Bird Finder

Where to find American Goldfinch in September
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 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 15 15 100.0% 79.6%
2 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 129 152 84.9% 78.3%
3 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 129 152 84.9% 78.3%
4 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 72 84 85.7% 76.7%
5 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 74 87 85.1% 76.1%
6 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 30 34 88.2% 73.4%
7 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 88 111 79.3% 70.8%
8 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 30 36 83.3% 68.1%
9 Bond Park 2.7 118 157 75.2% 67.9%
10 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 32 39 82.1% 67.3%
11 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 16 18 88.9% 67.2%
12 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 19 22 86.4% 66.7%
13 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 866 1293 67.0% 64.4%
14 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
15 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 57 77 74.0% 63.3%
16 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 27 34 79.4% 63.2%
17 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
18 Lake Lynn 7.7 236 373 63.3% 58.3%
19 White Deer Park 11.6 19 25 76.0% 56.6%
20 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 42 61 68.9% 56.4%
21 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 39 57 68.4% 55.5%
22 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
23 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 23 32 71.9% 54.6%
24 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 39 59 66.1% 53.4%
25 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
26 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 213 371 57.4% 52.3%
27 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
28 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 55 88 62.5% 52.1%
29 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
30 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 130 224 58.0% 51.5%
31 Apex Community Park 3.7 25 37 67.6% 51.5%
32 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
33 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 32 51 62.7% 49.0%
34 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 17 25 68.0% 48.4%
35 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 30 48 62.5% 48.4%
36 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 26 41 63.4% 48.1%
37 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 63 110 57.3% 47.9%
38 Apex Nature Park 8.6 19 29 65.5% 47.3%
39 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 26 42 61.9% 46.8%
40 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
41 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
42 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
43 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
44 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
45 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
46 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
47 17 Acre Woods 18.0 48 89 53.9% 43.6%
48 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 42 77 54.5% 43.5%
49 Lake Betz 7.3 109 219 49.8% 43.2%
50 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 184 392 46.9% 42.1%
51 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
52 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
53 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
54 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
55 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
56 Schenck Forest 3.6 90 189 47.6% 40.6%
57 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 76 160 47.5% 39.9%
58 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
59 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
60 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 17 30 56.7% 39.2%
61 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 17 30 56.7% 39.2%
62 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 34 67 50.7% 39.1%
63 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
64 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
65 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
66 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 46 100 46.0% 36.6%
67 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
68 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 22 44 50.0% 35.8%
69 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
70 Indian Trail Park 18.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
71 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 107 261 41.0% 35.2%
72 Town Lake Park 23.4 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
73 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
74 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
75 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
76 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
77 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 14 27 51.9% 34.0%
78 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 84 210 40.0% 33.6%
79 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
80 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 22 50 44.0% 31.2%
81 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 48 122 39.3% 31.1%
82 Fearrington Village 17.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
83 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
84 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
85 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
86 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
87 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 17 39 43.6% 29.3%
88 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
89 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
90 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
91 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
92 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 40 109 36.7% 28.2%
93 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 101 305 33.1% 28.1%
94 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 15 35 42.9% 28.0%
95 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
96 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 22 58 37.9% 26.6%
97 Lake Benson 11.9 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
98 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
99 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
100 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
101 Homestead Park 19.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
102 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
103 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
104 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
105 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
106 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 129 471 27.4% 23.6%
107 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 18 52 34.6% 23.2%
108 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
109 Williamson Preserve 19.2 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
110 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
111 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
112 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
113 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
114 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 65 242 26.9% 21.7%
115 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
116 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
117 Ritter Park 4.3 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
118 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
119 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
120 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
121 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
122 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
123 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
124 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
125 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
126 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
127 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
128 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
129 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Lake Raleigh 6.0 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
139 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 20 68 29.4% 19.9%
140 Shelley Lake 8.1 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
141 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 39 154 25.3% 19.1%
142 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
143 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
144 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
145 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
146 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
147 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
148 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 25 100 25.0% 17.5%
149 Pullen Park 6.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
150 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
151 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
152 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
153 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 43 214 20.1% 15.3%
154 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
155 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
156 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
157 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 38 192 19.8% 14.8%
158 Beaver Marsh 16.7 30 148 20.3% 14.6%
159 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
160 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
161 Wendell Park 22.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
162 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 15 74 20.3% 12.7%
163 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
164 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
165 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
166 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
167 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
168 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
169 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
170 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
171 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
172 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
173 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 25 165 15.2% 10.5%
174 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
175 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
176 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
177 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
178 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
179 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
180 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
181 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
182 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
183 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
184 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
185 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
191 Northgate Park 17.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
192 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
193 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
194 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
195 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
196 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
197 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
198 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
199 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
200 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 10 75 13.3% 7.4%
201 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
202 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
203 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
204 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
205 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
206 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
207 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
208 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
209 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
210 Strickland Park 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
211 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
212 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
213 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
214 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
215 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
216 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 65 10.8% 5.3%
217 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
218 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
219 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
220 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
221 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
222 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
223 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
224 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
225 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
226 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
227 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
228 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
229 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
230 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
231 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
232 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
233 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
234 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
235 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
236 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
237 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
238 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
239 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
240 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
241 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
242 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%