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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			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	16	34	47.1%	31.5%
2			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	13	37	35.1%	21.8%
3			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
4			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
5			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
6			17 Acre Woods	18.0	15	57	26.3%	16.6%
7			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	12	47	25.5%	15.3%
8			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	13	63	20.6%	12.5%
9			Williamson Preserve	19.2	8	34	23.5%	12.4%
10			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	43	273	15.8%	11.9%
11			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
12			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
13			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
14			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	9	51	17.6%	9.6%
15			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
16			Lake Benson	11.9	11	72	15.3%	8.8%
17			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
18			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	23	188	12.2%	8.3%
19			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
20			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
21			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	22	206	10.7%	7.2%
22			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
23			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	7	49	14.3%	7.1%
24			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	26	255	10.2%	7.1%
25			Parker Preserve	15.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
26			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
27			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
28			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
29			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
30			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
31			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	24	290	8.3%	5.6%
32			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
33			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
34			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
35			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
36			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
37			Ritter Park	4.3	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
38			Bond Park	2.7	8	97	8.2%	4.2%
39			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	10	130	7.7%	4.2%
40			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	4	38	10.5%	4.2%
41			Apex Community Park	3.7	6	70	8.6%	4.0%
42			White Deer Park	11.6	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
43			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
44			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	4	44	9.1%	3.6%
45			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
46			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
47			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
48			Schenck Forest	3.6	8	123	6.5%	3.3%
49			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
50			Shelley Lake	8.1	7	109	6.4%	3.1%
51			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
52			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
53			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
54			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
55			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
56			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	7	126	5.6%	2.7%
57			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
58			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
59			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
60			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
61			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
62			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
63			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
64			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	3	47	6.4%	2.2%
65			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	14	384	3.6%	2.2%
66			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
67			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
68			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
69			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
70			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
71			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
72			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
73			Lake Lynn	7.7	5	138	3.6%	1.6%
74			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
75			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
76			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
77			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	3	83	3.6%	1.2%
78			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	7	306	2.3%	1.1%
79			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	2	51	3.9%	1.1%
80			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
81			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
82			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	2	57	3.5%	1.0%
83			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	9	498	1.8%	1.0%
84			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
85			Beaver Marsh	16.7	4	190	2.1%	0.8%
86			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
87			Lake Betz	7.3	3	138	2.2%	0.7%
88			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
89			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	2	78	2.6%	0.7%
90			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
91			Lake Raleigh	6.0	2	89	2.2%	0.6%
92			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	3	167	1.8%	0.6%
93			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
94			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
95			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
96			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
97			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
98			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
99			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
100			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
101			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	2	156	1.3%	0.4%
102			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
103			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
104			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
105			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	2	173	1.2%	0.3%
106			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
107			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
108			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
109			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	60	1.7%	0.3%
110			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	1	104	1.0%	0.2%
111			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	1	130	0.8%	0.1%