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Where to find Red-headed Woodpecker in October
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 October. 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	150	162	92.6%	87.5%
2			Lake Betz	7.3	134	177	75.7%	68.9%
3			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	11	12	91.7%	64.6%
4			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	30	39	76.9%	61.7%
5			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
6			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	19	25	76.0%	56.6%
7			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	38	55	69.1%	56.0%
8			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	29	42	69.0%	54.0%
9			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	216	369	58.5%	53.4%
10			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
11			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	17	24	70.8%	50.8%
12			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	30	55	54.5%	41.5%
13			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
14			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	45	92	48.9%	38.9%
15			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	23	46	50.0%	36.1%
16			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
17			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
18			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
19			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	27	59	45.8%	33.7%
20			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	21	45	46.7%	32.9%
21			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	25	57	43.9%	31.8%
22			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
23			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
24			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
25			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	23	56	41.1%	29.2%
26			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	12	27	44.4%	27.6%
27			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	24	63	38.1%	27.1%
28			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
29			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
30			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	10	24	41.7%	24.5%
31			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
32			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
33			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	49	175	28.0%	21.9%
34			Rock Ridge Park	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
35			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
36			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
37			Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only)	15.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
38			Schenck Forest	3.6	52	207	25.1%	19.7%
39			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	16	53	30.2%	19.5%
40			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
41			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	16	55	29.1%	18.8%
42			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
43			Apex Nature Park	8.6	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
44			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
45			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	188	888	21.2%	18.6%
46			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
47			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
48			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
49			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
50			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	10	46	21.7%	12.3%
51			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
52			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
53			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	7	37	18.9%	9.5%
54			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
55			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
56			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
57			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
58			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
59			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	20	167	12.0%	7.9%
60			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	45	439	10.3%	7.7%
61			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
62			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
63			Beaver Marsh	16.7	18	165	10.9%	7.0%
64			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	11	97	11.3%	6.5%
65			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
66			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
67			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
68			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
69			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
70			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	47	680	6.9%	5.2%
71			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
72			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	10	112	8.9%	4.9%
73			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	25	358	7.0%	4.8%
74			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
75			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
76			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
77			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
78			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	6	64	9.4%	4.4%
79			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	4	43	9.3%	3.7%
80			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	4	44	9.1%	3.6%
81			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
82			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	6	88	6.8%	3.2%
83			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
84			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
85			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
86			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	8	176	4.5%	2.3%
87			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
88			Parker Preserve	15.5	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
89			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	5	104	4.8%	2.1%
90			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
91			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	3	54	5.6%	1.9%
92			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
93			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
94			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
95			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
96			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	2	48	4.2%	1.2%
97			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
98			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	3	105	2.9%	1.0%
99			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
100			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
101			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	8	443	1.8%	0.9%
102			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	3	117	2.6%	0.9%
103			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
104			Apex Community Park	3.7	2	69	2.9%	0.8%
105			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
106			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
107			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
108			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
109			Lake Benson	11.9	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
110			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
111			Bond Park	2.7	3	195	1.5%	0.5%
112			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
113			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	2	114	1.8%	0.5%
114			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
115			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
116			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
117			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
118			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
119			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	4	446	0.9%	0.3%
120			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	3	294	1.0%	0.3%
121			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	1	84	1.2%	0.2%
122			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	1	105	1.0%	0.2%
123			17 Acre Woods	18.0	1	108	0.9%	0.2%
124			Lake Lynn	7.7	1	734	0.1%	0.0%