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Where to find Canada Goose in January
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 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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Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Shelley Lake	8.1	122	131	93.1%	87.5%
2			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	60	70	85.7%	75.7%
3			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	611	817	74.8%	71.7%
4			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	47	57	82.5%	70.6%
5			Lake Lynn	7.7	123	164	75.0%	67.9%
6			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	54	70	77.1%	66.0%
7			Hoffman Lake	2.4	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
8			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	88	121	72.7%	64.2%
9			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	43	57	75.4%	62.9%
10			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	82	116	70.7%	61.8%
11			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	44	60	73.3%	61.0%
12			Lake Betz	7.3	224	346	64.7%	59.6%
13			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	287	448	64.1%	59.5%
14			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	17	22	77.3%	56.6%
15			Eastgate Park	9.5	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
16			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	260	436	59.6%	55.0%
17			Pullen Park	6.6	12	15	80.0%	54.8%
18			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	14	18	77.8%	54.8%
19			Schenck Forest	3.6	146	250	58.4%	52.2%
20			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	170	302	56.3%	50.7%
21			Beaver Marsh	16.7	196	351	55.8%	50.6%
22			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
23			Lake Benson	11.9	85	150	56.7%	48.7%
24			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	40	68	58.8%	47.0%
25			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
26			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	49	89	55.1%	44.7%
27			Lake Raleigh	6.0	70	135	51.9%	43.5%
28			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	99	197	50.3%	43.3%
29			Inwood Rd.	7.3	49	92	53.3%	43.1%
30			Bond Park	2.7	74	145	51.0%	43.0%
31			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	122	251	48.6%	42.5%
32			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	46	87	52.9%	42.5%
33			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	12	19	63.2%	41.0%
34			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
35			Carpenter Park	5.1	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
36			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	86	190	45.3%	38.3%
37			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	19	37	51.4%	35.9%
38			Eden Lakes	23.7	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
39			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
40			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
41			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
42			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
43			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
44			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	26	56	46.4%	34.0%
45			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	221	593	37.3%	33.5%
46			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
47			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	72	196	36.7%	30.3%
48			Jack Marley Park	19.7	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
49			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
50			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	21	51	41.2%	28.8%
51			Wendell Park	22.6	10	21	47.6%	28.3%
52			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
53			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
54			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
55			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
56			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	25	73	34.2%	24.4%
57			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	41	133	30.8%	23.6%
58			Apex Community Park	3.7	74	257	28.8%	23.6%
59			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	52	175	29.7%	23.4%
60			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	24	73	32.9%	23.2%
61			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
62			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	19	60	31.7%	21.3%
63			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	26	87	29.9%	21.3%
64			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
65			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
66			Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
67			Town Lake Park	23.4	8	22	36.4%	19.7%
68			Lake Wheeler	8.2	15	50	30.0%	19.1%
69			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
70			Strickland Park	8.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
71			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	102	462	22.1%	18.5%
72			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	13	46	28.3%	17.3%
73			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
74			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
75			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	73	361	20.2%	16.4%
76			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
77			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
78			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
79			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	31	150	20.7%	15.0%
80			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	9	34	26.5%	14.6%
81			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
82			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
83			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	8	32	25.0%	13.3%
84			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	15	71	21.1%	13.2%
85			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
86			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
87			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
88			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
89			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	7	30	23.3%	11.8%
90			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	33	209	15.8%	11.5%
91			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	18	102	17.6%	11.5%
92			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	10	50	20.0%	11.2%
93			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
94			Ritter Park	4.3	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
95			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
96			stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024)	14.9	18	116	15.5%	10.0%
97			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
98			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
99			Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
100			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
101			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
102			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
103			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
104			Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
105			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
106			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
107			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
108			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
109			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
110			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
111			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
112			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	6	35	17.1%	8.1%
113			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	8	53	15.1%	7.9%
114			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
115			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
116			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
117			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	12	104	11.5%	6.7%
118			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	19	184	10.3%	6.7%
119			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	15	142	10.6%	6.5%
120			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
121			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
122			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
123			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	9	78	11.5%	6.2%
124			Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
125			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
126			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
127			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
128			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
129			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
130			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
131			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
132			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
133			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
134			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
135			Raven Rock SP	23.9	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
136			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
137			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
138			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
139			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
140			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
141			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
142			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
143			Falls Lake	15.1	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
144			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
145			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
146			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
147			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
148			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
149			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
150			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
151			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
152			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	11	141	7.8%	4.4%
153			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
154			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
155			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
156			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
157			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
158			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
159			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	11	169	6.5%	3.7%
160			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	19	338	5.6%	3.6%
161			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
162			Fallon park	8.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
163			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
164			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
165			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
166			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	6	77	7.8%	3.6%
167			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
168			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
169			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
170			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	4	47	8.5%	3.4%
171			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
172			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
173			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	6	92	6.5%	3.0%
174			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
175			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
176			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
177			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
178			White Deer Park	11.6	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
179			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	9	171	5.3%	2.8%
180			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
181			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
182			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
183			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
184			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
185			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	6	111	5.4%	2.5%
186			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
187			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
188			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
189			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
190			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
191			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
192			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
193			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
194			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
195			Homestead Park	19.3	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
196			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
197			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
198			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	3	91	3.3%	1.1%
199			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
200			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
201			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
202			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	2	61	3.3%	0.9%
203			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
204			Parker Preserve	15.5	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
205			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
206			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
207			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
208			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
209			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
210			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
211			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
212			Morris Green Park	16.0	1	65	1.5%	0.3%