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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%