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Where to find Purple Finch in December
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 Purple Finch in December. 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			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
2			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
3			17 Acre Woods	18.0	16	63	25.4%	16.3%
4			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	13	49	26.5%	16.2%
5			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	12	49	24.5%	14.6%
6			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	14	72	19.4%	12.0%
7			Williamson Preserve	19.2	9	42	21.4%	11.7%
8			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	45	308	14.6%	11.1%
9			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
10			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
11			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
12			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
13			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
14			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	10	67	14.9%	8.3%
15			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	25	212	11.8%	8.1%
16			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
17			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
18			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
19			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	29	295	9.8%	6.9%
20			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	22	215	10.2%	6.9%
21			Lake Benson	11.9	11	94	11.7%	6.7%
22			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	7	54	13.0%	6.4%
23			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
24			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
25			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
26			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
27			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
28			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
29			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
30			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	25	336	7.4%	5.1%
31			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
32			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
33			Ritter Park	4.3	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
34			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
35			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	4	42	9.5%	3.8%
36			Parker Preserve	15.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
37			Bond Park	2.7	8	110	7.3%	3.7%
38			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
39			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	4	46	8.7%	3.4%
40			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	10	163	6.1%	3.4%
41			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	4	47	8.5%	3.4%
42			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
43			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
44			Apex Community Park	3.7	6	86	7.0%	3.2%
45			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	5	67	7.5%	3.2%
46			Shelley Lake	8.1	8	131	6.1%	3.1%
47			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
48			Schenck Forest	3.6	8	137	5.8%	3.0%
49			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
50			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
51			White Deer Park	11.6	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
52			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
53			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	7	132	5.3%	2.6%
54			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	3	40	7.5%	2.6%
55			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
56			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
57			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
58			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
59			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
60			Lake Lynn	7.7	8	166	4.8%	2.5%
61			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
62			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	15	441	3.4%	2.1%
63			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
64			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
65			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
66			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
67			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
68			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
69			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
70			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
71			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
72			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
73			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
74			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
75			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
76			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
77			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	3	76	3.9%	1.4%
78			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	3	89	3.4%	1.2%
79			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
80			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
81			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	11	608	1.8%	1.0%
82			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	7	347	2.0%	1.0%
83			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
84			Lake Betz	7.3	4	177	2.3%	0.9%
85			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	2	65	3.1%	0.8%
86			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
87			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
88			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
89			Beaver Marsh	16.7	4	206	1.9%	0.8%
90			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
91			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
92			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
93			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	2	93	2.2%	0.6%
94			Lake Raleigh	6.0	2	99	2.0%	0.6%
95			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
96			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
97			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	3	214	1.4%	0.5%
98			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
99			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
100			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
101			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
102			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
103			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
104			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	2	178	1.1%	0.3%
105			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
106			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	2	218	0.9%	0.3%
107			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
108			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
109			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	1	72	1.4%	0.2%
110			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	1	75	1.3%	0.2%
111			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	95	1.1%	0.2%
112			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	1	109	0.9%	0.2%
113			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	1	227	0.4%	0.1%