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Where to find Red-headed 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 Red-headed 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 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 143 150 95.3% 90.7%
2 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 54 73 74.0% 62.9%
3 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
4 Lake Betz 7.3 214 346 61.8% 56.6%
5 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 56 87 64.4% 53.9%
6 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 204 361 56.5% 51.4%
7 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
8 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
9 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
10 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 95 209 45.5% 38.8%
11 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
12 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
13 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
14 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
15 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
16 Apex Nature Park 8.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
17 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
18 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
19 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 21 50 42.0% 29.4%
20 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
21 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
22 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
23 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
24 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
25 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
26 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
27 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
28 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
29 Little Creek Trail 15.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
30 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
31 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
32 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
35 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
37 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 15 57 26.3% 16.6%
38 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
39 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
40 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 33 184 17.9% 13.1%
41 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
42 Beaver Marsh 16.7 54 351 15.4% 12.0%
43 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
44 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
45 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
46 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
47 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
48 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
49 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
51 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
52 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
55 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
57 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
58 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
59 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 46 448 10.3% 7.8%
60 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
61 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
62 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
63 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
64 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 30 338 8.9% 6.3%
65 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
66 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
73 Schenck Forest 3.6 21 250 8.4% 5.6%
74 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
75 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 12 133 9.0% 5.2%
76 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
79 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 11 141 7.8% 4.4%
80 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
81 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 109 7.3% 3.8%
82 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
83 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
84 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
85 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
86 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
87 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
88 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
89 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 73 6.8% 3.0%
90 Falls Lake 15.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
91 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
92 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
93 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
94 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
95 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
96 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
97 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
98 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
99 Lake Benson 11.9 6 150 4.0% 1.8%
100 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 13 436 3.0% 1.8%
101 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 169 3.6% 1.6%
102 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
103 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
104 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 102 3.9% 1.5%
105 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
106 Bond Park 2.7 5 145 3.4% 1.5%
107 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 6 190 3.2% 1.5%
108 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
109 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
110 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
111 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 4 121 3.3% 1.3%
112 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 13 593 2.2% 1.3%
113 Ritter Park 4.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
114 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 91 3.3% 1.1%
115 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
116 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
117 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
118 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
119 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
120 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
121 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
122 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 3 116 2.6% 0.9%
123 Wendell Park 22.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
124 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
125 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
126 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
127 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
128 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
129 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
130 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
131 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 103 1.9% 0.5%
132 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
133 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
134 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 251 1.2% 0.4%
135 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
136 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
137 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
138 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 257 0.8% 0.2%
139 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 4 817 0.5% 0.2%
140 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 111 0.9% 0.2%
141 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 135 0.7% 0.1%
142 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 142 0.7% 0.1%
143 Lake Lynn 7.7 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
144 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
145 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 196 0.5% 0.1%
146 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 1 462 0.2% 0.0%