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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in January
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 Downy Woodpecker in January. 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 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 27 30 90.0% 74.4%
2 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 76 92 82.6% 73.6%
3 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 23 26 88.5% 71.0%
4 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 91 116 78.4% 70.1%
5 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 96 123 78.0% 69.9%
6 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 25 29 86.2% 69.4%
7 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
8 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 179 255 70.2% 64.3%
9 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 236 343 68.8% 63.7%
10 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
11 Bond Park 2.7 86 122 70.5% 61.9%
12 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 39 53 73.6% 60.4%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 226 345 65.5% 60.3%
14 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 42 61 68.9% 56.4%
15 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 40 58 69.0% 56.2%
16 Shelley Lake 8.1 61 93 65.6% 55.5%
17 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
18 Wendell Park 22.6 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
19 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 26 37 70.3% 54.2%
20 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 44 67 65.7% 53.7%
21 Ritter Park 4.3 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
22 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
23 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
24 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
25 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 44 71 62.0% 50.3%
26 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
27 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 22 33 66.7% 49.6%
28 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
29 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 20 30 66.7% 48.8%
30 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 39 64 60.9% 48.7%
31 Raven Rock SP 23.9 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
32 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
33 Lake Lynn 7.7 64 115 55.7% 46.5%
34 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
35 Schenck Forest 3.6 108 208 51.9% 45.2%
36 17 Acre Woods 18.0 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
37 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
38 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 28 48 58.3% 44.3%
39 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
40 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
41 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
42 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
43 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
44 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
45 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
46 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
47 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
48 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 20 35 57.1% 40.9%
49 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 43 84 51.2% 40.7%
50 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
51 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
52 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
53 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 64 136 47.1% 38.9%
54 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
55 Apex Community Park 3.7 41 85 48.2% 37.9%
56 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 22 42 52.4% 37.7%
57 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 38 79 48.1% 37.4%
58 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 31 63 49.2% 37.3%
59 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
60 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 129 304 42.4% 37.0%
61 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
62 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
63 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 75 174 43.1% 36.0%
64 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
65 Lake Benson 11.9 46 102 45.1% 35.8%
66 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
67 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 18 35 51.4% 35.6%
68 Parker Preserve 15.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
69 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
70 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
71 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
72 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
73 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
74 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
75 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
76 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
77 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
78 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
79 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
80 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 34 78 43.6% 33.1%
81 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
82 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 66 168 39.3% 32.2%
83 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
84 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
85 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 23 52 44.2% 31.6%
86 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
87 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 23 53 43.4% 31.0%
88 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
89 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
90 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
91 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
92 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
93 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
94 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
95 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
96 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
97 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
98 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
99 Strickland Park 8.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
100 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
101 Lake Betz 7.3 91 266 34.2% 28.8%
102 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 21 51 41.2% 28.8%
103 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 166 509 32.6% 28.7%
104 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
105 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
106 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
107 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
108 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
109 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
110 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
111 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
112 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
113 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
114 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
115 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
116 White Deer Park 11.6 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
117 Lake Raleigh 6.0 32 97 33.0% 24.4%
118 Fearrington Village 17.5 15 40 37.5% 24.2%
119 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 59 198 29.8% 23.9%
120 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
121 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
122 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
123 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
124 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 21 65 32.3% 22.2%
125 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 15 44 34.1% 21.9%
126 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
127 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
128 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
129 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
130 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
131 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
140 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
141 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
142 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
143 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
144 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
145 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
146 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
147 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
148 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
149 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
150 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
151 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
152 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
153 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
154 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
155 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 14 44 31.8% 20.0%
156 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 43 167 25.7% 19.7%
157 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
158 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
159 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
160 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 30 115 26.1% 18.9%
161 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 22 80 27.5% 18.9%
162 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
163 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
164 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
165 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
166 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
167 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
168 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
169 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
170 Beaver Marsh 16.7 65 295 22.0% 17.7%
171 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 17 63 27.0% 17.6%
172 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
173 Homestead Park 19.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
174 Carrboro High School 18.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
175 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
176 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
177 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
178 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
179 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
180 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 103 556 18.5% 15.5%
181 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
182 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
183 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
184 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
185 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
186 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
187 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
188 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
189 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
190 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
191 Lake Wheeler 8.2 9 38 23.7% 13.0%
192 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
193 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
194 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 13 66 19.7% 11.9%
195 Northgate Park 17.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
196 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
197 Fallon park 8.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
198 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
199 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
200 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 23 143 16.1% 11.0%
201 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
202 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
203 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
204 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
205 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
206 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
207 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
208 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
209 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
210 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
211 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
221 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
223 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 13 87 14.9% 8.9%
224 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
225 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 54 14.8% 7.7%
226 Falls Lake 15.1 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
227 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 10 73 13.7% 7.6%
228 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
229 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
230 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
231 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
232 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
233 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
234 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 8 63 12.7% 6.6%
235 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
236 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
237 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
238 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
239 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
240 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
241 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
242 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
243 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
244 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
245 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
246 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
247 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
248 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
249 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
250 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 8 105 7.6% 3.9%
251 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 9 125 7.2% 3.8%
252 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
253 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
254 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
255 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
256 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
257 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
258 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
259 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
260 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 71 4.2% 1.4%
261 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
262 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%