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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%