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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			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	152	233	65.2%	58.9%
5			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	53	76	69.7%	58.7%
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	145	55.2%	47.0%
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			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
18			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	31	57	54.4%	41.6%
19			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
20			Lake Lynn	7.7	100	211	47.4%	40.8%
21			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	143	314	45.5%	40.1%
22			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	140	309	45.3%	39.8%
23			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
24			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	10	16	62.5%	38.6%
25			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	21	39	53.8%	38.6%
26			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	261	616	42.4%	38.5%
27			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	51	108	47.2%	38.1%
28			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	215	513	41.9%	37.7%
29			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	257	626	41.1%	37.3%
30			Lake Raleigh	6.0	53	121	43.8%	35.3%
31			Lake Betz	7.3	114	285	40.0%	34.5%
32			Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
33			Bethesda Park	11.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
34			Cates Creek Park	25.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
35			Apex Community Park	3.7	24	54	44.4%	32.0%
36			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	76	201	37.8%	31.4%
37			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	36	88	40.9%	31.2%
38			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	236	681	34.7%	31.2%
39			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	33	80	41.2%	31.1%
40			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
41			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	14	30	46.7%	30.2%
42			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	12	25	48.0%	30.0%
43			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	34	86	39.5%	29.9%
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			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	16	37	43.2%	28.7%
48			Shelley Lake	8.1	48	134	35.8%	28.2%
49			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
50			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	11	24	45.8%	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			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	11	30	36.7%	21.9%
74			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	22	70	31.4%	21.8%
75			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	37	129	28.7%	21.6%
76			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	10	27	37.0%	21.5%
77			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	12	34	35.3%	21.5%
78			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	12	34	35.3%	21.5%
79			Strickland Park	8.9	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
80			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	165	681	24.2%	21.2%
81			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	11	31	35.5%	21.1%
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	217	19.4%	14.6%
122			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
123			Lake Benson	11.9	9	35	25.7%	14.2%
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			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
143			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	14	77	18.2%	11.2%
144			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
145			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
146			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	6	28	21.4%	10.2%
147			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	10	55	18.2%	10.2%
148			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
149			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	7	35	20.0%	10.0%
150			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	11	64	17.2%	9.9%
151			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
152			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
153			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	8	43	18.6%	9.7%
154			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
155			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
156			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
157			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
158			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
159			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
160			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
161			Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane	15.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
162			Bennett Place State Historic Site	19.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
163			Cedar Hills Park	9.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
164			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
165			Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive	1.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
166			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	58	491	11.8%	9.2%
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			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	8	47	17.0%	8.9%
170			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
171			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
172			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
173			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
174			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
175			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
176			Eastgate Park	9.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
177			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
178			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	7	49	14.3%	7.1%
179			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	8	59	13.6%	7.0%
180			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	35	384	9.1%	6.6%
181			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	8	65	12.3%	6.4%
182			South Durham WRF	13.3	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
183			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
184			West Lake Road Ponds	8.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
185			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
186			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
187			Eva Perry Library	4.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
188			Rock Ridge Park	23.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
189			Capital Hills Drive Wetlands	13.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
190			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
191			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
192			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
193			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
194			stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019)	8.2	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
195			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
196			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
197			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
198			Falls Lake	15.1	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
199			Pullen Park	6.6	2	12	16.7%	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			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
208			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	6	70	8.6%	4.0%
209			Indian Trail Park	18.1	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
210			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
211			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
212			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
213			Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area	22.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
214			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	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			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
219			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
220			Crowder District Park	6.8	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
221			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	6	89	6.7%	3.1%
222			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
223			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
224			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
225			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
226			Cornwallis Road Park	16.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
227			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
228			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
229			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
230			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	3	40	7.5%	2.6%
231			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
232			Duke University--Anderson Woods	17.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
233			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
234			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	3	41	7.3%	2.5%
235			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
236			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	4	68	5.9%	2.3%
237			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
238			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
239			Williamson Preserve	19.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
240			Forest Hills Park	15.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
241			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
242			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	3	58	5.2%	1.8%
243			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
244			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
245			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
246			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
247			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	3	66	4.5%	1.6%
248			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
249			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
250			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	10	450	2.2%	1.2%
251			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	2	48	4.2%	1.2%
252			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
253			Northgate Park	17.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
254			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
255			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
256			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
257			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
258			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
259			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	2	73	2.7%	0.8%
260			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
261			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
262			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
263			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
264			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	1	52	1.9%	0.3%