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Where to find Red-shouldered Hawk 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 Red-shouldered Hawk 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 131 208 63.0% 56.2%
2 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 65 101 64.4% 54.6%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 215 369 58.3% 53.2%
4 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
5 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
6 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 195 352 55.4% 50.2%
7 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
8 Lake Lynn 7.7 256 480 53.3% 48.9%
9 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
10 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
11 Bond Park 2.7 94 171 55.0% 47.5%
12 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 45 77 58.4% 47.3%
13 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 198 380 52.1% 47.1%
14 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 86 157 54.8% 47.0%
15 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
16 Apex Community Park 3.7 36 61 59.0% 46.5%
17 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 252 527 47.8% 43.6%
19 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 77 152 50.7% 42.8%
20 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 152 325 46.8% 41.4%
21 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
22 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 24 44 54.5% 40.1%
23 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 22 41 53.7% 38.7%
24 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 57 122 46.7% 38.1%
25 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 66 145 45.5% 37.6%
26 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 14 25 56.0% 37.1%
27 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 32 66 48.5% 36.8%
28 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
29 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 74 168 44.0% 36.8%
30 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
31 Wendell Park 22.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
32 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 104 254 40.9% 35.1%
33 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
34 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 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%
36 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
37 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 16 33 48.5% 32.5%
38 17 Acre Woods 18.0 44 107 41.1% 32.3%
39 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
40 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
41 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
42 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
43 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
44 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
45 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 22 52 42.3% 29.9%
46 Schenck Forest 3.6 70 201 34.8% 28.6%
47 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 19 46 41.3% 28.3%
48 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
49 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
50 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
51 Lake Benson 11.9 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
52 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 14 34 41.2% 26.4%
53 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
54 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
55 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 32 91 35.2% 26.1%
56 Town Lake Park 23.4 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
57 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
58 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 47 146 32.2% 25.2%
59 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
60 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 15 40 37.5% 24.2%
61 Lake Betz 7.3 47 153 30.7% 24.0%
62 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
63 Shelley Lake 8.1 25 78 32.1% 22.7%
64 White Deer Park 11.6 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
65 Williamson Preserve 19.2 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
66 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 26 87 29.9% 21.3%
67 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
68 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
69 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
70 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
71 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
72 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
73 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
74 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
75 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
76 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
77 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
78 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
79 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
80 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
81 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 14 44 31.8% 20.0%
82 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 96 403 23.8% 19.9%
83 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 13 41 31.7% 19.6%
84 Homestead Park 19.3 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
85 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 40 159 25.2% 19.1%
86 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
87 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
88 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 25 99 25.3% 17.7%
89 Beaver Marsh 16.7 37 161 23.0% 17.2%
90 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
91 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
92 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
93 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
94 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
95 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
96 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
97 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
98 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
99 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
100 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
101 Raven Rock SP 23.9 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
102 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
103 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
104 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
105 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
106 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
107 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
108 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
109 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 11 47 23.4% 13.6%
110 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 14 65 21.5% 13.3%
111 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
112 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
113 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 38 23.7% 13.0%
114 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
115 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
116 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
117 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 11 52 21.2% 12.2%
118 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
119 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
120 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 19 104 18.3% 12.0%
121 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 93 647 14.4% 11.9%
122 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
123 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
124 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
125 Ritter Park 4.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
126 Lake Raleigh 6.0 12 61 19.7% 11.6%
127 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
128 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
129 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 9 47 19.1% 10.4%
130 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
131 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 16 100 16.0% 10.1%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
133 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
134 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
135 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 8 44 18.2% 9.5%
136 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
143 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
144 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
145 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
146 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
147 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
148 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
149 Northgate Park 17.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
150 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
151 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
152 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
153 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 9 66 13.6% 7.3%
154 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
155 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
156 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
157 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
158 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
159 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 8 65 12.3% 6.4%
160 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
161 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
162 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
163 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
164 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
165 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
166 Strickland Park 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
167 Action Park 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
168 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
169 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
170 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
171 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
172 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
173 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
174 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
175 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
176 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
177 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
178 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
179 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
180 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
181 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
182 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
183 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
184 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
185 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
186 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
187 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
188 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
189 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
190 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
191 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
192 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
193 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
194 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
195 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
196 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
197 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
198 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
199 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
200 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
201 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
202 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
203 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
204 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
205 Pullen Park 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
206 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
207 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
208 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
209 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
210 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
211 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
212 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
213 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
214 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
215 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
216 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
217 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
218 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
219 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
220 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
221 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
222 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
223 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 38 2.6% 0.5%