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Where to find Sharp-shinned Hawk in October
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 73 351 20.8% 16.9%
2 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
3 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
4 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 19 144 13.2% 8.6%
6 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 7 41 17.1% 8.5%
7 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
8 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 9 62 14.5% 7.8%
9 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 51 508 10.0% 7.7%
10 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
11 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
12 Schenck Forest 3.6 18 223 8.1% 5.2%
13 Wendell Park 22.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
14 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%
15 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
16 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
17 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 20 358 5.6% 3.6%
18 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
19 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
20 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
21 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
22 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 36 825 4.4% 3.2%
23 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
24 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 10 181 5.5% 3.0%
25 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
26 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
27 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
28 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 138 5.8% 3.0%
29 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
30 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 17 403 4.2% 2.7%
31 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
32 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
33 Northgate Park 17.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
34 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 17 449 3.8% 2.4%
35 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
36 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
37 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 99 5.1% 2.2%
38 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
39 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 7 165 4.2% 2.1%
40 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
41 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 6 137 4.4% 2.0%
42 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
43 Lake Lynn 7.7 25 1002 2.5% 1.7%
44 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
45 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
46 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 23 1101 2.1% 1.4%
47 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
48 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
49 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
50 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 5 177 2.8% 1.2%
51 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
52 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
53 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
54 Bond Park 2.7 6 235 2.6% 1.2%
55 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
56 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 5 198 2.5% 1.1%
57 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
58 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
59 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 9 481 1.9% 1.0%
60 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
61 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
62 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 3 111 2.7% 0.9%
63 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
64 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
65 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
66 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 119 2.5% 0.9%
67 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
68 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
69 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
70 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 152 2.0% 0.7%
71 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
72 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
73 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
74 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
75 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
76 Lake Betz 7.3 3 205 1.5% 0.5%
77 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
78 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
79 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
80 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
81 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 2 136 1.5% 0.4%
82 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
83 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
84 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
85 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
86 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
87 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
88 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
89 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
90 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
91 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
92 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 126 0.8% 0.1%
93 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 1 138 0.7% 0.1%
94 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 2 488 0.4% 0.1%
95 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 242 0.4% 0.1%
96 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 247 0.4% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.