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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			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
2			Schenck Forest	3.6	74	189	39.2%	32.5%
3			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	92	243	37.9%	32.0%
4			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
5			Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
6			American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park	10.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
7			Lassiter Mill Historical Park	7.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
8			Walltown Park	17.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
9			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	56	224	25.0%	19.8%
10			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	11	36	30.6%	18.0%
11			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
12			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
13			Chimney Swift Roost--Downtown Raleigh	7.9	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
14			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	11	41	26.8%	15.7%
15			Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access	18.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
16			Williamson Preserve	19.2	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
17			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	48	261	18.4%	14.2%
18			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	22	111	19.8%	13.5%
19			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
20			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	18	100	18.0%	11.7%
21			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	8	41	19.5%	10.2%
22			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	9	50	18.0%	9.8%
23			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
24			Carpenter Park	5.1	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
25			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	6	30	20.0%	9.5%
26			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	10	59	16.9%	9.5%
27			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
28			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	11	68	16.2%	9.3%
29			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	45	392	11.5%	8.7%
30			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
31			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	14	110	12.7%	7.7%
32			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
33			Lake Lynn	7.7	38	374	10.2%	7.5%
34			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	6	39	15.4%	7.2%
35			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	6	39	15.4%	7.2%
36			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
37			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
38			Higgins Greenway	1.2	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
39			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	17	152	11.2%	7.1%
40			Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir	18.0	5	32	15.6%	6.9%
41			Lake Betz	7.3	22	219	10.0%	6.7%
42			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	29	305	9.5%	6.7%
43			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
44			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
45			Lee Game Land	22.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
46			Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook	16.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
47			Cedar Falls Park	18.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
48			Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek	13.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
49			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
50			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
51			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	19	210	9.0%	5.9%
52			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	15	160	9.4%	5.8%
53			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	5	38	13.2%	5.8%
54			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	11	110	10.0%	5.7%
55			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	7	61	11.5%	5.7%
56			Pullen Park	6.6	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
57			Inwood Rd.	7.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
58			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	10	100	10.0%	5.5%
59			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	87	1292	6.7%	5.5%
60			Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp	16.8	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
61			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
62			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
63			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	32	471	6.8%	4.9%
64			17 Acre Woods	18.0	8	89	9.0%	4.6%
65			NCSU Experimental Farm	7.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
66			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
67			Historic Oakwood Cemetery	8.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
68			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
69			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
70			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
71			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	4	40	10.0%	4.0%
72			Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment	12.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
73			Laurel Hill Park	5.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
74			Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff	12.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
75			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
76			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
77			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	5	65	7.7%	3.3%
78			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
79			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
80			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
81			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
82			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
83			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
84			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	4	51	7.8%	3.1%
85			Shiloh Greenway	5.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
86			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
87			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
88			Shelley Lake	8.1	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
89			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
90			Lake Raleigh	6.0	3	39	7.7%	2.7%
91			Bond Park	2.7	8	157	5.1%	2.6%
92			Homestead Park	19.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
93			Indian Creek Greenway	3.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
94			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
95			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	5	88	5.7%	2.5%
96			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
97			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	7	151	4.6%	2.3%
98			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	14	371	3.8%	2.3%
99			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
100			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
101			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	3	48	6.2%	2.1%
102			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
103			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
104			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
105			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
106			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	4	84	4.8%	1.9%
107			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
108			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
109			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
110			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
111			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	5	122	4.1%	1.8%
112			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
113			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	3	60	5.0%	1.7%
114			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
115			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
116			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
117			Apex Community Park	3.7	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
118			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
119			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	5	164	3.0%	1.3%
120			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
121			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
122			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
123			Brian P's Yard (Private)	14.4	3	87	3.4%	1.2%
124			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
125			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	2	53	3.8%	1.0%
126			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	5	214	2.3%	1.0%
127			Lake Wheeler	8.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
128			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
129			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
130			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	2	57	3.5%	1.0%
131			Lake Benson	11.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
132			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
133			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	4	192	2.1%	0.8%
134			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
135			Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway	12.9	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
136			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	2	77	2.6%	0.7%
137			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	2	77	2.6%	0.7%
138			Raven Rock SP	23.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
139			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
140			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	3	154	1.9%	0.7%
141			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
142			Apex Nature Park	8.6	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
143			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
144			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
145			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
146			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
147			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
148			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
149			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
150			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	1	67	1.5%	0.3%
151			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
152			Beaver Marsh	16.7	1	148	0.7%	0.1%