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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			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
2			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	23	48	47.9%	34.5%
3			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
4			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	162	446	36.3%	32.0%
5			Schenck Forest	3.6	77	207	37.2%	30.9%
6			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
7			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
8			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	20	56	35.7%	24.5%
9			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	28	92	30.4%	22.0%
10			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
11			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
12			Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge	19.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
13			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
14			Walltown Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
15			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	8	22	36.4%	19.7%
16			Inwood Rd.	7.3	12	39	30.8%	18.6%
17			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	12	39	30.8%	18.6%
18			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	67	294	22.8%	18.4%
19			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	76	358	21.2%	17.3%
20			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	8	27	29.6%	15.9%
21			Williamson Preserve	19.2	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
22			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
23			Mitchell Mill Natural Area	23.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
24			Little Creek Trail	15.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
25			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	24	111	21.6%	15.0%
26			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	11	43	25.6%	14.9%
27			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	67	369	18.2%	14.6%
28			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
29			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
30			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
31			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	7	27	25.9%	13.2%
32			Carpenter Park	5.1	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
33			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
34			Wendell Park	22.6	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
35			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
36			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
37			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
38			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
39			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	7	36	19.4%	9.8%
40			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
41			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
42			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	7	37	18.9%	9.5%
43			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
44			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
45			American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall	12.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
46			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	9	52	17.3%	9.4%
47			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	53	443	12.0%	9.3%
48			Lake Lynn	7.7	83	734	11.3%	9.2%
49			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
50			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	26	201	12.9%	9.0%
51			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
52			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
53			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	6	33	18.2%	8.6%
54			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	16	117	13.7%	8.6%
55			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
56			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
57			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	15	112	13.4%	8.3%
58			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	9	59	15.3%	8.2%
59			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
60			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
61			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
62			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
63			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	20	175	11.4%	7.5%
64			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	18	162	11.1%	7.1%
65			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
66			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	6	41	14.6%	6.9%
67			17 Acre Woods	18.0	12	108	11.1%	6.5%
68			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	7	54	13.0%	6.4%
69			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	10	88	11.4%	6.3%
70			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
71			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
72			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
73			Shelley Lake	8.1	10	90	11.1%	6.1%
74			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	17	176	9.7%	6.1%
75			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	6	47	12.8%	6.0%
76			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	5	37	13.5%	5.9%
77			Lake Raleigh	6.0	8	71	11.3%	5.8%
78			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
79			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	5	39	12.8%	5.6%
80			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
81			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	11	114	9.6%	5.5%
82			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	6	53	11.3%	5.3%
83			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
84			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	6	55	10.9%	5.1%
85			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	5	43	11.6%	5.1%
86			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	14	167	8.4%	5.1%
87			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	30	439	6.8%	4.8%
88			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	5	46	10.9%	4.7%
89			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
90			Higgins Greenway	1.2	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
91			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
92			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
93			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	9	105	8.6%	4.6%
94			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
95			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
96			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	5	48	10.4%	4.5%
97			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
98			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
99			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
100			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	11	152	7.2%	4.1%
101			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
102			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	37	680	5.4%	4.0%
103			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	4	40	10.0%	4.0%
104			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	46	888	5.2%	3.9%
105			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
106			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	5	57	8.8%	3.8%
107			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	13	203	6.4%	3.8%
108			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
109			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
110			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
111			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
112			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
113			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
114			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
115			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
116			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
117			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	4	45	8.9%	3.5%
118			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
119			Lake Betz	7.3	10	177	5.6%	3.1%
120			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
121			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
122			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
123			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
124			Town Lake Park	23.4	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
125			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
126			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	4	54	7.4%	2.9%
127			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
128			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
129			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	6	97	6.2%	2.9%
130			Bond Park	2.7	10	195	5.1%	2.8%
131			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
132			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	6	105	5.7%	2.6%
133			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
134			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	5	88	5.7%	2.5%
135			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	3	44	6.8%	2.3%
136			Apex Community Park	3.7	4	69	5.8%	2.3%
137			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	3	46	6.5%	2.2%
138			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
139			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
140			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
141			Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
142			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
143			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
144			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
145			White Deer Park	11.6	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
146			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
147			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	3	63	4.8%	1.6%
148			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
149			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
150			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
151			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
152			Beaver Marsh	16.7	5	165	3.0%	1.3%
153			Ritter Park	4.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
154			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
155			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
156			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
157			Falls Lake	15.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
158			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
159			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
160			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
161			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
162			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
163			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
164			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
165			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
166			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
167			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
168			Homestead Park	19.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
169			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
170			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
171			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
172			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
173			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
174			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
175			Parker Preserve	15.5	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
176			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	2	84	2.4%	0.7%
177			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
178			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	2	104	1.9%	0.5%
179			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
180			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	1	55	1.8%	0.3%