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Where to find Purple Finch in November
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 Purple Finch in November. 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 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
2 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 11 45 24.4% 14.2%
3 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
4 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 50 368 13.6% 10.5%
5 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 41 308 13.3% 10.0%
6 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
7 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
8 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
9 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
10 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 18 144 12.5% 8.1%
11 17 Acre Woods 18.0 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
12 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 10 79 12.7% 7.0%
13 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 22 220 10.0% 6.7%
14 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
15 White Deer Park 11.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
16 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
17 Bond Park 2.7 10 100 10.0% 5.5%
18 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
19 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
20 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
21 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
22 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
23 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 7 92 7.6% 3.7%
24 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 15 290 5.2% 3.2%
25 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
26 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
27 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
28 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
29 Lake Benson 11.9 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
30 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
31 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
32 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
33 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 5 87 5.7% 2.5%
34 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
35 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
36 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
37 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
38 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
39 Ritter Park 4.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
40 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
41 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 22 746 2.9% 2.0%
42 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
43 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
44 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
45 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
46 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
47 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
48 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
49 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
50 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
51 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
52 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
53 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
54 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
55 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
56 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
57 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
58 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
59 Schenck Forest 3.6 4 132 3.0% 1.2%
60 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 4 133 3.0% 1.2%
61 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
62 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
63 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
64 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 101 3.0% 1.0%
65 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
66 Lake Lynn 7.7 4 160 2.5% 1.0%
67 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
68 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 7 395 1.8% 0.9%
69 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
70 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
71 Lake Betz 7.3 4 202 2.0% 0.8%
72 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
73 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
74 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
75 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
76 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
77 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
78 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
79 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 106 1.9% 0.5%
80 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
81 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
82 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
83 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 171 1.2% 0.3%
84 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
85 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
86 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
87 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
88 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 4 619 0.6% 0.3%
89 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
90 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 249 0.8% 0.2%
91 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
92 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 395 0.5% 0.1%
93 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 137 0.7% 0.1%
94 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 197 0.5% 0.1%
95 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 200 0.5% 0.1%
96 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 245 0.4% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.