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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. 6.7 290 681 42.6% 38.9%
2 Schenck Forest 3.6 85 217 39.2% 32.9%
3 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 101 314 32.2% 27.2%
4 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 46 145 31.7% 24.7%
5 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
6 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 30 36.7% 21.9%
7 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 17 52 32.7% 21.5%
8 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
9 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 148 626 23.6% 20.5%
11 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 156 681 22.9% 19.9%
12 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 17 57 29.8% 19.5%
13 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
14 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
15 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
16 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 22 86 25.6% 17.5%
17 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 18 68 26.5% 17.4%
18 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
19 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 63 300 21.0% 16.8%
20 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
21 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
22 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 41 201 20.4% 15.4%
23 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
24 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
25 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
26 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 15 66 22.7% 14.3%
27 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
28 Williamson Preserve 19.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
29 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 68 450 15.1% 12.1%
30 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 12 62 19.4% 11.4%
31 Inwood Rd. 7.3 12 62 19.4% 11.4%
32 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 13 70 18.6% 11.2%
33 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 92 17.4% 11.0%
34 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
35 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
36 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 20 129 15.5% 10.3%
37 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
38 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 49 18.4% 10.0%
39 White Deer Park 11.6 11 64 17.2% 9.9%
40 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 17 111 15.3% 9.8%
41 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
42 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
43 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 10 58 17.2% 9.6%
44 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
45 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
46 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 21 152 13.8% 9.2%
48 Apex Nature Park 8.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
49 Lake Betz 7.3 34 285 11.9% 8.7%
50 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 14 101 13.9% 8.4%
51 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 18 139 12.9% 8.4%
52 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
53 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
54 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
55 Wendell Park 22.6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
56 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
57 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
58 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
59 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
60 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
61 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
62 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
63 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
64 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 11 89 12.4% 7.0%
65 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 10 79 12.7% 7.0%
66 Lake Raleigh 6.0 14 121 11.6% 7.0%
67 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 43 491 8.8% 6.6%
68 Lake Lynn 7.7 20 211 9.5% 6.2%
69 Higgins Greenway 1.2 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
70 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
71 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
72 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
73 Lee Game Land 22.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
74 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
75 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
76 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
77 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
78 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
79 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 11 108 10.2% 5.8%
80 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
81 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
82 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 20 233 8.6% 5.6%
83 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 12 126 9.5% 5.5%
84 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 9 88 10.2% 5.5%
85 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 8 76 10.5% 5.4%
86 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 9 89 10.1% 5.4%
87 Apex Community Park 3.7 6 54 11.1% 5.2%
88 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
89 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
90 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
91 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
92 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 35 513 6.8% 4.9%
93 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 6 59 10.2% 4.7%
94 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
95 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
96 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
97 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
98 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
99 Coker Pinetum 16.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
100 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
101 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 44 755 5.8% 4.4%
102 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
103 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
104 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
105 Shelley Lake 8.1 10 134 7.5% 4.1%
106 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
107 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
108 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
109 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
110 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
111 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
112 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
113 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
114 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
115 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
116 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
117 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 6 77 7.8% 3.6%
118 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
119 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
120 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
121 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
122 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
123 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
124 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
125 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
126 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
127 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
128 Hoffman Lake 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
129 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
130 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 15 309 4.9% 3.0%
131 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
132 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
133 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
134 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 26 616 4.2% 2.9%
135 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
136 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
137 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 17 384 4.4% 2.8%
138 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
139 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
140 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
141 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
142 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
143 Bond Park 2.7 9 199 4.5% 2.4%
144 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
145 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
146 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
147 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 4 74 5.4% 2.1%
148 17 Acre Woods 18.0 6 134 4.5% 2.1%
149 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
150 Beaver Marsh 16.7 8 199 4.0% 2.1%
151 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
152 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
153 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
154 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
155 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
156 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
157 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
158 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
159 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
160 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
161 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
162 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
163 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
164 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
165 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
166 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
167 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
168 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
169 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
170 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
171 Ritter Park 4.3 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
172 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
173 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
174 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
175 Homestead Park 19.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
176 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
177 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
178 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
179 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
180 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
181 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
182 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
183 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
184 Falls Lake 15.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
185 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
186 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
187 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
188 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
189 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
190 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 3 172 1.7% 0.6%
191 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
192 Lake Benson 11.9 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
193 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
194 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
195 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
196 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
197 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
198 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
199 Fearrington Village 17.5 1 63 1.6% 0.3%