Bird Finder

Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in April
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 April. 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. 6.7 216 465 46.5% 42.0%
2 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
3 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
4 Schenck Forest 3.6 96 274 35.0% 29.6%
5 Williamson Preserve 19.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
6 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 12 32 37.5% 22.9%
7 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 214 845 25.3% 22.5%
8 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
9 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 18 56 32.1% 21.4%
10 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
11 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
12 Camden Ave Pond 16.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 Hillcrest Cemetery 0.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Neuse River Trail--Trailhead Lane 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Higgins Greenway 1.2 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
19 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 128 564 22.7% 19.4%
20 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
21 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 23 84 27.4% 19.0%
22 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 28 109 25.7% 18.4%
23 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 50 217 23.0% 17.9%
24 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
25 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 25 98 25.5% 17.9%
26 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 24 96 25.0% 17.4%
27 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 17 64 26.6% 17.3%
28 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 12 43 27.9% 16.7%
29 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
30 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 64 314 20.4% 16.3%
31 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 15 59 25.4% 16.1%
32 Inwood Rd. 7.3 17 69 24.6% 16.0%
33 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 20 84 23.8% 16.0%
34 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
35 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
36 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
37 Lake Betz 7.3 56 317 17.7% 13.9%
38 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
39 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
40 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
41 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
42 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
43 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 11 61 18.0% 10.4%
44 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
45 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
46 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 11 63 17.5% 10.0%
47 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 8 42 19.0% 10.0%
48 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
49 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
50 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
51 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
52 Greene Tract 20.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
54 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 17 120 14.2% 9.0%
55 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 44 369 11.9% 9.0%
56 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 15 106 14.2% 8.8%
57 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
58 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
59 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 11 75 14.7% 8.4%
60 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 16 122 13.1% 8.2%
61 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 8 51 15.7% 8.2%
62 Shelley Lake 8.1 16 123 13.0% 8.2%
63 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
64 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
65 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
66 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 20 166 12.0% 7.9%
67 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
68 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 8 54 14.8% 7.7%
69 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
70 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
71 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
72 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
73 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
74 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
75 Wendell Park 22.6 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
76 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 20 181 11.0% 7.3%
77 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
78 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
79 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 12 102 11.8% 6.9%
80 Lake Raleigh 6.0 14 126 11.1% 6.7%
81 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
82 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
83 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
84 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 7 56 12.5% 6.2%
85 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
86 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
87 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
88 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
89 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
90 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 8 69 11.6% 6.0%
91 Bond Park 2.7 18 195 9.2% 5.9%
92 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
93 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
94 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
95 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 9 84 10.7% 5.7%
96 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
97 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
98 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
99 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 19 219 8.7% 5.6%
100 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
101 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
102 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
103 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
104 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 9 96 9.4% 5.0%
105 White Deer Park 11.6 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
106 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 6 61 9.8% 4.6%
107 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
108 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
109 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
110 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
111 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
112 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
113 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
114 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
115 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
116 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
117 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
118 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 28 432 6.5% 4.5%
119 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 7 78 9.0% 4.4%
120 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 50 865 5.8% 4.4%
121 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
122 Pullen Park 6.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
123 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
124 Crowder District Park 6.8 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
125 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
126 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
127 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 11 156 7.1% 4.0%
128 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 5 55 9.1% 3.9%
129 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 5 57 8.8% 3.8%
130 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
131 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
132 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
133 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
134 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
135 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
136 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
137 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Mall 12.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
138 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
139 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
140 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
141 Beaver Marsh 16.7 17 318 5.3% 3.4%
142 17 Acre Woods 18.0 8 124 6.5% 3.3%
143 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
144 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
145 Lake Lynn 7.7 12 213 5.6% 3.3%
146 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 7 108 6.5% 3.2%
147 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 17 343 5.0% 3.1%
148 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
149 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 6 92 6.5% 3.0%
150 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
151 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
152 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
153 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 6 93 6.5% 3.0%
154 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
155 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
156 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
157 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
158 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 8 155 5.2% 2.6%
159 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
160 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
161 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
162 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
163 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 17 453 3.8% 2.4%
164 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
165 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
166 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
167 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
168 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 5 98 5.1% 2.2%
169 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
170 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
171 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
172 Ritter Park 4.3 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
173 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 6 143 4.2% 1.9%
174 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 4 82 4.9% 1.9%
175 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
176 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
177 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
178 Northgate Park 17.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
179 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
180 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
181 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
182 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
183 Dorothea Dix 6.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
184 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
185 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
186 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
187 Apex Community Park 3.7 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
188 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
189 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
190 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
191 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
192 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 4 117 3.4% 1.3%
193 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
194 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
195 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
196 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
197 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
198 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
199 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
200 Lake Benson 11.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
201 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
202 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
203 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
204 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
205 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
206 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 75 1.3% 0.2%