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Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in May
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 May. 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. 6.7 262 568 46.1% 42.1%
2 Schenck Forest 3.6 80 206 38.8% 32.4%
3 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 89 264 33.7% 28.3%
4 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 48 35.4% 23.4%
5 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 32 105 30.5% 22.5%
6 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
7 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 9 23 39.1% 22.2%
8 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 16 49 32.7% 21.2%
9 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 127 515 24.7% 21.1%
10 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 31 35.5% 21.1%
11 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 150 617 24.3% 21.1%
12 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
13 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
16 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
17 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
18 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 21 82 25.6% 17.4%
19 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
20 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 56 264 21.2% 16.7%
21 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
22 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
23 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
24 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
25 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 31 150 20.7% 15.0%
26 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 50 270 18.5% 14.3%
27 White Deer Park 11.6 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
28 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
29 Inwood Rd. 7.3 12 58 20.7% 12.3%
30 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
31 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
32 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
33 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
34 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 10 50 20.0% 11.2%
35 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 14 78 17.9% 11.0%
36 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
37 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
38 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 82 17.1% 10.5%
39 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 9 48 18.8% 10.2%
40 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
41 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 15 94 16.0% 9.9%
42 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
43 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
44 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 18 121 14.9% 9.6%
45 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 21 147 14.3% 9.5%
46 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 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 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
50 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 12 79 15.2% 8.9%
51 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
52 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
53 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 8 47 17.0% 8.9%
54 Lake Betz 7.3 31 261 11.9% 8.5%
55 Lake Raleigh 6.0 13 93 14.0% 8.4%
56 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
57 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
58 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
59 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 77 14.3% 8.2%
60 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
61 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
62 Wendell Park 22.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
63 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
64 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 41 427 9.6% 7.2%
65 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 8 60 13.3% 6.9%
66 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 9 71 12.7% 6.8%
67 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
68 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
69 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
70 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
71 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
73 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
74 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
75 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
76 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
77 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
78 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 8 69 11.6% 6.0%
79 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
80 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
81 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
82 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
83 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 30 387 7.8% 5.5%
84 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
85 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
86 Apex Community Park 3.7 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
87 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 17 208 8.2% 5.2%
88 Lake Lynn 7.7 14 164 8.5% 5.2%
89 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
90 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 8 81 9.9% 5.1%
91 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
92 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 10 113 8.8% 4.9%
93 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 40 629 6.4% 4.7%
94 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
95 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
96 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
97 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
98 Shelley Lake 8.1 9 109 8.3% 4.4%
99 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
100 Parker Preserve 15.5 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
101 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
102 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 65 9.2% 4.3%
103 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
104 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
105 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
106 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 23 424 5.4% 3.6%
107 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
108 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
109 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
110 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
111 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
112 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
113 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 15 283 5.3% 3.2%
114 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
115 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
116 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
117 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
118 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
119 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
120 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
121 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
122 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
123 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 15 334 4.5% 2.7%
124 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
125 Bond Park 2.7 9 182 4.9% 2.6%
126 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
127 Carrboro High School 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
128 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
129 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
130 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
131 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
132 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
133 17 Acre Woods 18.0 6 121 5.0% 2.3%
134 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
135 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
136 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
137 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
138 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
139 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
140 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
141 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
142 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
143 Beaver Marsh 16.7 7 194 3.6% 1.8%
144 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
145 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
146 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
147 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
148 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
149 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
150 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
151 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
152 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
153 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
154 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
155 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
156 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
157 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
158 Ritter Park 4.3 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
159 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
160 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
161 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
162 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
163 Lake Benson 11.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
164 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
165 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
166 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
167 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
168 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
169 Falls Lake 15.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
170 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
171 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
172 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
173 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
174 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
175 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
176 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
177 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
178 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
179 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
180 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
181 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
182 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 2 154 1.3% 0.4%
183 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
184 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
185 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
186 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 1 56 1.8% 0.3%