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Where to find Hairy 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 Hairy 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 62 162 38.3% 31.1%
2 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
3 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
4 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 43 112 38.4% 29.9%
5 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
6 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 18 44 40.9% 27.7%
7 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 207 680 30.4% 27.1%
8 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
9 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
10 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
11 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 93 369 25.2% 21.0%
12 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
14 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
15 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
16 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 32 114 28.1% 20.6%
23 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 13 39 33.3% 20.6%
24 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 12 37 32.4% 19.6%
25 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
26 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
27 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
28 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
29 Schenck Forest 3.6 49 207 23.7% 18.4%
30 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 27 105 25.7% 18.3%
31 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 92 439 21.0% 17.4%
32 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
33 Apex Community Park 3.7 18 69 26.1% 17.2%
34 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 14 54 25.9% 16.1%
35 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
36 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 14 56 25.0% 15.5%
37 White Deer Park 11.6 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
38 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 13 52 25.0% 15.2%
39 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
40 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
41 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
42 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
43 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
44 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
45 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 20 97 20.6% 13.8%
46 Lake Lynn 7.7 114 734 15.5% 13.1%
47 Bond Park 2.7 34 195 17.4% 12.8%
48 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
49 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 13 63 20.6% 12.5%
50 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 12 57 21.1% 12.5%
51 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
52 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 17 92 18.5% 11.9%
53 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
54 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
55 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
56 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 20 117 17.1% 11.3%
57 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
58 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 113 888 12.7% 10.7%
59 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 9 47 19.1% 10.4%
60 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 10 54 18.5% 10.4%
61 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
62 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
63 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
64 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
65 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
66 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
67 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 10 59 16.9% 9.5%
68 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
71 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%
72 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 17 Acre Woods 18.0 16 108 14.8% 9.3%
74 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 27 203 13.3% 9.3%
75 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
76 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
77 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 9 55 16.4% 8.9%
78 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 15 105 14.3% 8.9%
79 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 13 88 14.8% 8.8%
80 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 22 175 12.6% 8.5%
81 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
82 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 48 443 10.8% 8.3%
83 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
84 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
85 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
86 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
87 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
88 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
89 Lake Betz 7.3 21 177 11.9% 7.9%
90 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
91 Shelley Lake 8.1 12 90 13.3% 7.8%
92 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
93 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
94 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
95 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 55 14.5% 7.6%
96 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
97 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
98 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
99 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
100 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 19 176 10.8% 7.0%
101 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 18 167 10.8% 6.9%
102 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
103 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
104 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
105 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
106 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
107 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
109 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
110 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
111 Lake Benson 11.9 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
112 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
113 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 25 358 7.0% 4.8%
114 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
115 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
116 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
117 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
118 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
119 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
120 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
121 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
122 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
123 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
124 Ritter Park 4.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
125 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
126 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
127 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
128 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
129 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
130 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
131 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
132 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
133 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
134 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
135 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
136 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
137 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
138 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
139 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 8 152 5.3% 2.7%
140 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
141 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
142 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
143 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
144 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
145 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
146 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
147 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
148 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
149 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
150 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
151 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
152 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
153 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 15 446 3.4% 2.0%
154 Pullen Park 6.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
155 Wendell Park 22.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
156 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
157 Beaver Marsh 16.7 6 165 3.6% 1.7%
158 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
159 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
160 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 9 294 3.1% 1.6%
161 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
162 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
163 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
164 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
165 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
166 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
167 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
168 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
169 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
170 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
171 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
172 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
173 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
174 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
175 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
176 Homestead Park 19.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
177 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 3 104 2.9% 1.0%
178 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
179 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
180 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
182 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
183 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
184 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 201 1.5% 0.5%
185 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
186 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
187 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 84 1.2% 0.2%