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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%