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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	16	16	100.0%	80.6%
2			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	156	181	86.2%	80.4%
3			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	132	156	84.6%	78.1%
4			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	32	36	88.9%	74.7%
5			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	20	22	90.9%	72.2%
6			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	79	98	80.6%	71.7%
7			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	102	130	78.5%	70.6%
8			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	65	81	80.2%	70.3%
9			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	32	39	82.1%	67.3%
10			Bond Park	2.7	133	181	73.5%	66.6%
11			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	21	25	84.0%	65.3%
12			Lake Lynn	7.7	390	577	67.6%	63.7%
13			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	61	83	73.5%	63.1%
14			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	1109	1701	65.2%	62.9%
15			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	16	19	84.2%	62.4%
16			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
17			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	20	25	80.0%	60.9%
18			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	28	37	75.7%	59.9%
19			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	14	17	82.4%	59.0%
20			White Deer Park	11.6	23	31	74.2%	56.8%
21			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	24	33	72.7%	55.8%
22			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	43	64	67.2%	55.0%
23			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	55	86	64.0%	53.4%
24			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	31	46	67.4%	53.0%
25			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
26			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	65	104	62.5%	52.9%
27			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	237	413	57.4%	52.6%
28			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
29			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	85	141	60.3%	52.0%
30			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	16	22	72.7%	51.8%
31			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
32			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
33			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	37	58	63.8%	50.9%
34			Higgins Greenway	1.2	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
35			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	62	105	59.0%	49.5%
36			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	138	248	55.6%	49.4%
37			Apex Nature Park	8.6	20	30	66.7%	48.8%
38			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	28	45	62.2%	47.6%
39			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
40			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	30	49	61.2%	47.2%
41			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	26	42	61.9%	46.8%
42			Apex Community Park	3.7	29	48	60.4%	46.3%
43			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	17	26	65.4%	46.2%
44			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	31	52	59.6%	46.1%
45			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	20	32	62.5%	45.3%
46			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	28	48	58.3%	44.3%
47			17 Acre Woods	18.0	51	95	53.7%	43.7%
48			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	83	164	50.6%	43.0%
49			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	44	83	53.0%	42.4%
50			Lake Betz	7.3	112	231	48.5%	42.1%
51			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	190	411	46.2%	41.5%
52			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	24	43	55.8%	41.1%
53			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
54			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
55			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
56			Schenck Forest	3.6	93	195	47.7%	40.8%
57			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	44	86	51.2%	40.8%
58			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	17	29	58.6%	40.7%
59			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	78	163	47.9%	40.3%
60			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	23	42	54.8%	39.9%
61			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
62			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
63			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
64			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	16	28	57.1%	39.1%
65			Indian Trail Park	18.1	8	12	66.7%	39.1%
66			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
67			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
68			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	28	56	50.0%	37.3%
69			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	126	296	42.6%	37.1%
70			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
71			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	9	15	60.0%	35.7%
72			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
73			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	92	223	41.3%	35.0%
74			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
75			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
76			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
77			Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
78			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
79			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	54	132	40.9%	32.9%
80			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
81			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	15	31	48.4%	32.0%
82			Town Lake Park	23.4	15	31	48.4%	32.0%
83			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	54	136	39.7%	31.9%
84			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	27	63	42.9%	31.4%
85			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	69	181	38.1%	31.4%
86			Fearrington Village	17.5	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
87			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	11	22	50.0%	30.7%
88			Lee Game Land	22.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
89			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
90			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
91			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
92			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	12	25	48.0%	30.0%
93			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
94			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
95			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
96			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	20	47	42.6%	29.5%
97			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	17	39	43.6%	29.3%
98			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
99			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	12	26	46.2%	28.8%
100			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	103	311	33.1%	28.1%
101			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
102			Lake Benson	11.9	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
103			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	26	70	37.1%	26.8%
104			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
105			Lake Raleigh	6.0	18	46	39.1%	26.4%
106			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	10	23	43.5%	25.6%
107			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	15	39	38.5%	24.9%
108			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	24	69	34.8%	24.6%
109			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
110			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
111			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	134	497	27.0%	23.2%
112			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
113			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
114			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
115			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	91	337	27.0%	22.5%
116			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	12	33	36.4%	22.2%
117			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	8	20	40.0%	21.9%
118			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	32	109	29.4%	21.6%
119			Homestead Park	19.3	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
120			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
121			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
122			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
123			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
124			Shaw Lake	9.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
125			Ritter Park	4.3	10	28	35.7%	20.7%
126			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	10	28	35.7%	20.7%
127			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
128			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
129			Heritage Lake	19.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
130			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
131			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
132			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
133			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
134			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
135			Forest Hills Park	15.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
136			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
137			Greene Tract	20.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
138			Clayton Community Park	19.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
139			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
140			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
141			Williamson Preserve	19.2	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
142			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	22	77	28.6%	19.7%
143			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	15	49	30.6%	19.5%
144			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	48	192	25.0%	19.4%
145			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
146			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
147			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
148			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
149			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
150			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	9	28	32.1%	17.9%
151			Crowder District Park	6.8	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
152			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
153			Shelley Lake	8.1	21	81	25.9%	17.6%
154			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	58	263	22.1%	17.5%
155			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
156			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
157			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
158			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	46	232	19.8%	15.2%
159			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
160			Pullen Park	6.6	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
161			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
162			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
163			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	15	64	23.4%	14.7%
164			Beaver Marsh	16.7	30	148	20.3%	14.6%
165			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	8	30	26.7%	14.2%
166			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	8	30	26.7%	14.2%
167			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
168			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
169			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
170			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
171			Wendell Park	22.6	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
172			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
173			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	10	45	22.2%	12.5%
174			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	16	83	19.3%	12.2%
175			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
176			Carrboro High School	18.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
177			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
178			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
179			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
180			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
181			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	11	55	20.0%	11.6%
182			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	28	176	15.9%	11.2%
183			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
184			Parker Preserve	15.5	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
185			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
186			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
187			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	6	27	22.2%	10.6%
188			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
189			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
190			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
191			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
192			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
193			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
194			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
195			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
196			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
197			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
198			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
199			Duke Park	16.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
200			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
201			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
202			Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden	13.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
203			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
204			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	6	33	18.2%	8.6%
205			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
206			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
207			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
208			Northgate Park	17.2	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
209			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	10	75	13.3%	7.4%
210			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	6	39	15.4%	7.2%
211			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
212			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
213			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	9	75	12.0%	6.4%
214			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
215			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
216			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
217			Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
218			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
219			Krzyzewskiville	16.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
220			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
221			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
222			Leesville Park	7.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
223			Strickland Park	8.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
224			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
225			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	5	36	13.9%	6.1%
226			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
227			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
228			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
229			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
230			Lake Wheeler	8.2	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
231			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
232			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
233			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
234			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
235			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
236			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
237			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
238			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
239			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
240			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
241			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
242			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
243			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
244			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
245			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
246			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	4	64	6.2%	2.5%
247			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
248			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
249			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
250			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
251			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
252			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	26	3.8%	0.7%