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Where to find Pileated Woodpecker in December
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 December. 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			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
2			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	62	126	49.2%	40.6%
3			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	19	34	55.9%	39.5%
4			White Deer Park	11.6	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
5			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	77	187	41.2%	34.4%
6			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
7			Little Creek Trail	15.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
8			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
9			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
10			Raven Rock SP	23.9	14	29	48.3%	31.4%
11			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
12			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
13			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	19	44	43.2%	29.7%
14			Lake Benson	11.9	28	72	38.9%	28.5%
15			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
16			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
17			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	23	59	39.0%	27.6%
18			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	83	255	32.5%	27.1%
19			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
20			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
21			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	15	38	39.5%	25.6%
22			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
23			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	20	58	34.5%	23.6%
24			Shelley Lake	8.1	34	109	31.2%	23.3%
25			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	14	39	35.9%	22.7%
26			Schenck Forest	3.6	36	125	28.8%	21.6%
27			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	10	27	37.0%	21.5%
28			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	12	34	35.3%	21.5%
29			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
30			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
31			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
32			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
33			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
34			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
35			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
36			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
37			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	17	56	30.4%	19.9%
38			Lake Betz	7.3	36	139	25.9%	19.3%
39			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
40			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
41			Apex Community Park	3.7	20	70	28.6%	19.3%
42			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	18	62	29.0%	19.2%
43			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	14	47	29.8%	18.7%
44			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
45			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
46			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
47			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	14	53	26.4%	16.4%
48			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
49			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
50			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
51			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
52			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
53			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	12	47	25.5%	15.3%
54			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
55			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
56			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
57			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
58			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
59			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
60			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	12	49	24.5%	14.6%
61			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	7	25	28.0%	14.3%
62			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
63			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
64			Ritter Park	4.3	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
65			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
66			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	30	173	17.3%	12.4%
67			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
68			Wendell Park	22.6	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
69			Parker Preserve	15.5	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
70			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	73	497	14.7%	11.8%
71			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
72			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
73			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	44	290	15.2%	11.5%
74			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	6	25	24.0%	11.5%
75			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	7	31	22.6%	11.4%
76			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	18	103	17.5%	11.3%
77			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	45	304	14.8%	11.3%
78			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
79			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
80			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	7	33	21.2%	10.7%
81			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	16	96	16.7%	10.5%
82			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	8	40	20.0%	10.5%
83			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
84			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	9	51	17.6%	9.6%
85			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	7	37	18.9%	9.5%
86			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
87			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
88			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
89			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
90			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
91			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
92			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
93			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	18	130	13.8%	8.9%
94			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	20	156	12.8%	8.5%
95			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	6	34	17.6%	8.3%
96			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	17	130	13.1%	8.3%
97			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	7	42	16.7%	8.3%
98			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
99			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
100			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
101			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	6	37	16.2%	7.7%
102			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	8	58	13.8%	7.2%
103			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
104			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
105			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
106			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	10	83	12.0%	6.7%
107			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
108			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
109			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	5	35	14.3%	6.3%
110			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
111			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
112			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
113			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
114			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
115			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
116			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
117			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
118			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	6	51	11.8%	5.5%
119			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
120			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
121			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
122			Williamson Preserve	19.2	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
123			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
124			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
125			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
126			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
127			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
128			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
129			Beaver Marsh	16.7	13	190	6.8%	4.0%
130			Lake Raleigh	6.0	7	89	7.9%	3.9%
131			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	5	58	8.6%	3.7%
132			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
133			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
134			Leesville Park	7.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
135			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
136			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	5	60	8.3%	3.6%
137			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	4	45	8.9%	3.5%
138			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
139			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	5	64	7.8%	3.4%
140			Town Lake Park	23.4	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
141			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
142			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
143			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
144			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	17	383	4.4%	2.8%
145			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	5	78	6.4%	2.8%
146			Falls Lake	15.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
147			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
148			Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
149			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
150			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
151			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
152			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	3	51	5.9%	2.0%
153			Lake Lynn	7.7	6	138	4.3%	2.0%
154			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
155			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
156			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
157			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
158			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
159			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
160			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
161			Eden Lakes	23.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
162			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
163			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
164			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
165			Homestead Park	19.3	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
166			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
167			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
168			Lake Wheeler	8.2	2	45	4.4%	1.2%
169			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
170			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
171			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
172			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
173			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
174			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
175			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	3	167	1.8%	0.6%
176			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	3	206	1.5%	0.5%
177			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
178			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
179			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
180			Bond Park	2.7	1	97	1.0%	0.2%
181			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	1	102	1.0%	0.2%