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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in September
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 September. 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 84 87 96.6% 90.3%
2 Apex Nature Park 8.6 29 29 100.0% 88.3%
3 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 1107 1293 85.6% 83.6%
4 White Deer Park 11.6 24 25 96.0% 80.5%
5 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 71 84 84.5% 75.3%
6 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 58 68 85.3% 75.0%
7 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
8 Bond Park 2.7 124 157 79.0% 72.0%
9 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 71 88 80.7% 71.2%
10 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
11 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 13 14 92.9% 68.5%
12 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 8 8 100.0% 67.6%
13 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 32 39 82.1% 67.3%
14 Lake Lynn 7.7 268 373 71.8% 67.1%
15 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
16 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 275 392 70.2% 65.4%
17 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 47 61 77.0% 65.1%
18 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 51 67 76.1% 64.7%
19 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 27 34 79.4% 63.2%
20 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 43 57 75.4% 62.9%
21 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 79 110 71.8% 62.8%
22 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 249 371 67.1% 62.2%
23 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
24 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
25 17 Acre Woods 18.0 63 89 70.8% 60.6%
26 Schenck Forest 3.6 125 189 66.1% 59.1%
27 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 100 152 65.8% 57.9%
28 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 36 51 70.6% 57.0%
29 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
30 Williamson Preserve 19.2 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
31 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
32 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 30 42 71.4% 56.4%
33 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 97 152 63.8% 55.9%
34 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 51 77 66.2% 55.1%
35 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
36 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 71 111 64.0% 54.7%
37 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 23 32 71.9% 54.6%
38 Apex Community Park 3.7 26 37 70.3% 54.2%
39 Lake Benson 11.9 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
40 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
41 Wendell Park 22.6 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
42 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
43 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 32 48 66.7% 52.5%
44 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
45 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 114 192 59.4% 52.3%
47 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 48 77 62.3% 51.2%
48 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
49 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
50 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 64 109 58.7% 49.3%
51 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 23 35 65.7% 49.2%
52 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 144 261 55.2% 49.1%
53 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
54 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
55 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
56 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 44 74 59.5% 48.1%
57 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 23 36 63.9% 47.6%
58 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
59 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
60 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 27 44 61.4% 46.6%
61 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 21 34 61.8% 45.0%
62 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
63 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 28 48 58.3% 44.3%
64 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 17 27 63.0% 44.2%
65 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
66 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
67 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
68 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
69 Lyon Park 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
70 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 106 210 50.5% 43.8%
71 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
72 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
73 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
74 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 111 224 49.6% 43.1%
75 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 223 471 47.3% 42.9%
76 Shelley Lake 8.1 32 58 55.2% 42.5%
77 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 32 59 54.2% 41.7%
78 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
79 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
80 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
81 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
82 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
83 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
84 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 22 40 55.0% 39.8%
85 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
86 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
87 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
88 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
89 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
90 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 26 50 52.0% 38.5%
91 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 71 154 46.1% 38.4%
92 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
93 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
94 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 21 40 52.5% 37.5%
95 Lake Betz 7.3 96 219 43.8% 37.4%
96 Ritter Park 4.3 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
97 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 17 32 53.1% 36.4%
98 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 20 39 51.3% 36.2%
99 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
100 Fearrington Village 17.5 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
101 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
102 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
103 Homestead Park 19.3 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
104 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 15 28 53.6% 35.8%
105 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 69 160 43.1% 35.7%
106 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
107 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
108 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
109 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
110 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
111 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
112 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
113 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
114 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
115 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
116 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
117 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
118 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 26 58 44.8% 32.7%
119 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
120 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
121 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 19 41 46.3% 32.1%
122 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 40 100 40.0% 30.9%
123 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
124 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
125 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
126 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
127 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
128 Indian Trail Park 18.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
129 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
130 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 98 305 32.1% 27.1%
131 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
132 Raven Rock SP 23.9 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
133 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
134 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
135 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
136 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
137 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
138 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
139 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 38 122 31.1% 23.6%
140 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
141 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
142 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
143 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
144 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
145 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
146 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
147 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
148 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
149 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
150 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
151 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
152 Strickland Park 8.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
153 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
154 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
155 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
156 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
157 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
158 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
159 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
160 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
161 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
162 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
163 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
164 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
165 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
166 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
167 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
168 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
169 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
170 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
171 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 60 242 24.8% 19.8%
172 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 53 214 24.8% 19.5%
173 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
174 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 39 165 23.6% 17.8%
175 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
176 Pullen Park 6.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
177 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
178 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
179 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 14 52 26.9% 16.8%
180 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
181 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
182 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
183 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
184 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
185 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
186 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
187 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
188 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
189 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
190 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
191 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
192 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
193 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 14 60 23.3% 14.4%
194 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
195 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
196 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 15 75 20.0% 12.5%
197 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
198 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
199 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
200 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
201 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
202 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
203 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
204 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
205 Beaver Marsh 16.7 24 148 16.2% 11.1%
206 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
207 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
208 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
209 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
210 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
211 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
212 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
221 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
223 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
224 Northgate Park 17.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
225 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 14 100 14.0% 8.5%
226 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
227 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
228 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
229 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
230 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
231 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
232 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
233 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
234 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
235 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
236 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
237 Fallon park 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
238 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
239 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
240 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
241 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
242 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
243 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
244 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
245 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
246 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
247 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
248 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
249 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
250 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
251 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
252 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
253 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
254 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
255 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 6 65 9.2% 4.3%
256 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
257 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
258 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
259 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
260 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%