Bird Finder

Where to find Canada Goose in September
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 September. 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 69 81 85.2% 75.9%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 267 337 79.2% 74.6%
3 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 18 20 90.0% 69.9%
4 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 229 311 73.6% 68.5%
5 Lake Lynn 7.7 407 577 70.5% 66.7%
6 Schenck Forest 3.6 134 195 68.7% 61.9%
7 Bond Park 2.7 105 181 58.0% 50.7%
8 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 80 136 58.8% 50.4%
9 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 93 181 51.4% 44.1%
10 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 93 192 48.4% 41.5%
11 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 18 31 58.1% 40.8%
12 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 75 156 48.1% 40.4%
13 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 43 86 50.0% 39.7%
14 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 104 232 44.8% 38.6%
15 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 74 164 45.1% 37.7%
16 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 19 36 52.8% 37.0%
17 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 105 248 42.3% 36.4%
18 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
19 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 116 296 39.2% 33.8%
20 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 25 55 45.5% 33.0%
21 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 25 56 44.6% 32.4%
22 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
23 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
24 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
25 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
26 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
27 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 35 105 33.3% 25.0%
28 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
29 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
30 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
31 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
32 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
33 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
40 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
42 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 Clayton Community Park 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
45 Lake Betz 7.3 54 231 23.4% 18.4%
46 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 108 497 21.7% 18.3%
47 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 43 181 23.8% 18.1%
48 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
49 Beaver Marsh 16.7 35 148 23.6% 17.5%
50 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 26 109 23.9% 16.8%
51 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
52 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
53 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
54 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
55 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 46 223 20.6% 15.8%
56 Lake Raleigh 6.0 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
57 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
58 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
59 Ritter Park 4.3 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
60 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
61 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
62 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
63 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
64 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
65 Lake Benson 11.9 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
66 White Deer Park 11.6 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
67 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
68 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
69 Apex Community Park 3.7 10 48 20.8% 11.7%
70 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 27 163 16.6% 11.6%
71 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 15 81 18.5% 11.6%
72 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 212 1701 12.5% 11.0%
73 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
74 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 14 83 16.9% 10.3%
75 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
76 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
77 Pullen Park 6.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
78 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
79 Apex Nature Park 8.6 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
80 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
86 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
87 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
88 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
89 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 47 413 11.4% 8.7%
90 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
91 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
92 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
93 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
94 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
95 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
96 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
97 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
98 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
99 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
100 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
101 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
103 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 13 132 9.8% 5.8%
104 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
105 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
106 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 7 63 11.1% 5.5%
107 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
108 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
109 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
110 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
111 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 8 83 9.6% 5.0%
112 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
113 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
114 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 19 263 7.2% 4.7%
115 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
116 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
117 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
118 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
119 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
120 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
121 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 77 9.1% 4.5%
122 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
123 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
124 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
125 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
126 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
127 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
128 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
129 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
130 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
132 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
133 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
134 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 9 141 6.4% 3.4%
135 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 7 104 6.7% 3.3%
136 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
137 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
138 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
139 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
140 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 9 176 5.1% 2.7%
141 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 7 130 5.4% 2.6%
142 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 83 6.0% 2.6%
143 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
144 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
145 Wendell Park 22.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
146 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 15 411 3.6% 2.2%
147 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
148 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
149 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
150 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
151 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
152 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
153 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
154 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
155 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
156 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
157 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
158 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
159 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
160 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
161 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
162 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
163 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
164 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
165 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
166 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
167 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
168 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
169 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
170 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
171 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
172 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
173 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
174 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
175 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
176 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
177 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
178 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
179 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 86 1.2% 0.2%
180 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 95 1.1% 0.2%