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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	102	110	92.7%	86.3%
2			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	58	68	85.3%	75.0%
3			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	501	661	75.8%	72.4%
4			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	34	40	85.0%	70.9%
5			Lake Lynn	7.7	107	146	73.3%	65.6%
6			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	86	117	73.5%	64.9%
7			Hoffman Lake	2.4	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
8			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	48	64	75.0%	63.2%
9			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	64	90	71.1%	61.0%
10			Lake Betz	7.3	196	298	65.8%	60.2%
11			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	254	401	63.3%	58.5%
12			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	32	44	72.7%	58.2%
13			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	219	358	61.2%	56.0%
14			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	31	44	70.5%	55.8%
15			Eastgate Park	9.5	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
16			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	14	18	77.8%	54.8%
17			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	13	17	76.5%	52.7%
18			Schenck Forest	3.6	138	235	58.7%	52.3%
19			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
20			Pullen Park	6.6	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
21			Beaver Marsh	16.7	176	322	54.7%	49.2%
22			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	36	59	61.0%	48.3%
23			Carpenter Park	5.1	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
24			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	123	232	53.0%	46.6%
25			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
26			Bond Park	2.7	72	137	52.6%	44.2%
27			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	45	85	52.9%	42.4%
28			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	82	165	49.7%	42.2%
29			Inwood Rd.	7.3	39	73	53.4%	42.1%
30			Lake Benson	11.9	62	122	50.8%	42.1%
31			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	93	192	48.4%	41.5%
32			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	19	33	57.6%	40.8%
33			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	38	75	50.7%	39.6%
34			Lake Raleigh	6.0	54	112	48.2%	39.2%
35			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
36			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	79	174	45.4%	38.2%
37			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
38			Eden Lakes	23.7	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
39			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
40			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	26	55	47.3%	34.7%
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			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
44			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
45			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
46			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	190	541	35.1%	31.2%
47			Old Oxford Rd. Pond	20.9	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
48			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	66	181	36.5%	29.8%
49			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	21	51	41.2%	28.8%
50			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
51			Wendell Park	22.6	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
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			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	18	49	36.7%	24.7%
55			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
56			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	39	123	31.7%	24.1%
57			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	24	71	33.8%	23.9%
58			Jack Marley Park	19.7	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
59			Apex Community Park	3.7	67	243	27.6%	22.3%
60			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	23	72	31.9%	22.3%
61			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	39	137	28.5%	21.6%
62			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
63			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
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			Lake Wheeler	8.2	15	47	31.9%	20.4%
68			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
69			Strickland Park	8.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
70			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	18	64	28.1%	18.6%
71			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	92	413	22.3%	18.5%
72			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
73			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	66	327	20.2%	16.2%
74			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
75			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	30	141	21.3%	15.3%
76			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	11	42	26.2%	15.3%
77			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	8	28	28.6%	15.3%
78			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	9	33	27.3%	15.1%
79			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
80			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
81			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
82			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
83			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
84			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
85			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	14	67	20.9%	12.9%
86			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	7	28	25.0%	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			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
90			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	8	36	22.2%	11.7%
91			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	30	189	15.9%	11.4%
92			Ritter Park	4.3	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
93			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
94			Salem Pond Park	4.5	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
95			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
96			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
97			Town Lake Park	23.4	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
98			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
99			Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
100			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
101			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
102			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
103			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
104			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
105			American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road	12.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
106			Neuse River Trail--River Bend	14.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
107			Camden Ave Pond	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
108			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
109			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
110			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	6	31	19.4%	9.2%
111			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
112			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	13	87	14.9%	8.9%
113			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
114			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
115			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
116			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
117			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
118			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
119			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	19	174	10.9%	7.1%
120			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	11	94	11.7%	6.7%
121			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
122			Raven Rock SP	23.9	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
123			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	9	76	11.8%	6.4%
124			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
125			Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
126			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
127			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
128			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
129			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
130			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
131			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
132			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
133			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
134			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
135			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
136			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
137			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
138			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
139			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
140			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
141			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	9	98	9.2%	4.9%
142			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	5	45	11.1%	4.8%
143			Falls Lake	15.1	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
144			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
145			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
146			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
147			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
148			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
149			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
150			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
151			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
152			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
153			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
154			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
155			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	4	40	10.0%	4.0%
156			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	11	158	7.0%	3.9%
157			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	9	130	6.9%	3.7%
158			Fallon park	8.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
159			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
160			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
161			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
162			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
163			White Deer Park	11.6	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
164			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
165			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	6	91	6.6%	3.1%
166			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
167			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
168			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
169			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	4	57	7.0%	2.8%
170			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
171			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
172			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
173			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
174			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
175			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
176			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	5	99	5.1%	2.2%
177			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	3	50	6.0%	2.1%
178			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
179			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
180			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
181			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
182			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
183			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
184			Homestead Park	19.3	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
185			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
186			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	7	231	3.0%	1.5%
187			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
188			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
189			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
190			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
191			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	3	84	3.6%	1.2%
192			Parker Preserve	15.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
193			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
194			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
195			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
196			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
197			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
198			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
199			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
200			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
201			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	1	48	2.1%	0.4%