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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. 6.7 123 446 27.6% 23.6%
3 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
4 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
5 Schenck Forest 3.6 50 207 24.2% 18.8%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 52 294 17.7% 13.8%
7 Lake Lynn 7.7 99 734 13.5% 11.2%
8 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
9 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
10 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
11 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
12 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%
13 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 16 114 14.0% 8.8%
14 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 9 56 16.1% 8.7%
15 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 70 680 10.3% 8.2%
16 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
17 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 36 369 9.8% 7.1%
18 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
19 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
20 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
21 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
22 Bond Park 2.7 17 195 8.7% 5.5%
23 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
24 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 9 92 9.8% 5.2%
25 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
26 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
27 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
28 Lake Betz 7.3 14 177 7.9% 4.8%
29 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
30 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
31 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 12 152 7.9% 4.6%
32 Shelley Lake 8.1 8 90 8.9% 4.6%
33 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
34 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
35 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
36 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
37 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
38 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
39 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 9 111 8.1% 4.3%
40 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
41 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
42 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 69 8.7% 4.0%
43 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
44 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
45 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 57 8.8% 3.8%
46 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
47 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 11 167 6.6% 3.7%
48 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
49 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
50 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 11 175 6.3% 3.5%
51 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
52 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 12 201 6.0% 3.4%
53 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
54 17 Acre Woods 18.0 7 108 6.5% 3.2%
55 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 6 88 6.8% 3.2%
56 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
57 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
58 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
59 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
60 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
61 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
62 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
63 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
64 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
65 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
66 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
67 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
68 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 15 358 4.2% 2.6%
69 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 17 439 3.9% 2.4%
70 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 17 443 3.8% 2.4%
71 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
72 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
73 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
74 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
75 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
76 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
77 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 5 112 4.5% 1.9%
78 Lake Benson 11.9 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
79 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
80 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
81 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
82 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
83 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
84 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
85 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
86 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
87 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 97 4.1% 1.6%
88 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
89 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 4 104 3.8% 1.5%
90 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 105 3.8% 1.5%
91 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
92 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
93 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
94 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
95 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
96 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 20 888 2.3% 1.5%
97 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
98 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
99 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
100 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 4 117 3.4% 1.3%
101 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
102 Ritter Park 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
103 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
104 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
105 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
106 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
107 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
108 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
109 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
110 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
111 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
112 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
113 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
114 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
115 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
116 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 4 203 2.0% 0.8%
117 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
118 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
119 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
120 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
121 White Deer Park 11.6 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
122 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 3 162 1.9% 0.6%
123 Beaver Marsh 16.7 3 165 1.8% 0.6%
124 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
125 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
126 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
127 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
128 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
129 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
130 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
131 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
132 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
133 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
134 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 2 176 1.1% 0.3%
135 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
136 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
137 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 88 1.1% 0.2%