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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 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
4 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
5 17 Acre Woods 18.0 15 57 26.3% 16.6%
6 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
7 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 13 62 21.0% 12.7%
8 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
9 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 43 273 15.8% 11.9%
10 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
11 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
12 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 51 17.6% 9.6%
13 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
14 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
15 Lake Benson 11.9 11 72 15.3% 8.8%
16 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
17 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 23 187 12.3% 8.3%
18 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
19 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
20 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 22 206 10.7% 7.2%
21 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
22 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
23 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 26 255 10.2% 7.1%
24 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
25 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
26 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
27 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
28 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
29 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
30 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 24 290 8.3% 5.6%
31 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
32 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
33 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
34 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
35 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
36 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
37 Ritter Park 4.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
38 White Deer Park 11.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
39 Bond Park 2.7 8 97 8.2% 4.2%
40 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 10 130 7.7% 4.2%
41 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
42 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
43 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
44 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
45 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
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 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
49 Schenck Forest 3.6 8 125 6.4% 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 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
65 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
66 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 13 383 3.4% 2.0%
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 7 304 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 17 5.9% 1.0%
81 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
82 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 9 497 1.8% 1.0%
83 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 58 3.4% 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 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
88 Lake Betz 7.3 3 139 2.2% 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 29 3.4% 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 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
103 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
104 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 2 173 1.2% 0.3%
105 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 56 1.8% 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 1 103 1.0% 0.2%
111 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 130 0.8% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relFeb-2021. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Feb 2021.