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Where to find Canada Goose in April
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 April. 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 Beaver Marsh 16.7 309 318 97.2% 94.7%
2 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 505 564 89.5% 86.7%
3 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 111 120 92.5% 86.4%
4 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 78 84 92.9% 85.3%
5 Lake Lynn 7.7 190 213 89.2% 84.3%
6 Shelley Lake 8.1 110 123 89.4% 82.8%
7 Lake Betz 7.3 272 317 85.8% 81.5%
8 Lake Raleigh 6.0 111 126 88.1% 81.3%
9 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 50 55 90.9% 80.4%
10 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 102 117 87.2% 79.9%
11 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 81 93 87.1% 78.8%
12 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 34 37 91.9% 78.7%
13 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 700 865 80.9% 78.2%
14 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 52 59 88.1% 77.5%
15 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 67 78 85.9% 76.5%
16 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 55 64 85.9% 75.4%
17 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 21 23 91.3% 73.2%
18 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 266 343 77.6% 72.8%
19 Apex Community Park 3.7 32 37 86.5% 72.0%
20 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 15 16 93.8% 71.7%
21 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 331 453 73.1% 68.8%
22 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
23 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 131 181 72.4% 65.4%
24 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 23 28 82.1% 64.4%
25 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 252 369 68.3% 63.4%
26 Bond Park 2.7 134 195 68.7% 61.9%
27 Hoffman Lake 2.4 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
28 Lake Benson 11.9 19 24 79.2% 59.5%
29 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 52 75 69.3% 58.2%
30 Pullen Park 6.6 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
31 Eden Lakes 23.7 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
32 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
33 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 137 219 62.6% 56.0%
34 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 37 54 68.5% 55.3%
35 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
36 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 271 465 58.3% 53.7%
37 Schenck Forest 3.6 163 274 59.5% 53.6%
38 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
39 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
40 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
41 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 39 61 63.9% 51.4%
42 Shaw Lake 9.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
43 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
44 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 28 43 65.1% 50.2%
45 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 33 53 62.3% 48.8%
46 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 19 29 65.5% 47.3%
47 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
48 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
49 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 22 36 61.1% 44.9%
50 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
51 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
52 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
53 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
54 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
55 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 150 314 47.8% 42.3%
56 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 106 217 48.8% 42.3%
57 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 23 40 57.5% 42.2%
58 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 31 57 54.4% 41.6%
59 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 20 35 57.1% 40.9%
60 Ritter Park 4.3 54 111 48.6% 39.6%
61 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
62 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
63 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
64 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 28 55 50.9% 38.1%
65 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
66 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
67 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
68 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 27 56 48.2% 35.7%
69 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 24 49 49.0% 35.6%
70 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
71 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 43 96 44.8% 35.2%
72 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 15 29 51.7% 34.4%
73 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
74 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
75 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 28 63 44.4% 32.8%
76 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 22 48 45.8% 32.6%
77 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
78 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 61 156 39.1% 31.8%
79 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 48 122 39.3% 31.1%
80 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
81 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
82 Salem Pond Park 4.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
83 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 17 38 44.7% 30.1%
84 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
85 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
86 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
87 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
88 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
89 Crowder District Park 6.8 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
90 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
91 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
92 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
93 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 139 432 32.2% 27.9%
94 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 248 845 29.3% 26.4%
95 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
96 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
97 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
98 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
99 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 20 56 35.7% 24.5%
100 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
101 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
102 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
103 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
104 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
105 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
106 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
107 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
108 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
109 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
110 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
111 White Deer Park 11.6 19 56 33.9% 22.9%
112 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 32 106 30.2% 22.3%
113 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
114 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
115 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
116 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 46 166 27.7% 21.5%
117 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
118 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 27 93 29.0% 20.8%
119 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
120 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Leesville Park 7.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 30 109 27.5% 20.0%
126 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
127 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
128 Town Lake Park 23.4 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
129 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
130 Inwood Rd. 7.3 18 69 26.1% 17.2%
131 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
132 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
133 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
134 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
135 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
136 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
137 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
138 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
139 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
140 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
141 Wendell Park 22.6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
142 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 13 63 20.6% 12.5%
143 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 20 108 18.5% 12.3%
144 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 19 102 18.6% 12.3%
145 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
146 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
147 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 18 98 18.4% 11.9%
148 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
149 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
150 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
151 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
152 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
153 Raven Rock SP 23.9 11 56 19.6% 11.3%
154 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
155 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
156 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
157 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 11 62 17.7% 10.2%
158 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
159 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
160 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
161 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
162 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
163 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
164 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
165 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
166 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
167 Strickland Park 8.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
168 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
169 Greene Tract 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
170 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
171 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
172 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 14 96 14.6% 8.9%
173 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
174 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
175 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
176 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
177 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
178 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
179 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
180 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
181 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
182 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
183 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
184 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 Forgotten Pond 19.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
189 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
190 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
191 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 9 82 11.0% 5.9%
192 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
193 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
194 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
195 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 9 98 9.2% 4.9%
196 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 84 9.5% 4.9%
197 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
198 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
199 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
200 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
201 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
202 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
203 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
205 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 8 92 8.7% 4.5%
206 Fearrington Village 17.5 6 63 9.5% 4.4%
207 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
208 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
209 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
210 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
211 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
212 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
213 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
214 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
215 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
216 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
217 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 124 6.5% 3.3%
218 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
219 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
220 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
221 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
222 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
223 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
224 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
225 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
226 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
227 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
228 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
229 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
230 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
231 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
232 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
233 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
234 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 7 155 4.5% 2.2%
235 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
236 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
237 Northgate Park 17.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
238 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
239 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
240 Homestead Park 19.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
241 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
242 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
243 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
244 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
245 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
246 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
247 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
248 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
249 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
250 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
251 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
252 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
253 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
254 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
255 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
256 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 143 1.4% 0.4%
257 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
258 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 55 1.8% 0.3%