Bird Finder

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 87 93 93.5% 86.6%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 444 556 79.9% 76.3%
3 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 46 54 85.2% 73.4%
4 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 43 53 81.1% 68.6%
5 Lake Lynn 7.7 88 115 76.5% 68.0%
6 Hoffman Lake 2.4 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
7 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
8 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 197 304 64.8% 59.3%
9 Lake Betz 7.3 170 266 63.9% 58.0%
10 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
11 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 212 343 61.8% 56.6%
12 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 43 63 68.3% 56.0%
13 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 22 30 73.3% 55.6%
14 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 30 43 69.8% 54.9%
15 Schenck Forest 3.6 128 208 61.5% 54.8%
16 Eastgate Park 9.5 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
17 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 46 73 63.0% 51.5%
18 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
19 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
20 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
21 Pullen Park 6.6 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
22 Carpenter Park 5.1 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
23 Beaver Marsh 16.7 153 295 51.9% 46.2%
24 Bond Park 2.7 66 122 54.1% 45.3%
25 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
26 Lake Benson 11.9 53 102 52.0% 42.4%
27 Inwood Rd. 7.3 38 71 53.5% 42.0%
28 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 41 80 51.2% 40.5%
29 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 26 48 54.2% 40.3%
30 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 69 143 48.3% 40.2%
31 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 60 123 48.8% 40.1%
32 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 24 45 53.3% 39.1%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
34 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 76 167 45.5% 38.1%
35 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 78 174 44.8% 37.6%
36 Lake Raleigh 6.0 45 97 46.4% 36.8%
37 Eden Lakes 23.7 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
38 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
39 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
40 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
41 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 24 52 46.2% 33.3%
42 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
43 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 21 45 46.7% 32.9%
44 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
45 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 62 168 36.9% 30.0%
46 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 168 509 33.0% 29.1%
47 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
48 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 24 66 36.4% 25.8%
49 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
50 Wendell Park 22.6 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
51 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 38 115 33.0% 25.1%
52 Lake Wheeler 8.2 14 38 36.8% 23.4%
53 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
54 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
55 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 37 125 29.6% 22.3%
56 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
57 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
58 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 86 345 24.9% 20.7%
59 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
62 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Apex Community Park 3.7 24 85 28.2% 19.8%
70 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 18 61 29.5% 19.6%
71 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
72 Strickland Park 8.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
73 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 30 136 22.1% 15.9%
74 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
75 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
76 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
77 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
78 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
79 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
80 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
81 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
82 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
83 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
84 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
85 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 41 255 16.1% 12.1%
86 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
87 Ritter Park 4.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
88 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
89 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
90 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 12 64 18.8% 11.1%
91 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
92 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
93 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
94 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 18 116 15.5% 10.0%
95 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
96 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
97 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
98 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
99 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
100 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
101 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
102 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
103 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
104 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
105 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
106 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
107 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
108 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 11 79 13.9% 8.0%
109 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
110 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
111 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
112 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
113 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 10 78 12.8% 7.1%
114 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
115 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
116 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 8 67 11.9% 6.2%
117 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
118 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
119 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
120 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
121 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
122 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
123 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
124 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
125 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
126 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
127 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
128 Falls Lake 15.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
129 White Deer Park 11.6 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
130 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
131 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
132 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
133 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
134 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
135 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
136 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
137 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
138 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
139 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
140 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
141 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
142 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
143 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
144 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
145 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
146 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
147 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
148 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
149 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
150 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
151 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
152 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
153 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
154 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 6 105 5.7% 2.6%
155 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 63 6.3% 2.5%
156 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 87 5.7% 2.5%
157 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
158 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
159 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
160 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
161 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
162 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
163 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
164 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
165 Homestead Park 19.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
166 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
167 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
168 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
169 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
170 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
171 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 198 3.0% 1.4%
172 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
173 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
174 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
175 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
176 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
177 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
178 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
179 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
180 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
181 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
182 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
183 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
184 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
185 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
186 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
187 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 40 2.5% 0.4%