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Where to find Cooper's Hawk in February
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 February. 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 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
2 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 51 327 15.6% 12.1%
4 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
5 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
6 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
7 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 18 128 14.1% 9.1%
8 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
9 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
10 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
11 Schenck Forest 3.6 18 194 9.3% 5.9%
12 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
13 Dorothea Dix 6.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
14 17 Acre Woods 18.0 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
15 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 38 510 7.5% 5.5%
16 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
17 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
18 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
19 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
20 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 24 390 6.2% 4.2%
21 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
22 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 6 72 8.3% 3.9%
23 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 17 279 6.1% 3.8%
24 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
25 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
26 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
27 Apex Community Park 3.7 9 137 6.6% 3.5%
28 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
29 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
30 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
31 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
32 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
33 Wendell Park 22.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
34 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
35 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 7 139 5.0% 2.5%
36 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
37 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
38 Lake Betz 7.3 9 208 4.3% 2.3%
39 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
40 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
41 Lake Benson 11.9 4 74 5.4% 2.1%
42 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 12 335 3.6% 2.1%
43 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
44 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
45 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
46 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
47 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
48 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
49 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
50 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
51 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
52 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 12 437 2.7% 1.6%
53 Bond Park 2.7 5 137 3.6% 1.6%
54 Shelley Lake 8.1 4 104 3.8% 1.5%
55 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
56 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
57 Lake Lynn 7.7 4 107 3.7% 1.5%
58 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
59 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
60 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
61 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
62 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
63 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
64 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
65 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 3 91 3.3% 1.1%
66 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
67 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
68 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
69 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
70 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
71 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
72 Ritter Park 4.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
73 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
74 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
75 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 3 117 2.6% 0.9%
76 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
77 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
78 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
79 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
80 Beaver Marsh 16.7 5 281 1.8% 0.8%
81 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
82 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
83 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
84 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
85 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
86 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
87 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
88 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
89 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
90 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
91 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
92 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
93 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
94 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
95 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
96 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
97 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 113 0.9% 0.2%
98 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 1 128 0.8% 0.1%
99 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 132 0.8% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relFeb-2021. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Feb 2021.