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Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in November
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 November. 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 Williamson Preserve 19.2 25 42 59.5% 44.5%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 298 652 45.7% 41.9%
3 Schenck Forest 3.6 54 116 46.6% 37.7%
4 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 35 79 44.3% 33.9%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 29 68 42.6% 31.6%
6 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 22 53 41.5% 29.3%
7 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 84 267 31.5% 26.2%
8 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
9 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 34 101 33.7% 25.2%
10 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
11 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 9 21 42.9% 24.5%
12 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 17 47 36.2% 24.0%
13 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
14 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
15 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
16 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 86 339 25.4% 21.0%
17 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 30 104 28.8% 21.0%
18 Forest Hills Park 15.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
19 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 15 47 31.9% 20.4%
21 Inwood Rd. 7.3 12 36 33.3% 20.2%
22 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
23 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
24 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
25 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 66 336 19.6% 15.7%
26 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 11 41 26.8% 15.7%
27 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
28 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 13 52 25.0% 15.2%
29 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
30 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
31 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
32 Shelley Lake 8.1 18 81 22.2% 14.5%
33 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
34 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 9 38 23.7% 13.0%
35 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 39 238 16.4% 12.2%
36 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
37 Lake Lynn 7.7 23 131 17.6% 12.0%
38 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 12 64 18.8% 11.1%
39 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
40 Lake Betz 7.3 26 174 14.9% 10.4%
41 Bond Park 2.7 15 91 16.5% 10.3%
42 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 55 428 12.9% 10.0%
43 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 13 80 16.2% 9.7%
44 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
45 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
46 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 24 174 13.8% 9.4%
51 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
52 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
53 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 18 141 12.8% 8.2%
54 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 8 51 15.7% 8.2%
55 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 16 129 12.4% 7.8%
56 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
57 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
58 Parker Preserve 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
59 Lake Raleigh 6.0 8 59 13.6% 7.0%
60 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
61 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 18 173 10.4% 6.7%
62 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
63 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
64 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
66 Krzyzewskiville 16.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Wendell Park 22.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
72 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
73 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
74 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 8 82 9.8% 5.0%
75 Lake Benson 11.9 5 45 11.1% 4.8%
76 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
77 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
78 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
79 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
80 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
81 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
82 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
83 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 7 76 9.2% 4.5%
84 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
85 17 Acre Woods 18.0 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
86 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
87 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
88 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
89 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
90 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 12 161 7.5% 4.3%
91 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
92 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
93 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
94 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
95 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
96 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
97 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 13 192 6.8% 4.0%
98 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
99 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
100 Pullen Park 6.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
101 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
102 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
103 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
104 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
105 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
106 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
107 Beaver Marsh 16.7 11 190 5.8% 3.3%
108 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
109 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
110 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
111 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
112 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
113 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
114 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
115 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
116 Town Lake Park 23.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
117 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
118 White Deer Park 11.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
119 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
120 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
121 Raven Rock SP 23.9 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
122 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
123 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 5 93 5.4% 2.3%
124 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
125 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
126 Apex Community Park 3.7 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
127 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
128 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
129 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
130 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
131 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
132 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
133 Strickland Park 8.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
134 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 10 245 4.1% 2.2%
135 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
136 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
137 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
138 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
139 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
140 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
141 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
142 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
143 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
144 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
145 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 6 171 3.5% 1.6%
146 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
147 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
148 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
149 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
150 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
151 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
152 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
153 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
154 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
155 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
156 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
157 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
158 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
159 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
160 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
161 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
162 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
163 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
164 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
165 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
166 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
167 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
168 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 114 1.8% 0.5%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJun-2023. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jun 2023.