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Where to find Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in December
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 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in December. 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 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 23 28 82.1% 64.4%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 137 212 64.6% 58.0%
3 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
4 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
5 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
6 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
7 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 52 89 58.4% 48.0%
8 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 19 29 65.5% 47.3%
9 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
10 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 155 295 52.5% 46.8%
11 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
12 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
13 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
14 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 25 42 59.5% 44.5%
15 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 82 163 50.3% 42.7%
16 Parker Preserve 15.5 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
17 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 26 47 55.3% 41.2%
18 Lake Benson 11.9 48 94 51.1% 41.1%
19 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
20 Town Lake Park 23.4 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
21 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
22 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 34 67 50.7% 39.1%
23 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
24 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
25 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 34 72 47.2% 36.1%
26 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
27 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
28 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
29 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 33 71 46.5% 35.4%
30 Schenck Forest 3.6 59 137 43.1% 35.1%
31 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 24 50 48.0% 34.8%
32 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
33 Lake Lynn 7.7 69 166 41.6% 34.3%
34 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
36 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
37 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
38 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
39 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
40 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
41 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
42 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
43 White Deer Park 11.6 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
44 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 22 49 44.9% 31.9%
45 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 31 73 42.5% 31.8%
46 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
47 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 28 67 41.8% 30.7%
48 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
49 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 19 43 44.2% 30.4%
50 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
51 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 82 227 36.1% 30.2%
52 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
53 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
54 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 21 49 42.9% 30.0%
55 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
56 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 117 336 34.8% 29.9%
57 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 17 39 43.6% 29.3%
58 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
59 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
60 Dorothea Dix 6.6 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
61 Bond Park 2.7 41 110 37.3% 28.8%
62 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 22 55 40.0% 28.1%
63 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
64 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 46 132 34.8% 27.3%
65 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
66 17 Acre Woods 18.0 24 63 38.1% 27.1%
67 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 21 54 38.9% 27.0%
68 Ritter Park 4.3 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
69 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
70 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
71 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
72 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
73 Wendell Park 22.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
74 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
75 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 19 49 38.8% 26.4%
76 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
77 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 94 308 30.5% 25.6%
78 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
79 Williamson Preserve 19.2 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
80 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
81 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 127 441 28.8% 24.8%
82 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 25 72 34.7% 24.8%
83 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 13 33 39.4% 24.7%
84 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 86 33.7% 24.6%
85 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
86 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
87 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
88 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
89 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
90 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
91 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
92 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 92 347 26.5% 22.1%
93 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
94 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
95 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
96 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
97 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 22 71 31.0% 21.4%
98 Homestead Park 19.3 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
99 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
100 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 149 608 24.5% 21.3%
101 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 23 76 30.3% 21.1%
102 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
103 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
104 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
105 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
106 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
107 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 Shelley Lake 8.1 36 131 27.5% 20.6%
117 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
118 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
119 Raven Rock SP 23.9 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
120 Pullen Park 6.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
121 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
122 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 53 218 24.3% 19.1%
123 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
124 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
125 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
126 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 13 43 30.2% 18.6%
127 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 12 39 30.8% 18.6%
128 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
129 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
130 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 19 75 25.3% 16.9%
131 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
132 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
133 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 38 178 21.3% 16.0%
134 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
135 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
136 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 44 214 20.6% 15.7%
137 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
138 Indian Trail Park 18.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
139 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
140 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
141 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
142 Beaver Marsh 16.7 41 206 19.9% 15.0%
143 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
144 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
145 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
146 Coker Pinetum 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
147 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
148 Eastgate Park 9.5 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
149 Lake Raleigh 6.0 21 99 21.2% 14.3%
150 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
151 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
152 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
153 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
154 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
155 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
156 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
157 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
158 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 11 47 23.4% 13.6%
159 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 39 215 18.1% 13.6%
160 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 14 65 21.5% 13.3%
161 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
162 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
163 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
164 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
165 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
166 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
167 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
168 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
169 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
170 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
171 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
172 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
173 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
174 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
175 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
176 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
177 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
178 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
179 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 10 58 17.2% 9.6%
180 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
181 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
182 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
183 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
184 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
185 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
191 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
192 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 Lake Betz 7.3 24 177 13.6% 9.3%
195 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
196 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 14 102 13.7% 8.4%
197 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
198 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
199 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
200 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
201 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
202 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
203 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 13 95 13.7% 8.2%
204 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
205 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
206 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
207 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 13 109 11.9% 7.1%
208 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
209 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
210 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
211 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
212 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
213 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
214 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
215 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
216 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
217 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
218 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
219 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
220 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
221 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
222 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
223 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
224 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
225 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 9 108 8.3% 4.4%
226 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
227 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
228 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
229 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 7 93 7.5% 3.7%
230 Northgate Park 17.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
231 Leesville Park 7.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
232 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
233 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
234 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
235 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
236 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
237 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
238 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
239 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
240 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
241 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
242 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
243 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
244 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
245 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
246 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
247 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
248 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
249 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
250 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 86 3.5% 1.2%
251 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
252 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
253 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
254 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
255 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 47 2.1% 0.4%