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Where to find Cooper's 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 Cooper's 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			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
2			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	111	369	30.1%	25.6%
3			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	57	208	27.4%	21.8%
4			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
5			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
6			Schenck Forest	3.6	50	201	24.9%	19.4%
7			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	46	254	18.1%	13.9%
8			Lake Lynn	7.7	75	480	15.6%	12.7%
9			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	6	28	21.4%	10.2%
10			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
11			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
12			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
13			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
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	2	50.0%	9.5%
15			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	9	52	17.3%	9.4%
16			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	60	527	11.4%	8.9%
17			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
18			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	9	66	13.6%	7.3%
19			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	33	352	9.4%	6.8%
20			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
21			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	9	77	11.7%	6.3%
22			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.)	19.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
23			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
24			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
25			Morrisville Community Park	3.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
26			Bond Park	2.7	16	171	9.4%	5.8%
27			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
28			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
29			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
30			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	5	40	12.5%	5.5%
31			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
32			Lake Betz	7.3	13	153	8.5%	5.0%
33			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
34			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
35			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	12	145	8.3%	4.8%
36			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
37			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
38			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	9	104	8.7%	4.6%
39			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
40			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
41			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
42			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
43			Shelley Lake	8.1	7	78	9.0%	4.4%
44			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
45			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	11	157	7.0%	4.0%
46			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	10	146	6.8%	3.8%
47			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
48			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
49			Apex Community Park	3.7	5	61	8.2%	3.6%
50			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
51			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	8	122	6.6%	3.4%
52			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
53			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
54			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	5	71	7.0%	3.0%
55			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
56			Inwood Rd.	7.3	3	37	8.1%	2.8%
57			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
58			17 Acre Woods	18.0	6	107	5.6%	2.6%
59			Lake Raleigh	6.0	4	61	6.6%	2.6%
60			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
61			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
62			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	3	43	7.0%	2.4%
63			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	3	43	7.0%	2.4%
64			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	4	66	6.1%	2.4%
65			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	15	403	3.7%	2.3%
66			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
67			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	14	380	3.7%	2.2%
68			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	12	325	3.7%	2.1%
69			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	3	50	6.0%	2.1%
70			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
71			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
72			Lake Benson	11.9	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
73			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	4	87	4.6%	1.8%
74			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
75			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
76			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
77			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
78			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
79			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	18	647	2.8%	1.8%
80			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	4	91	4.4%	1.7%
81			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
82			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
83			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	4	100	4.0%	1.6%
84			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
85			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
86			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	2	38	5.3%	1.5%
87			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	2	41	4.9%	1.3%
88			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
89			Ritter Park	4.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
90			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
91			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
92			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
93			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
94			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
95			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
96			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
97			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
98			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
99			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
100			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
101			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	3	101	3.0%	1.0%
102			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
103			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	4	168	2.4%	0.9%
104			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
105			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
106			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
107			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
108			Beaver Marsh	16.7	3	161	1.9%	0.6%
109			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
110			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
111			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	2	99	2.0%	0.6%
112			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
113			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
114			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
115			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
116			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
117			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
118			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
119			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
120			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
121			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	2	152	1.3%	0.4%
122			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	2	159	1.3%	0.3%
123			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	1	65	1.5%	0.3%