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Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in September
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 September. 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			Schenck Forest	3.6	75	195	38.5%	31.9%
2			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	117	337	34.7%	29.8%
3			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
4			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
5			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	64	248	25.8%	20.8%
6			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
7			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
8			Mingo Creek Trail	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
9			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
10			Walltown Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
11			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	6	17	35.3%	17.3%
12			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	8	25	32.0%	17.2%
13			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
14			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	12	45	26.7%	16.0%
15			Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
16			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
17			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	18	81	22.2%	14.5%
18			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	54	296	18.2%	14.3%
19			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	26	130	20.0%	14.0%
20			Williamson Preserve	19.2	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
21			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
22			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	18	109	16.5%	10.7%
23			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	17	105	16.2%	10.4%
24			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	8	42	19.0%	10.0%
25			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
26			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	12	77	15.6%	9.1%
27			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	46	411	11.2%	8.5%
28			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	7	42	16.7%	8.3%
29			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
30			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
31			Lake Lynn	7.7	56	577	9.7%	7.5%
32			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
33			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	31	311	10.0%	7.1%
34			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	16	141	11.3%	7.1%
35			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	5	31	16.1%	7.1%
36			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	18	164	11.0%	7.1%
37			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	17	156	10.9%	6.9%
38			Lake Betz	7.3	23	231	10.0%	6.7%
39			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	5	33	15.2%	6.7%
40			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	22	223	9.9%	6.6%
41			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
42			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
43			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
44			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	14	136	10.3%	6.2%
45			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	7	56	12.5%	6.2%
46			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
47			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
48			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
49			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	15	163	9.2%	5.7%
50			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	5	39	12.8%	5.6%
51			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
52			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	7	64	10.9%	5.4%
53			Pullen Park	6.6	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
54			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
55			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
56			Homestead Park	19.3	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
57			17 Acre Woods	18.0	9	95	9.5%	5.1%
58			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	101	1701	5.9%	4.9%
59			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
60			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
61			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	32	497	6.4%	4.6%
62			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	7	75	9.3%	4.6%
63			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
64			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
65			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
66			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
67			Higgins Greenway	1.2	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
68			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
69			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	5	58	8.6%	3.7%
70			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
71			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
72			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	9	132	6.8%	3.6%
73			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
74			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
75			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
76			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	4	45	8.9%	3.5%
77			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	7	104	6.7%	3.3%
78			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
79			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
80			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
81			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	5	69	7.2%	3.1%
82			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
83			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
84			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
85			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
86			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
87			Morris Branch Greenway	7.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
88			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
89			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
90			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
91			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
92			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
93			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	9	181	5.0%	2.6%
94			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
95			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	16	413	3.9%	2.4%
96			Bond Park	2.7	8	181	4.4%	2.3%
97			Lake Raleigh	6.0	3	46	6.5%	2.2%
98			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
99			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
100			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
101			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
102			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
103			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	3	48	6.2%	2.1%
104			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
105			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
106			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	3	52	5.8%	2.0%
107			Shelley Lake	8.1	4	81	4.9%	1.9%
108			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	7	181	3.9%	1.9%
109			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
110			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
111			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
112			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	3	63	4.8%	1.6%
113			Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co)	20.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
114			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
115			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
116			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
117			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
118			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	4	98	4.1%	1.6%
119			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
120			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
121			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
122			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
123			Crowder District Park	6.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
124			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
125			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	5	176	2.8%	1.2%
126			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	3	86	3.5%	1.2%
127			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
128			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
129			Apex Community Park	3.7	2	48	4.2%	1.2%
130			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
131			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	5	192	2.6%	1.1%
132			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
133			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
134			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co)	12.3	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
135			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
136			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
137			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
138			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	5	232	2.2%	0.9%
139			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
140			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
141			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
142			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	2	70	2.9%	0.8%
143			Lake Benson	11.9	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
144			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
145			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
146			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
147			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
148			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	2	83	2.4%	0.7%
149			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	2	83	2.4%	0.7%
150			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	2	83	2.4%	0.7%
151			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
152			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	4	263	1.5%	0.6%
153			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
154			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
155			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
156			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
157			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
158			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
159			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	1	86	1.2%	0.2%
160			Beaver Marsh	16.7	1	148	0.7%	0.1%