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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in April
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 April. 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 97 102 95.1% 89.0%
2 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 29 35 82.9% 67.3%
3 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
4 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
5 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
6 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 552 865 63.8% 60.6%
7 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 39 56 69.6% 56.7%
8 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
9 Bond Park 2.7 121 195 62.1% 55.1%
10 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 50 78 64.1% 53.0%
11 Wendell Park 22.6 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
12 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 72 120 60.0% 51.1%
13 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
14 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 83 143 58.0% 49.8%
15 17 Acre Woods 18.0 72 124 58.1% 49.3%
16 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 50 84 59.5% 48.8%
17 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 240 453 53.0% 48.4%
18 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 32 53 60.4% 46.9%
19 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
20 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
21 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 97 181 53.6% 46.3%
22 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 43 75 57.3% 46.1%
23 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 114 217 52.5% 45.9%
24 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
25 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 35 61 57.4% 44.9%
26 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 406 845 48.0% 44.7%
27 Schenck Forest 3.6 137 274 50.0% 44.1%
28 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 21 35 60.0% 43.6%
29 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 17 28 60.7% 42.4%
30 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 27 49 55.1% 41.3%
31 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
32 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
33 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
34 White Deer Park 11.6 30 56 53.6% 40.7%
35 Lake Lynn 7.7 100 213 46.9% 40.4%
36 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 53 108 49.1% 39.8%
37 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
38 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 47 96 49.0% 39.2%
39 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 51 106 48.1% 38.8%
40 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 14 24 58.3% 38.8%
41 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 32 63 50.8% 38.8%
42 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
43 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 41 84 48.8% 38.4%
44 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 40 82 48.8% 38.3%
45 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
46 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 28 57 49.1% 36.6%
47 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 142 343 41.4% 36.3%
48 Shelley Lake 8.1 55 123 44.7% 36.2%
49 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 226 564 40.1% 36.1%
50 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 126 314 40.1% 34.9%
51 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 26 55 47.3% 34.7%
52 Strickland Park 8.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
53 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
54 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 26 56 46.4% 34.0%
55 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
56 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
57 Ritter Park 4.3 47 111 42.3% 33.6%
58 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 42 98 42.9% 33.5%
59 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 42 98 42.9% 33.5%
60 Parker Preserve 15.5 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
61 Apex Community Park 3.7 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
62 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 40 93 43.0% 33.4%
63 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 20 42 47.6% 33.4%
64 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 67 166 40.4% 33.2%
65 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 14 28 50.0% 32.6%
66 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
67 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
68 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 17 37 45.9% 31.0%
69 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 59 156 37.8% 30.6%
70 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
71 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
72 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
73 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 42 109 38.5% 29.9%
74 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
75 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 143 432 33.1% 28.8%
76 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 16 37 43.2% 28.7%
77 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 25 63 39.7% 28.5%
78 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
79 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
80 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
81 Raven Rock SP 23.9 22 56 39.3% 27.6%
82 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 118 369 32.0% 27.4%
83 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
84 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
85 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
86 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 22 59 37.3% 26.1%
87 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 41 122 33.6% 25.8%
88 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
89 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
90 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 21 57 36.8% 25.5%
91 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 24 69 34.8% 24.6%
92 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
93 Lake Betz 7.3 91 317 28.7% 24.0%
94 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
95 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 19 55 34.5% 23.4%
96 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 19 55 34.5% 23.4%
97 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
98 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
99 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
100 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
101 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
102 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
103 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
104 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
105 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
106 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
107 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
108 Lake Benson 11.9 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
109 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
110 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
111 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
112 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 Hillcrest Cemetery 0.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 American Tobacco Trail--O'Kelly Chapel Road 9.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 American Tobacco Trail--Elmira Park 13.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
120 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
121 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
122 Indian Trail Park 18.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
123 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 13 40 32.5% 20.1%
124 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 26 92 28.3% 20.1%
125 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
126 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 14 45 31.1% 19.5%
127 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
128 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
129 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
130 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
131 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
132 Fearrington Village 17.5 17 63 27.0% 17.6%
133 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
134 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 19 75 25.3% 16.9%
135 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
136 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
137 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
138 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
139 Lake Raleigh 6.0 28 126 22.2% 15.8%
140 Beaver Marsh 16.7 63 318 19.8% 15.8%
141 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
142 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 15 62 24.2% 15.2%
143 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
144 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
145 Homestead Park 19.3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
146 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
147 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 85 465 18.3% 15.0%
148 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
149 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
150 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
151 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
152 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
153 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
154 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
155 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
156 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
157 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 13 54 24.1% 14.6%
158 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
159 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 20 93 21.5% 14.4%
160 Crowder District Park 6.8 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
161 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
162 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
163 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
164 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 11 48 22.9% 13.3%
165 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
166 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 38 23.7% 13.0%
167 Pullen Park 6.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
168 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
169 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
170 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
171 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
172 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
173 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
174 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
175 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
176 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
177 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
178 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
179 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
180 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
181 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
182 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
183 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
184 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
185 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
186 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
187 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
188 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
189 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
190 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
191 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
192 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
193 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
194 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
195 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Greene Tract 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
203 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
204 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
205 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
206 Fallon park 8.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
207 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
208 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
209 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
210 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
211 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
212 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
213 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
214 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
215 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
216 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 23 219 10.5% 7.1%
217 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
218 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
219 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
220 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
221 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
222 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
223 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
224 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 Forgotten Pond 19.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
226 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
227 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
228 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
229 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
230 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
231 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
232 Northgate Park 17.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
233 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 6 51 11.8% 5.5%
234 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
235 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
236 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
237 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
238 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
240 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 9 117 7.7% 4.1%
241 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
242 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
243 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
244 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
245 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
246 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
247 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
248 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
249 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
250 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
251 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
252 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
253 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
254 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
255 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
256 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
257 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
258 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
259 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
260 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
261 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
262 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
263 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
264 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
265 Falls Lake 15.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
266 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 96 3.1% 1.1%