Bird Finder

Where to find Canada Goose in December
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 December. 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 Lake Lynn 7.7 117 138 84.8% 77.9%
2 Shelley Lake 8.1 93 109 85.3% 77.5%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 382 498 76.7% 72.8%
4 Lake Betz 7.3 101 138 73.2% 65.2%
5 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
6 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 69 104 66.3% 56.8%
7 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
8 Schenck Forest 3.6 78 123 63.4% 54.6%
9 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 34 51 66.7% 53.0%
10 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 23 33 69.7% 52.7%
11 Lake Benson 11.9 46 72 63.9% 52.4%
12 Beaver Marsh 16.7 111 190 58.4% 51.3%
13 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
14 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 36 58 62.1% 49.2%
15 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 96 173 55.5% 48.0%
16 Lake Raleigh 6.0 49 89 55.1% 44.7%
17 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 146 290 50.3% 44.6%
18 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
19 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 31 57 54.4% 41.6%
20 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
21 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 142 306 46.4% 40.9%
22 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 79 167 47.3% 39.9%
23 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 27 51 52.9% 39.5%
24 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
25 Eastgate Park 9.5 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
26 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
27 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
28 Bond Park 2.7 42 97 43.3% 33.9%
29 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 21 44 47.7% 33.8%
30 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
31 Pullen Park 6.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
32 Eden Lakes 23.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
34 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
35 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
36 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 Strickland Park 8.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
38 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
39 Apex Community Park 3.7 27 70 38.6% 28.0%
40 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
41 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 19 47 40.4% 27.6%
42 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 123 384 32.0% 27.6%
43 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
44 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 18 46 39.1% 26.4%
45 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 14 34 41.2% 26.4%
46 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
47 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
48 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 78 255 30.6% 25.3%
49 Lake Wheeler 8.2 17 45 37.8% 25.1%
50 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
51 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 76 273 27.8% 22.9%
52 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
53 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
54 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
55 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
56 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
59 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
62 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 29 102 28.4% 20.6%
67 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 42 156 26.9% 20.6%
68 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 18 59 30.5% 20.3%
69 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 25 93 26.9% 18.9%
70 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
71 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
72 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
73 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 29 130 22.3% 16.0%
74 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
75 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
76 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
77 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
78 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
79 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
80 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
81 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 12 51 23.5% 14.0%
82 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
83 Ritter Park 4.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
84 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
85 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 11 52 21.2% 12.2%
86 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
87 White Deer Park 11.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
88 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 11 63 17.5% 10.0%
89 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 13 78 16.7% 10.0%
90 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
91 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 51 17.6% 9.6%
92 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
93 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
94 The Hamner Institutes 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
95 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
96 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
97 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
98 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
99 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
100 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
101 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
102 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 17 126 13.5% 8.6%
103 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
104 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
105 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
106 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
107 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
108 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
109 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
110 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 20 188 10.6% 7.0%
111 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
112 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
113 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
114 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
115 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
116 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
117 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
118 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
119 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
120 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
121 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
122 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 18 206 8.7% 5.6%
123 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
124 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
125 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
126 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
127 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
128 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
129 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
130 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
131 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
132 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
133 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
134 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 56 8.9% 3.9%
135 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
136 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
137 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
138 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
139 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
140 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
141 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
142 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
143 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
144 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
145 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
146 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
147 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
148 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
149 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
150 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
151 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
152 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
153 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
154 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
155 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
156 Wendell Park 22.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
157 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
158 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
159 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
160 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
161 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
162 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
163 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
164 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
165 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
166 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
167 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
168 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
169 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
170 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
171 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
172 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
173 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
174 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
175 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
176 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
177 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
178 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
179 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
180 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 130 0.8% 0.1%