Bird Finder

Where to find American Goldfinch in July
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 July. 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 44 48 91.7% 80.4%
2 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 96 111 86.5% 78.9%
3 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 21 22 95.5% 78.2%
4 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 25 27 92.6% 76.6%
5 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 26 29 89.7% 73.6%
6 Wendell Park 22.6 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
7 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 24 27 88.9% 71.9%
8 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
9 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
10 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
11 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 30 36 83.3% 68.1%
12 Schenck Forest 3.6 56 71 78.9% 68.0%
13 Bond Park 2.7 40 51 78.4% 65.4%
14 Dorothea Dix 6.6 108 149 72.5% 64.8%
15 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
16 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 20 24 83.3% 64.1%
17 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
18 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 66 91 72.5% 62.6%
19 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
20 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 73 102 71.6% 62.2%
21 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 46 62 74.2% 62.1%
22 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 18 22 81.8% 61.5%
23 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
24 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 21 27 77.8% 59.2%
25 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 166 255 65.1% 59.1%
26 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 107 163 65.6% 58.1%
27 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
28 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
29 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
30 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
31 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 28 39 71.8% 56.2%
32 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 33 47 70.2% 56.0%
33 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 20 27 74.1% 55.3%
34 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
35 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 35 51 68.6% 55.0%
36 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
37 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 26 37 70.3% 54.2%
38 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 106 172 61.6% 54.2%
39 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 32 47 68.1% 53.8%
40 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 22 31 71.0% 53.4%
41 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 70 112 62.5% 53.3%
42 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
43 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
44 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 45 70 64.3% 52.6%
45 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
46 White Deer Park 11.6 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
47 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 21 30 70.0% 52.1%
48 Lake Lynn 7.7 91 154 59.1% 51.2%
49 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
50 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
51 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
52 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 127 221 57.5% 50.9%
53 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 23 34 67.6% 50.8%
54 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 109 188 58.0% 50.8%
55 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
56 Crowder District Park 6.8 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
57 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
58 Town Lake Park 23.4 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
59 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
60 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
61 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
62 Fearrington Village 17.5 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
63 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
64 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
65 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
66 Apex Community Park 3.7 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
67 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
68 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
69 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
70 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
71 Strickland Park 8.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
72 Ritter Park 4.3 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
73 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
74 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
75 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
76 Lake Betz 7.3 66 132 50.0% 41.6%
77 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
78 Homestead Park 19.3 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
79 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
80 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
81 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
82 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
83 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
84 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
85 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
86 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 44 91 48.4% 38.4%
87 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
88 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
89 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
90 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
91 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
92 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
93 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
94 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
95 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
96 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
97 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
98 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
99 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
100 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 40 89 44.9% 35.0%
101 Lake Raleigh 6.0 15 29 51.7% 34.4%
102 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
103 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
104 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
105 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
106 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
107 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
108 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
109 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
110 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
111 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
112 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
113 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
114 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
115 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 19 39 48.7% 33.9%
116 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
117 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
118 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
119 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 19 40 47.5% 32.9%
120 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 32 74 43.2% 32.6%
121 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 21 46 45.7% 32.2%
122 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
123 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
124 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 46 115 40.0% 31.5%
125 Beaver Marsh 16.7 55 142 38.7% 31.1%
126 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 78 214 36.4% 30.3%
127 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
128 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
129 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
130 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
131 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
132 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
133 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
134 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
135 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 25 68 36.8% 26.3%
136 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
137 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
138 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
139 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
140 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 13 33 39.4% 24.7%
141 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
142 Lake Benson 11.9 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
143 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
144 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
145 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 30 98 30.6% 22.4%
146 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 33 111 29.7% 22.0%
147 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
148 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
149 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
150 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
151 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 16 50 32.0% 20.8%
152 Pullen Park 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
153 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
154 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
155 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
156 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
157 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
158 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
159 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
160 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
161 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
162 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
163 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
164 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
165 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
166 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
167 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
168 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
169 Shelley Lake 8.1 22 76 28.9% 20.0%
170 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
171 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
172 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
173 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
174 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 12 39 30.8% 18.6%
175 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 16 57 28.1% 18.1%
176 17 Acre Woods 18.0 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
177 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
178 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
179 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
180 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
181 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
182 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
183 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
184 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
185 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
186 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
187 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
188 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 14 58 24.1% 15.0%
189 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
190 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
191 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
192 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
193 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
194 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
195 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
196 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
197 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
198 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
199 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
200 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
201 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
202 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
203 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
204 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
205 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
206 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
207 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
208 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
209 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
210 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
221 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
223 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
224 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
225 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
226 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
227 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
228 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
229 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
230 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
231 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
233 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
234 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
235 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
236 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
237 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
241 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
242 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
243 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
244 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
245 Northgate Park 17.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
246 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
247 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
248 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%