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Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in December
within 25 miles of 35.791540, -78.781117

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Red-tailed Hawk in December. 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 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 301 657 45.8% 42.0%
2 Schenck Forest 3.6 63 153 41.2% 33.7%
3 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
4 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Power Line & Trails ONLY 12.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
5 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 115 343 33.5% 28.7%
6 Dorothea Dix 6.6 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
7 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 99 319 31.0% 26.2%
8 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
9 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
10 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 17 49 34.7% 22.9%
11 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 14 39 35.9% 22.7%
12 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
13 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
14 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
15 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
16 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
17 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park 12.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Greene Tract 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Shelley Lake 8.1 41 156 26.3% 20.0%
26 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 18 60 30.0% 19.9%
27 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 57 229 24.9% 19.7%
28 Williamson Preserve 19.2 15 50 30.0% 19.1%
29 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
30 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 25 104 24.0% 16.8%
31 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
32 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
33 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 62 24.2% 15.2%
34 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
35 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
36 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
37 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
38 Lake Lynn 7.7 33 181 18.2% 13.3%
39 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 31 170 18.2% 13.2%
40 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
41 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 16 78 20.5% 13.0%
42 Lake Benson 11.9 23 122 18.9% 12.9%
43 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
44 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
45 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
46 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
47 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 60 403 14.9% 11.7%
48 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 15 83 18.1% 11.3%
49 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
50 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
51 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
52 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
53 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
54 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
55 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
56 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
57 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 14 81 17.3% 10.6%
58 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 53 393 13.5% 10.5%
59 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 13 76 17.1% 10.3%
60 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
61 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 10 57 17.5% 9.8%
62 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
63 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 9 51 17.6% 9.6%
64 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
65 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
68 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
69 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
70 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
71 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
72 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 33 263 12.5% 9.1%
74 Bond Park 2.7 18 133 13.5% 8.7%
75 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
76 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
77 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
78 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
79 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
80 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
81 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 11 77 14.3% 8.2%
82 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 11 77 14.3% 8.2%
83 Apex Community Park 3.7 14 105 13.3% 8.1%
84 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
85 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
86 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
87 Eastgate Park 9.5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
88 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
89 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 10 75 13.3% 7.4%
90 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
91 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
92 Lake Betz 7.3 24 234 10.3% 7.0%
93 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
94 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 46 506 9.1% 6.9%
95 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 11 97 11.3% 6.5%
96 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
97 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
98 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 9 77 11.7% 6.3%
99 Pullen Park 6.6 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
100 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
101 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
102 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
103 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
104 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
105 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
106 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
107 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
109 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 10 90 11.1% 6.1%
112 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 69 11.6% 6.0%
113 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
114 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 106 10.4% 5.9%
115 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 13 133 9.8% 5.8%
116 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
117 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
118 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
119 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
120 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
121 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 7 62 11.3% 5.6%
122 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
123 Wendell Park 22.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
124 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
125 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
126 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 6 59 10.2% 4.7%
127 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
128 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
129 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
130 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
131 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
132 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
133 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
134 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
135 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
136 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 9 109 8.3% 4.4%
137 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 16 227 7.0% 4.4%
138 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
139 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
140 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
141 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 10 134 7.5% 4.1%
142 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
143 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
144 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
145 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
146 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
147 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
148 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
149 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
150 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
151 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 15 257 5.8% 3.6%
152 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
153 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
154 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 65 7.7% 3.3%
155 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
156 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
157 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
158 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
159 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
160 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
161 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
162 Cedar Fork District Park 3.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
163 Briar Chapel WWT pond 19.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
164 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
165 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 5 78 6.4% 2.8%
166 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
167 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
168 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
169 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
170 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
171 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
172 Northgate Park 17.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
173 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
174 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
175 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
176 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
177 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
178 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
179 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
180 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 6 111 5.4% 2.5%
181 Beaver Marsh 16.7 10 221 4.5% 2.5%
182 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
183 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
184 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
185 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
186 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
187 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
188 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
189 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
190 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
191 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
192 Jack Marley Park 19.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
193 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
194 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
195 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
196 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
197 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
198 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
199 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
200 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
201 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 8 239 3.3% 1.7%
202 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 5 127 3.9% 1.7%
203 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
204 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
205 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
206 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
207 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
208 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
209 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
210 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
211 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
212 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
213 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
214 Ritter Park 4.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
215 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
216 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 5 182 2.7% 1.2%
217 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
218 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
219 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
220 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
221 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
222 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 6 293 2.0% 0.9%
223 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
224 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
225 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
226 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
227 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
228 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
229 White Deer Park 11.6 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
230 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
231 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
232 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
233 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 41 2.4% 0.4%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.