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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in March
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 March. 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 44 44 100.0% 92.0%
2 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 414 549 75.4% 71.6%
3 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 97 124 78.2% 70.2%
4 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 18 20 90.0% 69.9%
5 Bond Park 2.7 122 160 76.2% 69.1%
6 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
7 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 20 23 87.0% 67.9%
8 Ritter Park 4.3 46 58 79.3% 67.2%
9 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 23 28 82.1% 64.4%
10 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 56 75 74.7% 63.8%
11 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 69 95 72.6% 62.9%
12 White Deer Park 11.6 10 11 90.9% 62.3%
13 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 133 197 67.5% 60.7%
14 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 42 58 72.4% 59.8%
15 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 27 36 75.0% 58.9%
16 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 270 426 63.4% 58.7%
17 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 114 178 64.0% 56.8%
18 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
19 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
20 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
21 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
22 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 24 33 72.7% 55.8%
23 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
24 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
25 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 23 33 69.7% 52.7%
26 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 26 38 68.4% 52.5%
27 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
28 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 20 29 69.0% 50.8%
29 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 21 31 67.7% 50.1%
30 Apex Community Park 3.7 52 86 60.5% 49.9%
31 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 42 68 61.8% 49.9%
32 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
33 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 42 69 60.9% 49.1%
34 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 24 37 64.9% 48.8%
35 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
36 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
37 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 30 49 61.2% 47.2%
38 Raven Rock SP 23.9 20 31 64.5% 46.9%
39 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 20 31 64.5% 46.9%
40 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
41 Shelley Lake 8.1 58 105 55.2% 45.7%
42 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
43 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
44 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
45 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
46 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 32 55 58.2% 45.0%
47 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 22 36 61.1% 44.9%
48 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 22 36 61.1% 44.9%
49 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
50 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 11 16 68.8% 44.4%
51 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 103 201 51.2% 44.4%
52 17 Acre Woods 18.0 28 48 58.3% 44.3%
53 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 40 72 55.6% 44.1%
54 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
55 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
56 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 136 274 49.6% 43.8%
57 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
58 Little Creek Trail 15.3 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
59 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
60 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
61 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
62 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 36 65 55.4% 43.3%
63 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
64 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
65 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
66 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
67 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 27 48 56.2% 42.3%
68 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 24 42 57.1% 42.2%
69 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 235 511 46.0% 41.7%
70 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
71 Wendell Park 22.6 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
72 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 80 166 48.2% 40.7%
73 Lake Benson 11.9 32 61 52.5% 40.2%
74 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 24 44 54.5% 40.1%
75 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
76 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
77 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
78 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 22 41 53.7% 38.7%
79 Lake Lynn 7.7 70 153 45.8% 38.1%
80 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
81 Schenck Forest 3.6 78 176 44.3% 37.2%
82 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
83 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 67 153 43.8% 36.2%
84 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 23 46 50.0% 36.1%
85 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
86 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
87 Homestead Park 19.3 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
88 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
89 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 29 61 47.5% 35.5%
90 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
91 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
92 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
93 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
94 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
95 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
96 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
97 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
98 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
99 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
100 Parker Preserve 15.5 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
101 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
102 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 29 68 42.6% 31.6%
103 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
104 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
105 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 163 461 35.4% 31.1%
106 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
107 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
108 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
109 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
110 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
111 Walltown Park 17.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
112 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 13 28 46.4% 29.5%
113 Lake Raleigh 6.0 41 111 36.9% 28.5%
114 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
115 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 36 97 37.1% 28.2%
116 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 27 70 38.6% 28.0%
117 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
118 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 16 38 42.1% 27.9%
119 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
120 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
121 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
122 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 30 84 35.7% 26.3%
123 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 21 56 37.5% 26.0%
124 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
125 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
126 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 15 39 38.5% 24.9%
127 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
128 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
129 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 36 112 32.1% 24.2%
130 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
131 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
132 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
133 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
134 Lake Betz 7.3 69 250 27.6% 22.4%
135 Beaver Marsh 16.7 105 396 26.5% 22.4%
136 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
137 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
138 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
139 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
140 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
141 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
142 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
143 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
144 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
145 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
146 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
147 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
148 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
149 Higgins Park 1.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
150 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
151 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
152 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 43 160 26.9% 20.6%
153 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 18 59 30.5% 20.3%
154 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 20 67 29.9% 20.2%
155 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
156 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
157 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 85 366 23.2% 19.2%
158 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
159 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
160 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 16 55 29.1% 18.8%
161 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
162 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
163 Fearrington Village 17.5 13 43 30.2% 18.6%
164 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
165 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
166 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
167 Crowder District Park 6.8 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
168 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 19 79 24.1% 16.0%
169 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
170 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
171 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
172 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
173 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
174 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
175 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
176 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
177 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
178 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
179 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
180 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
181 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
182 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
183 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
184 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
185 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
186 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
187 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
188 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
189 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
190 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
191 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
192 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 11 70 15.7% 9.0%
204 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
205 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
206 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
207 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
208 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
209 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
210 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
211 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
212 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 17 138 12.3% 7.8%
213 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
214 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
215 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
216 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
217 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
218 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
219 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
220 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
221 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
222 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
223 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
224 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
226 Pullen Park 6.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
227 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
228 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
229 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
230 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
231 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
232 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
233 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
234 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
235 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
236 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
237 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
241 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
242 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
243 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 6 66 9.1% 4.2%
244 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
245 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
246 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
247 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
248 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
249 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
250 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
251 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
252 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
253 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
254 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
255 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
256 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
257 Northgate Park 17.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
258 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
259 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
260 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
261 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
262 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
263 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
264 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
265 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 57 1.8% 0.3%