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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 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
2 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
3 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
4 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 45 242 18.6% 14.2%
5 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 17 87 19.5% 12.6%
6 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
7 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
8 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 33 224 14.7% 10.7%
9 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
10 Lake Lynn 7.7 47 373 12.6% 9.6%
11 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 15 109 13.8% 8.5%
12 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
13 Schenck Forest 3.6 23 189 12.2% 8.2%
14 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
15 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
16 Higgins Greenway 1.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
17 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
18 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
19 Twin Lakes Park 14.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
20 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
21 Bond Park 2.7 14 157 8.9% 5.4%
22 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
23 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 68 10.3% 5.1%
24 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 13 152 8.6% 5.1%
25 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 22 305 7.2% 4.8%
26 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
27 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
28 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 15 210 7.1% 4.4%
29 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
30 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 8 100 8.0% 4.1%
31 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
32 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 11 160 6.9% 3.9%
33 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
34 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
35 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
36 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
37 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
38 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 15 261 5.7% 3.5%
39 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 54 1293 4.2% 3.2%
40 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
41 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
42 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
43 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
44 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
45 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
46 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
47 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 15 392 3.8% 2.3%
48 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
49 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
50 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
51 Wendell Park 22.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 5 100 5.0% 2.2%
53 Durham Hotel Rooftop 15.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
54 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
55 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
56 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 5 110 4.5% 2.0%
57 Lake Betz 7.3 8 219 3.7% 1.9%
58 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
59 Pullen Park 6.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
60 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
61 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 14 471 3.0% 1.8%
62 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 7 192 3.6% 1.8%
63 Shelley Lake 8.1 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
64 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
65 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
66 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
67 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
68 Lake Raleigh 6.0 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
69 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
70 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 5 154 3.2% 1.4%
71 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
72 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
73 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 89 3.4% 1.2%
74 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
75 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
76 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
77 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 5 214 2.3% 1.0%
78 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
79 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
80 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
81 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 3 111 2.7% 0.9%
82 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 3 122 2.5% 0.8%
83 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
84 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
85 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
86 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 6 371 1.6% 0.7%
87 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
88 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
89 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
90 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
91 White Deer Park 11.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
92 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 3 152 2.0% 0.7%
93 Ritter Park 4.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
94 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
95 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 2 88 2.3% 0.6%
96 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 165 1.8% 0.6%
97 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
98 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
99 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
100 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
101 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
102 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
103 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
104 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
105 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
106 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
107 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
108 Beaver Marsh 16.7 1 148 0.7% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.