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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			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	141	369	38.2%	33.4%
2			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	22	47	46.8%	33.3%
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			Lake Lynn	7.7	58	477	12.2%	9.5%
44			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	7	37	18.9%	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			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	5	45	11.1%	4.8%
84			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
85			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
86			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
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			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
93			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	25	380	6.6%	4.5%
94			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	12	157	7.6%	4.4%
95			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
96			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	37	647	5.7%	4.2%
97			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	8	99	8.1%	4.2%
98			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	12	168	7.1%	4.1%
99			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
100			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
101			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	10	145	6.9%	3.8%
102			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
103			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
104			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
105			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
106			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
107			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	4	44	9.1%	3.6%
108			Fearrington Village	17.5	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
109			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	26	527	4.9%	3.4%
110			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
111			Town Lake Park	23.4	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
112			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
113			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
114			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
115			Higgins Greenway	1.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
116			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
117			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
118			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
119			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
120			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
121			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
122			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
123			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
124			Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
125			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
126			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
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	92	4.3%	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			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	3	68	4.4%	1.5%
144			Homestead Park	19.3	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			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
148			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
149			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	2	41	4.9%	1.3%
150			Beaver Marsh	16.7	5	161	3.1%	1.3%
151			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
152			Ritter Park	4.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
153			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
154			Falls Lake	15.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
155			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
156			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
157			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
158			Dorothea Dix	6.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
159			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
160			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	2	52	3.8%	1.1%
161			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
162			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
163			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
164			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
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%