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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 Pullen Park 6.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 66 498 13.3% 10.6%
3 Schenck Forest 3.6 19 123 15.4% 10.1%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 36 273 13.2% 9.7%
5 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
6 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
7 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
8 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 24 188 12.8% 8.7%
9 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
10 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
11 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
12 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
13 Wendell Park 22.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
14 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
15 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
16 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
17 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
18 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
19 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
20 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
21 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
22 Lake Raleigh 6.0 8 89 9.0% 4.6%
23 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
24 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
25 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
26 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
27 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 18 255 7.1% 4.5%
28 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
29 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 9 126 7.1% 3.8%
30 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
31 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
32 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
33 Lake Betz 7.3 9 138 6.5% 3.5%
34 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
35 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
37 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
38 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
39 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
40 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 5 78 6.4% 2.8%
41 17 Acre Woods 18.0 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
42 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
43 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 5 83 6.0% 2.6%
44 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
45 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
46 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
47 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
48 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
49 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
50 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
51 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 Bond Park 2.7 5 97 5.2% 2.2%
53 Lake Benson 11.9 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
54 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 11 306 3.6% 2.0%
55 Lake Lynn 7.7 6 138 4.3% 2.0%
56 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
57 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
58 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
59 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
60 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
61 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
62 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 5 130 3.8% 1.7%
63 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
64 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
65 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
66 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
67 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
68 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
69 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
70 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
71 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
72 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
73 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 70 4.3% 1.5%
74 Ritter Park 4.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
75 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
76 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
77 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
78 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
79 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
80 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
81 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
82 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
83 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
84 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
85 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 4 156 2.6% 1.0%
86 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 3 104 2.9% 1.0%
87 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 6 290 2.1% 1.0%
88 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 109 2.8% 0.9%
89 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 4 167 2.4% 0.9%
90 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
91 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 4 173 2.3% 0.9%
92 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
93 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
94 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
95 Beaver Marsh 16.7 4 190 2.1% 0.8%
96 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
97 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
98 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
99 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
100 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
101 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
102 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
103 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
104 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
105 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
106 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
107 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
108 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 2 130 1.5% 0.4%
109 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
110 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
111 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
112 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
113 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 3 384 0.8% 0.3%
114 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
115 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 206 0.5% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.