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Where to find Cooper's Hawk in April
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 April. 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 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
2 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
3 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 18 121 14.9% 9.6%
4 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
5 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
6 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
7 Ritter Park 4.3 16 132 12.1% 7.6%
8 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
9 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
10 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
11 Shelley Lake 8.1 16 143 11.2% 7.0%
12 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
13 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
14 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 7 58 12.1% 6.0%
15 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
16 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 43 596 7.2% 5.4%
17 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
18 Schenck Forest 3.6 23 294 7.8% 5.3%
19 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 27 356 7.6% 5.3%
20 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
21 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
22 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 11 133 8.3% 4.7%
23 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
24 Lake Lynn 7.7 19 266 7.1% 4.6%
25 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
26 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
27 Bond Park 2.7 15 217 6.9% 4.2%
28 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 82 8.5% 4.2%
29 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 31 592 5.2% 3.7%
30 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 16 268 6.0% 3.7%
31 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
32 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
33 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
34 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
35 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 10 156 6.4% 3.5%
36 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
37 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
38 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 64 7.8% 3.4%
39 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
40 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
41 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 116 6.0% 3.0%
42 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 9 173 5.2% 2.8%
43 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
44 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
45 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
46 17 Acre Woods 18.0 7 139 5.0% 2.5%
47 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 7 139 5.0% 2.5%
48 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
49 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 9 199 4.5% 2.4%
50 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 30 899 3.3% 2.3%
51 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 15 390 3.8% 2.3%
52 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
53 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 6 121 5.0% 2.3%
54 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
55 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
56 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
57 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
58 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
59 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 4 71 5.6% 2.2%
60 Lake Betz 7.3 13 355 3.7% 2.2%
61 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 20 627 3.2% 2.1%
62 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 29 984 2.9% 2.1%
63 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
64 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
65 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
66 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
67 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 5 115 4.3% 1.9%
68 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
69 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
70 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
71 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
72 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
73 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
74 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
75 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
76 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 71 4.2% 1.4%
77 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 3 71 4.2% 1.4%
78 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
79 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
80 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
81 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
82 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
83 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 13 603 2.2% 1.3%
84 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
85 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
86 Williamson Preserve 19.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
87 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
88 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 133 3.0% 1.2%
89 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
90 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 4 143 2.8% 1.1%
91 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 9 435 2.1% 1.1%
92 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
93 Lake Raleigh 6.0 4 157 2.5% 1.0%
94 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
95 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
96 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
97 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
98 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
99 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
100 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 117 2.6% 0.9%
101 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
102 Wendell Park 22.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
103 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
104 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 142 2.1% 0.7%
105 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
106 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
107 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
108 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
109 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
110 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
111 Lake Benson 11.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
112 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
113 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
114 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 102 2.0% 0.5%
115 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
116 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
117 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 107 1.9% 0.5%
118 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
119 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 113 1.8% 0.5%
120 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
121 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
122 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
123 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
124 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
125 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
126 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
127 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
128 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
129 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 238 0.8% 0.2%
130 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
131 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
132 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
133 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 114 0.9% 0.2%
134 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 330 0.3% 0.1%