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Where to find American Goldfinch in August
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 August. 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			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	94	100	94.0%	87.5%
2			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	51	55	92.7%	82.7%
3			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	50	54	92.6%	82.4%
4			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	41	45	91.1%	79.3%
5			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	61	69	88.4%	78.8%
6			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	14	14	100.0%	78.5%
7			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	21	22	95.5%	78.2%
8			Lake Lynn	7.7	99	116	85.3%	77.8%
9			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	20	21	95.2%	77.3%
10			White Deer Park	11.6	18	19	94.7%	75.4%
11			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	138	169	81.7%	75.1%
12			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	11	11	100.0%	74.1%
13			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
14			Bond Park	2.7	77	95	81.1%	72.0%
15			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	280	366	76.5%	71.9%
16			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	14	15	93.3%	70.2%
17			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	18	20	90.0%	69.9%
18			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	43	53	81.1%	68.6%
19			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	74	95	77.9%	68.6%
20			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	39	48	81.2%	68.1%
21			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
22			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
23			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	22	26	84.6%	66.5%
24			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	69	91	75.8%	66.1%
25			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	188	264	71.2%	65.5%
26			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	18	21	85.7%	65.4%
27			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	11	12	91.7%	64.6%
28			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
29			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	14	16	87.5%	64.0%
30			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	140	200	70.0%	63.3%
31			Dorothea Dix	6.6	16	19	84.2%	62.4%
32			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	30	39	76.9%	61.7%
33			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
34			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	140	209	67.0%	60.4%
35			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
36			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	12	14	85.7%	60.1%
37			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	21	27	77.8%	59.2%
38			Schenck Forest	3.6	56	80	70.0%	59.2%
39			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	39	54	72.2%	59.1%
40			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	14	17	82.4%	59.0%
41			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	61	90	67.8%	57.6%
42			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	25	34	73.5%	56.9%
43			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
44			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
45			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	18	24	75.0%	55.1%
46			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	70	109	64.2%	54.9%
47			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	129	210	61.4%	54.7%
48			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	39	58	67.2%	54.4%
49			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	22	31	71.0%	53.4%
50			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	54	85	63.5%	52.9%
51			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
52			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
53			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	18	25	72.0%	52.4%
54			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	11	14	78.6%	52.4%
55			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	14	19	73.7%	51.2%
56			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	23	34	67.6%	50.8%
57			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
58			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
59			Lake Betz	7.3	110	191	57.6%	50.5%
60			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
61			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
62			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
63			Strickland Park	8.9	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
64			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	11	15	73.3%	48.0%
65			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
66			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
67			Town Lake Park	23.4	31	52	59.6%	46.1%
68			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
69			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	32	55	58.2%	45.0%
70			Apex Community Park	3.7	16	25	64.0%	44.5%
71			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	16	25	64.0%	44.5%
72			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
73			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
74			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
75			Hoffman Lake	2.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
76			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
77			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
78			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
79			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
80			Carpenter Park	5.1	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
81			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
82			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	99	196	50.5%	43.6%
83			Indian Trail Park	18.1	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
84			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
85			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
86			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
87			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	25	43	58.1%	43.3%
88			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	13	20	65.0%	43.3%
89			Beaver Marsh	16.7	72	140	51.4%	43.2%
90			Ritter Park	4.3	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
91			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
92			Fearrington Village	17.5	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
93			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
94			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	12	19	63.2%	41.0%
95			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
96			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
97			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
98			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	111	238	46.6%	40.4%
99			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	26	49	53.1%	39.4%
100			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	195	444	43.9%	39.4%
101			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
102			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
103			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
104			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	13	22	59.1%	38.7%
105			Crowder District Park	6.8	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
106			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
107			17 Acre Woods	18.0	13	23	56.5%	36.8%
108			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	16	30	53.3%	36.1%
109			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
110			Homestead Park	19.3	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
111			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
112			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
113			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	49	110	44.5%	35.6%
114			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
115			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
116			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	25	52	48.1%	35.1%
117			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
118			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
119			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
120			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
121			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
122			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
123			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
124			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
125			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	30	66	45.5%	34.0%
126			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	95	238	39.9%	33.9%
127			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
128			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
129			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	13	27	48.1%	30.7%
130			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
131			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	12	25	48.0%	30.0%
132			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
133			Apex Nature Park	8.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
134			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
135			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	56	151	37.1%	29.8%
136			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	32	83	38.6%	28.8%
137			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	35	92	38.0%	28.8%
138			Shelley Lake	8.1	24	61	39.3%	28.1%
139			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
140			Lake Benson	11.9	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
141			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	17	41	41.5%	27.8%
142			Lake Raleigh	6.0	10	22	45.5%	26.9%
143			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
144			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
145			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
146			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
147			Parker Preserve	15.5	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
148			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
149			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	10	24	41.7%	24.5%
150			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
151			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
152			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
153			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
154			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
155			Pullen Park	6.6	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
156			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
157			Lake Wheeler	8.2	12	34	35.3%	21.5%
158			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
159			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
160			Wendell Park	22.6	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
161			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
162			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
163			Higgins Greenway	1.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
164			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
165			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
166			Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
167			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
168			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
169			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
170			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
171			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
172			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
173			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
174			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
175			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
176			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
177			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
178			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
179			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
180			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
181			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
182			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
183			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
184			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
185			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
186			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
187			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
188			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
189			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
190			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
191			Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
192			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	20	66	30.3%	20.6%
193			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	9	25	36.0%	20.2%
194			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
195			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
196			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	8	23	34.8%	18.8%
197			Salem Pond Park	4.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
198			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
199			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
200			Williamson Preserve	19.2	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
201			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
202			Northgate Park	17.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
203			Eastgate Park	9.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
204			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
205			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
206			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
207			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
208			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
209			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	7	25	28.0%	14.3%
210			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
211			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
212			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
213			Inwood Rd.	7.3	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
214			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
215			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
216			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	9	44	20.5%	11.2%
217			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	8	42	19.0%	10.0%
218			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
219			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
220			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
221			South Durham WRF	13.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
222			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
223			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
224			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
225			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
226			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
227			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
228			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
229			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
230			American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
231			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
232			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
233			American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
234			Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
235			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
236			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
237			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
238			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
239			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
240			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
241			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
242			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
243			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
244			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
245			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
246			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
247			Lyon Park	15.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
248			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
249			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
250			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
251			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
252			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
253			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
254			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
255			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
256			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	4	46	8.7%	3.4%
257			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
258			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
259			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
260			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
261			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
262			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
263			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
264			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
265			Falls Lake	15.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%