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Where to find Pileated Woodpecker in January
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 Pileated Woodpecker in January. 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 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
2 Raven Rock SP 23.9 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
3 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 63 136 46.3% 38.2%
4 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
5 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
6 Wendell Park 22.6 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
7 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
8 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
9 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
10 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
11 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
12 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
13 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
14 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 22 61 36.1% 25.2%
15 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
16 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 35 116 30.2% 22.6%
17 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
18 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
19 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
20 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
21 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 23 79 29.1% 20.3%
28 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
29 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
30 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
31 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 60 255 23.5% 18.7%
32 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 15 51 29.4% 18.7%
33 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
34 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
35 Shelley Lake 8.1 22 93 23.7% 16.2%
36 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 17 73 23.3% 15.1%
37 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
38 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
39 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
40 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
42 Lake Benson 11.9 21 102 20.6% 13.9%
43 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
44 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
45 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
46 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
47 Lake Betz 7.3 47 266 17.7% 13.6%
48 Apex Community Park 3.7 17 85 20.0% 12.9%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
50 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
51 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 53 343 15.5% 12.0%
52 Schenck Forest 3.6 34 208 16.3% 11.9%
53 Ritter Park 4.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
54 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
55 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 10 52 19.2% 10.8%
56 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
57 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 73 556 13.1% 10.6%
58 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 11 63 17.5% 10.0%
59 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
60 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
61 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
62 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
63 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
64 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
65 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
71 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 36 304 11.8% 8.7%
72 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
73 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 23 198 11.6% 7.9%
75 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 9 63 14.3% 7.7%
76 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
77 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
78 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
79 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
80 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
81 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
82 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 19 174 10.9% 7.1%
83 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
84 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
85 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 14 123 11.4% 6.9%
86 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 18 168 10.7% 6.9%
87 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 13 115 11.3% 6.7%
88 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
89 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
90 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
91 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
92 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
93 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
94 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
95 Beaver Marsh 16.7 25 295 8.5% 5.8%
96 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
97 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
98 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
99 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
100 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
101 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
102 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 53 11.3% 5.3%
103 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 80 10.0% 5.2%
104 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
105 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
106 Falls Lake 15.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
107 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
108 White Deer Park 11.6 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
109 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 87 9.2% 4.7%
110 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
111 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
112 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
113 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
114 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
115 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
116 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
117 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
118 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 92 8.7% 4.5%
119 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
120 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
121 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
122 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
123 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
124 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
125 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 66 7.6% 3.3%
126 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
127 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
128 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
129 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
130 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
132 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
133 Lake Lynn 7.7 7 115 6.1% 3.0%
134 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 22 509 4.3% 2.9%
135 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 78 6.4% 2.8%
136 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
137 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
138 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
139 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 65 6.2% 2.4%
140 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
141 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
142 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
143 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
144 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 97 5.2% 2.2%
145 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 5 105 4.8% 2.1%
146 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
147 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
148 Homestead Park 19.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
149 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
150 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
151 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
152 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
153 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 71 4.2% 1.4%
154 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
155 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
156 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
157 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
158 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
159 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
160 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
161 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
162 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
163 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
164 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
165 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 125 1.6% 0.4%
166 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 167 1.2% 0.3%
167 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
168 Bond Park 2.7 1 122 0.8% 0.1%
169 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 143 0.7% 0.1%