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Where to find Canada Goose in May
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 May. 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 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 98 107 91.6% 84.8%
2 Lake Lynn 7.7 187 211 88.6% 83.6%
3 Shelley Lake 8.1 119 134 88.8% 82.4%
4 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 39 43 90.7% 78.4%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 107 126 84.9% 77.6%
6 Beaver Marsh 16.7 163 199 81.9% 76.0%
7 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 482 624 77.2% 73.8%
8 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 101 129 78.3% 70.4%
9 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 232 314 73.9% 68.8%
10 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 172 233 73.8% 67.8%
11 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 52 66 78.8% 67.5%
12 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 26 31 83.9% 67.4%
13 Lake Raleigh 6.0 87 119 73.1% 64.5%
14 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 507 755 67.2% 63.7%
15 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 329 489 67.3% 63.0%
16 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 211 309 68.3% 62.9%
17 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 50 68 73.5% 62.0%
18 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
19 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 53 79 67.1% 56.1%
20 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 234 384 60.9% 56.0%
21 Lake Betz 7.3 170 285 59.6% 53.9%
22 Schenck Forest 3.6 130 216 60.2% 53.5%
23 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 83 139 59.7% 51.4%
24 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 372 676 55.0% 51.3%
25 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
26 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
27 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
28 Salem Pond Park 4.5 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
29 Bond Park 2.7 110 199 55.3% 48.3%
30 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 319 616 51.8% 47.8%
31 Apex Community Park 3.7 33 54 61.1% 47.8%
32 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
33 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
34 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
35 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
36 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 42 75 56.0% 44.7%
37 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
38 Hoffman Lake 2.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
39 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
40 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
41 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
42 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 38 76 50.0% 39.0%
43 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 36 74 48.6% 37.6%
44 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
45 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 126 300 42.0% 36.6%
46 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
47 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
48 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
49 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 32 70 45.7% 34.6%
50 Lake Benson 11.9 17 34 50.0% 34.1%
51 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
52 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 22 49 44.9% 31.9%
53 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
54 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
55 Heritage Lake 19.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
56 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
57 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
58 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
59 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 21 49 42.9% 30.0%
60 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
61 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 23 55 41.8% 29.7%
62 Lake Wheeler 8.2 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
63 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 25 62 40.3% 29.0%
64 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
65 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 164 513 32.0% 28.1%
66 Pullen Park 6.6 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
67 Carpenter Park 5.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
68 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
69 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
70 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
71 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
72 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
73 Ritter Park 4.3 19 51 37.3% 25.3%
74 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
75 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
76 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
77 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 17 48 35.4% 23.4%
78 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 25 76 32.9% 23.4%
79 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
80 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
81 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
82 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 16 47 34.0% 22.2%
83 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 28 92 30.4% 22.0%
84 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
85 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
86 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
87 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
88 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
89 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 18 57 31.6% 21.0%
90 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
91 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
92 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
93 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
94 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
95 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
96 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 51 199 25.6% 20.1%
97 Falls Lake 15.1 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
98 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 17 57 29.8% 19.5%
99 Inwood Rd. 7.3 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
100 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
101 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
102 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
103 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
104 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
105 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 145 680 21.3% 18.4%
106 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
107 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 35 144 24.3% 18.0%
108 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
109 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
110 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
111 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 16 64 25.0% 16.0%
112 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 86 450 19.1% 15.7%
113 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
114 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
115 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
116 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
117 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
118 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
119 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
120 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
121 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
122 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 86 19.8% 12.7%
123 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 27 152 17.8% 12.5%
124 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 12 58 20.7% 12.3%
125 South Durham WRF 13.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
126 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 13 70 18.6% 11.2%
127 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
128 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 12 64 18.8% 11.1%
129 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
130 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 10 54 18.5% 10.4%
131 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
132 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
133 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
134 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
135 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
136 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
137 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
143 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
144 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
145 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
146 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
147 White Deer Park 11.6 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
148 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 101 13.9% 8.4%
149 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
150 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
151 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 9 62 14.5% 7.8%
152 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
153 Wendell Park 22.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
154 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
155 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
156 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
157 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 10 80 12.5% 6.9%
158 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 10 84 11.9% 6.6%
159 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
160 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
161 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
162 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
163 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
164 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
165 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
166 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
167 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
168 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
169 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 9 88 10.2% 5.5%
170 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
171 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
172 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
173 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
174 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
175 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
176 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
177 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
178 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
179 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
180 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
181 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
182 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
183 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
184 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
185 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
186 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
187 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
188 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
189 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
190 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
191 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
192 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 7 89 7.9% 3.9%
193 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
194 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 111 7.2% 3.7%
195 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
196 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
197 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
198 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
199 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
200 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
201 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
202 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
203 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
204 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
205 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
206 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
207 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
208 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
209 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
210 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 73 6.8% 3.0%
211 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
212 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
213 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
214 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 63 6.3% 2.5%
215 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
216 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
217 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
218 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
219 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
220 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
221 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
222 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
223 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
224 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
225 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
226 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
227 17 Acre Woods 18.0 5 134 3.7% 1.6%
228 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
229 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
230 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
231 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
232 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
233 Homestead Park 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
234 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
235 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
236 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
237 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
238 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
239 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
240 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
241 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
242 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
243 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 88 1.1% 0.2%