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Where to find Northern Flicker in October
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 October. 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 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 24 25 96.0% 80.5%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 67 77 87.0% 77.7%
3 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 12 12 100.0% 75.7%
4 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 417 527 79.1% 75.5%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 128 157 81.5% 74.7%
6 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 38 44 86.4% 73.3%
7 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 272 352 77.3% 72.6%
8 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 96 122 78.7% 70.6%
9 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
10 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 42 52 80.8% 68.1%
11 Lake Betz 7.3 115 153 75.2% 67.8%
12 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 35 43 81.4% 67.4%
13 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 152 208 73.1% 66.7%
14 Bond Park 2.7 125 171 73.1% 66.0%
15 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 27 33 81.8% 65.6%
16 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
17 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
18 Schenck Forest 3.6 142 201 70.6% 64.0%
19 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 175 254 68.9% 63.0%
20 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
21 White Deer Park 11.6 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
22 17 Acre Woods 18.0 76 107 71.0% 61.8%
23 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
24 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 33 44 75.0% 60.6%
25 Ritter Park 4.3 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
26 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
27 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 17 21 81.0% 60.0%
28 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 38 52 73.1% 59.7%
29 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 245 380 64.5% 59.5%
30 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 27 36 75.0% 58.9%
31 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 105 159 66.0% 58.4%
32 Town Lake Park 23.4 24 32 75.0% 57.9%
33 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 22 29 75.9% 57.9%
34 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 29 40 72.5% 57.2%
35 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
36 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
37 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 385 647 59.5% 55.7%
38 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 22 30 73.3% 55.6%
39 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 29 41 70.7% 55.5%
40 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
41 Lake Lynn 7.7 283 477 59.3% 54.9%
42 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 65 101 64.4% 54.6%
43 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 15 20 75.0% 53.1%
44 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
45 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 22 32 68.8% 51.4%
46 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
47 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
48 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
49 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
50 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 53 87 60.9% 50.4%
51 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 18 26 69.2% 50.0%
52 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
53 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
54 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
55 Homestead Park 19.3 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
56 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
57 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
58 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 38 65 58.5% 46.3%
59 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 13 19 68.4% 46.0%
60 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 25 41 61.0% 45.7%
61 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
62 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
63 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 23 38 60.5% 44.7%
64 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 37 66 56.1% 44.1%
65 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
66 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
67 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
68 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
69 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 27 47 57.4% 43.3%
70 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 49 92 53.3% 43.1%
71 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
72 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
73 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
74 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 148 325 45.5% 40.2%
75 Lake Raleigh 6.0 32 61 52.5% 40.2%
76 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
77 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
78 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 25 47 53.2% 39.2%
79 Lake Benson 11.9 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
80 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
81 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
82 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 68 145 46.9% 39.0%
83 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 176 403 43.7% 38.9%
84 Williamson Preserve 19.2 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
85 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
86 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
87 Shelley Lake 8.1 38 78 48.7% 37.9%
88 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
89 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 20 38 52.6% 37.3%
90 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 22 43 51.2% 36.8%
91 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 17 32 53.1% 36.4%
92 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
93 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 45 99 45.5% 36.0%
94 Apex Community Park 3.7 29 61 47.5% 35.5%
95 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 149 369 40.4% 35.5%
96 Wendell Park 22.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
97 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 24 50 48.0% 34.8%
98 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
99 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
100 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
101 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
102 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 14 27 51.9% 34.0%
103 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 14 27 51.9% 34.0%
104 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 63 152 41.4% 33.9%
105 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 68 168 40.5% 33.3%
106 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 29 66 43.9% 32.6%
107 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
108 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
109 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 20 44 45.5% 31.7%
110 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 18 39 46.2% 31.6%
111 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 17 37 45.9% 31.0%
112 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
113 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
114 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
115 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
116 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
117 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
118 Beaver Marsh 16.7 59 161 36.6% 29.6%
119 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 38 100 38.0% 29.1%
120 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
121 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
122 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
123 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
124 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
125 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
126 Raven Rock SP 23.9 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
127 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
128 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 15 41 36.6% 23.6%
129 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
130 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
132 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
133 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
134 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 18 53 34.0% 22.7%
135 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
136 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
137 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 15 45 33.3% 21.4%
138 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
139 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
140 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
141 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
142 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
143 Strickland Park 8.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
144 Action Park 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
145 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
146 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
147 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
148 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
149 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
150 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
151 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
152 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
153 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
154 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
155 Leesville Park 7.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
156 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
157 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
158 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
159 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
160 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
161 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
162 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
163 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
164 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
165 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
166 East End Park 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
167 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
168 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 39 146 26.7% 20.2%
169 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 28 104 26.9% 19.3%
170 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
171 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
172 Dorothea Dix 6.6 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
173 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
174 Parker Preserve 15.5 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
175 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
176 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
177 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
178 Northgate Park 17.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
179 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
180 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
181 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
182 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
183 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
184 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
185 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
186 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
187 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 11 44 25.0% 14.6%
188 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
189 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 15 68 22.1% 13.8%
190 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
191 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
192 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
193 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
194 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
195 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
196 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
197 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
198 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
199 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
200 Indian Trail Park 18.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
201 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
202 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
203 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 Jaycee Park 6.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Lyon Park 15.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
221 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
222 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
223 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
224 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
225 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
226 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
227 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
228 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
229 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
230 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
231 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
233 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
234 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
235 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
236 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
237 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
238 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
239 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 8 76 10.5% 5.4%
240 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
241 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
242 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
243 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
244 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
245 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
246 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
247 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
248 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
249 Falls Lake 15.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
250 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
251 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
252 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
253 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
254 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
255 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
256 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
257 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
258 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
259 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
260 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
261 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
262 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
263 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
264 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
265 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%