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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			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
137			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
138			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
139			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
140			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	2	61	3.3%	0.9%
141			White Deer Park	11.6	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
142			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	3	137	2.2%	0.7%
143			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
144			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
145			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
146			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
147			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
148			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
149			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	1	50	2.0%	0.4%