Bird Finder

Where to find Canada Goose in January
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

Canada Goose
© Max McCarthy / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Canada Goose 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Shelley Lake
8.1 4 15 126 174 189 92.1% 87.3%
2 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)
8.2 0 12 10 83 102 81.4% 72.7%
3 Hoffman Lake
2.4 0 3 5 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
4 Crabtree Creek Watershed
4.7 17 10 28 94 117 80.3% 72.2%
5 Mid Pines Rd.
6.7 9 15 281 793 1061 74.7% 72.0%
6 Lake Lynn
7.7 7 16 91 156 209 74.6% 68.3%
7 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway
3.5 0 8 13 27 34 79.4% 63.2%
8 Third Fork Creek Trail
13.6 0 7 6 48 64 75.0% 63.2%
9 Lake Benson
11.9 3 8 81 188 274 68.6% 62.9%
10 Lake Wheeler marshes
6.9 1 11 53 89 125 71.2% 62.7%
11 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.
9.8 0 10 35 105 152 69.1% 61.3%
12 Symphony Lake Greenway
4.4 0 10 25 57 80 71.2% 60.5%
13 Eastgate Park
9.5 1 7 7 22 28 78.6% 60.5%
14 NCSU Experimental Farm
7.1 2 11 45 44 62 71.0% 58.7%
15 Sandy Creek Park
16.1 9 19 160 359 599 59.9% 56.0%
16 Lake Johnson Park
4.2 2 14 85 248 426 58.2% 53.5%
17 Yates Mill County Park
7.2 4 19 171 350 612 57.2% 53.2%
18 Baileywick Road Park
10.2 0 7 8 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
19 Schenck Forest
3.6 1 16 101 180 312 57.7% 52.1%
20 Lake Betz
7.3 4 16 166 327 585 55.9% 51.8%
21 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park
10.0 0 6 1 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
22 Jack Marley Park
19.7 0 4 8 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
23 Bass Lake Park & Trail
10.7 0 13 70 95 171 55.6% 48.1%
24 Lake Raleigh
6.0 1 16 52 96 175 54.9% 47.5%
25 Beaver Marsh
16.7 1 14 67 208 401 51.9% 47.0%
26 Lake Crabtree Dam
3.3 3 10 101 167 319 52.4% 46.9%
27 Brumley Nature Preserve--North
22.2 8 9 100 129 253 51.0% 44.9%
28 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek
18.2 0 11 20 47 85 55.3% 44.7%
29 Kildaire Farms Lake
2.3 0 4 8 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
30 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland
6.1 0 5 7 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
31 Inwood Rd.
7.3 0 13 47 51 103 49.5% 40.1%
32 Eden Lakes
23.7 0 6 6 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
33 Orange County Sportsplex Pond
24.9 2 7 18 38 75 50.7% 39.6%
34 Pullen Park
6.6 0 7 13 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
35 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance
3.3 0 12 68 109 242 45.0% 38.9%
36 Chandler's Swamp
16.9 0 6 13 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
37 Lake Crabtree County Park
3.6 3 21 171 289 722 40.0% 36.5%
38 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir
18.0 1 18 31 49 110 44.5% 35.6%
39 Parkwood Lake
9.7 0 4 30 34 73 46.6% 35.6%
40 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve
22.1 0 5 4 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
41 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)
13.5 0 3 4 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
42 Bond Park
2.7 0 15 29 84 201 41.8% 35.2%
43 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)
21.0 0 2 3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
44 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve
22.4 0 1 4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
45 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane
13.5 0 1 2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek
15.0 1 10 3 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
47 Carpenter Park
5.1 2 7 6 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
48 Brier Creek Reservoir
5.9 0 14 70 105 283 37.1% 31.7%
49 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland
16.0 0 4 22 23 53 43.4% 31.0%
50 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side
6.7 0 10 15 21 49 42.9% 30.0%
51 South Point Mall Retention Pond
12.0 0 4 5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
52 Parkwood Water Treatment Pond (from outside the fence)
8.8 0 3 3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
53 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake
5.7 0 13 50 74 214 34.6% 28.5%
54 Rainbow Soccer Complex
16.2 0 6 14 32 85 37.6% 28.1%
55 Brumley Nature Preserve--South
22.7 0 3 11 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
56 Lake Rogers Park
23.7 0 5 7 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
57 Apex Community Park
3.7 2 10 72 91 281 32.4% 27.2%
58 Wendell Park
22.6 0 5 15 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
59 Old Oxford Rd. Pond
20.9 0 4 6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
60 Indian Creek Greenway
3.5 1 5 3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
61 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall
12.2 1 6 6 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
62 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64
18.7 0 7 5 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
63 Town Lake Park
23.4 0 4 7 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
64 Lake Wheeler
8.2 0 12 18 24 73 32.9% 23.2%
65 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park
13.5 0 4 6 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
66 Howling Cow Creamery
7.2 0 5 12 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
67 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access
10.5 0 8 21 27 92 29.3% 21.0%
68 Falls Lake--Rolling View
16.1 0 13 36 52 195 26.7% 21.0%
69 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve
23.8 0 2 1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
70 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch
14.6 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
71 Juniper Level Botanic Garden
13.9 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
72 River Forest Park
20.9 1 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
73 Deep River State Trail--Moncure Access
21.7 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
74 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning
3.9 1 16 35 109 517 21.1% 17.8%
75 Mason Farm Biological Reserve
14.6 2 17 69 85 420 20.2% 16.7%
76 Hank Anderson Community Park
20.3 0 10 6 20 82 24.4% 16.4%
77 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp
16.8 0 8 20 25 107 23.4% 16.4%
78 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center
9.0 0 2 3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
79 Strickland Park
8.9 0 1 4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
80 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment
23.9 0 4 3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
81 Glennstone/Heron Rookery
18.4 0 2 2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
82 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve
15.1 0 7 16 15 63 23.8% 15.0%
83 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek
14.5 0 10 13 36 178 20.2% 15.0%
84 Morris Branch Greenway
7.6 0 2 2 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
85 University Lake, Chapel Hill
19.3 0 7 6 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
86 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only
15.3 0 5 6 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
87 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach
17.5 0 7 3 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
88 Shiloh Greenway
5.1 0 1 1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
89 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land)
15.4 0 3 5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
90 Salem Pond Park
4.5 0 3 6 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
91 Durant Nature Preserve
13.3 0 9 19 23 119 19.3% 13.2%
92 E. Carroll Joyner Park
20.6 2 6 11 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
93 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment
14.5 0 7 8 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
94 Ritter Park
4.3 0 4 4 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
95 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access
18.4 0 3 4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
96 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.
17.1 0 5 3 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
97 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.
11.9 0 6 6 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
98 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf
15.9 0 4 4 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
99 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'
16.4 2 7 12 15 81 18.5% 11.6%
100 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment
23.4 1 7 35 38 248 15.3% 11.4%
101 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden
4.6 0 5 8 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
102 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access
9.5 0 3 5 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
103 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024)
14.9 0 1 22 18 116 15.5% 10.0%
104 Erwin Road Swamp
17.7 0 2 2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
105 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)
20.0 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
106 Dorothea Dix
6.6 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
107 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park
13.5 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
108 Neuse River Trail--River Bend
14.9 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
109 Camden Ave Pond
16.3 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
110 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)
21.9 0 9 17 10 60 16.7% 9.3%
111 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)
14.1 0 5 9 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
112 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center
16.3 0 3 3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
113 Middle Creek Bottomlands II
24.9 0 4 3 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
114 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)
14.1 0 5 9 9 56 16.1% 8.7%
115 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir
19.0 0 4 4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
116 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)
17.7 0 2 3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
117 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment
10.6 0 3 3 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
118 Barksdale Drive Greenway
9.9 0 3 3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
119 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)
1.5 0 5 11 18 147 12.2% 7.9%
120 Blue Jay Point County Park
14.5 0 15 3 15 122 12.3% 7.6%
121 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail
19.4 0 2 1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
122 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)
24.1 3 7 17 23 212 10.8% 7.3%
123 Forest Ridge Park
16.5 0 4 4 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
124 Dorothea Dix Park
6.9 0 2 20 18 159 11.3% 7.3%
125 Old Bynum Bridge
20.4 2 4 5 8 58 13.8% 7.2%
126 West Lake Road Ponds
8.7 0 2 2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
127 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade
19.0 0 4 7 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
128 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center
12.7 0 3 6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
129 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake
3.8 0 3 4 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
130 Raven Rock SP
23.9 0 4 4 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
131 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.
12.6 0 3 31 19 189 10.1% 6.5%
132 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road
20.9 0 1 2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
133 Downtown Cary Park
0.5 0 1 1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
134 Cornwallis Road Park
16.1 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
135 Duke Forest--Gate 12
19.9 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
136 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment
9.9 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
137 Cedar Falls Park
18.2 0 1 2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
138 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment
14.8 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
139 Lassiter Mill Historical Park
7.7 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
140 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road
12.0 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
141 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse
15.1 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
142 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive
8.6 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
143 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive
1.6 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
144 Briar Chapel WWT pond
19.2 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
145 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders
3.9 0 6 9 9 81 11.1% 6.0%
146 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum
20.3 0 3 2 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
147 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment
13.2 0 2 2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
148 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park
14.1 0 2 2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
149 Hilltop Needmore Park--North
11.1 0 3 10 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
150 Falls Lake--Dam
15.2 0 5 6 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
151 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam
18.7 0 7 29 18 213 8.5% 5.4%
152 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp
18.6 0 2 2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
153 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access
15.2 1 2 3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
154 Rocky Branch Greenway
6.4 0 2 2 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
155 Falls Lake
15.1 0 3 3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
156 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park
4.4 0 2 3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
157 Eno River SP--The Quarry
21.2 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
158 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge
13.6 0 1 2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
159 Duke Forest--Eno Division
22.9 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
160 Robertson Millpond Preserve
20.7 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
161 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp
18.4 0 3 5 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
162 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve
20.0 0 3 3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
163 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)
21.9 0 3 3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
164 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green
21.9 0 2 1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
165 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point
14.2 0 1 2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
166 Laurel Hill Park
5.4 0 1 1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
167 Walnut Creek Wetland Center
9.0 0 2 2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
168 White Deer Park
11.6 0 5 6 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
169 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway
21.1 0 2 2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
170 J.C. Raulston Arboretum
4.6 0 1 1 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
171 Duke University--Reclamation Pond
17.3 1 5 7 8 108 7.4% 3.8%
172 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells
16.6 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
173 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail
4.2 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
174 Little Creek Trail
15.3 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
175 Fallon park
8.1 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
176 Wooten Meadow Park
6.8 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
177 Neuse River Trail--Falls River
15.6 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
178 East Clayton Community Park
23.0 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
179 Harris Lake County Park
14.0 0 5 8 7 95 7.4% 3.6%
180 White Pines Nature Preserve
24.5 0 2 4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
181 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park
13.6 1 3 4 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
182 Pinehurst Drive Ponds
15.6 0 2 4 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
183 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point
15.0 0 10 17 22 445 4.9% 3.3%
184 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina
13.2 0 3 3 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
185 Williamson Preserve
19.2 0 2 3 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
186 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth
14.9 1 4 13 12 220 5.5% 3.1%
187 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road
18.1 0 2 2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
188 Sarah P. Duke Gardens
16.8 0 4 10 7 113 6.2% 3.0%
189 Greenview Ponds
7.6 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
190 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge
16.3 0 1 2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
191 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road
15.5 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
192 William B. Umstead SP
5.4 0 3 3 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
193 Horace Williams Tract
19.1 0 3 5 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
194 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
17.8 0 2 3 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
195 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek
14.8 0 2 2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
196 Cedar Fork District Park
3.1 0 2 1 5 78 6.4% 2.8%
197 Blackwood Farm Park
22.9 0 3 4 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
198 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp
15.5 0 7 9 7 132 5.3% 2.6%
199 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway
12.9 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
200 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade
20.0 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
201 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields
23.2 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
202 Morrisville Community Park
3.9 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
203 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)
13.8 0 2 2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
204 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff
12.6 0 2 2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
205 Mingo Creek Trail
15.1 0 2 2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
206 New Hope Bottomlands
15.5 0 1 12 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
207 Hilltop Needmore Park--South
11.5 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
208 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment
13.8 0 2 2 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
209 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station
21.6 0 2 2 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
210 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St
5.1 0 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
211 West Point on the Eno Park
20.5 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
212 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek
10.3 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
213 Apex Nature Park
8.6 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
214 Parker Preserve
15.5 0 2 2 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
215 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access
13.1 0 2 5 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
216 Homestead Park
19.3 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
217 Swift Creek Bluffs
5.3 0 1 1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
218 Brookhaven Nature Park
6.7 0 1 1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
219 Fearrington Village
17.5 0 2 3 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
220 Fred Fletcher Park
7.4 0 2 3 4 148 2.7% 1.1%
221 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)
12.0 0 1 1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
222 Pulley Town Road Fields
22.5 0 1 1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
223 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point
16.1 0 1 1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
224 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area
13.8 0 1 1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
225 Pierce Woods and Pond
15.9 0 1 1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
226 Duke University--East Campus
16.6 0 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
227 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.
13.3 0 1 1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
228 Eno River SP--Few's Ford
23.2 0 2 1 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
229 Lower Booker Creek Trail
17.0 0 1 1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
230 Brian P's Yard (Private)
14.4 0 2 1 2 98 2.0% 0.6%
231 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula
12.1 0 1 1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
232 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp
14.8 0 1 1 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
233 Horton Grove Nature Preserve
24.6 0 1 1 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
234 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform
12.3 0 1 1 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
235 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve
4.6 0 1 1 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
236 Morris Green Park
16.0 0 1 1 1 71 1.4% 0.2%