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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 91 130 70.0% 61.6%
2 Lake Lynn 7.7 365 577 63.3% 59.2%
3 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
4 Bond Park 2.7 114 181 63.0% 55.7%
5 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
6 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 25 36 69.4% 53.1%
7 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
8 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
9 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
10 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 36 58 62.1% 49.2%
11 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 46 77 59.7% 48.6%
12 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 181 337 53.7% 48.4%
13 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 34 56 60.7% 47.6%
14 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 835 1701 49.1% 46.7%
15 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 209 413 50.6% 45.8%
16 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 87 163 53.4% 45.7%
17 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 48 86 55.8% 45.3%
18 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 82 156 52.6% 44.8%
19 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 28 48 58.3% 44.3%
20 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
21 White Deer Park 11.6 19 31 61.3% 43.8%
22 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 198 411 48.2% 43.4%
23 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 70 136 51.5% 43.1%
24 Apex Community Park 3.7 27 48 56.2% 42.3%
25 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 145 311 46.6% 41.2%
26 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
27 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
28 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 19 33 57.6% 40.8%
29 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 33 64 51.6% 39.6%
30 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
31 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
32 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 109 248 44.0% 37.9%
33 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 26 52 50.0% 36.9%
34 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 63 141 44.7% 36.7%
35 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
36 Town Lake Park 23.4 16 31 51.6% 34.8%
37 17 Acre Woods 18.0 42 95 44.2% 34.6%
38 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 21 43 48.8% 34.6%
39 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
40 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
41 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
42 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
43 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
44 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 44 104 42.3% 33.3%
45 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 35 83 42.2% 32.1%
46 Schenck Forest 3.6 75 195 38.5% 31.9%
47 Shelley Lake 8.1 34 81 42.0% 31.8%
48 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 84 223 37.7% 31.6%
49 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 108 296 36.5% 31.2%
50 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
51 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
52 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
53 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
54 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 19 46 41.3% 28.3%
55 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 11 25 44.0% 26.7%
56 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
57 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
58 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 58 181 32.0% 25.7%
59 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
60 Indian Trail Park 18.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
61 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 60 192 31.2% 25.1%
62 Apex Nature Park 8.6 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
63 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
64 Lake Benson 11.9 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
65 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
66 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 19 55 34.5% 23.4%
67 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
68 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
69 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
70 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
71 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 14 39 35.9% 22.7%
72 Lake Betz 7.3 64 231 27.7% 22.3%
73 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 46 164 28.0% 21.7%
74 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
75 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
76 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
77 Wendell Park 22.6 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
78 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
79 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 29 98 29.6% 21.5%
80 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
81 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
82 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
83 Lake Raleigh 6.0 15 46 32.6% 20.9%
84 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
85 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
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 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
90 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
91 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
92 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
93 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
94 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
95 Millbrook Exchange Park 11.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
96 Clayton Community Park 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
97 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 15 49 30.6% 19.5%
98 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
99 Beaver Marsh 16.7 38 148 25.7% 19.3%
100 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 45 181 24.9% 19.1%
101 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
102 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
103 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
104 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 13 45 28.9% 17.7%
105 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
106 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
107 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
108 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 21 81 25.9% 17.6%
109 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 26 105 24.8% 17.5%
110 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 33 30.3% 17.4%
111 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
112 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
113 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
114 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 17 69 24.6% 16.0%
115 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 94 497 18.9% 15.7%
116 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
117 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 24 109 22.0% 15.3%
118 Ritter Park 4.3 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
119 Homestead Park 19.3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
120 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
121 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
122 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
123 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
124 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 26 132 19.7% 13.8%
125 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
126 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
127 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
128 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
129 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
130 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
131 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
132 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
133 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
134 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 9 39 23.1% 12.6%
135 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 39 232 16.8% 12.5%
136 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
137 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
138 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
139 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
140 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
141 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
142 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
143 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
144 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
145 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
146 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 12 63 19.0% 11.2%
147 Raven Rock SP 23.9 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
148 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
149 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
150 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 38 263 14.4% 10.7%
151 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
152 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
153 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
154 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
155 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
156 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
157 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
158 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
159 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
160 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
161 American Tobacco Trail--New Hope Church Rd. Trailhead Park 8.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
162 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 24 176 13.6% 9.3%
163 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
164 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
165 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
166 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
167 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
168 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
169 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
170 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
171 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
172 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 10 70 14.3% 7.9%
173 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 11 83 13.3% 7.6%
174 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 10 75 13.3% 7.4%
175 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
176 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
177 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
178 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
179 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
180 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
181 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
182 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
183 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
184 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
185 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
186 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
187 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
188 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
189 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
190 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
191 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
192 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 9 86 10.5% 5.6%
193 Pullen Park 6.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
194 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
195 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
196 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
197 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
198 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
199 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
200 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
201 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
202 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
203 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
204 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
205 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
206 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
207 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
208 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 7 83 8.4% 4.1%
209 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
210 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
211 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
212 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
213 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
214 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
215 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
216 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
217 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
218 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
219 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
220 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
221 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
222 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
223 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
224 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
225 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
226 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
227 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
228 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
229 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
230 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
231 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
232 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
233 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
234 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
235 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
236 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
237 Northgate Park 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
238 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
239 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
240 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%