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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 78 81 96.3% 89.7%
2 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 62 76 81.6% 71.4%
3 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 373 495 75.4% 71.4%
4 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 16 18 88.9% 67.2%
5 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
6 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
7 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 23 30 76.7% 59.1%
8 Bond Park 2.7 67 100 67.0% 57.3%
9 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 147 231 63.6% 57.3%
10 White Deer Park 11.6 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
11 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
12 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 33 47 70.2% 56.0%
13 Homestead Park 19.3 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
14 Wendell Park 22.6 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
15 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 57 92 62.0% 51.7%
16 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 32 49 65.3% 51.3%
17 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
18 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 81 137 59.1% 50.8%
19 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
20 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 63 107 58.9% 49.4%
21 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 35 56 62.5% 49.4%
22 Parker Preserve 15.5 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
23 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 36 59 61.0% 48.3%
24 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
25 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
26 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 36 61 59.0% 46.5%
27 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
28 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
29 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 96 183 52.5% 45.2%
30 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 17 27 63.0% 44.2%
31 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 17 27 63.0% 44.2%
32 Schenck Forest 3.6 46 84 54.8% 44.1%
33 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 143 287 49.8% 44.1%
34 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 18 29 62.1% 44.0%
35 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
36 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
37 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
38 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
39 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 34 61 55.7% 43.3%
40 Lake Lynn 7.7 73 143 51.0% 42.9%
41 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
42 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
43 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
44 Apex Community Park 3.7 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
45 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
46 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 37 74 50.0% 38.9%
47 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
48 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 26 50 52.0% 38.5%
49 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
50 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 33 68 48.5% 37.1%
51 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
52 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
53 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
54 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 25 51 49.0% 35.9%
55 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
56 Ritter Park 4.3 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
57 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
58 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
59 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
60 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 89 216 41.2% 34.8%
61 Shelley Lake 8.1 32 70 45.7% 34.6%
62 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 15 29 51.7% 34.4%
63 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
64 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
65 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
66 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
67 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
68 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 75 184 40.8% 33.9%
69 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 96 242 39.7% 33.7%
70 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
71 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
72 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
73 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
74 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
75 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
76 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
77 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
78 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
79 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 21 50 42.0% 29.4%
80 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
81 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
82 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 18 42 42.9% 29.1%
83 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 42 112 37.5% 29.1%
84 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 75 215 34.9% 28.8%
85 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
86 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
87 Lake Betz 7.3 71 206 34.5% 28.3%
88 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 23 58 39.7% 28.1%
89 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
90 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 15 35 42.9% 28.0%
91 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
92 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
93 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
94 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
95 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
96 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
97 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
98 Lake Benson 11.9 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
99 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 64 203 31.5% 25.5%
100 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
101 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
102 Strickland Park 8.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
103 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
104 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
105 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
106 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
107 Crowder District Park 6.8 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
108 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 57 202 28.2% 22.5%
109 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
110 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
111 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
112 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
113 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
114 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
115 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
116 Town Lake Park 23.4 20 64 31.2% 21.2%
117 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
118 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
119 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
120 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
121 Lyon Park 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
122 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
123 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
137 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
138 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
139 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
140 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
141 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
142 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
143 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
144 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
145 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
146 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 92 450 20.4% 17.0%
147 Williamson Preserve 19.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
148 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
149 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
150 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
151 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 34 158 21.5% 15.8%
152 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
153 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
154 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
155 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
156 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 57 306 18.6% 14.7%
157 Lake Wheeler 8.2 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
158 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 11 46 23.9% 13.9%
159 Pullen Park 6.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
160 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
161 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
162 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 18 87 20.7% 13.5%
163 17 Acre Woods 18.0 7 27 25.9% 13.2%
164 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 53 315 16.8% 13.1%
165 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 8 33 24.2% 12.8%
166 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
167 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
168 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
169 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 16 93 17.2% 10.9%
170 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
171 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
172 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
173 Beaver Marsh 16.7 23 146 15.8% 10.7%
174 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
175 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
176 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
177 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
178 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
179 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
180 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
181 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
182 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
183 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
184 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
185 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
186 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
187 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
188 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
189 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
190 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
191 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
192 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
193 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
194 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
195 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
196 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
197 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
202 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
203 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
204 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
205 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
206 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
207 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
208 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
209 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
210 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
211 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
212 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
213 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
214 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
215 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
216 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
217 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
218 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
219 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
220 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
221 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 15 159 9.4% 5.8%
222 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
223 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
224 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 7 72 9.7% 4.8%
225 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
226 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
227 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
228 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
229 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
230 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
231 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
232 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
233 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
234 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
235 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
236 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
237 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
238 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
239 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 9 130 6.9% 3.7%
240 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
241 Northgate Park 17.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
242 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
243 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
244 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
245 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
246 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
247 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
248 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 4 66 6.1% 2.4%
249 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
250 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
251 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
252 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
253 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
254 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
255 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
256 Falls Lake 15.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%