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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in August
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 August. 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	51	54	94.4%	84.9%
2			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	282	366	77.0%	72.5%
3			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	57	69	82.6%	72.0%
4			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	8	8	100.0%	67.6%
5			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	19	22	86.4%	66.7%
6			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	9	10	90.0%	59.6%
7			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	133	209	63.6%	56.9%
8			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	8	9	88.9%	56.5%
9			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	63	95	66.3%	56.3%
10			Bond Park	2.7	63	95	66.3%	56.3%
11			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	15	20	75.0%	53.1%
12			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	57	90	63.3%	53.0%
13			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	18	25	72.0%	52.4%
14			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
15			Wendell Park	22.6	9	11	81.8%	52.3%
16			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	32	49	65.3%	51.3%
17			White Deer Park	11.6	14	19	73.7%	51.2%
18			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
19			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	34	54	63.0%	49.6%
20			Homestead Park	19.3	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
21			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	34	55	61.8%	48.6%
22			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	17	25	68.0%	48.4%
23			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	12	17	70.6%	46.9%
24			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
25			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	56	100	56.0%	46.2%
26			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	14	21	66.7%	45.4%
27			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
28			Schenck Forest	3.6	45	80	56.2%	45.3%
29			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	17	27	63.0%	44.2%
30			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	87	169	51.5%	44.0%
31			Hoffman Lake	2.4	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
32			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
33			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
34			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	128	264	48.5%	42.5%
35			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	32	58	55.2%	42.5%
36			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	29	53	54.7%	41.5%
37			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
38			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
39			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
40			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
41			Lake Lynn	7.7	56	116	48.3%	39.4%
42			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
43			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
44			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	25	48	52.1%	38.3%
45			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
46			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	15	27	55.6%	37.3%
47			Apex Community Park	3.7	14	25	56.0%	37.1%
48			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	14	25	56.0%	37.1%
49			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	11	19	57.9%	36.3%
50			Parker Preserve	15.5	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
51			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	9	15	60.0%	35.7%
52			Ritter Park	4.3	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
53			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
54			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	87	210	41.4%	35.0%
55			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	16	31	51.6%	34.8%
56			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
57			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
58			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
59			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
60			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
61			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
62			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
63			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
64			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	20	43	46.5%	32.5%
65			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	77	200	38.5%	32.0%
66			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
67			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
68			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	23	52	44.2%	31.6%
69			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	11	22	50.0%	30.7%
70			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
71			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
72			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	36	91	39.6%	30.1%
73			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
74			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
75			Apex Nature Park	8.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
76			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
77			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
78			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	41	110	37.3%	28.8%
79			Lake Betz	7.3	67	191	35.1%	28.7%
80			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	54	151	35.8%	28.6%
81			Shelley Lake	8.1	24	61	39.3%	28.1%
82			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
83			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
84			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
85			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
86			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
87			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	13	30	43.3%	27.4%
88			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	65	196	33.2%	27.0%
89			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	21	55	38.2%	26.5%
90			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
91			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
92			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
93			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
94			Strickland Park	8.9	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
95			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
96			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	10	24	41.7%	24.5%
97			Lake Benson	11.9	10	24	41.7%	24.5%
98			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	13	34	38.2%	23.9%
99			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
100			Town Lake Park	23.4	18	52	34.6%	23.2%
101			Crowder District Park	6.8	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
102			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
103			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
104			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
105			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
106			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	6	14	42.9%	21.4%
107			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
108			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	25	85	29.4%	20.8%
109			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
110			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
111			Higgins Greenway	1.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
112			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
113			Lyon Park	15.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
114			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	8	21	38.1%	20.8%
115			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
116			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
117			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
118			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
119			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
120			O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
121			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
122			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
123			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
124			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
125			Little Creek Trail	15.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
126			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
127			Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St	5.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
128			American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park	8.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
129			American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access	7.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
130			stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019)	18.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
131			Juniper Level Botanic Garden	13.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
132			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	9	26	34.6%	19.4%
133			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
134			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
135			Salem Pond Park	4.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
136			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
137			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
138			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	27	109	24.8%	17.6%
139			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	10	34	29.4%	16.8%
140			Williamson Preserve	19.2	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
141			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	89	444	20.0%	16.6%
142			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	7	22	31.8%	16.4%
143			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
144			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
145			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	11	41	26.8%	15.7%
146			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	16	66	24.2%	15.5%
147			Raven Rock SP	23.9	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
148			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
149			Eastgate Park	9.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
150			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	46	238	19.3%	14.8%
151			Lake Wheeler	8.2	9	34	26.5%	14.6%
152			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	10	39	25.6%	14.6%
153			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
154			Pullen Park	6.6	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
155			Lake Raleigh	6.0	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
156			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	40	238	16.8%	12.6%
157			17 Acre Woods	18.0	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
158			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
159			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	6	24	25.0%	12.0%
160			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
161			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
162			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
163			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
164			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
165			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	16	92	17.4%	11.0%
166			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
167			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
168			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
169			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
170			Beaver Marsh	16.7	21	140	15.0%	10.0%
171			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	8	42	19.0%	10.0%
172			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
173			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
174			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
175			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
176			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
177			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
178			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
179			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
180			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
181			Duke Park	16.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
182			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
183			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
184			Leesville Park	7.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
185			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
186			American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
187			Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
188			Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek	13.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
189			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
190			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
191			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	5	25	20.0%	8.9%
192			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
193			Dorothea Dix	6.6	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
194			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
195			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
196			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	7	44	15.9%	7.9%
197			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
198			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
199			Fearrington Village	17.5	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
200			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
201			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
202			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
203			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
204			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
205			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
206			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
207			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
208			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
209			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
210			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
211			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
212			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
213			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
214			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	8	83	9.6%	5.0%
215			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	5	46	10.9%	4.7%
216			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
217			Northgate Park	17.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
218			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
219			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
220			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
221			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
222			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
223			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
224			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
225			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
226			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
227			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
228			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
229			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
230			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	4	66	6.1%	2.4%
231			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	3	45	6.7%	2.3%
232			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
233			Indian Trail Park	18.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
234			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
235			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
236			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
237			Inwood Rd.	7.3	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
238			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
239			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
240			Falls Lake	15.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%