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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 Lake Lynn 7.7 149 164 90.9% 85.5%
2 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 74 81 91.4% 83.2%
3 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 98 113 86.7% 79.2%
4 Shelley Lake 8.1 94 109 86.2% 78.5%
5 Beaver Marsh 16.7 159 194 82.0% 75.9%
6 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 398 515 77.3% 73.5%
7 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 95 121 78.5% 70.4%
8 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 25 29 86.2% 69.4%
9 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 24 28 85.7% 68.5%
10 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 151 208 72.6% 66.2%
11 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 185 264 70.1% 64.3%
12 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 196 283 69.3% 63.7%
13 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 46 62 74.2% 62.1%
14 Lake Raleigh 6.0 66 93 71.0% 61.1%
15 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 280 427 65.6% 60.9%
16 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 395 629 62.8% 59.0%
17 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 31 42 73.8% 58.9%
18 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
19 Lake Betz 7.3 159 261 60.9% 54.9%
20 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 61 94 64.9% 54.8%
21 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 330 568 58.1% 54.0%
22 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 197 334 59.0% 53.6%
23 Schenck Forest 3.6 124 206 60.2% 53.4%
24 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 239 424 56.4% 51.6%
25 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
26 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 38 60 63.3% 50.7%
27 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
28 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
29 Bond Park 2.7 102 182 56.0% 48.8%
30 Lake Benson 11.9 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
31 Apex Community Park 3.7 26 42 61.9% 46.8%
32 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
33 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
34 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
35 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
36 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
37 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 37 69 53.6% 42.0%
38 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 38 72 52.8% 41.4%
39 Salem Pond Park 4.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
40 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
41 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 35 68 51.5% 39.8%
42 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
43 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 113 264 42.8% 37.0%
44 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
45 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
46 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
47 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 17 35 48.6% 33.0%
48 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 28 65 43.1% 31.8%
49 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
50 Lake Wheeler 8.2 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
51 Pullen Park 6.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
52 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
53 Heritage Lake 19.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
54 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%
55 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
56 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
57 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 21 50 42.0% 29.4%
58 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
59 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 130 387 33.6% 29.1%
60 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
61 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 21 52 40.4% 28.2%
62 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
63 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
64 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
65 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
66 Ritter Park 4.3 19 49 38.8% 26.4%
67 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
68 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 22 61 36.1% 25.2%
69 Carpenter Park 5.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
70 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 18 49 36.7% 24.7%
71 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
72 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
73 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
74 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
75 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
76 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
77 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
78 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
79 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
80 Falls Lake 15.1 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
81 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
82 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 15 45 33.3% 21.4%
83 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
84 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
85 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
86 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
87 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
88 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
89 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
90 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
91 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
92 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
93 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
94 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
95 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
98 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
99 Inwood Rd. 7.3 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
100 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
101 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 28 105 26.7% 19.1%
102 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 132 617 21.4% 18.3%
103 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 21 78 26.9% 18.3%
104 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 61 270 22.6% 18.0%
105 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
106 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
107 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
108 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
109 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 34 150 22.7% 16.7%
110 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
111 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
112 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
113 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
114 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
115 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
116 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
117 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
118 South Durham WRF 13.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
119 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
120 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
121 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
122 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 27 147 18.4% 12.9%
123 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
124 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 16 82 19.5% 12.4%
125 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
127 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
128 Wendell Park 22.6 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
129 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 10 50 20.0% 11.2%
130 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 11 57 19.3% 11.1%
131 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
132 White Deer Park 11.6 8 40 20.0% 10.5%
133 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
134 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 9 49 18.4% 10.0%
135 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
136 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
137 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Falls Lake--Cheek Rd. Causeway (Wake Co.) 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 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 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
145 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 10 62 16.1% 9.0%
146 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
147 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
148 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 12 82 14.6% 8.6%
149 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
150 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
151 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
152 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
153 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
154 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
155 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
156 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
157 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
158 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
159 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
160 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
161 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
162 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
163 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
164 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
165 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
166 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
167 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
168 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
169 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 79 10.1% 5.2%
170 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
171 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
172 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
173 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
174 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
175 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
176 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
177 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
178 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
179 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
180 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
181 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
182 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 5 56 8.9% 3.9%
183 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
184 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
185 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
186 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
187 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
188 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
189 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
190 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
191 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
192 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
193 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
194 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
195 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
196 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
197 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
198 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
199 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
200 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
201 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
202 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
203 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
204 17 Acre Woods 18.0 5 121 4.1% 1.8%
205 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
206 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
207 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
208 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
209 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
210 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
211 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 71 4.2% 1.4%
212 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
213 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
214 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
215 Homestead Park 19.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
216 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
217 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
218 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
219 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
220 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
221 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
222 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
223 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
224 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
225 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 77 1.3% 0.2%