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. 6.7 381 497 76.7% 72.7%
4 Lake Betz 7.3 102 139 73.4% 65.5%
5 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
6 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
7 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 68 103 66.0% 56.4%
8 Schenck Forest 3.6 78 125 62.4% 53.7%
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 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 141 304 46.4% 40.9%
20 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 31 58 53.4% 40.8%
21 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 79 167 47.3% 39.9%
22 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 27 51 52.9% 39.5%
23 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
24 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
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 3.6 123 383 32.1% 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 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
53 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
54 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 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 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
60 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
61 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
62 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 29 102 28.4% 20.6%
66 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 42 156 26.9% 20.6%
67 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 18 59 30.5% 20.3%
68 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
69 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
70 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 25 96 26.0% 18.3%
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 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
75 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
76 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
77 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
78 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
79 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
80 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
81 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 12 53 22.6% 13.5%
82 Ritter Park 4.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
83 White Deer Park 11.6 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 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 11 62 17.7% 10.2%
88 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 13 78 16.7% 10.0%
89 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
90 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 51 17.6% 9.6%
91 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 4 17 23.5% 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 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
101 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
102 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 17 126 13.5% 8.6%
103 Inwood Rd. 7.3 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
104 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
105 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
106 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
107 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
108 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
109 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 20 187 10.7% 7.0%
110 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
111 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
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 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
119 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
120 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
121 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 18 206 8.7% 5.6%
122 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
123 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
124 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
125 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
126 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
127 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
128 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
129 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
130 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
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 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 56 8.9% 3.9%
134 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
135 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
136 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
137 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
138 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
139 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
140 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
141 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
142 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
143 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
144 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
145 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
146 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
147 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
148 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
149 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
150 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
151 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
152 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
153 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
154 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
155 Wendell Park 22.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
156 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
157 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
158 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
159 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
160 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
161 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
162 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
163 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
164 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
165 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
166 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
167 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
168 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
169 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
170 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
171 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
172 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
173 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
174 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
175 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
176 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
177 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
178 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
179 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
180 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 130 0.8% 0.1%