Bird Finder

Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in August
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 August. 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 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
2 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 116 315 36.8% 31.7%
3 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 25 58 43.1% 31.2%
4 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 67 183 36.6% 30.0%
5 Schenck Forest 3.6 33 84 39.3% 29.5%
6 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
7 Falls Lake--New Light Creek 17.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Duke University--Anderson Woods 17.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 15 47 31.9% 20.4%
12 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 14 44 31.8% 20.0%
13 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 35 137 25.5% 19.0%
14 Howling Cow Creamery 7.2 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
15 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
16 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
17 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
18 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
19 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
20 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 44 242 18.2% 13.8%
21 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
22 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
23 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
24 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
25 Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh 7.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
26 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
27 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
28 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 25 159 15.7% 10.9%
29 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
30 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
31 Inwood Rd. 7.3 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
32 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 12 72 16.7% 9.8%
33 Wendell Park 22.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
34 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
35 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 American Tobacco Trail--Woodcroft 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 American Tobacco Trail--Blackwell Street Trailhead 15.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
40 Parker Preserve 15.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
41 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
42 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
43 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 17 130 13.1% 8.3%
44 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
45 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
46 Dorothea Dix 6.6 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
47 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 26 231 11.3% 7.8%
48 Lake Raleigh 6.0 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
49 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
50 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
51 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
52 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 21 203 10.3% 6.9%
53 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
54 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
55 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 12 107 11.2% 6.5%
56 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
57 Lake Wheeler 8.2 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
58 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
59 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
60 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 19 202 9.4% 6.1%
64 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 8 68 11.8% 6.1%
65 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 20 216 9.3% 6.1%
66 Lake Betz 7.3 19 206 9.2% 6.0%
67 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
68 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 7 61 11.5% 5.7%
69 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
70 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 14 158 8.9% 5.4%
71 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
72 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
73 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 31 450 6.9% 4.9%
74 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
75 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
76 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
79 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
80 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 19 287 6.6% 4.3%
81 Bond Park 2.7 8 100 8.0% 4.1%
82 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
83 Shelley Lake 8.1 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
84 Lake Lynn 7.7 10 143 7.0% 3.8%
85 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 7 93 7.5% 3.7%
86 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
87 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Fearrington Village 17.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
89 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
90 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
91 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 12 215 5.6% 3.2%
92 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
93 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
94 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
95 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
96 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
97 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
98 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
99 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
100 Apex Nature Park 8.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
101 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
102 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
103 Higgins Greenway 1.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
104 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
105 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
106 White Deer Park 11.6 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
107 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 6 112 5.4% 2.5%
108 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
109 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
110 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
111 Homestead Park 19.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
112 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
113 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
114 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
115 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
116 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
117 Lake Benson 11.9 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
118 17 Acre Woods 18.0 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
119 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
120 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
121 Beaver Marsh 16.7 6 146 4.1% 1.9%
122 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
123 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
124 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
125 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 4 87 4.6% 1.8%
126 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
127 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
128 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
129 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 4 92 4.3% 1.7%
130 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
131 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
132 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
133 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
134 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
135 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 3 76 3.9% 1.4%
136 Raven Rock SP 23.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
137 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
138 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
139 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
140 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
141 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
142 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
143 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 5 184 2.7% 1.2%
144 Crowder District Park 6.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
145 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
146 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
147 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 6 306 2.0% 0.9%
148 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
149 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
150 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
151 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
152 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
153 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
154 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
155 Apex Community Park 3.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
156 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
157 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
158 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
159 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
160 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 5 495 1.0% 0.4%
161 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
162 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
163 Town Lake Park 23.4 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
164 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 1 74 1.4% 0.2%