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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 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
2 Shaw Lake 9.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
3 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 18 126 14.3% 9.2%
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 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 8 79 10.1% 5.2%
9 Morrisville Community Park 3.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
10 Indian Trail Park 18.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
11 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
12 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 13 216 6.0% 3.6%
14 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 33 676 4.9% 3.5%
15 White Deer Park 11.6 5 64 7.8% 3.4%
16 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
17 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 6 88 6.8% 3.2%
18 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
19 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
20 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
21 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
22 Lake Lynn 7.7 11 211 5.2% 2.9%
23 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
24 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
25 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 13 300 4.3% 2.5%
26 Bond Park 2.7 9 199 4.5% 2.4%
27 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 24 680 3.5% 2.4%
28 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 66 6.1% 2.4%
29 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 22 616 3.6% 2.4%
30 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 26 755 3.4% 2.4%
31 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 10 233 4.3% 2.3%
32 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
33 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
34 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
35 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
36 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
37 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
38 Shelley Lake 8.1 6 134 4.5% 2.1%
39 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
40 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
41 stakeout Long-tailed Duck, Lower Springdale Estates Lake, Raleigh (2019) 8.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
42 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 10 314 3.2% 1.7%
43 Lake Betz 7.3 9 285 3.2% 1.7%
44 Inwood Rd. 7.3 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
45 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 14 513 2.7% 1.6%
46 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
47 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
48 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 144 3.5% 1.5%
49 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
50 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
51 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
52 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 14 624 2.2% 1.3%
53 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 5 172 2.9% 1.2%
54 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 10 450 2.2% 1.2%
55 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
56 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 3 86 3.5% 1.2%
57 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
58 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 7 309 2.3% 1.1%
59 Homestead Park 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
60 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
61 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
62 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
63 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 107 2.8% 1.0%
64 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
65 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
66 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
67 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
68 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
69 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
70 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
71 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
72 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
73 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
74 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
75 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 139 2.2% 0.7%
76 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
77 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
78 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
79 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
80 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
81 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
82 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
83 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
84 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
85 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
86 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
87 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
88 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
89 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 6 489 1.2% 0.6%
90 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
91 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
92 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
93 Parker Preserve 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
94 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
95 Ritter Park 4.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
96 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
97 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
98 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
99 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
100 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
101 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
102 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
103 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
104 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 2 199 1.0% 0.3%
105 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
106 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
107 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 1 101 1.0% 0.2%
108 Lake Raleigh 6.0 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
109 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 384 0.5% 0.1%
110 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 1 129 0.8% 0.1%
111 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
112 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 1 152 0.7% 0.1%