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Where to find Sharp-shinned Hawk in October
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 Sharp-shinned Hawk in October. 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 16 92 17.4% 11.0%
2 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
3 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
4 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
5 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
6 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 2 50.0% 9.5%
7 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 9 56 16.1% 8.7%
8 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
9 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 48 446 10.8% 8.2%
10 Wendell Park 22.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
11 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
12 Schenck Forest 3.6 18 207 8.7% 5.6%
13 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
14 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
15 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
16 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 18 294 6.1% 3.9%
17 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
18 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
19 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 36 680 5.3% 3.8%
20 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
21 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 112 7.1% 3.7%
22 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
23 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 175 5.7% 3.1%
24 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
25 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
26 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
27 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 17 369 4.6% 2.9%
28 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 97 6.2% 2.9%
29 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 16 358 4.5% 2.8%
30 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
31 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
32 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
33 Northgate Park 17.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
34 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
35 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
36 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
37 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
38 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
39 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 7 162 4.3% 2.1%
40 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
41 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
42 Lake Lynn 7.7 18 734 2.5% 1.6%
43 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
44 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
45 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 18 888 2.0% 1.3%
47 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
48 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
49 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 5 176 2.8% 1.2%
50 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
51 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
52 Bond Park 2.7 5 195 2.6% 1.1%
53 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 9 443 2.0% 1.1%
54 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
55 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
56 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
57 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 3 105 2.9% 1.0%
58 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
59 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 4 167 2.4% 0.9%
60 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
61 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
62 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 111 2.7% 0.9%
63 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
64 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
65 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
66 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
67 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 152 2.0% 0.7%
68 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
69 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
70 Lake Betz 7.3 3 177 1.7% 0.6%
71 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
72 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
73 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
74 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
75 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
76 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
77 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
78 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
79 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
80 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
81 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
82 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
83 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 1 114 0.9% 0.2%
84 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 1 117 0.9% 0.2%
85 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 439 0.5% 0.1%
86 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 201 0.5% 0.1%
87 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 203 0.5% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.