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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	392	817	48.0%	44.6%
2			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	8	14	57.1%	32.6%
3			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	148	462	32.0%	27.9%
4			Schenck Forest	3.6	79	250	31.6%	26.2%
5			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
6			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	59	209	28.2%	22.6%
7			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	17	50	34.0%	22.4%
8			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	11	30	36.7%	21.9%
9			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	94	361	26.0%	21.8%
10			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	12	35	34.3%	20.8%
11			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	46	171	26.9%	20.8%
12			Robeson Creek Greenway	22.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
13			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
14			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
15			American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead	15.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
16			Twin Lakes Park	14.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
17			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	8	22	36.4%	19.7%
18			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	10	34	29.4%	16.8%
19			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
20			Higgins Greenway	1.2	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
21			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	30	150	20.0%	14.4%
22			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	9	36	25.0%	13.8%
23			Lake Betz	7.3	60	346	17.3%	13.7%
24			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
25			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	13	58	22.4%	13.6%
26			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	23	116	19.8%	13.6%
27			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	43	251	17.1%	13.0%
28			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
29			Apex Community Park	3.7	42	257	16.3%	12.3%
30			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	8	35	22.9%	12.1%
31			Eden Lakes	23.7	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
32			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	62	436	14.2%	11.3%
33			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	13	70	18.6%	11.2%
34			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
35			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
36			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	14	78	17.9%	11.0%
37			Bond Park	2.7	23	145	15.9%	10.8%
38			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	11	61	18.0%	10.4%
39			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
40			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
41			Inwood Rd.	7.3	15	92	16.3%	10.1%
42			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
43			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
44			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	12	73	16.4%	9.7%
45			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	9	51	17.6%	9.6%
46			Shelley Lake	8.1	19	131	14.5%	9.5%
47			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
48			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
49			Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.)	21.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
50			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
51			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
52			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
53			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
54			Neuse River Trail--Poole Road	14.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
55			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
56			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	24	175	13.7%	9.4%
57			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	25	184	13.6%	9.4%
58			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	20	142	14.1%	9.3%
59			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	8	45	17.8%	9.3%
60			Lake Lynn	7.7	22	164	13.4%	9.0%
61			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
62			Carrboro High School	18.4	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
63			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	19	141	13.5%	8.8%
64			Lake Wheeler	8.2	8	50	16.0%	8.3%
65			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	62	593	10.5%	8.2%
66			Beaver Marsh	16.7	39	351	11.1%	8.2%
67			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
68			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
69			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
70			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	10	68	14.7%	8.2%
71			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
72			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	47	448	10.5%	8.0%
73			Wendell Park	22.6	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
74			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
75			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	13	103	12.6%	7.5%
76			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
77			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	8	57	14.0%	7.3%
78			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
79			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
80			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
81			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	8	60	13.3%	6.9%
82			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	12	104	11.5%	6.7%
83			stakeout Bullock's Oriole, Fuquay-Varina (2024)	14.9	13	116	11.2%	6.7%
84			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
85			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
86			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
87			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
88			Apex Nature Park	8.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
89			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	9	77	11.7%	6.3%
90			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
91			Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail	18.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
92			Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.)	17.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
93			Falls Lake--New Light Creek	17.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
94			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
95			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
96			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
97			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
98			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
99			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
100			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
101			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
102			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
103			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
104			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	11	102	10.8%	6.1%
105			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	10	92	10.9%	6.0%
106			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	5	37	13.5%	5.9%
107			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	9	82	11.0%	5.9%
108			Williamson Preserve	19.2	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
109			Carpenter Park	5.1	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
110			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
111			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
112			Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End	17.3	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
113			Lake Raleigh	6.0	12	135	8.9%	5.2%
114			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
115			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	8	87	9.2%	4.7%
116			South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access)	8.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
117			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
118			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
119			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	11	133	8.3%	4.7%
120			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
121			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
122			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	8	89	9.0%	4.6%
123			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
124			Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells	16.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
125			Valley Springs Park	20.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
126			Sims Branch Greenway	13.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
127			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	14	190	7.4%	4.4%
128			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	9	109	8.3%	4.4%
129			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
130			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
131			Lake Benson	11.9	11	150	7.3%	4.1%
132			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
133			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	6	70	8.6%	4.0%
134			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	5	57	8.8%	3.8%
135			Pullen Park	6.6	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
136			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
137			Kaplan Drive Park	4.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
138			Fallon park	8.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
139			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
140			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
141			Salem Pond Park	4.5	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
142			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
143			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	4	46	8.7%	3.4%
144			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
145			Forest Hills Park	15.0	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
146			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	11	197	5.6%	3.1%
147			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
148			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
149			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	7	111	6.3%	3.1%
150			Greenview Ponds	7.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
151			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
152			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
153			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
154			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
155			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
156			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
157			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	4	53	7.5%	3.0%
158			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
159			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	14	302	4.6%	2.8%
160			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	4	60	6.7%	2.6%
161			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
162			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
163			Falls Lake	15.1	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
164			Morris Green Park	16.0	4	65	6.2%	2.4%
165			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	5	91	5.5%	2.4%
166			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
167			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
168			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
169			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
170			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	4	71	5.6%	2.2%
171			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
172			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
173			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
174			Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp	18.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
175			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
176			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
177			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
178			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
179			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
180			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
181			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
182			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
183			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
184			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
185			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
186			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
187			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
188			Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	10.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
189			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
190			White Deer Park	11.6	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
191			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
192			Eastgate Park	9.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
193			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
194			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
195			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	9	338	2.7%	1.4%
196			Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir	19.0	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
197			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
198			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
199			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
200			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	4	121	3.3%	1.3%
201			Ritter Park	4.3	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
202			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
203			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	3	87	3.4%	1.2%
204			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
205			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
206			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	2	56	3.6%	1.0%
207			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
208			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
209			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
210			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
211			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
212			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
213			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
214			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
215			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
216			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
217			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
218			Hymettus Woods Park	5.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
219			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	4	196	2.0%	0.8%
220			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	2	73	2.7%	0.8%
221			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
222			17 Acre Woods	18.0	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
223			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
224			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
225			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
226			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	2	169	1.2%	0.3%