Bird Finder

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%