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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%