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 51 58 87.9% 77.1%
2 Lake Lynn 7.7 292 373 78.3% 73.8%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 187 242 77.3% 71.6%
4 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 18 20 90.0% 69.9%
5 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 226 305 74.1% 68.9%
6 Schenck Forest 3.6 131 189 69.3% 62.4%
7 Bond Park 2.7 92 157 58.6% 50.8%
8 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 63 109 57.8% 48.4%
9 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 65 122 53.3% 44.5%
10 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 36 67 53.7% 41.9%
11 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
12 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 73 152 48.0% 40.2%
13 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 19 34 55.9% 39.5%
14 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 70 154 45.5% 37.8%
15 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 94 214 43.9% 37.4%
16 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 95 224 42.4% 36.1%
17 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
18 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
19 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 99 261 37.9% 32.3%
20 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
21 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 18 39 46.2% 31.6%
22 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 40 100 40.0% 30.9%
23 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
24 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
25 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
26 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 15 38 39.5% 25.6%
27 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
28 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
29 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
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 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
33 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
34 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 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 Lake Betz 7.3 53 219 24.2% 19.0%
43 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
44 Lake Raleigh 6.0 12 39 30.8% 18.6%
45 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 102 471 21.7% 18.2%
46 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
47 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 25 100 25.0% 17.5%
48 Beaver Marsh 16.7 35 148 23.6% 17.5%
49 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
50 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
51 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
52 Ritter Park 4.3 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
53 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 41 26.8% 15.7%
54 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 43 210 20.5% 15.6%
55 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
56 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
57 Lake Benson 11.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
58 White Deer Park 11.6 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
59 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
60 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
61 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
62 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
63 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 27 152 17.8% 12.5%
64 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
65 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 12 59 20.3% 12.0%
66 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
67 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 175 1293 13.5% 11.8%
68 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
69 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
70 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 14 74 18.9% 11.6%
71 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 26 160 16.2% 11.3%
72 Pullen Park 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
73 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 11 60 18.3% 10.6%
74 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
75 Apex Nature Park 8.6 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
76 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
77 Apex Community Park 3.7 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
78 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
79 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
86 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 61 16.4% 9.2%
87 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
88 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
89 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
90 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 41 371 11.1% 8.3%
91 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
92 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
93 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
94 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
95 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
96 Raven Rock SP 23.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
97 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
98 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
99 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
100 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
101 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
103 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 17 192 8.9% 5.6%
104 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
105 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
106 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
107 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
108 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
109 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
110 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
111 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
112 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
113 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
114 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
115 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
116 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 7 77 9.1% 4.5%
117 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
118 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
119 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
120 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
121 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 110 7.3% 3.7%
122 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
123 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
124 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
125 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
126 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
127 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 7 111 6.3% 3.1%
128 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
129 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
130 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
132 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
133 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
134 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 165 4.8% 2.5%
135 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
136 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
137 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
138 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
139 Wendell Park 22.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
140 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
141 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 14 392 3.6% 2.1%
142 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
143 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
144 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
145 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
146 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 4 88 4.5% 1.8%
147 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
148 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
149 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
150 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
151 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
152 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
153 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
154 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
155 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
156 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
157 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
158 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
159 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
160 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
161 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
162 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
163 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
164 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
165 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
166 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
167 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 89 1.1% 0.2%