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Where to find Purple Finch in January
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 Purple Finch in January. 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 61 87 70.1% 59.8%
2 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 41 116 35.3% 27.2%
3 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
4 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
5 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 33 182 18.1% 13.2%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 76 493 15.4% 12.5%
7 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
8 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 12 72 16.7% 9.8%
9 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
10 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
11 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
12 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
13 Walltown Park 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
14 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 10 65 15.4% 8.6%
15 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
16 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
17 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
18 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
19 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 24 231 10.4% 7.1%
20 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
21 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
22 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
23 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
24 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
25 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 32 509 6.3% 4.5%
26 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
27 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 7 80 8.8% 4.3%
28 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 7 80 8.8% 4.3%
29 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 9 119 7.6% 4.0%
30 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 9 123 7.3% 3.9%
31 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
32 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 21 399 5.3% 3.5%
33 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 122 6.6% 3.4%
34 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
35 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 7 107 6.5% 3.2%
36 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
37 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
38 Bond Park 2.7 9 158 5.7% 3.0%
39 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
40 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
41 Lake Benson 11.9 10 187 5.3% 2.9%
42 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
43 Shelley Lake 8.1 8 158 5.1% 2.6%
44 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
45 White Deer Park 11.6 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
46 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 93 5.4% 2.3%
47 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
48 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
50 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
51 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 9 226 4.0% 2.1%
52 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 21 657 3.2% 2.1%
53 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
54 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
55 Lake Lynn 7.7 7 182 3.8% 1.9%
56 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
57 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
58 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
59 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
60 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
61 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
62 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
63 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
64 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
65 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 6 196 3.1% 1.4%
66 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 20 925 2.2% 1.4%
67 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
68 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
69 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
70 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 11 516 2.1% 1.2%
71 Ritter Park 4.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
72 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 134 3.0% 1.2%
73 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
74 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
75 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
76 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 269 2.2% 1.0%
77 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 4 156 2.6% 1.0%
78 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 7 358 2.0% 1.0%
79 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
80 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
81 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 176 2.3% 0.9%
82 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
83 Falls Lake 15.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
84 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
85 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
86 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
87 Schenck Forest 3.6 5 284 1.8% 0.8%
88 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
89 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
90 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
91 Lake Betz 7.3 7 460 1.5% 0.7%
92 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
93 Lake Raleigh 6.0 3 153 2.0% 0.7%
94 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
95 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
96 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
97 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
98 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 5 397 1.3% 0.5%
99 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
100 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
101 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 194 1.5% 0.5%
102 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 2 116 1.7% 0.5%
103 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 124 1.6% 0.4%
104 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
105 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 182 1.1% 0.3%
106 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
107 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
108 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
109 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
110 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
111 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
112 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 2 287 0.7% 0.2%
113 Beaver Marsh 16.7 2 373 0.5% 0.1%
114 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 123 0.8% 0.1%
115 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 125 0.8% 0.1%