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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 35 55 63.6% 50.4%
22 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 29 45 64.4% 49.8%
23 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
24 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
25 Shelley Lake 8.1 76 131 58.0% 49.5%
26 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 19 28 67.9% 49.3%
27 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
28 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
29 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 43 72 59.7% 48.2%
30 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
31 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 90 163 55.2% 47.5%
32 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
33 Schenck Forest 3.6 74 137 54.0% 45.7%
34 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
35 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
36 Wendell Park 22.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
37 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
38 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
39 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 164 336 48.8% 43.5%
40 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 41 75 54.7% 43.4%
41 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
42 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
43 Lake Betz 7.3 87 177 49.2% 41.9%
44 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
45 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 38 72 52.8% 41.4%
46 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
47 Lake Benson 11.9 48 94 51.1% 41.1%
48 White Deer Park 11.6 13 21 61.9% 40.9%
49 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 19 33 57.6% 40.8%
50 Town Lake Park 23.4 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
51 17 Acre Woods 18.0 33 63 52.4% 40.3%
52 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 103 227 45.4% 39.0%
53 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 23 43 53.5% 38.9%
54 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 13 22 59.1% 38.7%
55 Eastgate Park 9.5 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
56 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
57 Bond Park 2.7 52 110 47.3% 38.2%
58 Williamson Preserve 19.2 22 42 52.4% 37.7%
59 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
60 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 25 49 51.0% 37.5%
61 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
62 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 32 67 47.8% 36.3%
63 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
64 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
65 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
66 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 26 55 47.3% 34.7%
67 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 30 65 46.2% 34.6%
68 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
69 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
70 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
71 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 22 46 47.8% 34.1%
72 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 34 76 44.7% 34.1%
73 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 131 347 37.8% 32.8%
74 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
75 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
76 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 37 89 41.6% 31.9%
77 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
78 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
79 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
80 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
81 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
82 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
83 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
84 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
85 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
86 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
87 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
88 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
89 Lake Lynn 7.7 61 166 36.7% 29.8%
90 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
91 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 198 608 32.6% 29.0%
92 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 76 218 34.9% 28.8%
93 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
94 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
95 Indian Trail Park 18.1 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
96 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
97 Beaver Marsh 16.7 68 206 33.0% 27.0%
98 Homestead Park 19.3 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
99 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
100 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
101 Higgins Greenway 1.2 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
102 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
103 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 26 73 35.6% 25.6%
104 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
105 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
106 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
107 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
108 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
109 Lake Raleigh 6.0 33 99 33.3% 24.8%
110 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
111 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 123 441 27.9% 23.9%
112 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
113 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
114 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
115 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
116 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
117 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 40 132 30.3% 23.1%
118 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
119 Raven Rock SP 23.9 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
120 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
121 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
122 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
123 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
124 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
125 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
126 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
127 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
128 Glenn Stoffregen Memorial Garden 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
129 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
130 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
131 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
132 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
133 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
134 Lyon Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
135 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
136 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 56 215 26.0% 20.6%
137 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
138 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
139 Apex Community Park 3.7 24 86 27.9% 19.5%
140 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 16 54 29.6% 19.1%
141 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
142 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
143 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
144 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
145 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
146 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
147 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 11 36 30.6% 18.0%
148 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
149 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
150 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 26 109 23.9% 16.8%
151 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
152 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
153 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 11 40 27.5% 16.1%
154 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
155 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
156 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
157 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
158 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
159 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
160 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
161 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
162 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
163 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
164 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
165 Strickland Park 8.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
166 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
167 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
168 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
169 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 35 178 19.7% 14.5%
170 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
171 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
172 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
173 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
174 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
175 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
176 Lake Wheeler 8.2 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
177 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
178 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 20 108 18.5% 12.3%
179 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 35 214 16.4% 12.0%
180 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
181 Northgate Park 17.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
182 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
183 Leesville Park 7.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
184 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
185 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
186 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
187 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
188 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
189 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
190 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
191 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
192 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
193 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
194 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
195 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
196 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
197 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
198 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
199 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
200 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
201 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
202 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
203 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
204 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
205 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
206 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
207 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
208 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
209 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
210 Pullen Park 6.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
211 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
212 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
213 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
214 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 12 95 12.6% 7.4%
215 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
216 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
217 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 12 102 11.8% 6.9%
218 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 11 93 11.8% 6.7%
219 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
220 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
221 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
222 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
223 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
224 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
225 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
226 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
227 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
228 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
229 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
230 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
231 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
232 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
233 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 9 86 10.5% 5.6%
234 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
235 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
236 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
237 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
238 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
239 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
240 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
241 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
242 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
243 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
244 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
245 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
246 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
247 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
248 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
249 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
250 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
251 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
252 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
253 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
254 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
255 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
256 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
257 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
258 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
259 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
260 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
261 Old Oxford Rd. Pond 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
262 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
263 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
264 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
265 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
266 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
267 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
268 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%