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Where to find Northern Flicker in May
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 May. 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 Lake Betz 7.3 123 285 43.2% 37.5%
2 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
3 Higgins Greenway 1.2 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
4 Apex Community Park 3.7 19 54 35.2% 23.8%
5 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 26 79 32.9% 23.6%
6 Shaw Lake 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
7 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
8 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Schenck Forest 3.6 56 216 25.9% 20.5%
11 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
12 Ritter Park 4.3 15 51 29.4% 18.7%
13 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
14 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 30 126 23.8% 17.2%
15 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 52 26.9% 16.8%
16 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 74 24.3% 16.0%
17 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
18 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
19 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 4 50.0% 15.0%
20 Coker Pinetum 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
21 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
22 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
23 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
24 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
25 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 20 101 19.8% 13.2%
26 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
28 Bond Park 2.7 34 199 17.1% 12.5%
29 17 Acre Woods 18.0 24 134 17.9% 12.3%
30 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 13 64 20.3% 12.3%
31 Lake Lynn 7.7 35 211 16.6% 12.2%
32 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
33 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
34 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
35 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 12 66 18.2% 10.7%
36 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 33 233 14.2% 10.3%
37 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
38 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 82 680 12.1% 9.8%
39 Strickland Park 8.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
40 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 73 16.4% 9.7%
41 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 11 70 15.7% 9.0%
44 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 10 62 16.1% 9.0%
45 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
46 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
47 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
48 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
49 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
50 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 73 755 9.7% 7.8%
51 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
52 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
53 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
54 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
55 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
56 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
57 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
58 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 54 13.0% 6.4%
59 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
60 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
66 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 East Clayton Community Park 23.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
69 Shelley Lake 8.1 13 134 9.7% 5.8%
70 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
71 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
72 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
73 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 24 300 8.0% 5.4%
74 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
75 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
76 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 6 54 11.1% 5.2%
77 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
78 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
79 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 68 10.3% 5.1%
80 Falls Lake 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
81 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 22 309 7.1% 4.7%
82 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
83 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
84 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
85 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
86 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
87 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
88 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
89 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
90 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
91 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
92 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 7 76 9.2% 4.5%
93 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
94 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 35 624 5.6% 4.1%
95 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
96 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
97 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
98 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
99 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 9 129 7.0% 3.7%
100 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
101 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
102 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
103 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 152 6.6% 3.6%
104 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
105 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
106 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
107 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 25 489 5.1% 3.5%
108 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
109 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
110 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 5 64 7.8% 3.4%
111 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
112 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
113 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
114 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
115 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
116 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
117 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
118 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
119 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
120 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 29 676 4.3% 3.0%
121 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 18 384 4.7% 3.0%
122 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
123 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
124 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
125 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
126 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
127 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
128 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
129 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
130 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 86 5.8% 2.5%
131 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 13 314 4.1% 2.4%
132 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
133 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
134 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
135 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
136 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
137 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
138 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
139 Beaver Marsh 16.7 8 199 4.0% 2.1%
140 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
141 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 7 172 4.1% 2.0%
142 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
143 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 6 144 4.2% 1.9%
144 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
145 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 18 616 2.9% 1.9%
146 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
147 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
148 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
149 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
150 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 4 88 4.5% 1.8%
151 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 4 88 4.5% 1.8%
152 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 7 199 3.5% 1.7%
153 Fearrington Village 17.5 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
154 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
155 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
156 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
157 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
158 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
159 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 5 139 3.6% 1.5%
160 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
161 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 4 107 3.7% 1.5%
162 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 4 111 3.6% 1.4%
163 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
164 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
165 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
166 Wendell Park 22.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
167 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
168 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
169 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
170 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
171 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 92 3.3% 1.1%
172 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
173 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 10 513 1.9% 1.1%
174 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
175 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
176 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
177 Northgate Park 17.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
178 Homestead Park 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
179 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
180 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
181 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
182 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
183 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
184 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
185 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
186 Lake Raleigh 6.0 3 119 2.5% 0.9%
187 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
188 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
189 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
190 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
191 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
192 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
193 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 89 2.2% 0.6%
194 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
195 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
196 Lake Benson 11.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
197 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
198 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
199 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
200 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
201 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
202 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
203 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
204 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
205 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
206 White Deer Park 11.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
207 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
208 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 2 450 0.4% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.