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Where to find American Goldfinch in March
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 March. 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 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
2 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 36 44 81.8% 68.0%
3 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 73 95 76.8% 67.4%
4 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
5 Ritter Park 4.3 43 58 74.1% 61.6%
6 Little Creek Trail 15.3 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
7 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
8 White Deer Park 11.6 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
9 Bond Park 2.7 96 160 60.0% 52.3%
10 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 70 124 56.5% 47.7%
11 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
12 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 43 75 57.3% 46.1%
13 17 Acre Woods 18.0 28 48 58.3% 44.3%
14 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
15 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
16 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 26 46 56.5% 42.2%
17 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 21 36 58.3% 42.2%
18 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
19 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
20 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 245 549 44.6% 40.5%
21 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
22 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
23 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
24 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
25 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 33 68 48.5% 37.1%
26 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
27 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
28 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 19 38 50.0% 34.8%
29 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 166 426 39.0% 34.5%
30 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
31 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
32 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
33 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
34 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 Fearrington Village 17.5 20 43 46.5% 32.5%
36 Lake Benson 11.9 27 61 44.3% 32.5%
37 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
38 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 18 39 46.2% 31.6%
39 Lake Lynn 7.7 58 153 37.9% 30.6%
40 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
41 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
42 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
43 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
44 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 19 44 43.2% 29.7%
45 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 96 274 35.0% 29.6%
46 Schenck Forest 3.6 64 176 36.4% 29.6%
47 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
48 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 14 31 45.2% 29.2%
49 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 18 42 42.9% 29.1%
50 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 69 197 35.0% 28.7%
51 Shelley Lake 8.1 39 105 37.1% 28.5%
52 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
53 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
54 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 61 178 34.3% 27.7%
55 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
56 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 15 36 41.7% 27.1%
57 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
58 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
59 Carpenter Park 5.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
60 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
61 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
62 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
63 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
64 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
65 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
66 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 23 65 35.4% 24.9%
67 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 24 69 34.8% 24.6%
68 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 86 33.7% 24.6%
69 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
70 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 24 70 34.3% 24.2%
71 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
72 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 21 61 34.4% 23.7%
73 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
74 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 23 68 33.8% 23.7%
75 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 50 166 30.1% 23.7%
76 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 15 41 36.6% 23.6%
77 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 138 511 27.0% 23.3%
78 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
79 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
80 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 124 461 26.9% 23.1%
81 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 58 201 28.9% 23.0%
82 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
83 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 23 72 31.9% 22.3%
84 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
85 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 19 58 32.8% 22.1%
86 Lake Raleigh 6.0 32 111 28.8% 21.2%
87 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 32 112 28.6% 21.0%
88 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 42 153 27.5% 21.0%
89 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
90 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
91 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
92 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
93 Higgins Park 1.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
94 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
95 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 18 58 31.0% 20.6%
97 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 43 160 26.9% 20.6%
98 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 85 366 23.2% 19.2%
99 Wendell Park 22.6 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
100 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
101 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
102 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
103 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
104 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 16 56 28.6% 18.4%
105 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 21 79 26.6% 18.1%
106 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 11 36 30.6% 18.0%
107 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
108 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
109 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
110 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
111 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
112 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
113 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
114 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
115 Homestead Park 19.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
116 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 22 97 22.7% 15.5%
117 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
118 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
119 Lake Betz 7.3 49 250 19.6% 15.2%
120 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
121 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
122 Fallon park 8.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
123 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
124 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
125 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
126 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
127 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 13 55 23.6% 14.4%
128 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
129 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
130 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
131 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 11 48 22.9% 13.3%
132 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 12 55 21.8% 12.9%
133 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
134 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
135 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
136 Parker Preserve 15.5 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
137 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
138 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
139 Beaver Marsh 16.7 59 396 14.9% 11.7%
140 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
141 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
142 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 13 67 19.4% 11.7%
143 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 10 49 20.4% 11.5%
144 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
145 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
146 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 14 84 16.7% 10.2%
147 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
148 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
149 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
150 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
151 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
152 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
153 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
154 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
155 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
156 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
157 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
158 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
159 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 11 70 15.7% 9.0%
160 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
161 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
162 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 9 59 15.3% 8.2%
163 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
164 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
165 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
166 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
167 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
168 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
169 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
170 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
171 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
172 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
173 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
174 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
175 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
176 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
177 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
178 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
179 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
180 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
181 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
182 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
183 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
184 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
189 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
190 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
191 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
192 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
193 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
194 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
195 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
196 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
197 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
198 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
199 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
200 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
201 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
202 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
203 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
204 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
205 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
206 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
207 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
208 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
209 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
210 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
211 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
212 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
213 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
214 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
215 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
216 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
217 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
218 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
219 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
220 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
221 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 138 4.3% 2.0%
222 Northgate Park 17.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
223 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
224 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
225 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
226 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
227 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
228 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
229 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
230 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
231 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
232 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
233 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
234 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
235 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
236 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
237 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
238 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
239 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 57 1.8% 0.3%