Bird Finder

Where to find Canada Goose in August
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 August. 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 Shelley Lake 8.1 60 70 85.7% 75.7%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 248 315 78.7% 73.9%
3 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 323 450 71.8% 67.4%
4 Lake Lynn 7.7 102 143 71.3% 63.4%
5 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 99 158 62.7% 54.9%
6 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 68 107 63.6% 54.1%
7 Schenck Forest 3.6 53 84 63.1% 52.4%
8 Eastgate Park 9.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
9 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
10 Pullen Park 6.6 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
11 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
12 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 109 242 45.0% 38.9%
13 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
14 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 126 306 41.2% 35.8%
15 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
16 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 31 68 45.6% 34.3%
17 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 74 183 40.4% 33.6%
18 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 74 184 40.2% 33.4%
19 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
20 Lake Betz 7.3 79 206 38.3% 32.0%
21 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
22 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 36 93 38.7% 29.4%
23 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
24 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 74 216 34.3% 28.3%
25 Bond Park 2.7 35 100 35.0% 26.4%
26 Lake Benson 11.9 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
27 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
28 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 62 202 30.7% 24.7%
29 Lake Wheeler 8.2 13 35 37.1% 23.2%
30 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 17 50 34.0% 22.4%
31 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
32 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 57 215 26.5% 21.1%
33 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
34 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 52 203 25.6% 20.1%
37 Inwood Rd. 7.3 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
38 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 34 130 26.2% 19.4%
39 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
40 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
41 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
42 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
43 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
44 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
45 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
46 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 20 87 23.0% 15.4%
47 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 55 287 19.2% 15.0%
48 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
49 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 13 61 21.3% 12.9%
50 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
51 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
52 Beaver Marsh 16.7 23 146 15.8% 10.7%
53 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 24 159 15.1% 10.4%
54 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
55 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
56 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
57 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
58 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
62 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
69 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
70 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
71 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
72 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
73 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
74 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
75 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
76 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 9 72 12.5% 6.7%
77 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
78 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
79 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
80 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
81 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
82 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
83 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
84 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
85 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
86 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 9 92 9.8% 5.2%
87 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
88 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
89 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
90 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
91 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
92 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
93 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
94 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
95 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
96 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
97 Town Lake Park 23.4 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
98 Ritter Park 4.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
99 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 9 112 8.0% 4.3%
100 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
101 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
102 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 6 74 8.1% 3.8%
103 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
104 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
105 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
106 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
107 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
108 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
109 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
110 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
111 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
112 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
113 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
114 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
115 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
116 Homestead Park 19.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
117 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
118 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
119 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
120 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 9 231 3.9% 2.1%
121 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
122 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
123 Falls Lake 15.1 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
124 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
125 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
126 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
127 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 15 495 3.0% 1.8%
128 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
129 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
130 Wendell Park 22.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
131 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
132 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
133 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
134 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
135 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
136 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
137 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
138 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
139 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
140 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
141 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
142 White Deer Park 11.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
143 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 3 137 2.2% 0.7%
144 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
145 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
146 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
147 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
148 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
149 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
150 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 50 2.0% 0.4%