Bird Finder

Where to find Northern Flicker in December
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 December. 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 23.4 180 212 84.9% 79.5%
2 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 216 295 73.2% 67.9%
3 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 12 91.7% 64.6%
4 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 52 71 73.2% 61.9%
5 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 49 67 73.1% 61.5%
6 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 32 42 76.2% 61.5%
7 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
8 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
9 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
10 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
11 Dorothea Dix 6.6 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
12 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 181 308 58.8% 53.2%
13 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 29 43 67.4% 52.5%
14 Ritter Park 4.3 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
15 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
16 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
17 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
18 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
19 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
20 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
21 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 29 45 64.4% 49.8%
22 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
23 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
24 Shelley Lake 8.1 76 131 58.0% 49.5%
25 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 19 28 67.9% 49.3%
26 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
27 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
28 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 43 72 59.7% 48.2%
29 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
30 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 90 163 55.2% 47.5%
31 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
32 Schenck Forest 3.6 74 137 54.0% 45.7%
33 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
34 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
35 Wendell Park 22.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
36 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
37 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
38 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 164 336 48.8% 43.5%
39 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 41 75 54.7% 43.4%
40 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
41 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
42 Lake Betz 7.3 87 177 49.2% 41.9%
43 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
44 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 38 72 52.8% 41.4%
45 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
46 Lake Benson 11.9 48 94 51.1% 41.1%
47 White Deer Park 11.6 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
48 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 19 33 57.6% 40.8%
49 Town Lake Park 23.4 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
50 17 Acre Woods 18.0 33 63 52.4% 40.3%
51 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 103 227 45.4% 39.0%
52 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 23 43 53.5% 38.9%
53 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
54 Eastgate Park 9.5 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
55 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
56 Bond Park 2.7 52 110 47.3% 38.2%
57 Williamson Preserve 19.2 22 42 52.4% 37.7%
58 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
59 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 25 49 51.0% 37.5%
60 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
61 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 32 67 47.8% 36.3%
62 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
63 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
64 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
65 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 26 55 47.3% 34.7%
66 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 30 65 46.2% 34.6%
67 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
68 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
69 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
70 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 22 46 47.8% 34.1%
71 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 34 76 44.7% 34.1%
72 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 131 347 37.8% 32.8%
73 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
74 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
75 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 37 89 41.6% 31.9%
76 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
77 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
78 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
79 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
80 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
81 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
82 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
83 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
84 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
85 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
86 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
87 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
88 Lake Lynn 7.7 61 166 36.7% 29.8%
89 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
90 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 198 608 32.6% 29.0%
91 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 76 218 34.9% 28.8%
92 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
93 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
94 Indian Trail Park 18.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
95 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
96 Beaver Marsh 16.7 68 206 33.0% 27.0%
97 Homestead Park 19.3 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
98 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
99 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
100 Higgins Greenway 1.2 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
101 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
102 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 26 73 35.6% 25.6%
103 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
104 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
105 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
106 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
107 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
108 Lake Raleigh 6.0 33 99 33.3% 24.8%
109 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
110 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 123 441 27.9% 23.9%
111 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
112 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
113 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
114 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
115 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
116 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 40 132 30.3% 23.1%
117 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
118 Raven Rock SP 23.9 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
119 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
120 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
121 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
122 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
123 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
124 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Lyon Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 56 215 26.0% 20.6%
136 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
137 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
138 Apex Community Park 3.7 24 86 27.9% 19.5%
139 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 16 54 29.6% 19.1%
140 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
141 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
142 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
143 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
144 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
145 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
146 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 36 30.6% 18.0%
147 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
148 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
149 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 26 109 23.9% 16.8%
150 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
151 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
152 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 11 40 27.5% 16.1%
153 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
154 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
155 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
156 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
157 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
158 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
159 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
160 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
161 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
162 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
163 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
164 Strickland Park 8.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
165 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
166 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
167 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
168 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 35 178 19.7% 14.5%
169 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
170 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
171 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
172 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
173 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
174 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
175 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
176 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
177 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 20 108 18.5% 12.3%
178 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 35 214 16.4% 12.0%
179 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
180 Northgate Park 17.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
181 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
182 Leesville Park 7.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
183 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
184 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
185 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
186 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
187 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
188 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
189 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
190 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
191 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
192 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
193 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
194 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
195 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
196 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
197 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
198 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Pullen Park 6.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
210 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
211 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
212 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
213 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 12 95 12.6% 7.4%
214 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
215 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
216 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 12 102 11.8% 6.9%
217 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 11 93 11.8% 6.7%
218 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
219 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
220 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
221 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
222 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
223 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
224 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
226 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
227 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
228 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
229 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
230 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
231 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
232 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 9 86 10.5% 5.6%
233 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
234 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
235 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
236 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
237 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
238 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
239 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
241 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
242 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
243 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
244 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
245 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
246 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
247 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
248 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
249 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
250 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
251 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
252 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
253 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
254 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
255 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
256 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
257 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
258 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
259 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
260 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
261 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
262 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
263 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
264 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
265 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
266 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
267 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%