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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in December
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 December. 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 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 18 18 100.0% 82.4%
2 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 32 34 94.1% 80.9%
3 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 153 188 81.4% 75.2%
4 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 29 33 87.9% 72.7%
5 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 199 255 78.0% 72.6%
6 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 32 37 86.5% 72.0%
7 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 67 83 80.7% 71.0%
8 Bond Park 2.7 77 97 79.4% 70.3%
9 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 218 290 75.2% 69.9%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 100 130 76.9% 69.0%
11 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
12 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
13 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
14 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 192 273 70.3% 64.7%
15 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
16 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
17 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
18 Schenck Forest 3.6 89 123 72.4% 63.9%
19 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
20 Shelley Lake 8.1 76 109 69.7% 60.5%
21 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
22 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 37 51 72.5% 59.1%
23 Eastgate Park 9.5 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
24 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 23 31 74.2% 56.8%
25 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
26 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
27 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
28 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
29 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 26 36 72.2% 56.0%
30 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 27 38 71.1% 55.2%
31 Lake Benson 11.9 48 72 66.7% 55.2%
32 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
33 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
34 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
35 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
36 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
37 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
38 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 37 58 63.8% 50.9%
39 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 23 34 67.6% 50.8%
40 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 23 34 67.6% 50.8%
41 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
42 17 Acre Woods 18.0 36 57 63.2% 50.2%
43 Ritter Park 4.3 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
44 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
45 Apex Community Park 3.7 43 70 61.4% 49.7%
46 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 27 42 64.3% 49.2%
47 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
48 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
49 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
50 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
51 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
52 Lake Lynn 7.7 77 138 55.8% 47.5%
53 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 29 47 61.7% 47.4%
54 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
55 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
56 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
57 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 37 63 58.7% 46.4%
58 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
59 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
60 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
61 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
62 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
63 Wendell Park 22.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
64 Parker Preserve 15.5 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
65 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 90 173 52.0% 44.6%
66 Dorothea Dix 6.6 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
67 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 17 27 63.0% 44.2%
68 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
69 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
70 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
71 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 32 57 56.1% 43.3%
72 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
73 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
74 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
75 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 64 126 50.8% 42.2%
76 White Deer Park 11.6 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
77 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 28 51 54.9% 41.4%
78 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 28 51 54.9% 41.4%
79 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
80 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 20 35 57.1% 40.9%
81 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 30 56 53.6% 40.7%
82 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 25 46 54.3% 40.2%
83 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
84 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
85 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
86 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
87 Higgins Greenway 1.2 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
88 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
89 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
90 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 23 44 52.3% 37.9%
91 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 132 306 43.1% 37.7%
92 Raven Rock SP 23.9 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
93 Williamson Preserve 19.2 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
94 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
95 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
96 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
97 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
98 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
99 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 24 49 49.0% 35.6%
100 Homestead Park 19.3 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
101 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
102 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
103 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 153 384 39.8% 35.1%
104 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
105 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
106 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
107 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
108 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
109 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
110 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 22 47 46.8% 33.3%
111 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
112 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 39 93 41.9% 32.4%
113 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
114 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
115 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
116 Town Lake Park 23.4 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
117 Lake Raleigh 6.0 36 89 40.4% 30.9%
118 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 18 40 45.0% 30.7%
119 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 171 498 34.3% 30.3%
120 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 75 206 36.4% 30.1%
121 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
122 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
123 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
124 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
125 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
127 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
128 Lake Betz 7.3 51 138 37.0% 29.4%
129 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
130 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 21 51 41.2% 28.8%
131 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
132 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
133 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
134 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
135 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
136 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 44 130 33.8% 26.3%
137 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
138 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
139 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
140 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
141 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 19 52 36.5% 24.8%
142 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 21 60 35.0% 24.2%
143 Indian Trail Park 18.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
144 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 47 156 30.1% 23.5%
145 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
146 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
147 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
148 Northgate Park 17.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
149 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
150 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
151 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 18 55 32.7% 21.8%
152 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
153 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
154 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
155 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 15 46 32.6% 20.9%
156 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
157 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
158 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
159 Walltown Park 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
160 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
161 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
162 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
163 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
164 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
165 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
166 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
167 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
168 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
169 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
170 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
171 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
172 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
173 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
174 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
175 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
176 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
177 Lyon Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
178 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
179 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
180 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
181 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 17 59 28.8% 18.8%
182 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
183 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
184 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
185 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 17 64 26.6% 17.3%
186 Beaver Marsh 16.7 43 190 22.6% 17.3%
187 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
188 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 35 167 21.0% 15.5%
189 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
190 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
191 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
192 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
193 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
194 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
195 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
196 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
197 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 21 104 20.2% 13.6%
198 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 19 102 18.6% 12.3%
199 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
200 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
201 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
202 Leesville Park 7.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
203 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
204 Lake Wheeler 8.2 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
205 Pullen Park 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
206 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
207 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
208 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
221 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
223 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
224 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
225 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
226 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
227 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
228 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
229 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
230 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
231 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
232 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
233 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
234 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
235 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
236 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
237 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
238 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
239 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
240 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
241 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
242 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
243 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
244 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 8 78 10.3% 5.3%
245 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
246 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
247 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
248 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
249 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
250 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
251 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
252 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
253 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
254 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
255 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
256 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
257 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
258 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
259 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
260 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
261 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
262 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
263 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
264 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
265 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%