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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 14.5 122 147 83.0% 76.1%
2 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 50 69 72.5% 61.0%
3 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 79 113 69.9% 60.9%
4 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
5 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 132 208 63.5% 56.7%
6 Bond Park 2.7 113 182 62.1% 54.9%
7 White Deer Park 11.6 26 40 65.0% 49.5%
8 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 27 43 62.8% 47.9%
9 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 18 28 64.3% 45.8%
10 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 312 629 49.6% 45.7%
11 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 82 154 53.2% 45.4%
12 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
13 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 56 105 53.3% 43.8%
14 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 28 49 57.1% 43.3%
15 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
16 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
17 Lake Lynn 7.7 78 164 47.6% 40.1%
18 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 128 283 45.2% 39.5%
19 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 223 515 43.3% 39.1%
20 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
21 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
22 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 183 424 43.2% 38.5%
23 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 116 264 43.9% 38.1%
24 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 39 81 48.1% 37.6%
25 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
26 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
27 Bethesda Park 11.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
28 Cates Creek Park 25.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Lake Betz 7.3 104 261 39.8% 34.1%
30 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 62 150 41.3% 33.8%
31 Lake Raleigh 6.0 39 93 41.9% 32.4%
32 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 142 387 36.7% 32.0%
33 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 219 617 35.5% 31.8%
34 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 34 82 41.5% 31.4%
35 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 16 35 45.7% 30.5%
36 Homestead Park 19.3 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
37 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
38 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
39 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 25 62 40.3% 29.0%
40 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
41 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
42 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
43 Raven Rock SP 23.9 17 42 40.5% 27.0%
44 Shelley Lake 8.1 38 109 34.9% 26.6%
45 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
46 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 19 50 38.0% 25.9%
47 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
48 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
49 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
50 Apex Community Park 3.7 16 42 38.1% 25.0%
51 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
52 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 17 47 36.2% 24.0%
53 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 76 264 28.8% 23.7%
54 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
55 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
56 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
57 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
58 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
59 Town Lake Park 23.4 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
60 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
61 Ritter Park 4.3 17 49 34.7% 22.9%
62 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
63 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 21 65 32.3% 22.2%
64 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
65 17 Acre Woods 18.0 35 121 28.9% 21.6%
66 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
67 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 18 56 32.1% 21.4%
68 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
69 Wendell Park 22.6 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
70 Strickland Park 8.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
71 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
72 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 34 121 28.1% 20.9%
73 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 137 568 24.1% 20.8%
74 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
75 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
76 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
77 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
78 American Tobacco Trail--Riddle Road 12.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
79 Raftery Park 7.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
80 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
81 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
82 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
83 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
84 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
85 Berkshire Downs West Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
86 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
87 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
88 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
89 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 21 71 29.6% 20.2%
90 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 10 29 34.5% 19.9%
91 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 18 60 30.0% 19.9%
92 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
93 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
94 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
95 Beaver Marsh 16.7 47 194 24.2% 18.7%
96 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
97 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 18 68 26.5% 17.4%
98 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 21 82 25.6% 17.4%
99 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
100 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
101 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
102 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
103 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
104 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
105 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
106 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
107 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 22 94 23.4% 16.0%
108 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 19 79 24.1% 16.0%
109 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
110 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
111 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
112 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 17 72 23.6% 15.3%
113 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
114 Schenck Forest 3.6 41 206 19.9% 15.0%
115 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
116 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
117 Valley Springs Park 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
118 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 12 48 25.0% 14.9%
119 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
120 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
121 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
122 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
123 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 78 20.5% 13.0%
124 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
125 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
126 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
127 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 11 52 21.2% 12.2%
128 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
129 Parker Preserve 15.5 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
130 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
131 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
132 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
133 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 12 61 19.7% 11.6%
134 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 10 49 20.4% 11.5%
135 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
136 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
137 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
138 Fearrington Village 17.5 10 53 18.9% 10.6%
139 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
140 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
141 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 8 42 19.0% 10.0%
142 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
143 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
144 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
145 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
146 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
147 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
148 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 10 58 17.2% 9.6%
149 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
150 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
151 West Lake Road Ponds 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
152 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
153 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
154 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
155 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
156 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
157 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
158 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
159 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
160 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 42 427 9.8% 7.4%
161 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
162 Pullen Park 6.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
163 South Durham WRF 13.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
164 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
165 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
166 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
167 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
168 Lake Benson 11.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
169 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
170 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
171 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
172 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
173 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
174 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
175 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
176 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
177 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
178 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
179 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
180 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
181 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
182 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
183 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
184 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
185 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
186 Falls Lake 15.1 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
187 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
188 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 25 334 7.5% 5.1%
189 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
190 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
191 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
192 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
193 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
194 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
195 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
196 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
197 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%
198 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
199 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
200 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
201 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
202 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
203 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
204 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
205 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
206 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
207 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
208 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 6 77 7.8% 3.6%
209 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
210 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
211 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
212 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
213 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
214 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
215 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
216 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
217 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
218 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
219 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
220 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
221 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
222 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
223 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
224 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
225 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
226 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
227 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
228 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
229 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
230 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
231 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 9 270 3.3% 1.8%
232 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
233 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
234 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
235 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
236 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
237 Northgate Park 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
238 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
239 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
240 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
241 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
242 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
243 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
244 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
245 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
246 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
247 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
248 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
249 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 58 1.7% 0.3%