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Where to find Downy 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 Downy 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 191 208 91.8% 87.3%
2 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 23 23 100.0% 85.7%
3 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 462 527 87.7% 84.6%
4 Bond Park 2.7 143 171 83.6% 77.4%
5 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 38 43 88.4% 75.5%
6 17 Acre Woods 18.0 87 107 81.3% 72.9%
7 Apex Community Park 3.7 51 61 83.6% 72.4%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 81 101 80.2% 71.4%
9 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 288 380 75.8% 71.2%
10 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 62 77 80.5% 70.3%
11 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 263 352 74.7% 69.9%
12 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 21 24 87.5% 69.0%
13 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 77 99 77.8% 68.6%
14 Lake Lynn 7.7 349 480 72.7% 68.6%
15 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 27 32 84.4% 68.2%
16 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
17 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
18 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
19 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
20 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
21 Schenck Forest 3.6 140 201 69.7% 63.0%
22 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
23 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 108 157 68.8% 61.2%
24 Ritter Park 4.3 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
25 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 23 30 76.7% 59.1%
26 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 404 647 62.4% 58.6%
28 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 59 87 67.8% 57.4%
29 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
30 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
31 Wendell Park 22.6 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
32 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 157 254 61.8% 55.7%
33 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 27 38 71.1% 55.2%
34 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
35 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
36 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 44 66 66.7% 54.7%
37 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 44 66 66.7% 54.7%
38 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 99 159 62.3% 54.5%
39 Shelley Lake 8.1 51 78 65.4% 54.3%
40 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 58 91 63.7% 53.5%
41 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 25 36 69.4% 53.1%
42 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 75 122 61.5% 52.6%
43 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 101 168 60.1% 52.6%
44 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 29 43 67.4% 52.5%
45 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 33 50 66.0% 52.2%
46 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 29 44 65.9% 51.1%
47 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
48 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
49 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
50 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
51 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
52 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 181 325 55.7% 50.3%
53 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
54 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 33 52 63.5% 49.9%
55 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 22 33 66.7% 49.6%
56 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 22 33 66.7% 49.6%
57 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
58 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 28 44 63.6% 48.9%
59 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 24 38 63.2% 47.3%
60 Homestead Park 19.3 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
61 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
62 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
63 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 38 65 58.5% 46.3%
64 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
65 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 31 52 59.6% 46.1%
66 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 25 41 61.0% 45.7%
67 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
68 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
69 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
70 White Deer Park 11.6 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
71 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 24 40 60.0% 44.6%
72 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
73 Strickland Park 8.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
74 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
75 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
76 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 24 41 58.5% 43.4%
77 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
78 Raven Rock SP 23.9 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
79 Lake Benson 11.9 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
80 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
81 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
82 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
83 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
84 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
85 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
86 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 176 403 43.7% 38.9%
87 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
88 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
89 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
90 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
91 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
92 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
93 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
94 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
95 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 65 145 44.8% 37.0%
96 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
97 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 64 146 43.8% 36.0%
98 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
99 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
100 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
101 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
102 Indian Trail Park 18.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
103 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 25 53 47.2% 34.4%
104 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
105 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
106 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
107 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
108 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
109 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
110 Lyon Park 15.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
111 Lake Betz 7.3 63 153 41.2% 33.7%
112 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 62 152 40.8% 33.3%
113 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
114 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
115 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
116 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
117 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
118 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
119 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
120 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
121 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
122 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
123 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
124 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
125 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 127 369 34.4% 29.8%
126 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
127 Parker Preserve 15.5 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
128 Town Lake Park 23.4 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
129 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
130 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
131 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
132 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
133 Lake Raleigh 6.0 23 61 37.7% 26.6%
134 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
135 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
136 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
137 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
138 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
139 Northgate Park 17.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
140 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 26 76 34.2% 24.5%
141 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
142 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
143 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
144 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
145 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
146 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 14 39 35.9% 22.7%
147 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
148 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
149 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
150 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
151 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
152 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
153 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
154 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
155 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
156 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
157 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
158 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
159 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
160 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
161 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
162 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
163 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
164 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
165 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
166 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
167 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
168 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
169 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
170 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
171 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
172 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
173 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
174 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
175 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
176 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
177 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 15 47 31.9% 20.4%
178 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
179 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
180 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
181 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
182 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
183 Beaver Marsh 16.7 37 161 23.0% 17.2%
184 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
185 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
186 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
187 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
188 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
189 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
190 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
191 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
192 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
193 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 23 104 22.1% 15.2%
194 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
195 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
196 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
197 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
198 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
199 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 15 65 23.1% 14.5%
200 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 21 100 21.0% 14.2%
201 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
202 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
203 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
204 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
205 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
206 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
207 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
208 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
209 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
210 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
211 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
212 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
213 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
214 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
215 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
216 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
217 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
218 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
221 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
223 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
224 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
225 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
226 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
227 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
228 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
229 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
230 Jaycee Park 6.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
231 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
232 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
233 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
234 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
235 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
236 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
237 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
238 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
239 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
240 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
241 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
242 Action Park 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
243 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
244 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
245 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
246 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
247 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
248 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
249 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
250 Falls Lake 15.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
251 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
252 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
253 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
254 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
255 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
256 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
257 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
258 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
259 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
260 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
261 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
262 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%