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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	346	477	72.5%	68.4%
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			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	25	36	69.4%	53.1%
41			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	58	92	63.0%	52.8%
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			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	176	403	43.7%	38.9%
86			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
87			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	12	20	60.0%	38.7%
88			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	23	44	52.3%	37.9%
89			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
90			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
91			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
92			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
93			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	14	25	56.0%	37.1%
94			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	65	145	44.8%	37.0%
95			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	11	19	57.9%	36.3%
96			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	64	146	43.8%	36.0%
97			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	10	17	58.8%	36.0%
98			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
99			Crowder District Park	6.8	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
100			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	15	28	53.6%	35.8%
101			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
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			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
120			Mount Hope Cemetery	7.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
121			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
122			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
123			Williamson Preserve	19.2	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
124			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	127	369	34.4%	29.8%
125			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	20	47	42.6%	29.5%
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--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	15	45	33.3%	21.4%
153			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
154			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
155			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
156			Hoffman Lake	2.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
157			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
158			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
159			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
160			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
161			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
162			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
163			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
164			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
165			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
166			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
167			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
168			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
169			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing	12.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
170			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
171			Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
172			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
173			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
174			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
175			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
176			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
177			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
178			Higgins Greenway	1.2	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
179			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
180			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
181			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
182			Beaver Marsh	16.7	37	161	23.0%	17.2%
183			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
184			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
185			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	7	22	31.8%	16.4%
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			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	21	100	21.0%	14.2%
200			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
201			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	15	68	22.1%	13.8%
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%