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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 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 23 25 92.0% 75.0%
2 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
3 Ritter Park 4.3 59 74 79.7% 69.2%
4 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 80 109 73.4% 64.4%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
6 Bond Park 2.7 109 179 60.9% 53.6%
7 White Deer Park 11.6 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
8 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
9 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 79 139 56.8% 48.5%
10 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 65 113 57.5% 48.3%
11 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 32 53 60.4% 46.9%
12 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
13 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
14 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
15 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
16 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
17 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 29 52 55.8% 42.3%
18 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 285 617 46.2% 42.3%
19 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 41 77 53.2% 42.2%
20 17 Acre Woods 18.0 29 53 54.7% 41.5%
21 Little Creek Trail 15.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
22 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
23 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
24 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
25 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 221 532 41.5% 37.4%
26 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 17 32 53.1% 36.4%
27 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 21 42 50.0% 35.5%
28 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
29 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
30 Lake Benson 11.9 33 71 46.5% 35.4%
31 Apex Community Park 3.7 56 129 43.4% 35.2%
32 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 23 48 47.9% 34.5%
33 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
34 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
36 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
37 Higgins Park 1.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
38 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 22 46 47.8% 34.1%
39 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 37 84 44.0% 33.9%
40 Fearrington Village 17.5 21 44 47.7% 33.8%
41 Shelley Lake 8.1 52 125 41.6% 33.3%
42 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 22 47 46.8% 33.3%
43 Lake Lynn 7.7 73 182 40.1% 33.3%
44 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 97 251 38.6% 32.8%
45 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 89 232 38.4% 32.3%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 48 118 40.7% 32.2%
47 Schenck Forest 3.6 74 194 38.1% 31.6%
48 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
49 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 29 70 41.4% 30.6%
50 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 73 199 36.7% 30.3%
51 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 110 312 35.3% 30.2%
52 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
53 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 90 252 35.7% 30.1%
54 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
55 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
56 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
57 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
58 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 18 41 43.9% 29.9%
59 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 16 36 44.4% 29.5%
60 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
61 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 31 79 39.2% 29.2%
62 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
63 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
64 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 30 80 37.5% 27.7%
65 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
66 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 15 36 41.7% 27.1%
67 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
68 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
69 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
70 Carpenter Park 5.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
71 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
72 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
73 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 155 524 29.6% 25.8%
74 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 41 39.0% 25.7%
75 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
76 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 26 74 35.1% 25.2%
77 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
78 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
79 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
80 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
81 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 27 82 32.9% 23.7%
82 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 17 48 35.4% 23.4%
83 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 14 38 36.8% 23.4%
84 Lake Raleigh 6.0 40 131 30.5% 23.3%
85 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
86 Wendell Park 22.6 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
87 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 172 649 26.5% 23.3%
88 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 13 35 37.1% 23.2%
89 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
90 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
91 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 23 70 32.9% 23.0%
92 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
93 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
94 Parker Preserve 15.5 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
95 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 46 159 28.9% 22.4%
96 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
97 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
98 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
99 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 34 119 28.6% 21.2%
100 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
101 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
102 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
103 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 46 174 26.4% 20.4%
110 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 25 88 28.4% 20.0%
111 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
112 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 101 428 23.6% 19.8%
113 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 14 45 31.1% 19.5%
114 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
115 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 18 63 28.6% 18.9%
116 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
117 Homestead Park 19.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
118 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
119 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
120 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
121 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
122 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
123 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 22 87 25.3% 17.3%
124 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
125 Crowder District Park 6.8 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
126 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 23 93 24.7% 17.1%
127 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
128 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
129 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
130 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
131 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
132 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
133 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
134 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
135 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
136 Fallon park 8.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
137 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
138 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
139 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 14 59 23.7% 14.7%
140 Lake Betz 7.3 53 285 18.6% 14.5%
141 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
142 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 24 118 20.3% 14.1%
143 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 15 68 22.1% 13.8%
144 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
145 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
146 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 12 53 22.6% 13.5%
147 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 23 118 19.5% 13.4%
148 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
149 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 12 55 21.8% 12.9%
150 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
151 Beaver Marsh 16.7 66 416 15.9% 12.7%
152 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
153 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
154 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
155 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
156 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
157 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
158 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
159 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 8 40 20.0% 10.5%
160 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 16 97 16.5% 10.4%
161 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 10 54 18.5% 10.4%
162 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 13 76 17.1% 10.3%
163 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
164 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
165 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
166 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
167 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
168 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
169 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
170 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
171 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
172 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
173 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
174 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
175 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
176 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
177 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
178 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
179 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
180 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
181 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
182 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
183 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
184 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 9 56 16.1% 8.7%
185 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
186 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
187 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
188 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
189 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
190 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
191 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
192 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
193 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
194 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
195 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
196 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
197 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
198 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
199 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
200 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
201 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
202 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
203 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
204 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
205 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
206 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
207 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
208 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
209 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
210 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
211 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
212 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
213 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
214 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
215 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
216 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
217 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
218 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
219 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
220 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
221 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
222 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
223 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
224 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
225 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
226 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
227 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
228 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
229 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
230 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
231 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
232 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 10 169 5.9% 3.2%
233 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 6 86 7.0% 3.2%
234 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
235 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
236 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
237 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
238 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
239 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
240 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
241 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
242 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
243 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
244 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
245 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
246 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
247 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
248 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
249 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
250 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
251 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
252 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
253 Northgate Park 17.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
254 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
255 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 60 1.7% 0.3%