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. 6.7 290 556 52.2% 48.0%
2 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
3 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 74 208 35.6% 29.4%
5 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
6 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 112 345 32.5% 27.7%
7 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 81 255 31.8% 26.4%
8 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
9 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
10 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
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 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 RTP Mountain Bike Trails 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 14 44 31.8% 20.0%
22 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
23 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
24 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 27 105 25.7% 18.3%
25 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
26 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 16 63 25.4% 16.3%
27 Eden Lakes 23.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
28 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 31 143 21.7% 15.7%
29 Higgins Greenway 1.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
30 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
31 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 29 27.6% 14.7%
32 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
33 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
34 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
35 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 23 116 19.8% 13.6%
36 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 26 136 19.1% 13.4%
37 Lake Betz 7.3 45 266 16.9% 12.9%
38 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
39 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
40 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
41 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
42 Bond Park 2.7 20 122 16.4% 10.9%
43 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
44 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 43 304 14.1% 10.7%
45 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 20 125 16.0% 10.6%
46 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
47 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
48 Shelley Lake 8.1 15 93 16.1% 10.0%
49 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
50 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
51 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
52 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
53 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
55 South Wake County Landfill (Restricted Access) 8.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
61 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
62 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
63 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
64 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
65 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 11 71 15.5% 8.9%
66 Inwood Rd. 7.3 11 71 15.5% 8.9%
67 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 39 343 11.4% 8.4%
68 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 55 509 10.8% 8.4%
69 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 10 67 14.9% 8.3%
70 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
71 Beaver Marsh 16.7 33 295 11.2% 8.1%
72 Lake Lynn 7.7 15 115 13.0% 8.1%
73 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
74 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
75 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
76 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
77 Apex Nature Park 8.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
78 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
79 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
80 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
81 Lake Raleigh 6.0 11 97 11.3% 6.5%
82 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
83 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
84 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
85 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
86 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
87 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
88 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
89 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
90 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 9 79 11.4% 6.1%
91 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
92 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
93 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 9 84 10.7% 5.7%
94 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
95 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 7 63 11.1% 5.5%
96 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 63 11.1% 5.5%
97 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 8 80 10.0% 5.2%
98 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
99 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
100 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
101 Williamson Preserve 19.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
102 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
103 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 10 115 8.7% 4.8%
104 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
105 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
106 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
107 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
108 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
109 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
110 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
111 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 10 123 8.1% 4.5%
112 Pullen Park 6.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
113 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
114 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
115 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 12 167 7.2% 4.2%
116 Lake Benson 11.9 8 102 7.8% 4.0%
117 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
118 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
119 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 87 8.0% 4.0%
120 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
121 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
122 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 7 92 7.6% 3.7%
123 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
124 Kaplan Drive Park 4.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
125 Fallon park 8.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
126 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
127 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
128 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
129 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
130 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
131 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
132 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
133 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
134 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
135 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
136 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
137 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 78 6.4% 2.8%
138 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
139 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
140 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
141 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
142 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
143 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
144 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
145 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 8 174 4.6% 2.3%
146 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
147 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
148 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
149 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
150 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 8 198 4.0% 2.1%
151 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
152 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
153 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
154 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
155 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
156 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
157 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
158 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
159 Apex Community Park 3.7 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
160 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
161 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
162 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
163 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
164 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
165 Eastgate Park 9.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
166 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
167 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
168 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
169 Wendell Park 22.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
170 Ritter Park 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
171 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
172 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
173 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
174 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
175 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
176 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
177 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
178 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
179 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
180 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
181 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
182 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
183 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
184 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
185 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
186 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
187 Falls Lake 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
188 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
189 White Deer Park 11.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
190 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
191 17 Acre Woods 18.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
192 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
193 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 168 1.8% 0.6%
194 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
195 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
196 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
197 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 65 1.5% 0.3%