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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%