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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in July
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 July. 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 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
2 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 83 108 76.9% 68.1%
3 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
4 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 22 28 78.6% 60.5%
5 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
6 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
7 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
8 Parker Preserve 15.5 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
9 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
10 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 47 71 66.2% 54.6%
11 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 41 62 66.1% 53.7%
12 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
13 Homestead Park 19.3 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
14 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 22 33 66.7% 49.6%
15 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 111 197 56.3% 49.4%
16 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 23 36 63.9% 47.6%
17 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 83 150 55.3% 47.3%
18 Schenck Forest 3.6 43 74 58.1% 46.7%
19 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 30 50 60.0% 46.2%
20 Bond Park 2.7 34 58 58.6% 45.8%
21 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 151 296 51.0% 45.3%
22 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 127 248 51.2% 45.0%
23 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
24 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
25 Strickland Park 8.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
26 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
27 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 29 51 56.9% 43.3%
28 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 68 135 50.4% 42.0%
29 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 75 152 49.3% 41.5%
30 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 29 55 52.7% 39.8%
31 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 57 119 47.9% 39.1%
32 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
33 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
34 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
35 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
36 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
37 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 23 45 51.1% 37.0%
38 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 30 62 48.4% 36.4%
39 Ritter Park 4.3 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
40 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
41 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
42 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
43 White Deer Park 11.6 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
44 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
45 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
46 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
47 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
48 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
49 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
50 Wendell Park 22.6 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
51 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 54 124 43.5% 35.1%
52 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
53 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
54 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 26 55 47.3% 34.7%
55 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
56 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
57 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 17 34 50.0% 34.1%
58 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 19 40 47.5% 32.9%
59 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 21 45 46.7% 32.9%
60 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
61 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
62 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
63 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
64 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
65 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
66 Lake Betz 7.3 56 145 38.6% 31.1%
67 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 17 37 45.9% 31.0%
68 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 31 75 41.3% 30.9%
69 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
70 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
71 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
72 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
73 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
74 Apex Community Park 3.7 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
75 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
76 Shelley Lake 8.1 32 83 38.6% 28.8%
77 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
78 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
79 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
80 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
81 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
82 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
83 Lake Lynn 7.7 58 182 31.9% 25.5%
84 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
85 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
86 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 17 46 37.0% 24.5%
87 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
88 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
89 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
90 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
91 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
92 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 60 214 28.0% 22.4%
93 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 28 93 30.1% 21.7%
94 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
95 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
96 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
97 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
98 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
99 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
100 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
101 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
102 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
103 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
104 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
105 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
106 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
107 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
108 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
109 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
110 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
111 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
112 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
113 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
114 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
115 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
116 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
117 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
118 River Forest Park 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
119 Fearrington Village 17.5 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
120 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 19 65 29.2% 19.6%
121 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 14 45 31.1% 19.5%
122 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 16 54 29.6% 19.1%
123 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
124 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
125 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
126 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
127 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 52 220 23.6% 18.5%
128 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
129 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
130 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
131 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
132 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
133 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
134 Town Lake Park 23.4 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
135 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 28 118 23.7% 17.0%
136 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
137 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
138 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 18 72 25.0% 16.4%
139 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
140 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
141 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
142 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
143 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
144 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
145 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
146 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
147 Lake Benson 11.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
148 Lake Raleigh 6.0 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
149 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
150 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
151 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
152 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
153 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 21 96 21.9% 14.8%
154 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
155 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
156 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
157 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 39 214 18.2% 13.6%
158 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 17 82 20.7% 13.4%
159 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
160 Raven Rock SP 23.9 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
161 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
162 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
163 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
164 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
165 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
166 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
167 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 10 49 20.4% 11.5%
168 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
169 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
170 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
171 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
172 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 11 62 17.7% 10.2%
173 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
174 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
175 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
176 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
177 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
178 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
179 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
180 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
181 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
182 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
183 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
184 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
185 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
191 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
192 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
193 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
194 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
195 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
196 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
197 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
198 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
199 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
200 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
201 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
202 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
203 Beaver Marsh 16.7 15 145 10.3% 6.4%
204 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
205 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
206 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
207 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
208 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
209 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
210 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 95 10.5% 5.8%
211 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
212 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
213 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
214 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
215 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
216 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
217 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
218 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
219 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 8 109 7.3% 3.8%
220 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
221 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
222 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
223 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
224 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
225 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
226 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
227 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
228 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
229 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
230 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
231 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
232 Dorothea Dix 6.6 6 146 4.1% 1.9%
233 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
234 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
235 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
236 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
237 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
238 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
239 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
240 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
241 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%