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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in February
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 February. 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	41	43	95.3%	84.5%
2			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	77	95	81.1%	72.0%
3			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	33	39	84.6%	70.3%
4			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	20	23	87.0%	67.9%
5			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	279	389	71.7%	67.1%
6			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	100	135	74.1%	66.1%
7			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	18	21	85.7%	65.4%
8			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	25	31	80.6%	63.7%
9			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	66	93	71.0%	61.1%
10			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	22	28	78.6%	60.5%
11			Bond Park	2.7	96	142	67.6%	59.5%
12			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	20	26	76.9%	57.9%
13			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	235	381	61.7%	56.7%
14			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	21	28	75.0%	56.6%
15			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	17	22	77.3%	56.6%
16			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
17			Little Creek Trail	15.3	8	9	88.9%	56.5%
18			Shelley Lake	8.1	85	135	63.0%	54.6%
19			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	108	176	61.4%	54.0%
20			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	15	20	75.0%	53.1%
21			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	26	38	68.4%	52.5%
22			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	11	14	78.6%	52.4%
23			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	39	60	65.0%	52.4%
24			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	47	74	63.5%	52.1%
25			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	183	322	56.8%	51.4%
26			Apex Community Park	3.7	103	176	58.5%	51.1%
27			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
28			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	30	46	65.2%	50.8%
29			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	10	13	76.9%	49.7%
30			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	22	33	66.7%	49.6%
31			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	19	28	67.9%	49.3%
32			Wendell Park	22.6	16	23	69.6%	49.1%
33			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	11	15	73.3%	48.0%
34			17 Acre Woods	18.0	22	34	64.7%	47.9%
35			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	22	34	64.7%	47.9%
36			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	31	51	60.8%	47.1%
37			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	32	54	59.3%	46.0%
38			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	14	21	66.7%	45.4%
39			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
40			Lake Benson	11.9	48	86	55.8%	45.3%
41			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	7	9	77.8%	45.3%
42			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	26	44	59.1%	44.4%
43			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
44			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
45			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
46			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
47			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
48			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	38	69	55.1%	43.4%
49			Ritter Park	4.3	14	22	63.6%	43.0%
50			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	43	80	53.8%	42.9%
51			Parker Preserve	15.5	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
52			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	85	171	49.7%	42.3%
53			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	10	15	66.7%	41.7%
54			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	20	35	57.1%	40.9%
55			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	19	33	57.6%	40.8%
56			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
57			Eastgate Park	9.5	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
58			Apex Nature Park	8.6	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
59			Lake Lynn	7.7	61	127	48.0%	39.5%
60			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	26	49	53.1%	39.4%
61			White Deer Park	11.6	23	43	53.5%	38.9%
62			Higgins Greenway	1.2	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
63			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	62	132	47.0%	38.7%
64			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	208	496	41.9%	37.7%
65			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	182	436	41.7%	37.2%
66			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	29	59	49.2%	36.8%
67			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	32	68	47.1%	35.7%
68			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
69			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
70			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
71			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
72			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
73			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
74			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
75			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
76			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
77			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
78			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	17	34	50.0%	34.1%
79			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
80			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	33	75	44.0%	33.3%
81			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
82			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
83			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
84			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	35	85	41.2%	31.3%
85			Dorothea Dix	6.6	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
86			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
87			Carrboro High School	18.4	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
88			Lake Betz	7.3	87	240	36.2%	30.4%
89			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
90			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
91			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
92			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
93			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
94			Schenck Forest	3.6	74	208	35.6%	29.4%
95			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	43	114	37.7%	29.4%
96			Raven Rock SP	23.9	11	23	47.8%	29.2%
97			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
98			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
99			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	15	34	44.1%	28.9%
100			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
101			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
102			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
103			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	27	71	38.0%	27.6%
104			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	12	27	44.4%	27.6%
105			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
106			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	12	28	42.9%	26.5%
107			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	14	35	40.0%	25.6%
108			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
109			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
110			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
111			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
112			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
113			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	19	53	35.8%	24.3%
114			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	40	129	31.0%	23.7%
115			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
116			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
117			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	27	83	32.5%	23.4%
118			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	10	25	40.0%	23.4%
119			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	6	13	46.2%	23.2%
120			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
121			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
122			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
123			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
124			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
125			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
126			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
127			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
128			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	40	146	27.4%	20.8%
129			Duke Forest Rd.	20.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
130			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
131			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
132			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
133			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
134			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
135			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
136			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
137			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
138			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
139			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
140			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
141			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
142			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
143			Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
144			American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road	8.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
145			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
146			Strickland Park	8.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
147			Cedar Hills Park	9.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
148			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
149			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
150			Walltown Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
151			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
152			Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
153			East Clayton Community Park	23.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
154			Lake Raleigh	6.0	46	177	26.0%	20.1%
155			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
156			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
157			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	14	46	30.4%	19.1%
158			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
159			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	15	52	28.8%	18.3%
160			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	20	76	26.3%	17.7%
161			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
162			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
163			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	16	59	27.1%	17.4%
164			Beaver Marsh	16.7	63	295	21.4%	17.1%
165			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
166			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	116	591	19.6%	16.6%
167			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	31	136	22.8%	16.5%
168			Crowder District Park	6.8	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
169			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
170			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	27	122	22.1%	15.7%
171			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
172			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
173			Greenview Ponds	7.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
174			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
175			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
176			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
177			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
178			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
179			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
180			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
181			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
182			Forest Hills Park	15.0	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
183			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
184			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
185			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
186			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	8	31	25.8%	13.7%
187			Homestead Park	19.3	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
188			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	8	32	25.0%	13.3%
189			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
190			Williamson Preserve	19.2	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
191			Ten-Ten Road Pond	9.4	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
192			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
193			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
194			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
195			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
196			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
197			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
198			Fallon park	8.1	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
199			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
200			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	13	70	18.6%	11.2%
201			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
202			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
203			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
204			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
205			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
206			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
207			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
208			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
209			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	10	59	16.9%	9.5%
210			Eno River SP--The Quarry	21.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
211			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
212			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
213			Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
214			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
215			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
216			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
217			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
218			American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
219			Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.)	9.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
220			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
221			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
222			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
223			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
224			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
225			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	11	67	16.4%	9.4%
226			Leesville Park	7.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
227			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
228			Northgate Park	17.2	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
229			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
230			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	16	133	12.0%	7.5%
231			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
232			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
233			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	11	96	11.5%	6.5%
234			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
235			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
236			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
237			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
238			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
239			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
240			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
241			Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
242			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
243			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
244			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
245			Fearrington Village	17.5	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
246			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	7	70	10.0%	4.9%
247			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	9	99	9.1%	4.9%
248			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
249			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
250			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
251			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	7	79	8.9%	4.4%
252			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	4	39	10.3%	4.1%
253			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
254			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
255			Lake Wheeler	8.2	4	44	9.1%	3.6%
256			Pullen Park	6.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
257			Town Lake Park	23.4	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
258			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
259			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
260			Falls Lake	15.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
261			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
262			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
263			Jack Marley Park	19.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
264			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
265			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
266			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
267			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
268			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
269			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
270			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
271			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	49	2.0%	0.4%