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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 14.5 141 163 86.5% 80.4%
2 Lake Betz 7.3 186 231 80.5% 74.9%
3 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
4 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
5 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 47 69 68.1% 56.4%
6 Apex Nature Park 8.6 22 30 73.3% 55.6%
7 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 22 32 68.8% 51.4%
8 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
9 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 28 45 62.2% 47.6%
10 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
11 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
12 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 24 43 55.8% 41.1%
13 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 187 411 45.5% 40.7%
14 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 30 56 53.6% 40.7%
15 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
16 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 28 58 48.3% 35.9%
17 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
18 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
19 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
20 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
21 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 93 263 35.4% 29.8%
22 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 47 130 36.2% 28.4%
23 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
24 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
25 Schenck Forest 3.6 65 195 33.3% 27.1%
26 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 45 132 34.1% 26.6%
27 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
28 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
29 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 44 156 28.2% 21.7%
30 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
31 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
33 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 26 105 24.8% 17.5%
34 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 87 413 21.1% 17.4%
35 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
36 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 16 64 25.0% 16.0%
37 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
38 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 44 223 19.7% 15.0%
39 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 33 164 20.1% 14.7%
40 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
41 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
42 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
43 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
44 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
45 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
47 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 23 141 16.3% 11.1%
48 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 64 18.8% 11.1%
49 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
50 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 9 49 18.4% 10.0%
51 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
52 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
55 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
59 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
60 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
61 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 12 83 14.5% 8.5%
62 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
63 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
64 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
65 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 7 48 14.6% 7.2%
66 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 30 296 10.1% 7.2%
67 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
68 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 18 176 10.2% 6.6%
69 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
70 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
71 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
73 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
74 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 123 1701 7.2% 6.1%
75 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
76 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
77 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
78 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
79 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
80 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
81 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
82 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
83 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
84 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 13 181 7.2% 4.2%
85 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
86 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
87 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
89 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
90 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
91 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
92 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
93 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
94 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
95 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
96 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 6 86 7.0% 3.2%
97 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
98 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
99 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
100 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
101 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 22 497 4.4% 2.9%
102 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
103 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 83 6.0% 2.6%
104 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
105 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
106 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
107 Lake Benson 11.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
108 17 Acre Woods 18.0 5 95 5.3% 2.3%
109 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
110 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
111 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
112 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 104 4.8% 2.1%
113 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 6 136 4.4% 2.0%
114 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
115 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
116 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
117 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 11 337 3.3% 1.8%
118 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 4 86 4.7% 1.8%
119 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
120 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 8 232 3.4% 1.8%
121 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
122 Pullen Park 6.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
123 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
124 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
125 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 7 248 2.8% 1.4%
126 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
127 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
128 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
129 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
130 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 83 3.6% 1.2%
131 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
132 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
133 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 148 2.7% 1.1%
134 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
135 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
136 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
137 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
138 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
139 Shelley Lake 8.1 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
140 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
141 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
142 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
143 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
144 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
145 White Deer Park 11.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
146 Bond Park 2.7 3 181 1.7% 0.6%
147 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 98 2.0% 0.6%
148 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
149 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
150 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
151 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
152 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
153 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 311 1.0% 0.3%
154 Lake Lynn 7.7 4 577 0.7% 0.3%
155 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
156 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 192 0.5% 0.1%