Bird Finder

Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in January
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 Red-tailed Hawk in January. 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. 6.7 345 661 52.2% 48.4%
2 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
3 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 140 413 33.9% 29.5%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 78 235 33.2% 27.5%
5 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
6 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
7 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 91 327 27.8% 23.3%
8 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
9 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
10 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
11 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 35 130 26.9% 20.0%
21 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 47 189 24.9% 19.2%
22 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
23 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
24 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
25 Higgins Greenway 1.2 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
26 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
27 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 40 192 20.8% 15.7%
28 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 19 90 21.1% 14.0%
29 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
30 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
31 Lake Betz 7.3 52 298 17.4% 13.6%
32 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 27 141 19.1% 13.5%
33 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
34 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
35 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
36 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
37 Apex Community Park 3.7 39 243 16.0% 12.0%
38 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
39 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
40 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 23 137 16.8% 11.5%
41 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 14 76 18.4% 11.3%
42 Bond Park 2.7 22 137 16.1% 10.9%
43 Inwood Rd. 7.3 13 73 17.8% 10.7%
44 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 49 358 13.7% 10.5%
45 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 16 98 16.3% 10.3%
46 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
47 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
48 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
49 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
50 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
51 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
52 Lake Lynn 7.7 21 146 14.4% 9.6%
53 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 9 51 17.6% 9.6%
54 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
55 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
61 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
62 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
63 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Shelley Lake 8.1 16 110 14.5% 9.2%
66 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 23 174 13.2% 9.0%
67 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
68 Lake Wheeler 8.2 8 47 17.0% 8.9%
69 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
70 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
71 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
72 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 44 401 11.0% 8.3%
73 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 9 59 15.3% 8.2%
74 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
75 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
76 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
77 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 57 541 10.5% 8.2%
78 Beaver Marsh 16.7 36 322 11.2% 8.2%
79 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
80 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
81 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 81 13.6% 7.8%
82 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
83 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
84 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
85 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
86 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
87 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
88 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
89 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
90 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
91 Lake Raleigh 6.0 12 112 10.7% 6.2%
92 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
93 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
94 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
95 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
96 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
97 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
98 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
99 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
100 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
101 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
103 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
104 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
105 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 10 91 11.0% 6.1%
106 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
107 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 8 70 11.4% 5.9%
108 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 10 94 10.6% 5.9%
109 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 9 87 10.3% 5.5%
110 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
111 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
112 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
113 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 11 123 8.9% 5.1%
114 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 85 9.4% 4.8%
115 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
116 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
117 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
118 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
119 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
120 Pullen Park 6.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
121 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
122 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
123 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
124 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
125 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 97 8.2% 4.2%
126 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 12 174 6.9% 4.0%
127 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
128 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 11 165 6.7% 3.8%
129 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
130 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
131 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
132 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
133 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
134 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
135 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 99 7.1% 3.5%
136 Lake Benson 11.9 8 122 6.6% 3.4%
137 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
138 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
139 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
140 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
141 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
142 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
143 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
144 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
145 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
146 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
147 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
148 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
149 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 11 232 4.7% 2.7%
150 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
151 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 5 84 6.0% 2.6%
152 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
153 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
154 Falls Lake 15.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
155 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
156 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
157 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
158 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
159 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
160 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
161 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
162 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
163 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
164 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
165 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
166 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
167 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
168 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
169 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
170 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
171 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
172 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
173 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 8 231 3.5% 1.8%
174 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
175 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
176 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
177 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
178 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
179 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
180 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
181 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
182 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
183 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
184 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
185 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
186 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 4 117 3.4% 1.3%
187 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
188 Ritter Park 4.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
189 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
190 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
191 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
192 Wendell Park 22.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
193 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
194 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
195 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
196 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
197 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
198 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
199 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
200 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
201 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
202 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
203 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
204 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
205 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
206 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
207 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
208 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
209 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
210 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
211 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
212 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 181 1.7% 0.6%
213 White Deer Park 11.6 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
214 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
215 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
216 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 158 1.3% 0.3%