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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	288	676	42.6%	38.9%
2			Schenck Forest	3.6	85	216	39.4%	33.1%
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	144	31.9%	24.9%
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	624	23.7%	20.5%
11			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	10	29	34.5%	19.9%
12			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	156	680	22.9%	19.9%
13			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	17	57	29.8%	19.5%
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	199	20.6%	15.6%
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			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	14	84	16.7%	10.2%
38			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
39			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	9	49	18.4%	10.0%
40			White Deer Park	11.6	11	64	17.2%	9.9%
41			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	17	111	15.3%	9.8%
42			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
43			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
44			Pulley Town Road Fields	22.5	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
45			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	10	58	17.2%	9.6%
46			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	6	30	20.0%	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			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	21	152	13.8%	9.2%
50			Apex Nature Park	8.6	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
51			Lake Betz	7.3	34	285	11.9%	8.7%
52			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	14	101	13.9%	8.4%
53			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	18	139	12.9%	8.4%
54			UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods	17.0	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
55			Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway	21.1	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
56			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	8	53	15.1%	7.9%
57			Wendell Park	22.6	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
58			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	6	38	15.8%	7.4%
59			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
60			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
61			Lake Raleigh	6.0	14	119	11.8%	7.1%
62			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	11	88	12.5%	7.1%
63			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	5	31	16.1%	7.1%
64			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	6	40	15.0%	7.1%
65			Shearon Harris Visitor's Center	12.7	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
66			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
67			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	10	79	12.7%	7.0%
68			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	43	489	8.8%	6.6%
69			Lake Lynn	7.7	20	211	9.5%	6.2%
70			Higgins Greenway	1.2	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
71			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
72			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
73			Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34	21.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
74			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
75			Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	13.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
76			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
77			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
78			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	11	107	10.3%	5.8%
79			Lake Wheeler	8.2	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
80			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
81			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	6	49	12.2%	5.7%
82			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
83			Carrboro High School	18.4	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
84			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	20	233	8.6%	5.6%
85			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	12	126	9.5%	5.5%
86			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	8	75	10.7%	5.5%
87			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	9	88	10.2%	5.5%
88			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	9	89	10.1%	5.4%
89			Apex Community Park	3.7	6	54	11.1%	5.2%
90			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
91			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
92			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
93			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	35	513	6.8%	4.9%
94			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	6	59	10.2%	4.7%
95			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	5	47	10.6%	4.6%
96			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
97			Historic Oak View Park	11.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
98			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
99			Neuse River Trail--Falls River	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
100			Coker Pinetum	16.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
101			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
102			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	44	755	5.8%	4.4%
103			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	6	64	9.4%	4.4%
104			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	5	52	9.6%	4.2%
105			Parker Preserve	15.5	4	38	10.5%	4.2%
106			Shelley Lake	8.1	10	134	7.5%	4.1%
107			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	39	10.3%	4.1%
108			Leigh Farm Park	14.5	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
109			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	6	70	8.6%	4.0%
110			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
111			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
112			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	4	43	9.3%	3.7%
113			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	6	76	7.9%	3.7%
114			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
115			William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail	4.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
116			Procter Farm Preserve	22.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
117			Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse	15.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
118			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
119			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
120			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
121			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
122			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
123			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	4	48	8.3%	3.3%
124			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	4	48	8.3%	3.3%
125			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
126			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
127			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
128			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
129			Hoffman Lake	2.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
130			Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill	21.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
131			Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park	13.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
132			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	15	309	4.9%	3.0%
133			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
134			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
135			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	4	54	7.4%	2.9%
136			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	26	616	4.2%	2.9%
137			Duke Forest--Gate 12	19.9	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
138			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
139			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	17	384	4.4%	2.8%
140			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	4	57	7.0%	2.8%
141			Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck	6.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
142			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
143			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	4	64	6.2%	2.5%
144			Bond Park	2.7	9	199	4.5%	2.4%
145			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
146			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
147			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
148			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	4	74	5.4%	2.1%
149			17 Acre Woods	18.0	6	134	4.5%	2.1%
150			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	4	76	5.3%	2.1%
151			Beaver Marsh	16.7	8	199	4.0%	2.1%
152			South Durham WRF	13.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
153			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
154			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
155			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
156			Duke Forest--Gate 4	18.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
157			Chapel Hill Community Park	16.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
158			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
159			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
160			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
161			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
162			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
163			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
164			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
165			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
166			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
167			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	3	73	4.1%	1.4%
168			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
169			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
170			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
171			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
172			Ritter Park	4.3	2	51	3.9%	1.1%
173			William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake	3.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
174			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
175			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
176			Homestead Park	19.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
177			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
178			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
179			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
180			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
181			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
182			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
183			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
184			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
185			Falls Lake	15.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
186			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
187			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
188			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	2	80	2.5%	0.7%
189			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
190			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
191			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	3	172	1.7%	0.6%
192			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
193			Lake Benson	11.9	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
194			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
195			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
196			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
197			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
198			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
199			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
200			Fearrington Village	17.5	1	63	1.6%	0.3%