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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in November
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 November. 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 47 50 94.0% 83.8%
2 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 13 100.0% 77.2%
3 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 74 92 80.4% 71.2%
4 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 216 290 74.5% 69.2%
5 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 271 368 73.6% 68.9%
6 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 158 220 71.8% 65.5%
7 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 21 25 84.0% 65.3%
8 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 59 79 74.7% 64.1%
9 Bond Park 2.7 72 100 72.0% 62.5%
10 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 43 58 74.1% 61.6%
11 Wendell Park 22.6 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
12 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 60 87 69.0% 58.6%
13 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 40 56 71.4% 58.5%
14 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
15 Lake Lynn 7.7 103 160 64.4% 56.7%
16 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
17 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 34 49 69.4% 55.5%
18 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 18 24 75.0% 55.1%
19 Apex Community Park 3.7 43 64 67.2% 55.0%
20 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 30 43 69.8% 54.9%
21 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
22 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 31 45 68.9% 54.3%
23 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
24 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 180 308 58.4% 52.9%
25 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
26 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
27 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
28 Shelley Lake 8.1 62 101 61.4% 51.6%
29 Schenck Forest 3.6 79 132 59.8% 51.3%
30 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
31 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
32 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
33 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
34 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
35 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
36 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
37 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
38 Apex Nature Park 8.6 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
39 Higgins Greenway 1.2 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
40 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 39 65 60.0% 47.9%
41 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
42 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 29 47 61.7% 47.4%
43 17 Acre Woods 18.0 20 31 64.5% 46.9%
44 Lake Benson 11.9 35 59 59.3% 46.6%
45 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 36 61 59.0% 46.5%
46 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
47 Carrboro High School 18.4 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
48 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
49 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
50 White Deer Park 11.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
51 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
52 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 20 32 62.5% 45.3%
53 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
54 Williamson Preserve 19.2 26 44 59.1% 44.4%
55 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
56 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
57 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
58 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 30 53 56.6% 43.3%
59 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
60 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
61 Strickland Park 8.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
62 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 41 80 51.2% 40.5%
63 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 34 65 52.3% 40.4%
64 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
65 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
66 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 51 106 48.1% 38.8%
67 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
68 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
69 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 20 37 54.1% 38.4%
70 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 170 395 43.0% 38.2%
71 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 38 78 48.7% 37.9%
72 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
73 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
74 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 84 197 42.6% 35.9%
75 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 22 44 50.0% 35.8%
76 Parker Preserve 15.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
77 Ritter Park 4.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
78 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
79 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
80 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 30 64 46.9% 35.2%
81 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 61 144 42.4% 34.6%
82 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 20 41 48.8% 34.3%
83 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
84 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
85 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
86 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
87 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
88 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
89 Lake Raleigh 6.0 32 73 43.8% 33.0%
90 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
91 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 143 395 36.2% 31.6%
92 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
93 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
94 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
95 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
96 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
97 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
98 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
99 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
100 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
101 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
102 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 50 137 36.5% 28.9%
103 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 16 37 43.2% 28.7%
104 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
105 Raven Rock SP 23.9 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
106 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
107 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 229 746 30.7% 27.5%
108 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
109 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 16 39 41.0% 27.1%
110 Lake Betz 7.3 67 202 33.2% 27.0%
111 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 19 48 39.6% 27.0%
112 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
113 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
114 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
115 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
116 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
117 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 179 619 28.9% 25.5%
118 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
119 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
120 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
121 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
122 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
123 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 36 112 32.1% 24.2%
124 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
125 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
126 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
127 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 21 62 33.9% 23.3%
128 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
129 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
130 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
131 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
132 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
133 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 49 171 28.7% 22.4%
134 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
135 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
136 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
137 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 65 245 26.5% 21.4%
138 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
139 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
140 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
141 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
142 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
143 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
144 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
145 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
146 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
147 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
148 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
149 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
150 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
151 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
152 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
153 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
154 Fallon park 8.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
155 Hillcrest Cemetery 0.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
156 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
157 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
158 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
159 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
160 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
161 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
162 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
163 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
164 East End Park 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
165 Jaycee Park 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
166 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
167 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
168 Clayton Community Park 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
169 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 13 40 32.5% 20.1%
170 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 24 84 28.6% 20.0%
171 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 24 84 28.6% 20.0%
172 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
173 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
174 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
175 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
176 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
177 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 46 196 23.5% 18.1%
178 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
179 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
180 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
181 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 15 56 26.8% 17.0%
182 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
183 Beaver Marsh 16.7 43 200 21.5% 16.4%
184 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
185 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
186 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 21 94 22.3% 15.1%
187 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
188 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
189 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
190 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 15 66 22.7% 14.3%
191 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
192 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
193 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
194 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
195 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
196 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
197 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 42 249 16.9% 12.7%
198 Lake Wheeler 8.2 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
199 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
200 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
201 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
202 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
203 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
204 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
205 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
206 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 10 51 19.6% 11.0%
207 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
208 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
209 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
210 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
211 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
212 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
213 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
214 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
215 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
221 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
223 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
224 Higgins Park 1.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
225 Lyon Park 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
226 Homestead Park 19.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
227 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
228 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
229 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
230 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 17 133 12.8% 8.1%
231 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 10 85 11.8% 6.5%
232 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
233 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
234 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
235 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
236 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
237 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
238 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
239 Duke Park 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
240 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
241 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
242 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
243 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
244 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
245 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
246 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 79 10.1% 5.2%
247 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
248 Falls Lake 15.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
249 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
250 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
251 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
252 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
253 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
254 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
255 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
256 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
257 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
258 Pullen Park 6.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
259 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
260 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
261 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 12 198 6.1% 3.5%
262 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
263 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
264 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
265 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
266 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
267 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
268 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
269 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
270 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
271 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
272 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%