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Where to find Cooper's Hawk in December
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 December. 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 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 83 608 13.7% 11.1%
2 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 40 308 13.0% 9.7%
3 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 20 137 14.6% 9.7%
5 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
6 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
7 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
8 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
9 Pullen Park 6.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
10 Williamson Preserve 19.2 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
11 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 24 212 11.3% 7.7%
12 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
13 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
14 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
15 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
16 Wendell Park 22.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
17 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
18 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
19 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
20 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
21 Lake Raleigh 6.0 9 99 9.1% 4.9%
22 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
23 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
24 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
25 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 20 295 6.8% 4.4%
26 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
27 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 55 9.1% 3.9%
28 Lake Betz 7.3 12 177 6.8% 3.9%
29 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
30 Bond Park 2.7 8 110 7.3% 3.7%
31 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 9 132 6.8% 3.6%
32 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
33 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
34 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
35 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
36 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 10 163 6.1% 3.4%
37 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
38 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
39 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
40 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
41 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 5 72 6.9% 3.0%
42 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
43 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 5 75 6.7% 2.9%
44 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
45 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
46 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
47 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
48 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
49 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
50 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
51 17 Acre Woods 18.0 4 63 6.3% 2.5%
52 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
53 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
54 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 5 93 5.4% 2.3%
55 Lake Benson 11.9 5 94 5.3% 2.3%
56 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
57 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
58 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
59 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
60 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
61 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
62 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
63 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
64 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
65 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 86 4.7% 1.8%
66 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
67 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 11 347 3.2% 1.8%
68 Lake Lynn 7.7 6 166 3.6% 1.7%
69 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
70 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
71 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
72 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
73 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
74 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
75 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
76 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
77 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
78 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
79 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
80 Ritter Park 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
81 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
82 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
83 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
84 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
85 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
86 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
87 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
88 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
89 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
90 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
91 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
92 Beaver Marsh 16.7 5 206 2.4% 1.0%
93 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
94 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 5 214 2.3% 1.0%
95 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 109 2.8% 0.9%
96 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
97 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 178 2.2% 0.9%
98 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
99 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
100 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
101 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 6 336 1.8% 0.8%
102 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
103 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 131 2.3% 0.8%
104 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
105 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
106 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 4 218 1.8% 0.7%
107 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
108 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
109 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
110 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
111 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
112 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
113 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
114 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
115 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
116 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
117 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
118 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
119 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
120 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
121 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 227 0.9% 0.2%
122 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 3 441 0.7% 0.2%
123 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 108 0.9% 0.2%
124 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 215 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.