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Where to find Cooper's Hawk in September
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 September. 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 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
2 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
3 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 74 337 22.0% 17.9%
4 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
5 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
6 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
7 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
8 Lake Lynn 7.7 72 577 12.5% 10.0%
9 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 34 248 13.7% 10.0%
10 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
11 Schenck Forest 3.6 23 195 11.8% 8.0%
12 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
13 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
14 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
15 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 15 136 11.0% 6.8%
16 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
17 Bond Park 2.7 18 181 9.9% 6.4%
18 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
19 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
20 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 13 156 8.3% 4.9%
21 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
22 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 22 311 7.1% 4.7%
23 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
24 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 77 9.1% 4.5%
25 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 16 223 7.2% 4.5%
26 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
27 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
28 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 12 163 7.4% 4.3%
29 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 7 81 8.6% 4.2%
30 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 18 296 6.1% 3.9%
31 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 8 109 7.3% 3.8%
32 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
33 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
34 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
35 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
36 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
37 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
38 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
39 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 7 105 6.7% 3.3%
40 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
41 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 64 1701 3.8% 3.0%
42 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
43 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
44 Shelley Lake 8.1 5 81 6.2% 2.7%
45 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
46 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
47 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
48 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 7 132 5.3% 2.6%
49 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
50 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 16 411 3.9% 2.4%
51 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
53 Wendell Park 22.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
54 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
55 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 6 130 4.6% 2.1%
56 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
57 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
58 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
59 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 6 141 4.3% 2.0%
60 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
61 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 15 497 3.0% 1.8%
62 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
63 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
64 White Deer Park 11.6 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
65 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
66 Lake Betz 7.3 8 231 3.5% 1.8%
67 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 164 3.7% 1.7%
68 17 Acre Woods 18.0 4 95 4.2% 1.6%
69 Pullen Park 6.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
70 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
71 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
72 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 8 263 3.0% 1.5%
73 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 70 4.3% 1.5%
74 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 10 413 2.4% 1.3%
75 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
76 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 83 3.6% 1.2%
77 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 86 3.5% 1.2%
78 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
79 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
80 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
81 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
82 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 5 192 2.6% 1.1%
83 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
84 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 5 232 2.2% 0.9%
85 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 4 176 2.3% 0.9%
86 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 4 181 2.2% 0.9%
87 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 4 181 2.2% 0.9%
88 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
89 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
90 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
91 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
92 Lake Benson 11.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
93 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
94 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
95 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
96 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
97 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
98 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 86 2.3% 0.6%
99 Ritter Park 4.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
100 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
101 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
102 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
103 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
104 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
105 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
106 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
107 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
108 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
109 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
110 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
111 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
112 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
113 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
114 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
115 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
116 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 148 0.7% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.