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Where to find Hairy 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 Hairy 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 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
2 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
3 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 38 87 43.7% 33.7%
4 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
5 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
6 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
7 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
8 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
9 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
10 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 54 160 33.8% 26.9%
11 White Deer Park 11.6 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
12 Apex Nature Park 8.6 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
13 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 37 110 33.6% 25.5%
14 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
15 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 24 77 31.2% 21.9%
16 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
17 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 21 68 30.9% 21.2%
18 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
19 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
20 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 293 1293 22.7% 20.5%
28 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 30 111 27.0% 19.6%
29 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
30 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 24 88 27.3% 19.1%
31 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 17 61 27.9% 18.2%
32 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
33 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 13 50 26.0% 15.9%
34 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
35 Schenck Forest 3.6 39 189 20.6% 15.5%
36 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
37 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
38 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
39 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
40 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 17 77 22.1% 14.3%
41 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
42 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 21 100 21.0% 14.2%
43 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
44 Lake Lynn 7.7 63 373 16.9% 13.4%
45 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 35 192 18.2% 13.4%
46 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 28 152 18.4% 13.1%
47 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 21 109 19.3% 13.0%
48 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
49 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
50 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
51 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 12 59 20.3% 12.0%
52 Town Lake Park 23.4 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
53 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 59 392 15.1% 11.9%
54 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
55 Bond Park 2.7 25 157 15.9% 11.0%
56 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 11 58 19.0% 10.9%
57 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
58 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
59 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
60 Lake Betz 7.3 32 219 14.6% 10.5%
61 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 9 48 18.8% 10.2%
62 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
63 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 10 57 17.5% 9.8%
64 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
65 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
66 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
67 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
71 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
72 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
74 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 28 210 13.3% 9.4%
75 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
76 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
77 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 44 371 11.9% 9.0%
78 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
79 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
80 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 45 471 9.6% 7.2%
81 Wendell Park 22.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
82 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
83 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 7 51 13.7% 6.8%
84 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
85 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 10 84 11.9% 6.6%
86 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
87 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
88 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
89 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
90 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
91 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
92 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
93 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
94 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 16 165 9.7% 6.1%
95 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
96 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
97 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
98 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 14 152 9.2% 5.6%
99 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 7 67 10.4% 5.2%
100 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
101 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
102 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 19 261 7.3% 4.7%
103 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
104 Northgate Park 17.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
105 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 74 9.5% 4.7%
106 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
107 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
108 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
109 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
110 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
111 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
112 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
113 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
114 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
115 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
116 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 20 305 6.6% 4.3%
117 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
118 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
119 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
120 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
121 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
122 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
123 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
124 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
125 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
126 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
127 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
128 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
129 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
130 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
131 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
132 Lake Raleigh 6.0 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
133 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
134 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
135 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
136 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
137 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 10 224 4.5% 2.4%
138 17 Acre Woods 18.0 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
139 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
140 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
141 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
142 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
143 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
144 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
145 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 9 242 3.7% 2.0%
146 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
147 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
148 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 6 154 3.9% 1.8%
149 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
150 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
151 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
152 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
153 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
154 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
155 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
156 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 7 214 3.3% 1.6%
157 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
158 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
159 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
160 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
161 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
162 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
163 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
164 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
165 Lake Benson 11.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
166 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
167 Ritter Park 4.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
168 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
169 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
170 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
171 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
172 Beaver Marsh 16.7 2 148 1.4% 0.4%
173 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
174 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 1 100 1.0% 0.2%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.