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Where to find Red-shouldered Hawk in May
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 May. 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 14.5 126 152 82.9% 76.1%
2 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 89 126 70.6% 62.2%
3 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
4 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 53 75 70.7% 59.6%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 152 233 65.2% 58.9%
6 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 43 64 67.2% 55.0%
7 Bond Park 2.7 123 199 61.8% 54.9%
8 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
9 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
10 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
11 White Deer Park 11.6 39 64 60.9% 48.7%
12 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 80 144 55.6% 47.4%
13 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 20 31 64.5% 46.9%
14 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
15 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 361 755 47.8% 44.3%
16 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 88 172 51.2% 43.7%
17 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 31 57 54.4% 41.6%
18 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
19 Lake Lynn 7.7 100 211 47.4% 40.8%
20 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 143 314 45.5% 40.1%
21 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 140 309 45.3% 39.8%
22 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
23 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
24 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
25 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 261 616 42.4% 38.5%
26 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 51 107 47.7% 38.4%
27 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 215 513 41.9% 37.7%
28 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 257 624 41.2% 37.4%
29 Lake Raleigh 6.0 53 119 44.5% 35.9%
30 Lake Betz 7.3 114 285 40.0% 34.5%
31 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
32 Bethesda Park 11.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
33 Cates Creek Park 25.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
34 Apex Community Park 3.7 24 54 44.4% 32.0%
35 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 76 199 38.2% 31.7%
36 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 36 88 40.9% 31.2%
37 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 236 680 34.7% 31.2%
38 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 33 80 41.2% 31.1%
39 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
40 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
41 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
42 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 34 86 39.5% 29.9%
43 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 33 84 39.3% 29.5%
44 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
45 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
46 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 37 43.2% 28.7%
47 Shelley Lake 8.1 48 134 35.8% 28.2%
48 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
49 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
50 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 16 38 42.1% 27.9%
51 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
52 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
53 Homestead Park 19.3 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
54 Raven Rock SP 23.9 20 53 37.7% 25.9%
55 Town Lake Park 23.4 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
56 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
57 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
58 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 30 89 33.7% 24.7%
59 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
60 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 19 53 35.8% 24.3%
61 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 87 300 29.0% 24.2%
62 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
63 Ritter Park 4.3 18 51 35.3% 23.6%
64 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 26 79 32.9% 23.6%
65 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 17 48 35.4% 23.4%
66 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 21 62 33.9% 23.3%
67 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
68 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
69 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
70 17 Acre Woods 18.0 40 134 29.9% 22.8%
71 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
72 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 19 57 33.3% 22.5%
73 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
74 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
75 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 22 70 31.4% 21.8%
76 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 37 129 28.7% 21.6%
77 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
78 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
79 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
80 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 165 676 24.4% 21.3%
81 Strickland Park 8.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
82 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
83 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
84 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 10 28 35.7% 20.7%
85 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
86 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
87 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
88 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
89 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
90 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
91 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 28 101 27.7% 19.9%
92 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
93 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
94 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 21 74 28.4% 19.4%
95 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
96 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
97 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
98 Beaver Marsh 16.7 48 199 24.1% 18.7%
99 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
100 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 20 76 26.3% 17.7%
101 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
102 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 27 111 24.3% 17.3%
103 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
104 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
105 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 32 139 23.0% 16.8%
106 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 14 52 26.9% 16.8%
107 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 22 92 23.9% 16.4%
108 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
109 Wendell Park 22.6 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
110 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 11 40 27.5% 16.1%
111 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
112 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
113 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
114 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
115 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
116 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
117 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
118 Valley Springs Park 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
119 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
120 Coker Pinetum 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
121 Schenck Forest 3.6 42 216 19.4% 14.7%
122 Lake Benson 11.9 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
123 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
124 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
125 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
126 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
127 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
128 Parker Preserve 15.5 9 38 23.7% 13.0%
129 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
130 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
131 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
132 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
133 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
134 Fearrington Village 17.5 13 63 20.6% 12.5%
135 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
136 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 7 30 23.3% 11.8%
137 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
138 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
139 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
140 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
141 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 12 62 19.4% 11.4%
142 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 14 76 18.4% 11.3%
143 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
144 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
145 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
146 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
147 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
148 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
149 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
150 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
151 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
152 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
153 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
154 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
155 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
156 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
157 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
158 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
159 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
160 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
161 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
162 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
163 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
164 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
165 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 58 489 11.9% 9.3%
166 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
167 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
168 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
169 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
170 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
171 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
172 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
173 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
174 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
175 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
176 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
177 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
178 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 8 59 13.6% 7.0%
179 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 35 384 9.1% 6.6%
180 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
181 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
182 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
183 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
184 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
189 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
190 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
191 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
192 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
193 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
194 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
195 Pullen Park 6.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
196 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
197 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
198 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
199 Falls Lake 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
200 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
201 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
202 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
203 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
205 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
206 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
207 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
208 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
209 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
210 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
211 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
212 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
213 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
214 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
215 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
216 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
217 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
218 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
219 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
220 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 6 88 6.8% 3.2%
221 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
222 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
223 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
224 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
225 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
226 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
227 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
228 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
229 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
230 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
231 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
232 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
233 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
234 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
235 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
236 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
237 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
238 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
239 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
240 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
241 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
242 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
243 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
244 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
245 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
246 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
247 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
248 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
249 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 450 2.2% 1.2%
250 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
251 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
252 Northgate Park 17.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
253 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
254 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
255 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
256 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
257 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
258 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
259 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
260 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
261 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
262 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
263 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 52 1.9% 0.3%