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Where to find Red-shouldered Hawk 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 Red-shouldered Hawk 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 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
2 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
3 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
4 Apex Community Park 3.7 52 86 60.5% 49.9%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 120 212 56.6% 49.9%
6 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 327 608 53.8% 49.8%
7 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 175 336 52.1% 46.7%
8 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
9 Ritter Park 4.3 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
10 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
11 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
12 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
13 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
14 Lake Benson 11.9 49 94 52.1% 42.1%
15 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 36 67 53.7% 41.9%
16 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
17 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 26 49 53.1% 39.4%
18 Lake Lynn 7.7 76 166 45.8% 38.4%
19 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
20 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 126 295 42.7% 37.2%
21 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 13 23 56.5% 36.8%
22 Shelley Lake 8.1 59 131 45.0% 36.8%
23 White Deer Park 11.6 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
24 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 34 72 47.2% 36.1%
25 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
26 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
27 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
28 Bond Park 2.7 49 110 44.5% 35.6%
29 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 137 347 39.5% 34.5%
30 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 56 132 42.4% 34.3%
31 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
32 Williamson Preserve 19.2 20 42 47.6% 33.4%
33 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 38 89 42.7% 32.9%
34 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 19 42 45.2% 31.2%
35 Lake Betz 7.3 67 177 37.9% 31.0%
36 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 62 163 38.0% 30.9%
37 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
38 Coker Pinetum 16.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
39 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
40 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 107 308 34.7% 29.6%
41 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 77 218 35.3% 29.3%
42 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 23 58 39.7% 28.1%
43 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 25 65 38.5% 27.6%
44 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
45 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
46 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
47 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
48 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 27 75 36.0% 26.1%
49 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 18 47 38.3% 25.8%
50 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
51 Schenck Forest 3.6 45 137 32.8% 25.5%
52 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
53 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
54 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 15 40 37.5% 24.2%
55 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
56 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
57 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
58 Lake Raleigh 6.0 30 99 30.3% 22.1%
59 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
60 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 21 67 31.3% 21.5%
61 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
62 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
63 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Knightdale Station Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
71 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
72 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
73 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 11 33 33.3% 19.8%
74 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
75 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
76 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
77 17 Acre Woods 18.0 18 63 28.6% 18.9%
78 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
79 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
80 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 13 43 30.2% 18.6%
81 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 28 109 25.7% 18.4%
82 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 50 214 23.4% 18.2%
83 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
84 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 15 55 27.3% 17.3%
85 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
86 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 19 76 25.0% 16.6%
87 Fearrington Village 17.5 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
88 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
89 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
90 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
91 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
92 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
93 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
94 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
95 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
96 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
97 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
98 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
99 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
100 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 13 54 24.1% 14.6%
101 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 16 71 22.5% 14.4%
102 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
103 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
104 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 75 441 17.0% 13.8%
105 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
106 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
107 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
108 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
109 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
110 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 10 43 23.3% 13.2%
111 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 15 72 20.8% 13.1%
112 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
113 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
114 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
115 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
116 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
117 Homestead Park 19.3 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
118 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
119 Beaver Marsh 16.7 31 206 15.0% 10.8%
120 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
121 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
122 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
123 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
124 Lake Wheeler 8.2 9 49 18.4% 10.0%
125 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
126 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
127 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
128 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 12 73 16.4% 9.7%
129 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
130 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
131 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
132 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
133 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
134 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
135 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
136 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
137 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
138 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
139 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
140 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
141 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
142 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 30 227 13.2% 9.4%
143 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
144 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
145 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
146 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
147 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
148 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 8 47 17.0% 8.9%
149 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 15 108 13.9% 8.6%
150 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
151 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
152 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
153 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
154 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
155 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
156 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
157 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
158 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
159 Town Lake Park 23.4 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
160 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
161 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
162 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
163 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
164 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
165 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
166 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
167 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 8 69 11.6% 6.0%
168 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
169 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
170 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
171 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
172 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
173 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
174 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 17 215 7.9% 5.0%
175 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 7 71 9.9% 4.9%
176 Pullen Park 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
177 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
178 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
179 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
180 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
181 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 13 178 7.3% 4.3%
182 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 8 102 7.8% 4.0%
183 Raven Rock SP 23.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
184 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
185 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 7 86 8.1% 4.0%
186 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
187 Northgate Park 17.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
188 Leesville Park 7.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
189 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
190 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
191 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
192 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
193 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
194 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
195 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
196 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
197 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
198 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
199 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
200 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
201 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 5 93 5.4% 2.3%
202 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
203 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
204 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
205 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
206 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
207 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
208 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
209 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
210 Wendell Park 22.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
211 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
212 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
213 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
214 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 4 95 4.2% 1.6%
215 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
216 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
217 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
218 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
219 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
220 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
221 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
222 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
223 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
224 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
225 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
226 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
227 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
228 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
229 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 64 1.6% 0.3%