Bird Finder

Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in October
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 October. 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 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 22 46 47.8% 34.1%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 141 369 38.2% 33.4%
3 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 76 201 37.8% 31.4%
5 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
6 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 19 52 36.5% 24.8%
7 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
8 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
9 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
10 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 64 254 25.2% 20.3%
15 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 22 77 28.6% 19.7%
16 Inwood Rd. 7.3 12 37 32.4% 19.6%
17 Carpenter Park 5.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
18 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 68 325 20.9% 16.9%
19 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 11 40 27.5% 16.1%
20 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 24 104 23.1% 16.0%
21 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
22 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
23 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 67 352 19.0% 15.3%
24 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
25 Little Creek Trail 15.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
26 Williamson Preserve 19.2 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
27 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
28 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
29 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
30 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
31 Wendell Park 22.6 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
32 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
33 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
34 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
35 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
36 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
37 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 32 208 15.4% 11.1%
38 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
39 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
40 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
41 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 21 146 14.4% 9.6%
42 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 18 122 14.8% 9.5%
43 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
44 Lake Lynn 7.7 58 480 12.1% 9.5%
45 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
46 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 49 403 12.2% 9.3%
49 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
50 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
51 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
52 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
53 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 13 101 12.9% 7.7%
54 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
55 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
56 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
57 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
58 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
59 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
60 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
61 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 16 152 10.5% 6.6%
62 17 Acre Woods 18.0 12 107 11.2% 6.5%
63 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 10 87 11.5% 6.4%
64 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
66 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
70 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
71 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
72 Lake Raleigh 6.0 7 61 11.5% 5.7%
73 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
74 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 14 159 8.8% 5.3%
75 Shelley Lake 8.1 8 78 10.3% 5.3%
76 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 7 66 10.6% 5.2%
77 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
78 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
79 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
80 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
81 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
82 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 71 9.9% 4.9%
83 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
84 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
85 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
86 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
87 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
88 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
89 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
90 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
91 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
92 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
93 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
94 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 25 380 6.6% 4.5%
95 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 12 157 7.6% 4.4%
96 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
97 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 37 647 5.7% 4.2%
98 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 99 8.1% 4.2%
99 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 12 168 7.1% 4.1%
100 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
101 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
102 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 10 145 6.9% 3.8%
103 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
104 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
105 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
106 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
107 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
108 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
109 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
110 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 26 527 4.9% 3.4%
111 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
112 Town Lake Park 23.4 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
113 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
114 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
115 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
116 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
117 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
118 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
119 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
120 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
121 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
122 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
123 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
124 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
125 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
126 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
127 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 65 6.2% 2.4%
128 White Deer Park 11.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
129 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
130 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
131 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
132 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
133 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
134 Lake Betz 7.3 7 153 4.6% 2.2%
135 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
136 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
137 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
138 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 4 91 4.4% 1.7%
139 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
140 Bond Park 2.7 6 171 3.5% 1.6%
141 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
142 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
143 Homestead Park 19.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
144 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
145 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
146 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
147 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
148 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
149 Beaver Marsh 16.7 5 161 3.1% 1.3%
150 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
151 Ritter Park 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
152 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
153 Falls Lake 15.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
154 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
155 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
156 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
157 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
158 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
159 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
160 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
161 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
162 Lake Wheeler 8.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
163 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
164 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
165 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
166 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
167 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 2 100 2.0% 0.6%
168 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
169 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 44 2.3% 0.4%