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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			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
9			Lake Lynn	7.7	253	477	53.0%	48.6%
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			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	86	157	54.8%	47.0%
14			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	197	380	51.8%	46.8%
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			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
48			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	19	47	40.4%	27.6%
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	92	34.8%	25.8%
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			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
106			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
107			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
108			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	11	47	23.4%	13.6%
109			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	14	65	21.5%	13.3%
110			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
111			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	10	43	23.3%	13.2%
112			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	9	38	23.7%	13.0%
113			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	11	50	22.0%	12.8%
114			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
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			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	9	45	20.0%	10.9%
129			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
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			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	9	68	13.2%	7.1%
158			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
159			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
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			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
221			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	2	71	2.8%	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%