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Where to find Cooper's Hawk in May
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 May. 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 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
2 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
3 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 16 113 14.2% 8.9%
4 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
5 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
6 Eva Perry Library 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
7 American Tobacco Trail--Pittard Sears Road 8.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
8 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
9 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
10 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
11 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
12 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
13 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
14 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
15 Schenck Forest 3.6 13 206 6.3% 3.7%
16 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 30 568 5.3% 3.7%
17 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
18 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
19 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
20 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
21 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
22 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 10 208 4.8% 2.6%
23 Bond Park 2.7 9 182 4.9% 2.6%
24 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 12 264 4.5% 2.6%
25 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 17 424 4.0% 2.5%
26 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 23 617 3.7% 2.5%
27 Lake Lynn 7.7 8 164 4.9% 2.5%
28 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
29 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
30 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
31 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 109 4.6% 2.0%
32 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
33 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
34 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
35 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 14 515 2.7% 1.6%
36 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 16 629 2.5% 1.6%
37 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
38 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 4 105 3.8% 1.5%
39 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
40 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
41 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 5 154 3.2% 1.4%
42 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
43 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
44 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
45 Lake Betz 7.3 7 261 2.7% 1.3%
46 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 7 264 2.7% 1.3%
47 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
48 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
49 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
50 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 7 270 2.6% 1.3%
51 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 82 3.7% 1.3%
52 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 7 283 2.5% 1.2%
53 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
54 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
55 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 94 3.2% 1.1%
56 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 8 387 2.1% 1.1%
57 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
58 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
59 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
60 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
61 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
62 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
63 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
64 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
65 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
66 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
67 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
68 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
69 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
70 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
71 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
72 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
73 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
74 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
75 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
76 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
77 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
78 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
79 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 5 427 1.2% 0.5%
80 White Deer Park 11.6 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
81 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
82 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
83 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
84 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
85 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
86 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
87 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 2 150 1.3% 0.4%
88 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
89 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
90 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
91 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
92 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
93 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
94 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
95 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
96 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
97 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
98 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
99 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 1 147 0.7% 0.1%