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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 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
2 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 171 268 63.8% 57.9%
3 Lake Lynn 7.7 428 734 58.3% 54.7%
4 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 259 446 58.1% 53.4%
5 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 26 39 66.7% 51.0%
7 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 56 92 60.9% 50.7%
8 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 69 117 59.0% 49.9%
9 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 202 369 54.7% 49.6%
10 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
11 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
12 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 231 439 52.6% 47.9%
13 Bond Park 2.7 106 195 54.4% 47.4%
14 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 91 167 54.5% 46.9%
15 Apex Community Park 3.7 40 69 58.0% 46.2%
16 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 36 63 57.1% 44.9%
17 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
18 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 83 162 51.2% 43.6%
19 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 316 680 46.5% 42.8%
20 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 168 358 46.9% 41.8%
21 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
22 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
23 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
24 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 56 114 49.1% 40.1%
25 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 81 175 46.3% 39.1%
26 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
27 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 70 152 46.1% 38.3%
28 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 24 46 52.2% 38.1%
29 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 89 203 43.8% 37.2%
30 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
31 Wendell Park 22.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
32 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
33 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 117 294 39.8% 34.4%
34 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
35 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
36 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%
37 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
38 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 25 56 44.6% 32.4%
39 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
40 17 Acre Woods 18.0 44 108 40.7% 31.9%
41 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
42 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
43 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
44 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 20 46 43.5% 30.2%
45 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
46 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
47 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
48 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
49 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 16 36 44.4% 29.5%
50 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
51 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 20 48 41.7% 28.8%
52 Shelley Lake 8.1 34 90 37.8% 28.5%
53 Lake Benson 11.9 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
54 Schenck Forest 3.6 71 207 34.3% 28.2%
55 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
56 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 40 112 35.7% 27.4%
57 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 67 201 33.3% 27.2%
58 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 19 48 39.6% 27.0%
59 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 37 105 35.2% 26.8%
60 Lake Betz 7.3 58 177 32.8% 26.3%
61 Williamson Preserve 19.2 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
62 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 20 54 37.0% 25.4%
63 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
64 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
65 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 14 36 38.9% 24.8%
66 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
67 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
68 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 16 43 37.2% 24.4%
69 Parker Preserve 15.5 10 25 40.0% 23.4%
70 Town Lake Park 23.4 13 35 37.1% 23.2%
71 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
72 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 50 176 28.4% 22.3%
73 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
74 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 30 105 28.6% 20.8%
75 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
76 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
77 White Deer Park 11.6 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
78 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
79 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
80 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
81 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
82 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
83 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
84 Homestead Park 19.3 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
85 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 18 59 30.5% 20.3%
86 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 105 443 23.7% 20.0%
87 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 16 52 30.8% 19.9%
88 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
89 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 54 29.6% 19.1%
90 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
91 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
92 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
93 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
94 Beaver Marsh 16.7 40 165 24.2% 18.3%
95 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
96 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
97 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
98 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
99 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
100 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
101 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 14 55 25.5% 15.8%
102 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
103 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
104 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
105 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
106 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
107 Raven Rock SP 23.9 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
108 Dorothea Dix 6.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
109 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
110 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
111 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
112 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
113 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
114 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
115 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
116 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 9 37 24.3% 13.4%
117 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
118 Lake Raleigh 6.0 15 71 21.1% 13.2%
119 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 10 44 22.7% 12.8%
120 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 133 888 15.0% 12.8%
121 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 21 111 18.9% 12.7%
122 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
123 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 12 57 21.1% 12.5%
124 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 17 88 19.3% 12.4%
125 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
126 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 11 53 20.8% 12.0%
127 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
128 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
129 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
130 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
131 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
132 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
133 Ritter Park 4.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
134 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
135 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 8 37 21.6% 11.4%
136 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
137 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
138 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
139 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
140 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
141 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 16 97 16.5% 10.4%
142 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
143 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
144 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
145 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 16 104 15.4% 9.7%
146 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
147 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
148 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
149 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
150 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
151 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
152 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
153 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
154 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
155 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
156 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
157 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
158 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
159 Northgate Park 17.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
160 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
161 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
162 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
163 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
164 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
165 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
166 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
167 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
168 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 10 84 11.9% 6.6%
169 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
170 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
171 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
172 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
173 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
174 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
175 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
176 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
177 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
178 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
179 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
180 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
181 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
182 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
183 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
184 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
185 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
186 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
187 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
188 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
189 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
190 Action Park 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
191 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
192 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
193 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
194 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
195 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
196 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
197 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
198 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
199 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
200 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
201 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
202 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
203 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
204 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
205 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
206 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
207 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
208 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
209 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
210 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
211 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
212 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
213 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
214 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
215 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
216 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
217 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
218 Pullen Park 6.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
219 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
220 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
221 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
222 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
223 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
224 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
225 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
226 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
227 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
228 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
229 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
230 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 88 3.4% 1.2%
231 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
232 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
233 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
234 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
235 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 39 2.6% 0.5%