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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 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 77 95 81.1% 72.0%
2 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 33 39 84.6% 70.3%
3 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 20 23 87.0% 67.9%
4 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 279 389 71.7% 67.1%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 100 135 74.1% 66.1%
6 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
7 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 25 31 80.6% 63.7%
8 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 66 93 71.0% 61.1%
9 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 22 28 78.6% 60.5%
10 Bond Park 2.7 96 142 67.6% 59.5%
11 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
12 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 236 382 61.8% 56.8%
13 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 21 28 75.0% 56.6%
14 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
15 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
16 Little Creek Trail 15.3 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
17 Shelley Lake 8.1 85 135 63.0% 54.6%
18 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 108 176 61.4% 54.0%
19 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
20 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 26 38 68.4% 52.5%
21 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
22 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 39 60 65.0% 52.4%
23 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 47 74 63.5% 52.1%
24 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 183 323 56.7% 51.2%
25 Apex Community Park 3.7 103 176 58.5% 51.1%
26 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
27 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
28 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 29 45 64.4% 49.8%
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 7.2 182 437 41.6% 37.1%
66 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 29 59 49.2% 36.8%
67 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
68 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 32 68 47.1% 35.7%
69 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
70 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
71 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
72 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
73 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
74 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
75 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
76 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
77 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
78 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
79 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 17 34 50.0% 34.1%
80 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
81 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 33 75 44.0% 33.3%
82 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
83 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
84 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
85 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 35 85 41.2% 31.3%
86 Dorothea Dix 6.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
87 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
88 Carrboro High School 18.4 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
89 Lake Betz 7.3 87 240 36.2% 30.4%
90 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
91 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
92 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
93 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
94 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
95 Schenck Forest 3.6 74 208 35.6% 29.4%
96 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 43 114 37.7% 29.4%
97 Raven Rock SP 23.9 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
98 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
99 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
100 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 15 34 44.1% 28.9%
101 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 28 73 38.4% 28.1%
102 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
103 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
104 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
105 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
106 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
107 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
108 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
109 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
110 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
111 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
112 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
113 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
114 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 19 54 35.2% 23.8%
115 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 40 129 31.0% 23.7%
116 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
117 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
118 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 27 83 32.5% 23.4%
119 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
120 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
121 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
122 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
123 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
124 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
125 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
126 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
127 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
128 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
129 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 40 146 27.4% 20.8%
130 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
131 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
132 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
133 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
134 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
135 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
136 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
140 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
141 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
142 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
143 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
144 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
145 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
146 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
147 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
148 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
149 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 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. 6.7 116 592 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 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
194 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
195 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
196 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
197 Fallon park 8.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
198 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
199 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 13 70 18.6% 11.2%
200 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
201 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
202 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
203 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
204 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
205 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
206 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
207 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
208 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
221 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
223 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 11 67 16.4% 9.4%
224 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 10 60 16.7% 9.3%
225 Leesville Park 7.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
226 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
227 Northgate Park 17.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
228 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
229 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 16 134 11.9% 7.5%
230 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
231 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
232 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 11 96 11.5% 6.5%
233 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
234 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
235 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
236 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
237 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
238 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
239 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
240 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
241 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
242 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
243 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
244 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
245 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 70 10.0% 4.9%
246 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 9 99 9.1% 4.9%
247 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
248 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 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 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
255 Pullen Park 6.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
256 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
257 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
258 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
259 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
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%