33	21.2%	10.7%
96			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
97			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
98			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
99			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
100			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	6	30	20.0%	9.5%
101			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
102			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
103			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
104			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
105			Forest Hills Park	15.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
106			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	18	128	14.1%	9.1%
107			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
108			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
109			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
110			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
111			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
112			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
113			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
114			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	5	31	16.1%	7.1%
115			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
116			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
117			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
118			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	44	510	8.6%	6.5%
119			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
120			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
121			Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
122			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
123			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
124			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
125			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
126			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
127			Beaver Marsh	16.7	25	281	8.9%	6.1%
128			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	12	117	10.3%	6.0%
129			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
130			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
131			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
132			Apex Nature Park	8.6	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
133			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
134			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
135			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	5	42	11.9%	5.2%
136			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
137			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
138			Raven Rock SP	23.9	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
139			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
140			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	5	46	10.9%	4.7%
141			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	7	73	9.6%	4.7%
142			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
143			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
144			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
145			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
146			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	8	91	8.8%	4.5%
147			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
148			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
149			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	7	81	8.6%	4.2%
150			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	4	38	10.5%	4.2%
151			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
152			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
153			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
154			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
155			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
156			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
157			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
158			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
159			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
160			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
161			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
162			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	7	110	6.4%	3.1%
163			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
164			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
165			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
166			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	4	55	7.3%	2.9%
167			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
168			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
169			Falls Lake	15.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
170			Homestead Park	19.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
171			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
172			Lake Wheeler	8.2	3	41	7.3%	2.5%
173			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
174			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
175			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
176			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	5	109	4.6%	2.0%
177			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	3	56	5.4%	1.8%
178			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
179			Parker Preserve	15.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
180			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
181			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
182			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
183			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
184			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
185			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
186			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
187			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
188			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	2	66	3.0%	0.8%
189			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	72	2.8%	0.8%
190			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
191			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
192			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
193			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
194			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	1	85	1.2%	0.2%