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Where to find Northern Flicker in January
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 Northern Flicker in January. 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 168 209 80.4% 74.5%
2 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 44 57 77.2% 64.8%
3 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 36 50 72.0% 58.3%
4 Wendell Park 22.6 16 21 76.2% 54.9%
5 Higgins Greenway 1.2 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 255 462 55.2% 50.6%
7 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
8 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
9 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 45 73 61.6% 50.2%
10 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 19 28 67.9% 49.3%
11 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 36 60 60.0% 47.4%
12 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 40 68 58.8% 47.0%
13 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
14 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
15 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 178 361 49.3% 44.2%
16 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
17 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 22 37 59.5% 43.5%
18 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
19 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 29 53 54.7% 41.5%
20 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
21 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
22 Lake Betz 7.3 158 346 45.7% 40.5%
23 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 54 116 46.6% 37.7%
24 Northgate Park 17.2 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
25 Bond Park 2.7 65 145 44.8% 37.0%
26 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
27 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
28 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 83 197 42.1% 35.5%
29 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
30 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
31 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
32 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
33 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 170 448 37.9% 33.6%
34 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
35 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 12 24 50.0% 31.4%
36 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
37 Forest Hills Park 15.0 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
38 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 121 338 35.8% 30.9%
39 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 15 32 46.9% 30.9%
40 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 35 87 40.2% 30.6%
41 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
42 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
43 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
44 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 15 35 42.9% 28.0%
45 Shelley Lake 8.1 46 131 35.1% 27.5%
46 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 15 36 41.7% 27.1%
47 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
48 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
49 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
50 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 26 71 36.6% 26.4%
51 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 15 37 40.5% 26.3%
52 Schenck Forest 3.6 79 250 31.6% 26.2%
53 Eastgate Park 9.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
54 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 34 102 33.3% 24.9%
55 Raven Rock SP 23.9 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
56 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 56 184 30.4% 24.2%
57 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
58 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
59 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 119 436 27.3% 23.3%
60 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 45 150 30.0% 23.2%
61 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
62 Beaver Marsh 16.7 96 351 27.4% 23.0%
63 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 20 61 32.8% 22.3%
64 Lake Benson 11.9 42 150 28.0% 21.4%
65 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
66 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 31 109 28.4% 20.8%
67 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
68 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
69 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
70 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
71 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
72 Parker Preserve 15.5 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
73 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
74 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
75 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
76 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
77 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
78 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
79 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
80 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
81 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
82 Ritter Park 4.3 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
83 Homestead Park 19.3 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
84 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
85 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 20 70 28.6% 19.3%
86 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
87 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 177 817 21.7% 19.0%
88 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
89 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
90 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 27 103 26.2% 18.7%
91 Lake Raleigh 6.0 34 135 25.2% 18.6%
92 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
93 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 27 104 26.0% 18.5%
94 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
95 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 35 142 24.6% 18.3%
96 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
97 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
98 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 9 29 31.0% 17.3%
99 Apex Community Park 3.7 55 257 21.4% 16.8%
100 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
101 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
102 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 21 89 23.6% 16.0%
103 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
104 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
105 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 17 70 24.3% 15.8%
106 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 18 77 23.4% 15.3%
107 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
108 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 18 78 23.1% 15.1%
109 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
110 Fearrington Village 17.5 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
111 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 105 593 17.7% 14.8%
112 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
113 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 27 133 20.3% 14.3%
114 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
115 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 19 91 20.9% 13.8%
116 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
117 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
118 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 53 302 17.5% 13.7%
119 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 35 190 18.4% 13.6%
120 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
121 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 26 141 18.4% 12.9%
122 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
123 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
124 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
125 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
126 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
127 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
128 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
129 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
130 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
131 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
132 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
133 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
134 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
135 Lake Lynn 7.7 27 164 16.5% 11.6%
136 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
137 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
138 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
139 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
140 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
141 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 15 87 17.2% 10.7%
142 17 Acre Woods 18.0 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
143 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 35 251 13.9% 10.2%
144 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
145 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
146 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
147 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
148 Falls Lake 15.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
149 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
150 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
151 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
152 Strickland Park 8.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
153 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
154 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
155 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
156 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
157 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
158 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
159 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
160 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
161 Walltown Park 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
162 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
163 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
164 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
165 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
166 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
167 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 15 111 13.5% 8.4%
168 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
169 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
170 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 16 121 13.2% 8.3%
171 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
172 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
173 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 8 51 15.7% 8.2%
174 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
175 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
176 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 20 169 11.8% 7.8%
177 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
178 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 10 73 13.7% 7.6%
179 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 20 175 11.4% 7.5%
180 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 19 171 11.1% 7.2%
181 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 8 58 13.8% 7.2%
182 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
183 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
184 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
185 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
186 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
187 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
188 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
189 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
190 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
191 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
192 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
193 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
194 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
195 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
196 Leesville Park 7.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
197 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
198 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
199 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
200 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
201 White Deer Park 11.6 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
202 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
203 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
204 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
205 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 17 196 8.7% 5.5%
206 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
207 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
208 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
209 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
210 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
211 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
212 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
213 stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024) 14.9 9 116 7.8% 4.1%
214 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
215 Pullen Park 6.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
216 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
217 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
218 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
219 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
220 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
221 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 6 92 6.5% 3.0%
222 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
223 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
224 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
225 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
226 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
227 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
228 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
229 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
230 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
231 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
232 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
233 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
234 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 92 5.4% 2.3%
235 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
236 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
237 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
238 Lyon Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
239 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
240 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
241 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
242 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
243 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
244 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
245 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
246 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
247 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
248 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
249 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
250 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
251 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
252 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
253 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
254 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
255 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
256 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
257 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
258 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 65 1.5% 0.3%