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Where to find Red-headed Woodpecker in September
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 September. 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 14.5 139 160 86.9% 80.8%
2 Lake Betz 7.3 176 219 80.4% 74.6%
3 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
4 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 41 58 70.7% 58.0%
5 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
6 Apex Nature Park 8.6 21 29 72.4% 54.3%
7 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
8 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 26 40 65.0% 49.5%
9 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
10 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
11 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
12 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
13 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 178 392 45.4% 40.5%
14 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
15 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
16 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
17 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
18 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 24 51 47.1% 34.1%
19 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 44 111 39.6% 31.0%
20 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
21 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
22 Schenck Forest 3.6 65 189 34.4% 28.0%
23 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 63 192 32.8% 26.6%
24 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 19 50 38.0% 25.9%
25 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
26 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
27 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 44 152 28.9% 22.3%
28 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
29 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
31 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
32 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 48 25.0% 14.9%
33 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 41 210 19.5% 14.7%
34 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
35 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
36 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 13 59 22.0% 13.4%
37 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 20 100 20.0% 13.3%
38 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
39 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 58 371 15.6% 12.3%
40 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
41 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 61 19.7% 11.6%
42 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 19 110 17.3% 11.3%
43 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
44 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
45 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
46 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
51 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
52 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
53 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
54 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 30 261 11.5% 8.2%
55 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
56 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
57 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
58 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 10 74 13.5% 7.5%
59 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
60 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
61 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
62 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
63 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 102 1293 7.9% 6.5%
64 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 17 165 10.3% 6.5%
65 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
66 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
70 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
71 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
72 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
73 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
74 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
75 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
79 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
80 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
81 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
82 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
83 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
84 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 10 152 6.6% 3.6%
86 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
87 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
88 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
89 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 22 471 4.7% 3.1%
90 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
91 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
92 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
93 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
94 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
95 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
96 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
97 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
98 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
99 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
100 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 11 242 4.5% 2.6%
101 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
102 17 Acre Woods 18.0 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
103 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
104 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
105 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
106 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
107 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
108 Pullen Park 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
109 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
110 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
111 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
112 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
113 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
114 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
115 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 7 214 3.3% 1.6%
116 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
117 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
118 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 109 3.7% 1.4%
119 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
120 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
121 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
122 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
123 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 6 224 2.7% 1.2%
124 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
125 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 148 2.7% 1.1%
126 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
127 Shelley Lake 8.1 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
128 Lake Benson 11.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
129 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
130 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
131 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
132 White Deer Park 11.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
133 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
134 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
135 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
136 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 100 2.0% 0.6%
137 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
138 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
139 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
140 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
141 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
142 Bond Park 2.7 2 157 1.3% 0.4%
143 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 305 1.0% 0.3%
144 Lake Lynn 7.7 3 373 0.8% 0.3%
145 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 122 0.8% 0.1%
146 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 154 0.6% 0.1%