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 Shelley Lake 8.1 115 131 87.8% 81.1%
2 Lake Lynn 7.7 138 166 83.1% 76.7%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 449 608 73.8% 70.2%
4 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 29 37 78.4% 62.8%
5 Lake Betz 7.3 123 177 69.5% 62.4%
6 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 41 58 70.7% 58.0%
7 Lake Benson 11.9 63 94 67.0% 57.0%
8 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
9 Schenck Forest 3.6 86 137 62.8% 54.4%
10 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 69 109 63.3% 53.9%
11 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
12 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 46 72 63.9% 52.4%
13 Beaver Marsh 16.7 120 206 58.3% 51.4%
14 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 126 218 57.8% 51.2%
15 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 24 36 66.7% 50.3%
16 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
17 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 183 336 54.5% 49.1%
18 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
19 Lake Raleigh 6.0 56 99 56.6% 46.7%
20 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
21 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 42 75 56.0% 44.7%
22 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 36 65 55.4% 43.3%
23 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 106 214 49.5% 42.9%
24 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 156 347 45.0% 39.8%
25 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
26 Eastgate Park 9.5 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
27 Town Lake Park 23.4 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
28 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 20 39 51.3% 36.2%
29 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
30 Bond Park 2.7 48 110 43.6% 34.7%
31 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 22 46 47.8% 34.1%
32 Pullen Park 6.6 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
33 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 157 441 35.6% 31.3%
34 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
35 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
36 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
38 Strickland Park 8.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
39 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
40 Jack Marley Park 19.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
41 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
42 Apex Community Park 3.7 34 86 39.5% 29.9%
43 Eden Lakes 23.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
44 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
45 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
46 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
47 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
48 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 19 49 38.8% 26.4%
49 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
50 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
51 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
52 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
53 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 87 308 28.2% 23.5%
54 Lake Wheeler 8.2 17 49 34.7% 22.9%
55 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 47 163 28.8% 22.4%
56 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 80 295 27.1% 22.4%
57 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 32 108 29.6% 21.8%
58 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 21 67 31.3% 21.5%
59 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
60 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
61 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
62 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
71 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 25 86 29.1% 20.5%
72 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
73 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 28 102 27.5% 19.7%
74 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 45 178 25.3% 19.5%
75 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
76 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
77 Ritter Park 4.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
78 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
79 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
80 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
81 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
82 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 10 45 22.2% 12.5%
83 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
84 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
85 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
86 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
87 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
88 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
89 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 12 71 16.9% 9.9%
90 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
91 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
92 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
93 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
94 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
95 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
96 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
97 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
98 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
99 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
100 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
101 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
102 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 18 132 13.6% 8.8%
103 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 11 72 15.3% 8.8%
104 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
105 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 13 93 14.0% 8.4%
106 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
107 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
108 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
109 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 24 212 11.3% 7.7%
110 White Deer Park 11.6 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
111 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
112 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
113 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
114 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
115 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
116 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
117 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
118 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
119 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
120 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
121 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
122 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
123 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
124 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 18 215 8.4% 5.4%
125 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
126 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 6 54 11.1% 5.2%
127 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
128 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
129 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
130 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
131 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
132 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
133 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
134 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
135 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
136 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
137 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
138 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
139 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
140 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
141 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
142 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
143 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
144 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
145 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
146 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
147 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
148 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 5 76 6.6% 2.8%
149 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
150 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
151 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
152 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
153 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
154 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
155 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
156 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
157 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
158 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
159 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
160 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
161 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
162 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
163 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 71 5.6% 2.2%
164 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
165 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
166 Wendell Park 22.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
167 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
168 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
169 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
170 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
171 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
172 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
173 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
174 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
175 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
176 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
177 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
178 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
179 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
180 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
181 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
182 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
183 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
184 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
185 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
186 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
187 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
188 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 227 1.8% 0.7%
189 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
190 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
191 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
192 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
193 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
194 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
195 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 95 1.1% 0.2%