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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 Raven Rock SP 23.9 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
2 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 65 141 46.1% 38.1%
3 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
4 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
5 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
6 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
7 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
8 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
9 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
10 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 19 44 43.2% 29.7%
11 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 27 72 37.5% 27.2%
12 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
13 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 18 48 37.5% 25.2%
14 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
15 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 57 189 30.2% 24.1%
16 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
17 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
18 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 27 87 31.0% 22.3%
19 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
20 Wendell Park 22.6 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
21 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
22 Shelley Lake 8.1 32 110 29.1% 21.4%
23 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
24 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
25 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
26 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
27 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
30 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
31 Apex Community Park 3.7 58 243 23.9% 18.9%
32 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
33 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
34 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 29 117 24.8% 17.8%
35 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
37 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 15 57 26.3% 16.6%
38 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 67 327 20.5% 16.5%
39 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
40 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
41 Lake Benson 11.9 27 122 22.1% 15.7%
42 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 33 158 20.9% 15.3%
43 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
44 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
45 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
46 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
47 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
48 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
49 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
50 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
51 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 67 401 16.7% 13.4%
52 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 13 59 22.0% 13.4%
53 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
54 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
55 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
56 Lake Betz 7.3 49 298 16.4% 12.7%
57 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
58 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
59 Schenck Forest 3.6 38 235 16.2% 12.0%
60 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 18 98 18.4% 11.9%
61 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
62 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
63 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
64 Ritter Park 4.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
65 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
66 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
67 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
68 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 13 75 17.3% 10.4%
69 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 33 232 14.2% 10.3%
70 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
71 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
72 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
73 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
74 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
75 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
76 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 78 661 11.8% 9.6%
77 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
78 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 14 90 15.6% 9.5%
79 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
80 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 24 174 13.8% 9.4%
84 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
85 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 13 84 15.5% 9.3%
86 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
87 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 42 358 11.7% 8.8%
88 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
89 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
90 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 27 231 11.7% 8.2%
91 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
92 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
93 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
94 Falls Lake 15.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
95 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 9 67 13.4% 7.2%
96 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
97 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
98 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 18 165 10.9% 7.0%
99 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
100 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
101 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 19 181 10.5% 6.8%
102 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 85 11.8% 6.5%
103 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
104 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 8 65 12.3% 6.4%
105 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
106 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
107 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 13 123 10.6% 6.3%
108 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
109 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
112 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
113 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
114 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
115 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
116 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
117 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
118 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
119 Beaver Marsh 16.7 26 322 8.1% 5.6%
120 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
121 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
122 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
123 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
124 White Deer Park 11.6 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
125 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 9 97 9.3% 5.0%
126 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
127 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
128 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
129 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
130 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
131 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
132 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
133 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
134 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
135 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
136 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
137 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
138 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
139 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
140 Lake Lynn 7.7 11 146 7.5% 4.3%
141 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
142 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 99 8.1% 4.2%
143 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
144 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 25 541 4.6% 3.1%
145 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
146 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 112 6.2% 3.1%
147 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
148 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 6 94 6.4% 3.0%
149 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
150 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
151 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
152 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
153 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
154 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
155 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
156 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
157 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
158 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
159 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
160 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
161 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 5 130 3.8% 1.7%
162 Homestead Park 19.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
163 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
164 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
165 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
166 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
167 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
168 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
169 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
170 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
171 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
172 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
173 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
174 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
175 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
176 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
177 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
178 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
179 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
180 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 137 1.5% 0.4%
181 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 174 1.1% 0.3%
182 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 2 192 1.0% 0.3%
183 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
184 Bond Park 2.7 1 137 0.7% 0.1%