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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	17	17	100.0%	81.6%
2			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	32	34	94.1%	80.9%
3			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	152	187	81.3%	75.1%
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			Schenck Forest	3.6	91	125	72.8%	64.4%
18			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	14	16	87.5%	64.0%
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			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	10	12	83.3%	55.2%
32			Lake Benson	11.9	48	72	66.7%	55.2%
33			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	18	24	75.0%	55.1%
34			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	14	18	77.8%	54.8%
35			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
36			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	7	8	87.5%	52.9%
37			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
38			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	14	19	73.7%	51.2%
39			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
40			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	37	58	63.8%	50.9%
41			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	23	34	67.6%	50.8%
42			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	23	34	67.6%	50.8%
43			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	12	16	75.0%	50.5%
44			17 Acre Woods	18.0	36	57	63.2%	50.2%
45			Ritter Park	4.3	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
46			White Deer Park	11.6	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
47			Apex Community Park	3.7	43	70	61.4%	49.7%
48			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	27	42	64.3%	49.2%
49			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	13	18	72.2%	49.1%
50			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	8	10	80.0%	49.0%
51			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
52			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	18	27	66.7%	47.8%
53			Lake Lynn	7.7	77	138	55.8%	47.5%
54			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	29	47	61.7%	47.4%
55			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	37	62	59.7%	47.3%
56			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
57			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
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			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
67			Dorothea Dix	6.6	11	16	68.8%	44.4%
68			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	17	27	63.0%	44.2%
69			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	33	58	56.9%	44.1%
70			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
71			Coker Pinetum	16.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
72			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
73			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	14	22	63.6%	43.0%
74			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	15	24	62.5%	42.7%
75			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
76			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	64	126	50.8%	42.2%
77			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	28	51	54.9%	41.4%
78			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
79			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	20	35	57.1%	40.9%
80			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	30	56	53.6%	40.7%
81			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	25	46	54.3%	40.2%
82			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
83			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
84			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
85			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	28	53	52.8%	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	130	304	42.8%	37.3%
92			Williamson Preserve	19.2	18	34	52.9%	36.7%
93			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	12	21	57.1%	36.5%
94			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
95			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
96			Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
97			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
98			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	24	49	49.0%	35.6%
99			Homestead Park	19.3	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
100			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
101			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	152	383	39.7%	34.9%
102			Raven Rock SP	23.9	15	29	51.7%	34.4%
103			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
104			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
105			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
106			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
107			Walltown Park	17.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
108			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
109			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
110			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
111			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	18	37	48.6%	33.4%
112			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	22	47	46.8%	33.3%
113			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
114			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	39	96	40.6%	31.3%
115			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
116			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
117			Town Lake Park	23.4	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
118			Lake Raleigh	6.0	36	89	40.4%	30.9%
119			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	18	40	45.0%	30.7%
120			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	170	497	34.2%	30.2%
121			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	75	206	36.4%	30.1%
122			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
123			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
124			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
125			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
126			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
127			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
128			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
129			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
130			Lake Betz	7.3	51	139	36.7%	29.1%
131			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	21	51	41.2%	28.8%
132			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
133			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
134			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
135			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	12	27	44.4%	27.6%
136			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	7	14	50.0%	26.8%
137			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	44	130	33.8%	26.3%
138			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
139			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
140			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
141			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
142			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
143			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	19	52	36.5%	24.8%
144			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	21	60	35.0%	24.2%
145			Indian Trail Park	18.1	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
146			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	47	156	30.1%	23.5%
147			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
148			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
149			Northgate Park	17.2	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
150			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	19	56	33.9%	22.9%
151			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
152			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	15	43	34.9%	22.4%
153			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
154			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
155			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
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			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
160			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
161			Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
162			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
163			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
164			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
165			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
166			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
167			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp	18.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
168			Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
169			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
170			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
171			Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
172			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
173			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
174			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
175			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
176			Lyon Park	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
177			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
178			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
179			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	11	33	33.3%	19.8%
180			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	14	45	31.1%	19.5%
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			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	21	103	20.4%	13.7%
197			Hoffman Lake	2.4	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
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			Lake Wheeler	8.2	9	45	20.0%	10.9%
204			Pullen Park	6.6	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
205			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
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	29	17.2%	7.6%
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			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
253			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
254			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
255			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
256			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
257			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
258			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
259			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
260			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	4	59	6.8%	2.7%
261			Falls Lake	15.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
262			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
263			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
264			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
265			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
266			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	1	24	4.2%	0.7%