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Where to find Red-shouldered Hawk in April
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 April. 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 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 150 173 86.7% 80.8%
2 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 16 17 94.1% 73.0%
3 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 15 18 83.3% 60.8%
4 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 50 71 70.4% 59.0%
5 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 55 82 67.1% 56.3%
6 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 125 199 62.8% 55.9%
7 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 25 35 71.4% 54.9%
8 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 21 31 67.7% 50.1%
9 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 67 115 58.3% 49.1%
10 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 20 30 66.7% 48.8%
11 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 499 984 50.7% 47.6%
12 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 38 64 59.4% 47.1%
13 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 142 268 53.0% 47.0%
14 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 67 121 55.4% 46.5%
15 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 62 116 53.4% 44.4%
16 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 73 139 52.5% 44.3%
17 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
19 River Forest Park 20.9 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
20 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 296 628 47.1% 43.3%
21 Bond Park 2.7 108 217 49.8% 43.2%
22 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
23 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 22 39 56.4% 41.0%
24 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 387 899 43.0% 39.8%
25 White Deer Park 11.6 37 73 50.7% 39.5%
26 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
27 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
28 Apex Community Park 3.7 25 49 51.0% 37.5%
29 Lake Lynn 7.7 111 266 41.7% 36.0%
30 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
31 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
32 Apex Nature Park 8.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
33 Lake Betz 7.3 143 355 40.3% 35.3%
34 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 58 134 43.3% 35.2%
35 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 19 38 50.0% 34.8%
36 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 66 156 42.3% 34.8%
37 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
38 Ritter Park 4.3 56 132 42.4% 34.3%
39 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
40 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 52 122 42.6% 34.2%
41 Wendell Park 22.6 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
42 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 216 603 35.8% 32.1%
43 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 210 592 35.5% 31.7%
44 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 26 60 43.3% 31.6%
45 Shelley Lake 8.1 56 143 39.2% 31.5%
46 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
47 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
48 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 17 37 45.9% 31.0%
49 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 25 59 42.4% 30.6%
50 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 136 390 34.9% 30.3%
51 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 28 68 41.2% 30.3%
52 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
53 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
54 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 25 61 41.0% 29.5%
55 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
56 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 17 40 42.5% 28.5%
57 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 39 105 37.1% 28.5%
58 Lake Raleigh 6.0 56 158 35.4% 28.4%
59 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 43 118 36.4% 28.3%
60 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
61 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 41 114 36.0% 27.7%
62 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 31 84 36.9% 27.4%
63 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 42 120 35.0% 27.1%
64 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 18 45 40.0% 27.0%
65 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 182 597 30.5% 26.9%
66 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
67 Town Lake Park 23.4 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
68 Homestead Park 19.3 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
69 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
70 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 21 61 34.4% 23.7%
71 Lake Benson 11.9 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
72 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
73 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
74 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
75 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
76 Beaver Marsh 16.7 90 330 27.3% 22.7%
77 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 20 61 32.8% 22.3%
78 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
79 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
80 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
81 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
82 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 22 71 31.0% 21.4%
83 Parker Preserve 15.5 19 61 31.1% 20.9%
84 Raven Rock SP 23.9 21 69 30.4% 20.8%
85 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
86 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
87 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
88 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
89 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
90 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
91 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
92 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
93 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 17 57 29.8% 19.5%
94 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 84 356 23.6% 19.5%
95 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 32 121 26.4% 19.4%
96 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
97 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 13 42 31.0% 19.1%
98 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
99 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
100 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 13 43 30.2% 18.6%
101 Schenck Forest 3.6 67 295 22.7% 18.3%
102 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
103 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 14 50 28.0% 17.5%
104 17 Acre Woods 18.0 33 139 23.7% 17.4%
105 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 31 133 23.3% 16.9%
106 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
107 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
108 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
109 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
110 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
111 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 30 142 21.1% 15.2%
112 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 47 238 19.7% 15.2%
113 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
114 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
115 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
116 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
117 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
118 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
119 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
120 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
121 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
122 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
123 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 12 58 20.7% 12.3%
124 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
125 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
126 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
127 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
128 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 12 60 20.0% 11.8%
129 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 12 60 20.0% 11.8%
130 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
131 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
132 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
133 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
134 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
135 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 42 21.4% 11.7%
136 Fearrington Village 17.5 13 67 19.4% 11.7%
137 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 16 87 18.4% 11.6%
138 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 10 50 20.0% 11.2%
139 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
140 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
141 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 15 87 17.2% 10.7%
142 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
143 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
144 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 29 195 14.9% 10.6%
145 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
146 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
147 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
148 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 55 435 12.6% 9.8%
149 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
150 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
151 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
152 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
153 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
154 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
155 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
156 Greene Tract 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
157 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
158 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 13 85 15.3% 9.2%
159 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 12 78 15.4% 9.0%
160 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
161 Salem Pond Park 4.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
162 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
163 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
164 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
165 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
166 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
167 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 12 83 14.5% 8.5%
168 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
169 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
170 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
171 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
172 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
173 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
174 Indian Trail Park 18.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
175 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
176 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
177 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 12 92 13.0% 7.6%
178 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
179 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
180 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
181 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
182 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
183 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
184 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
185 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
186 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
187 Eno River SP--The Quarry 21.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
189 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
190 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
191 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
192 Walltown Park 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
193 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
194 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
195 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
196 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
197 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
198 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
199 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
200 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
201 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
202 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
203 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 10 108 9.3% 5.1%
204 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
205 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
206 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
207 Northgate Park 17.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
208 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
209 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
210 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
211 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
212 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
213 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
214 Duke Park 16.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
215 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
216 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
217 Lyon Park 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
218 Pullen Park 6.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
219 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
220 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
221 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 143 7.0% 3.8%
222 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
223 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
224 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
225 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
226 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
227 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
228 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
229 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
230 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
231 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
232 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
233 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
234 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
235 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
236 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 6 102 5.9% 2.7%
237 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
238 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
239 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
240 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
241 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
242 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
243 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
244 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
245 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
246 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
247 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
248 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 4 71 5.6% 2.2%
249 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
250 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
251 stakeout Western Tanager, Durham (2018) 19.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
252 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
253 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 113 4.4% 1.9%
254 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
255 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
256 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
257 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
258 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
259 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
260 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
261 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 102 2.9% 1.0%
262 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
263 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
264 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
265 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
266 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
267 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
268 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
269 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 1 45 2.2% 0.4%