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Where to find Canada Goose in January
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 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 8.1 145 158 91.8% 86.4%
2 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 70 84 83.3% 73.9%
3 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 65 78 83.3% 73.5%
4 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 699 925 75.6% 72.7%
5 Lake Lynn 7.7 137 182 75.3% 68.5%
6 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 26 32 81.2% 64.7%
7 Hoffman Lake 2.4 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
8 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 54 73 74.0% 62.9%
9 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 89 125 71.2% 62.7%
10 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 46 62 74.2% 62.1%
11 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 44 60 73.3% 61.0%
12 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 91 134 67.9% 59.6%
13 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 316 509 62.1% 57.8%
14 Lake Betz 7.3 282 460 61.3% 56.8%
15 Eastgate Park 9.5 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
16 Pullen Park 6.6 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
17 Lake Benson 11.9 114 187 61.0% 53.8%
18 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 299 516 57.9% 53.6%
19 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 209 358 58.4% 53.2%
20 Schenck Forest 3.6 167 284 58.8% 53.0%
21 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
22 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
23 Beaver Marsh 16.7 206 373 55.2% 50.2%
24 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
25 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
26 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 43 77 55.8% 44.7%
27 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 115 226 50.9% 44.4%
28 Lake Raleigh 6.0 79 153 51.6% 43.8%
29 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 137 287 47.7% 42.0%
30 Inwood Rd. 7.3 49 95 51.6% 41.7%
31 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 48 93 51.6% 41.6%
32 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 62 124 50.0% 41.3%
33 Bond Park 2.7 75 158 47.5% 39.8%
34 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 98 212 46.2% 39.6%
35 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 31 63 49.2% 37.3%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
37 Jack Marley Park 19.7 5 7 71.4% 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 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 254 657 38.7% 35.0%
42 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
43 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
44 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
45 South Point Mall Retention Pond 12.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
46 Carpenter Park 5.1 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
47 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 19 39 48.7% 33.9%
48 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
49 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 23 53 43.4% 31.0%
50 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
51 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 73 201 36.3% 30.0%
52 Wendell Park 22.6 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
53 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 80 241 33.2% 27.6%
54 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 29 80 36.2% 26.6%
55 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
56 Apex Community Park 3.7 83 269 30.9% 25.6%
57 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
58 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
59 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
60 Lake Wheeler 8.2 20 60 33.3% 22.7%
61 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 24 75 32.0% 22.5%
62 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 49 176 27.8% 21.7%
63 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
64 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
65 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
66 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 26 88 29.5% 21.0%
67 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 20 68 29.4% 19.9%
71 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
72 Strickland Park 8.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
73 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 15 52 28.8% 18.3%
74 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 104 493 21.1% 17.7%
75 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
76 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 34 156 21.8% 16.0%
77 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 78 399 19.5% 16.0%
78 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
79 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
80 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
81 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
82 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
83 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
84 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
85 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
86 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 15 72 20.8% 13.1%
87 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
88 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
89 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
90 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
91 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 18 107 16.8% 10.9%
92 Ritter Park 4.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
93 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 34 231 14.7% 10.7%
94 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
95 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
96 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
97 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
98 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 18 116 15.5% 10.0%
99 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
100 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
101 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
102 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
103 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
104 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
105 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
106 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
107 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
108 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
109 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
110 Briar Chapel WWT pond 19.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
111 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
112 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
113 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
114 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
115 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
116 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
117 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
118 Jordan Lake--Parkers Creek (West Side, NCFS Land) 15.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
119 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
120 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 16 123 13.0% 8.2%
121 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 15 116 12.9% 8.0%
122 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
123 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
124 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 8 57 14.0% 7.3%
125 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
127 Downtown Cary Park 0.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
128 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 19 182 10.4% 6.8%
129 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
130 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 15 149 10.1% 6.2%
131 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
132 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
133 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
134 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
135 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
136 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
137 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
138 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
139 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 9 80 11.2% 6.0%
140 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
141 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
142 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
143 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 17 194 8.8% 5.5%
144 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 17 196 8.7% 5.5%
145 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
146 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
147 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
148 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
149 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
150 Falls Lake 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
151 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
152 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
153 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
154 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
155 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
156 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
157 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
158 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
159 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
160 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
161 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
162 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
163 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
164 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 7 83 8.4% 4.1%
165 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
166 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
167 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
168 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
169 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 22 397 5.5% 3.7%
170 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
171 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
172 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
173 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
174 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
175 White Deer Park 11.6 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
176 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
177 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
178 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 11 182 6.0% 3.4%
179 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
180 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
181 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 7 107 6.5% 3.2%
182 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
183 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
184 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
185 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
186 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
187 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
188 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 123 5.7% 2.8%
189 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
190 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
191 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
192 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
193 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
194 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
195 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
196 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
197 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
198 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
199 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
200 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
201 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
202 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
203 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
204 Homestead Park 19.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
205 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
206 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
207 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
208 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
209 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
210 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
211 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
212 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
213 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
214 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
215 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
216 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
217 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
218 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
219 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
220 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
221 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
222 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
223 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
224 Morris Green Park 16.0 1 71 1.4% 0.2%