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Where to find Red-shouldered Hawk in September
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 September. 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 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 79 111 71.2% 62.1%
2 Lake Lynn 7.7 225 373 60.3% 55.3%
3 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 24 34 70.6% 53.8%
4 Bond Park 2.7 95 157 60.5% 52.7%
5 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
6 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
7 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
8 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 671 1293 51.9% 49.2%
9 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 39 67 58.2% 46.3%
10 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 86 160 53.8% 46.0%
11 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 39 68 57.4% 45.5%
12 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 125 242 51.7% 45.4%
13 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 30 51 58.8% 45.2%
14 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 80 152 52.6% 44.7%
15 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 48 87 55.2% 44.7%
16 White Deer Park 11.6 16 25 64.0% 44.5%
17 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
18 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
19 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 191 392 48.7% 43.8%
20 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
21 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 180 371 48.5% 43.5%
22 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
23 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 142 305 46.6% 41.0%
24 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
25 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
26 Apex Community Park 3.7 21 37 56.8% 40.9%
27 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 103 224 46.0% 39.6%
28 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 53 109 48.6% 39.4%
29 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
30 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
31 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 31 61 50.8% 38.6%
32 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
33 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 21 39 53.8% 38.6%
34 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 50 110 45.5% 36.5%
35 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
36 Town Lake Park 23.4 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
37 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 39 88 44.3% 34.4%
38 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
39 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
40 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
41 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
42 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
43 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
44 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
45 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
46 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 15 30 50.0% 33.2%
47 Schenck Forest 3.6 73 189 38.6% 32.0%
48 17 Acre Woods 18.0 37 89 41.6% 31.9%
49 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 32 77 41.6% 31.2%
50 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 96 261 36.8% 31.2%
51 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 13 27 48.1% 30.7%
52 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
53 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 77 210 36.7% 30.4%
54 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
55 Shelley Lake 8.1 24 58 41.4% 29.6%
56 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
57 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
58 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
59 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
60 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
61 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
62 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 28 84 33.3% 24.2%
63 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 47 154 30.5% 23.8%
64 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
65 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 46 152 30.3% 23.5%
66 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
67 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
68 Apex Nature Park 8.6 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
69 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
70 Lake Benson 11.9 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
71 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 16 48 33.3% 21.7%
72 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
73 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
74 Wendell Park 22.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
75 Indian Trail Park 18.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
76 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
77 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
78 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
79 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
80 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
81 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
82 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
83 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
84 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
85 Lake Betz 7.3 57 219 26.0% 20.7%
86 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
87 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
88 Heritage Lake 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
89 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
90 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
91 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
92 Beaver Marsh 16.7 38 148 25.7% 19.3%
93 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
94 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
95 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 26 100 26.0% 18.4%
96 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
97 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
98 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
99 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 24 100 24.0% 16.7%
100 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 39 28.2% 16.5%
101 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
102 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
103 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 13 50 26.0% 15.9%
104 Ritter Park 4.3 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
105 Homestead Park 19.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
106 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
107 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
108 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
109 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 87 471 18.5% 15.2%
110 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
111 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
112 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
113 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
114 Williamson Preserve 19.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
115 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
116 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
117 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
118 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
119 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
120 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
121 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
122 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 36 214 16.8% 12.4%
123 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
124 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
125 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
126 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 12 59 20.3% 12.0%
127 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
128 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
129 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
130 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
131 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
132 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 30 192 15.6% 11.2%
133 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
134 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 11 58 19.0% 10.9%
135 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 10 52 19.2% 10.8%
136 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
137 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
138 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
139 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
140 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
141 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
142 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
143 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
144 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
145 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
146 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 18 122 14.8% 9.5%
147 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
148 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
149 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
150 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
151 Lake Wheeler 8.2 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
152 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
153 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
154 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
155 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
156 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
157 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 11 77 14.3% 8.2%
158 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
159 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 20 165 12.1% 8.0%
160 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
161 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
162 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
163 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
164 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 8 65 12.3% 6.4%
165 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
166 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
167 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
168 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
169 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
170 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
171 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
172 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
173 Pullen Park 6.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
174 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
175 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
176 Crowder District Park 6.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
177 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
178 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
179 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
180 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
181 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
182 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
183 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
184 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
185 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
186 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
187 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
188 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
189 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
190 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
191 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
192 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
193 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
194 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
195 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
196 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
197 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
198 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
199 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
200 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
201 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
202 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
203 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
204 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
205 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
206 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
207 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
208 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
209 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
210 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
211 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 74 5.4% 2.1%
212 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
213 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
214 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
215 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
216 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
217 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
218 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
219 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
220 Northgate Park 17.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
221 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
222 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
223 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
224 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
225 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%