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