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Where to find Canada Goose in February
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 Canada Goose in February. 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 Shelley Lake 8.1 169 184 91.8% 87.0%
2 Beaver Marsh 16.7 318 355 89.6% 86.0%
3 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 56 63 88.9% 78.8%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 159 189 84.1% 78.2%
5 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 66 76 86.8% 77.4%
6 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 87 102 85.3% 77.1%
7 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 575 717 80.2% 77.1%
8 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 127 155 81.9% 75.1%
9 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 61 73 83.6% 73.4%
10 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 82 101 81.2% 72.5%
11 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 84 104 80.8% 72.2%
12 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 382 512 74.6% 70.7%
13 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 12 13 92.3% 66.7%
14 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 55 71 77.5% 66.5%
15 Eastgate Park 9.5 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
16 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 392 574 68.3% 64.4%
17 Lake Betz 7.3 251 364 69.0% 64.0%
18 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
19 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 53 73 72.6% 61.4%
20 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 25 32 78.1% 61.2%
21 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
22 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 168 253 66.4% 60.4%
23 Lake Benson 11.9 112 166 67.5% 60.0%
24 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 182 287 63.4% 57.7%
25 Lake Raleigh 6.0 137 214 64.0% 57.4%
26 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 74 112 66.1% 56.9%
27 Bond Park 2.7 118 187 63.1% 56.0%
28 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 27 38 71.1% 55.2%
29 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
30 Carpenter Park 5.1 21 29 72.4% 54.3%
31 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 339 583 58.1% 54.1%
32 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
33 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 31 47 66.0% 51.7%
34 Apex Community Park 3.7 125 219 57.1% 50.5%
35 Pullen Park 6.6 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
36 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
37 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
38 Hoffman Lake 2.4 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
39 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 87 155 56.1% 48.3%
40 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
41 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 109 207 52.7% 45.9%
42 Schenck Forest 3.6 188 372 50.5% 45.5%
43 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
44 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
45 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
46 Jack Marley Park 19.7 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
47 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 27 49 55.1% 41.3%
48 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 23 41 56.1% 41.0%
49 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
50 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
51 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
52 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
53 Eden Lakes 23.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
54 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
55 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
56 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
57 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
58 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
59 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 38 84 45.2% 35.0%
60 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
61 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
62 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
63 Ritter Park 4.3 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
64 Inwood Rd. 7.3 25 55 45.5% 33.0%
65 Downtown Cary Park 0.5 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
66 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 58 146 39.7% 32.1%
67 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 181 500 36.2% 32.1%
68 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
69 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
70 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 71 191 37.2% 30.6%
71 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
72 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 65 180 36.1% 29.5%
73 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 28 72 38.9% 28.5%
74 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 45 129 34.9% 27.2%
75 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
76 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
77 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
78 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 48 157 30.6% 23.9%
79 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
80 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
81 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
82 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
83 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
84 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
85 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
86 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
87 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
88 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
89 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
90 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
91 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
92 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
93 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
94 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
95 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
98 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
99 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
100 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
101 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
102 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
103 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
104 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
105 Walnut Street Park 2.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
106 Lake Wheeler 8.2 16 51 31.4% 20.3%
107 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
108 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 29 104 27.9% 20.2%
109 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
110 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
111 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 21 73 28.8% 19.7%
112 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 92 398 23.1% 19.2%
113 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
114 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
115 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
116 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
117 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
118 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
119 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
120 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 16 59 27.1% 17.4%
121 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 17 65 26.2% 17.0%
122 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
123 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
124 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 17 67 25.4% 16.5%
125 Wendell Park 22.6 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
126 Williamson Preserve 19.2 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
127 Salem Pond Park 4.5 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
128 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
129 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
130 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
131 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
132 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
133 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
134 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 18 95 18.9% 12.3%
135 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
136 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
137 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
138 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 13 67 19.4% 11.7%
139 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
140 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 14 78 17.9% 11.0%
141 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
142 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
143 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 12 67 17.9% 10.6%
144 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
145 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
146 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 18 118 15.3% 9.9%
147 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
148 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
149 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
150 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
151 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
152 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
153 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
154 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
155 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
156 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
157 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
158 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
159 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land) 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
160 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
161 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
162 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
163 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
164 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 12 84 14.3% 8.4%
165 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
166 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
167 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
168 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 16 128 12.5% 7.8%
169 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
170 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
171 White Deer Park 11.6 8 58 13.8% 7.2%
172 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
173 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
174 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
175 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 12 98 12.2% 7.1%
176 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
177 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
178 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
179 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
180 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
181 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
182 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
183 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
184 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
189 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
190 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
191 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 6 59 10.2% 4.7%
192 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
193 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
194 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
195 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
196 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
197 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 8 112 7.1% 3.7%
198 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
199 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
200 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
201 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
202 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
203 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
204 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
205 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 13 235 5.5% 3.3%
206 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
207 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
208 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
209 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
210 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
211 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
212 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 6 100 6.0% 2.8%
213 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
214 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
215 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
216 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
217 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
218 Leesville Park 7.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
219 Action Park 13.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
220 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
221 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
222 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 4 74 5.4% 2.1%
223 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
224 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
225 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
226 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
227 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
228 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
229 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
230 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
231 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
232 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
233 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
234 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
235 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
236 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
237 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
238 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 125 3.2% 1.3%
239 Northgate Park 17.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
240 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
241 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
242 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
243 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
244 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
245 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
246 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
247 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
248 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
249 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
250 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 76 1.3% 0.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.