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Where to find American Goldfinch in September
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including American Goldfinch in September. 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 17 17 100.0% 81.6%
2 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 145 172 84.3% 78.1%
3 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 39 44 88.6% 76.0%
4 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 136 165 82.4% 75.9%
5 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 91 112 81.2% 73.0%
6 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 180 234 76.9% 71.1%
7 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 19 21 90.5% 71.1%
8 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 119 155 76.8% 69.5%
9 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 144 190 75.8% 69.2%
10 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 20 23 87.0% 67.9%
11 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 26 31 83.9% 67.4%
12 Lake Lynn 7.7 562 825 68.1% 64.9%
13 White Deer Park 11.6 37 48 77.1% 63.5%
14 Bond Park 2.7 177 259 68.3% 62.4%
15 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 41 55 74.5% 61.7%
16 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
17 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 29 38 76.3% 60.8%
18 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 58 83 69.9% 59.3%
19 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 21 27 77.8% 59.2%
20 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
21 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 32 44 72.7% 58.2%
22 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 70 105 66.7% 57.2%
23 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
24 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 1402 2414 58.1% 56.1%
25 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
26 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 55 84 65.5% 54.8%
27 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 19 26 73.1% 53.9%
28 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 78 125 62.4% 53.7%
29 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
30 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 46 71 64.8% 53.2%
31 Higgins Greenway 1.2 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
32 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
33 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 95 157 60.5% 52.7%
34 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 284 505 56.2% 51.9%
35 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
36 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 41 64 64.1% 51.8%
37 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 27 41 65.9% 50.5%
38 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 104 183 56.8% 49.6%
39 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 64 110 58.2% 48.8%
40 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
41 Apex Nature Park 8.6 23 36 63.9% 47.6%
42 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 62 110 56.4% 47.0%
43 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
44 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 30 50 60.0% 46.2%
45 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
46 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
47 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
48 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
49 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 56 102 54.9% 45.2%
50 Deep River State Trail--Moncure Access 21.7 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
51 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
52 Apex Community Park 3.7 34 61 55.7% 43.3%
53 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 26 45 57.8% 43.3%
54 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 29 51 56.9% 43.3%
55 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 88 174 50.6% 43.2%
56 Lake Betz 7.3 147 302 48.7% 43.1%
57 17 Acre Woods 18.0 55 105 52.4% 42.9%
58 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 36 66 54.5% 42.6%
59 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 44 83 53.0% 42.4%
60 Schenck Forest 3.6 109 224 48.7% 42.2%
61 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
62 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 147 319 46.1% 40.7%
63 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 29 54 53.7% 40.6%
64 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 89 187 47.6% 40.6%
65 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 188 423 44.4% 39.8%
66 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 202 459 44.0% 39.5%
67 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
68 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
69 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
70 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 33 65 50.8% 38.9%
71 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 23 43 53.5% 38.9%
72 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
73 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 31 61 50.8% 38.6%
74 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 85 191 44.5% 37.6%
75 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
76 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
77 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 104 245 42.4% 36.4%
78 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 40 87 46.0% 35.9%
79 Lee Game Land 22.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
80 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
81 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
82 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
83 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
84 Indian Trail Park 18.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
85 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
86 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
87 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
88 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 57 137 41.6% 33.7%
89 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
90 Wendell Park 22.6 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
91 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
92 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
93 Town Lake Park 23.4 16 34 47.1% 31.5%
94 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 105 289 36.3% 31.0%
95 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
96 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
97 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 15 32 46.9% 30.9%
98 Lake Benson 11.9 21 48 43.8% 30.7%
99 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 19 43 44.2% 30.4%
100 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
101 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
102 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
103 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
104 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
105 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
106 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 104 313 33.2% 28.2%
107 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
108 Homestead Park 19.3 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
109 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
110 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
111 Lake Raleigh 6.0 30 83 36.1% 26.6%
112 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 32 90 35.6% 26.4%
113 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 17 45 37.8% 25.1%
114 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
115 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 25 73 34.2% 24.4%
116 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 120 429 28.0% 23.9%
117 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 165 607 27.2% 23.8%
118 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 16 44 36.4% 23.8%
119 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
120 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
121 Ritter Park 4.3 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
122 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
123 Shelley Lake 8.1 33 109 30.3% 22.4%
124 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 151 591 25.5% 22.2%
125 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 36 123 29.3% 22.0%
126 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
127 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
128 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
129 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
130 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
131 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
132 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
133 Crowder District Park 6.8 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
134 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
135 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
140 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
141 Clayton Community Park 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
142 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
143 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 16 51 31.4% 20.3%
144 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 12 36 33.3% 20.2%
145 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
146 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
147 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
148 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 23 84 27.4% 19.0%
149 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
150 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
151 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
152 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
153 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
154 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
155 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 21 80 26.2% 17.9%
156 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 12 41 29.3% 17.6%
157 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 18 68 26.5% 17.4%
158 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
159 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 57 261 21.8% 17.3%
160 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
161 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
162 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
163 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
164 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
165 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
166 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 59 295 20.0% 15.8%
167 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
168 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
169 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
170 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
171 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
172 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
173 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
174 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
175 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
176 Beaver Marsh 16.7 30 151 19.9% 14.3%
177 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
178 Pullen Park 6.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
179 Northgate Park 17.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
180 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
181 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 24 127 18.9% 13.0%
182 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 34 210 16.2% 11.8%
183 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
184 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
185 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
186 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
187 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
188 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
189 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
190 Cates Creek Park 25.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
191 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
192 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 10 49 20.4% 11.5%
193 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
194 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 11 60 18.3% 10.6%
195 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
196 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
197 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 Beech Bluff County Park 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
208 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
209 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
210 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
211 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
212 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
213 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
214 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
215 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
216 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
217 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
218 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
219 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
220 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
221 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 10 76 13.2% 7.3%
222 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
223 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
224 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
225 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
226 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 7 53 13.2% 6.5%
227 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
228 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
229 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
230 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
231 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
233 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
234 Duke Park 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
235 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
236 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
237 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
238 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
239 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 14 158 8.9% 5.4%
240 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
241 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 9 100 9.0% 4.8%
242 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
243 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
244 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
245 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
246 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
247 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
248 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
249 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
250 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
251 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
252 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
253 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
254 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
255 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
256 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
257 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
258 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
259 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
260 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
261 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
262 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
263 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
264 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
265 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 65 6.2% 2.4%
266 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
267 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
268 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
269 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
270 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
271 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%