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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%