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Where to find Pileated Woodpecker in February
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 February. 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--Abbotts Creek 14.5 77 132 58.3% 49.8%
2 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 31 60 51.7% 39.3%
3 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 35 54.3% 38.2%
4 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
5 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
6 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
7 Raven Rock SP 23.9 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
8 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 16 39 41.0% 27.1%
9 Little Creek Trail 15.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
10 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
11 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
12 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
13 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
14 Wendell Park 22.6 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
15 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
16 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
17 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
18 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
19 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 24 85 28.2% 19.8%
24 Apex Community Park 3.7 45 176 25.6% 19.7%
25 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
26 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 26 99 26.3% 18.6%
27 Shelley Lake 8.1 33 135 24.4% 18.0%
28 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
29 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
30 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 69 323 21.4% 17.2%
31 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
32 Lake Benson 11.9 21 86 24.4% 16.6%
33 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
34 Lake Betz 7.3 50 240 20.8% 16.2%
35 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 77 389 19.8% 16.1%
36 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
37 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
38 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 14 59 23.7% 14.7%
39 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 13 54 24.1% 14.6%
40 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
41 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 27 135 20.0% 14.1%
42 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
43 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 73 437 16.7% 13.5%
44 Ritter Park 4.3 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
45 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 11 54 20.4% 11.8%
46 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
47 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
48 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 19 114 16.7% 10.9%
49 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
50 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 13 75 17.3% 10.4%
51 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
52 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
53 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
54 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
55 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
56 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
57 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
62 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 93 15.1% 9.2%
64 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
65 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
66 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
67 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
68 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
69 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 11 80 13.8% 7.9%
70 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 59 592 10.0% 7.8%
71 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
72 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
73 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 10 74 13.5% 7.5%
74 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 9 67 13.4% 7.2%
75 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 19 171 11.1% 7.2%
76 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
77 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
78 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
79 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
80 Schenck Forest 3.6 20 208 9.6% 6.3%
81 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
82 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
83 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
84 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
85 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
86 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
87 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
88 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
89 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
90 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
91 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
92 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 7 68 10.3% 5.1%
93 White Deer Park 11.6 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
94 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
95 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
96 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
97 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
98 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
99 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
100 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
101 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
102 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
103 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 7 76 9.2% 4.5%
104 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
105 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
106 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
107 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 11 146 7.5% 4.3%
108 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 10 136 7.4% 4.0%
109 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
110 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
111 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
112 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
113 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
114 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
115 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
116 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
117 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
118 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 26 496 5.2% 3.6%
119 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 11 176 6.2% 3.5%
120 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 177 6.2% 3.5%
121 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
122 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
123 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
124 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
125 Beaver Marsh 16.7 15 295 5.1% 3.1%
126 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
127 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
128 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
129 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
130 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 6 95 6.3% 2.9%
131 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
132 Leesville Park 7.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
133 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
134 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
135 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
136 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
137 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
138 Lake Lynn 7.7 5 127 3.9% 1.7%
139 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
140 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
141 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
142 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
143 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
144 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
145 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
146 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
147 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
148 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
149 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
150 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
151 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
152 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
153 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
154 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
155 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
156 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
157 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
158 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 122 1.6% 0.5%
159 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
160 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
161 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
162 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
163 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 3 382 0.8% 0.3%
164 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 129 0.8% 0.1%
165 Bond Park 2.7 1 142 0.7% 0.1%