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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 23 25 92.0% 75.0%
2 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 64 78 82.1% 72.1%
3 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 19 21 90.5% 71.1%
4 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 240 335 71.6% 66.6%
5 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
6 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
7 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
8 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 19 84.2% 62.4%
9 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 52 72 72.2% 61.0%
10 Bond Park 2.7 93 137 67.9% 59.7%
11 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
12 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 201 327 61.5% 56.1%
14 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 46 69 66.7% 54.9%
15 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 42 64 65.6% 53.4%
16 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
17 Wendell Park 22.6 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
18 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
19 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
20 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 36 55 65.5% 52.3%
21 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
22 Shelley Lake 8.1 63 104 60.6% 51.0%
23 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
24 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 158 279 56.6% 50.8%
25 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
26 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 30 47 63.8% 49.5%
27 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 80 139 57.6% 49.2%
28 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
29 Apex Community Park 3.7 76 137 55.5% 47.1%
30 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
31 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
32 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 29 50 58.0% 44.2%
33 17 Acre Woods 18.0 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
34 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
35 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
36 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
37 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
38 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
39 Little Creek Trail 15.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
40 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
41 Parker Preserve 15.5 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
42 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
43 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 36 68 52.9% 41.2%
44 Ritter Park 4.3 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
45 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
46 Eastgate Park 9.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
47 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
48 Lake Lynn 7.7 53 107 49.5% 40.2%
49 Lake Benson 11.9 38 74 51.4% 40.2%
50 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 30 57 52.6% 39.9%
51 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
52 Apex Nature Park 8.6 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
53 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
54 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 170 390 43.6% 38.8%
55 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
56 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
57 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
58 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 58 128 45.3% 37.0%
59 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 181 437 41.4% 36.9%
60 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
61 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
62 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
63 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
64 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
65 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
66 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
67 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
68 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 54 128 42.2% 34.0%
69 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
70 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
71 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 15 30 50.0% 33.2%
72 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
73 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
74 Dorothea Dix 6.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
75 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 33 81 40.7% 30.7%
76 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
77 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
78 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
79 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 25 60 41.7% 30.1%
80 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
81 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
82 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
83 Schenck Forest 3.6 70 194 36.1% 29.7%
84 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 22 53 41.5% 29.3%
85 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
86 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 39 104 37.5% 28.8%
87 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
88 Raven Rock SP 23.9 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
89 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
90 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
91 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 17 42 40.5% 27.0%
92 White Deer Park 11.6 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
93 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
94 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
95 Lake Betz 7.3 68 208 32.7% 26.7%
96 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
97 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
98 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
99 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
100 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
101 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 19 52 36.5% 24.8%
102 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
103 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
104 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
105 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
106 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
107 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
108 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
109 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
110 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
111 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 25 77 32.5% 23.1%
112 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
113 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
114 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
115 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
116 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
117 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
118 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
119 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
120 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
121 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
122 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
123 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
124 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
125 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
137 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
138 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
139 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
140 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
141 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
142 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
143 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
144 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
145 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
146 Lake Raleigh 6.0 28 113 24.8% 17.7%
147 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
148 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 28 117 23.9% 17.1%
149 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
150 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 30 132 22.7% 16.4%
151 Homestead Park 19.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
152 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
153 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
154 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
155 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
156 Beaver Marsh 16.7 55 281 19.6% 15.4%
157 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
158 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
159 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 17 73 23.3% 15.1%
160 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
161 Greenview Ponds 7.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
162 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
163 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
164 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
165 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 90 510 17.6% 14.6%
166 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
167 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
168 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 11 46 23.9% 13.9%
169 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 22 110 20.0% 13.6%
170 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
171 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
172 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
173 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
174 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
175 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
176 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
177 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
178 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
179 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
180 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
181 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
182 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
183 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
184 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
185 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
186 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
187 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
188 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
189 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
191 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
192 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
202 Fallon park 8.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
203 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
204 Leesville Park 7.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
205 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
206 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
207 Northgate Park 17.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
208 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
209 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
210 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
211 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
212 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
213 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
214 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
215 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
216 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
217 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
218 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
219 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
220 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
221 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
222 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 91 11.0% 6.1%
223 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 66 10.6% 5.2%
224 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 10 109 9.2% 5.1%
225 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
226 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
227 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 72 9.7% 4.8%
228 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
229 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
230 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
231 Pullen Park 6.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
232 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
233 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
234 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
235 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
236 Falls Lake 15.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
237 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
238 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
239 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 5 85 5.9% 2.5%
240 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
241 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
242 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
243 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
244 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
245 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
246 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
247 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 47 2.1% 0.4%