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Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in December
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 December. 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	248	497	49.9%	45.5%
2			Schenck Forest	3.6	56	125	44.8%	36.4%
3			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	106	273	38.8%	33.2%
4			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
5			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
6			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	85	255	33.3%	27.8%
7			Williamson Preserve	19.2	14	34	41.2%	26.4%
8			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
9			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	17	47	36.2%	24.0%
10			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	18	52	34.6%	23.2%
11			Dorothea Dix	6.6	7	16	43.8%	23.1%
12			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
13			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
14			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
15			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
16			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
17			Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
18			RTP Mountain Bike Trails	7.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
19			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
20			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
21			Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
22			American Tobacco Trail--Solite Park	12.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
23			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
24			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
25			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
26			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
27			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	44	187	23.5%	18.0%
28			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	14	51	27.5%	17.1%
29			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
30			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
31			Shelley Lake	8.1	25	109	22.9%	16.0%
32			Lake Benson	11.9	17	72	23.6%	15.3%
33			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
34			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
35			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	7	25	28.0%	14.3%
36			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
37			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	17	78	21.8%	14.1%
38			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
39			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
40			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	6	22	27.3%	13.2%
41			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	51	304	16.8%	13.0%
42			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
43			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
44			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
45			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	10	46	21.7%	12.3%
46			Lake Lynn	7.7	24	138	17.4%	12.0%
47			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
48			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	9	42	21.4%	11.7%
49			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	9	43	20.9%	11.4%
50			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	27	167	16.2%	11.4%
51			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	8	38	21.1%	11.1%
52			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	42	290	14.5%	10.9%
53			Pullen Park	6.6	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
54			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
55			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	11	59	18.6%	10.7%
56			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	7	34	20.6%	10.3%
57			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	11	62	17.7%	10.2%
58			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
59			Eastgate Park	9.5	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
60			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	10	59	16.9%	9.5%
61			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
62			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
63			Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf	15.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
64			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
65			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
66			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
67			Erwin Road Swamp	17.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
68			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
69			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	5	24	20.8%	9.2%
70			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
71			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
72			Bond Park	2.7	14	97	14.4%	8.8%
73			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	9	56	16.1%	8.7%
74			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	9	58	15.5%	8.4%
75			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
76			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
77			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
78			Carrboro High School	18.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
79			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
80			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	6	35	17.1%	8.1%
81			Apex Community Park	3.7	10	70	14.3%	7.9%
82			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	8	53	15.1%	7.9%
83			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	40	383	10.4%	7.8%
84			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
85			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
86			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	11	83	13.3%	7.6%
87			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	7	47	14.9%	7.4%
88			Lake Betz	7.3	16	139	11.5%	7.2%
89			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
90			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
91			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
92			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	7	51	13.7%	6.8%
93			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
94			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
95			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	6	44	13.6%	6.4%
96			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
97			Wendell Park	22.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
98			Parker Preserve	15.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
99			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	6	45	13.3%	6.3%
100			Lake Raleigh	6.0	10	89	11.2%	6.2%
101			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
102			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
103			Duke University--Chapel Woods	17.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
104			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
105			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
106			UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
107			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
108			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
109			Coker Pinetum	16.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
110			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
111			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
112			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
113			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	6	51	11.8%	5.5%
114			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	5	40	12.5%	5.5%
115			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
116			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
117			Higgins Greenway	1.2	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
118			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
119			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave	9.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
120			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
121			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
122			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
123			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
124			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
125			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	10	126	7.9%	4.4%
126			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
127			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
128			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
129			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
130			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
131			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
132			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
133			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	5	56	8.9%	3.9%
134			17 Acre Woods	18.0	5	57	8.8%	3.8%
135			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
136			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	13	206	6.3%	3.7%
137			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
138			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
139			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
140			Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road	8.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
141			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	7	96	7.3%	3.6%
142			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
143			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
144			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
145			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	4	49	8.2%	3.2%
146			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	10	173	5.8%	3.2%
147			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
148			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
149			Inwood Rd.	7.3	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
150			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
151			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
152			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
153			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
154			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
155			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
156			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
157			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	6	103	5.8%	2.7%
158			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
159			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
160			Little River Waterfowl Impoundment	20.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
161			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
162			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
163			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
164			Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive	14.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
165			Beaver Marsh	16.7	9	190	4.7%	2.5%
166			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
167			Lake Wheeler	8.2	3	45	6.7%	2.3%
168			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
169			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
170			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
171			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
172			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
173			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
174			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
175			Raven Rock SP	23.9	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
176			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
177			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
178			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	2	31	6.5%	1.8%
179			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	6	156	3.8%	1.8%
180			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
181			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	5	130	3.8%	1.7%
182			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
183			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
184			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	4	102	3.9%	1.5%
185			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
186			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
187			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
188			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
189			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
190			Ritter Park	4.3	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
191			Lake Rogers Park	23.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
192			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
193			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	2	46	4.3%	1.2%
194			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
195			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
196			Town Lake Park	23.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
197			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
198			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
199			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
200			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
201			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
202			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
203			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	2	130	1.5%	0.4%
204			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	60	1.7%	0.3%