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Where to find Red-shouldered Hawk in October
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-shouldered Hawk in October. 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			Robertson Creek Nature Preserve	23.8	6	6	100.0%	61.0%
2			Lake Lynn	7.7	428	734	58.3%	54.7%
3			Mid Pines Rd.	6.7	259	446	58.1%	53.4%
4			Honeycutt Road Park	14.6	4	4	100.0%	51.0%
5			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.)	21.9	26	39	66.7%	51.0%
6			Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment	23.4	56	92	60.9%	50.7%
7			Bass Lake Park & Trail	10.7	69	117	59.0%	49.9%
8			Mason Farm Biological Reserve	14.6	202	369	54.7%	49.6%
9			North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill)	14.1	13	18	72.2%	49.1%
10			Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	23.9	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
11			Sandy Creek Park	16.1	231	439	52.6%	47.9%
12			Bond Park	2.7	106	195	54.4%	47.4%
13			Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek	18.2	91	167	54.5%	46.9%
14			Apex Community Park	3.7	40	69	58.0%	46.2%
15			Third Fork Creek Trail	13.6	36	63	57.1%	44.9%
16			Middle Creek Bottomlands II	24.9	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
17			Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek	14.5	83	162	51.2%	43.6%
18			Brumley Nature Preserve--North	22.2	316	680	46.5%	42.8%
19			Yates Mill County Park	7.2	168	358	46.9%	41.8%
20			Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve	22.1	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
21			Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd.	11.9	15	25	60.0%	40.7%
22			North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond	4.7	16	27	59.3%	40.7%
23			Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd.	9.8	56	114	49.1%	40.1%
24			Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade	19.0	81	175	46.3%	39.1%
25			Walnut Creek Wetland Center	9.0	9	14	64.3%	38.8%
26			Lake Wheeler marshes	6.9	70	152	46.1%	38.3%
27			Rainbow Soccer Complex	16.2	24	46	52.2%	38.1%
28			Lake Johnson Park	4.2	89	203	43.8%	37.2%
29			Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway	3.5	16	30	53.3%	36.1%
30			Wendell Park	22.6	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
31			Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park	13.5	12	22	54.5%	34.7%
32			Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning	3.9	117	294	39.8%	34.4%
33			Main Street Park (Rolesville)	20.1	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
34			Hilltop Needmore Park--South	11.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
35			Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends)	13.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
36			Lower Booker Creek Trail	17.0	13	25	52.0%	33.5%
37			Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.)	21.9	25	56	44.6%	32.4%
38			Barksdale Drive Greenway	9.9	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
39			17 Acre Woods	18.0	44	108	40.7%	31.9%
40			Falls Lake--Dam	15.2	10	19	52.6%	31.7%
41			White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side	6.7	19	42	45.2%	31.2%
42			Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.)	13.5	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
43			Johnston Mill Nature Preserve	20.5	20	46	43.5%	30.2%
44			Glennstone/Heron Rookery	18.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
45			Park West Village Greenway	2.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
46			Apex Nature Park	8.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
47			Beaver Creek Greenway	7.0	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
48			E. Carroll Joyner Park	20.6	16	36	44.4%	29.5%
49			Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road	18.1	7	13	53.8%	29.1%
50			North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden	4.6	20	48	41.7%	28.8%
51			Shelley Lake	8.1	34	90	37.8%	28.5%
52			Lake Benson	11.9	13	29	44.8%	28.4%
53			Schenck Forest	3.6	71	207	34.3%	28.2%
54			White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland	6.1	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
55			Eno River SP--Few's Ford	23.2	40	112	35.7%	27.4%
56			Lake Crabtree Dam	3.3	67	201	33.3%	27.2%
57			Symphony Lake Greenway	4.4	19	48	39.6%	27.0%
58			Durant Nature Preserve	13.3	37	105	35.2%	26.8%
59			Lake Betz	7.3	58	177	32.8%	26.3%
60			Williamson Preserve	19.2	10	23	43.5%	25.6%
61			Swift Creek Bluffs	5.3	20	54	37.0%	25.4%
62			Higgins Greenway	1.2	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
63			J.C. Raulston Arboretum	4.6	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
64			Fred Fletcher Park	7.4	14	36	38.9%	24.8%
65			Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail	19.4	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
66			Penny's Bend Nature Preserve	20.0	10	24	41.7%	24.5%
67			Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve	15.1	16	43	37.2%	24.4%
68			Parker Preserve	15.5	10	25	40.0%	23.4%
69			Town Lake Park	23.4	13	35	37.1%	23.2%
70			Ammons Farm Rd.	24.7	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
71			Old Bynum Bridge	20.4	50	176	28.4%	22.3%
72			East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek)	9.4	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
73			North Carolina Botanical Garden	16.0	30	105	28.6%	20.8%
74			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd.	17.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
75			Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road	15.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
76			White Deer Park	11.6	10	28	35.7%	20.7%
77			Kildaire Farms Lake	2.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
78			Mill Bridge Nature Park	19.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
79			Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road	15.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
80			Shaw Lake	9.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
81			Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
82			Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue)	16.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
83			Homestead Park	19.3	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
84			Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co)	12.0	18	59	30.5%	20.3%
85			Lake Crabtree County Park	3.6	105	443	23.7%	20.0%
86			Hank Anderson Community Park	20.3	16	52	30.8%	19.9%
87			Lower Haw SNA--Bynum	20.3	7	19	36.8%	19.1%
88			Brumley Nature Preserve--South	22.7	16	54	29.6%	19.1%
89			Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park	13.6	11	34	32.4%	19.1%
90			New Hope Bottomlands	15.5	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
91			Piedmont Nature Trail	15.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
92			Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment	14.5	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
93			Beaver Marsh	16.7	40	165	24.2%	18.3%
94			Berryhill Park and Trails	18.4	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
95			North Carolina Museum of Life and Science	17.8	10	33	30.3%	17.4%
96			Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station	21.6	12	44	27.3%	16.3%
97			Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access	15.2	8	27	29.6%	15.9%
98			Eastgate Park	9.5	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
99			Dorothea Dix Park	6.9	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
100			American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access	10.5	14	55	25.5%	15.8%
101			DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve	22.4	6	19	31.6%	15.4%
102			Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek	10.3	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
103			Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate	19.7	9	33	27.3%	15.1%
104			Little Creek Trail	15.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
105			Little River Fishing Facility	23.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
106			Raven Rock SP	23.9	8	29	27.6%	14.7%
107			Dorothea Dix	6.6	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
108			Hilltop Needmore Park--North	11.1	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
109			Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek	14.8	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
110			Turnipseed Preserve	20.5	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
111			Forest Ridge Park	16.5	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
112			Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd.	17.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
113			Crowder District Park	6.8	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
114			Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail	17.1	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
115			Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve	4.6	9	37	24.3%	13.4%
116			Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road	20.9	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
117			Lake Raleigh	6.0	15	71	21.1%	13.2%
118			Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP'	16.4	10	44	22.7%	12.8%
119			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point	15.0	133	888	15.0%	12.8%
120			Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only)	24.1	21	111	18.9%	12.7%
121			New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment	13.8	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
122			Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field)	14.1	12	57	21.1%	12.5%
123			Harris Lake County Park	14.0	17	88	19.3%	12.4%
124			Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center	9.0	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
125			Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam	18.7	11	53	20.8%	12.0%
126			Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp	14.8	6	24	25.0%	12.0%
127			William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake	5.7	10	47	21.3%	12.0%
128			Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek	15.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
129			Haw River--Bynum Dam	20.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
130			Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access	20.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
131			Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive	8.6	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
132			Ritter Park	4.3	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
133			Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest	14.7	11	55	20.0%	11.6%
134			Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only	15.3	8	37	21.6%	11.4%
135			Horton Grove Nature Preserve	24.6	8	38	21.1%	11.1%
136			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade	20.0	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
137			Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park	17.9	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
138			Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access	13.1	9	45	20.0%	10.9%
139			Duke Forest--Korstian Division	19.6	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
140			Falls Lake--Rolling View	16.1	16	97	16.5%	10.4%
141			Fearrington Village	17.5	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
142			Horace Williams Tract	19.1	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
143			Blackwood Farm Park	22.9	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
144			Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance	3.3	16	104	15.4%	9.7%
145			Pierce Woods and Pond	15.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
146			North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park	4.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
147			Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access)	13.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
148			Falls Lake SRA--Information Center	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
149			Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge	13.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
150			Duke Park	16.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
151			Bass Lake Outfall Greenway	11.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
152			Robertson Millpond Preserve	20.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
153			Knightdale Station Park	17.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
154			Cates Creek Park	25.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
155			Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd.	12.6	8	46	17.4%	9.1%
156			South Ellerbe Creek Trail	16.4	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
157			William B. Umstead SP	5.4	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
158			Northgate Park	17.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
159			stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020)	1.5	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
160			Brookhaven Nature Park	6.7	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
161			White Pines Nature Preserve	24.5	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
162			University Lake, Chapel Hill	19.3	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
163			Pinehurst Drive Ponds	15.6	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
164			Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts	18.8	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
165			Clemmons Educational State Forest	18.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
166			Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park	15.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
167			Sarah P. Duke Gardens	16.8	10	84	11.9%	6.6%
168			Blue Jay Point County Park	14.5	8	64	12.5%	6.5%
169			Crabtree Creek Watershed	4.7	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
170			Chandler's Swamp	16.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
171			Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek	10.6	7	55	12.7%	6.3%
172			Roland E. Horne Walking Trail	23.4	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
173			Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point	16.1	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
174			Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center	13.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
175			Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek	14.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
176			Duke Forest--Eno Division	22.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
177			American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access	8.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
178			Butner Game Land--H Street Fields	23.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
179			Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr.	5.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
180			Chatham Co. Northeast District Park	14.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
181			Inwood Rd.	7.3	5	39	12.8%	5.6%
182			Pritchard Park Nature Trail	17.3	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
183			Indian Trail Park	18.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
184			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park	16.9	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
185			Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64	18.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
186			Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill	16.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
187			Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point	14.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
188			Strickland Park	8.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
189			Action Park	13.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
190			Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd.	17.4	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
191			Falls Lake--Sandling Beach	17.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
192			Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders	3.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
193			Duke Forest--Gate 10	19.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
194			Discovery Lake (Restricted Access)	8.2	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
195			Morgan Creek Trail	17.5	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
196			Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp	15.5	4	47	8.5%	3.4%
197			Edna Metz Wells Park	7.1	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
198			Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area	13.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
199			Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch	11.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
200			Martin Luther King Jr Park	19.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
201			Howling Cow Creamery	7.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
202			American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access	9.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
203			Lake Wheeler	8.2	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
204			Duke University--Reclamation Pond	17.3	4	54	7.4%	2.9%
205			Eno River SP--Pleasant Green	21.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
206			West Point on the Eno Park	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
207			Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula	12.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
208			Orange County Sportsplex Pond	24.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
209			Wake Forest Reservoir	20.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
210			Patterson Place Constructed Wetland	16.0	3	41	7.3%	2.5%
211			UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum	17.2	3	43	7.0%	2.4%
212			Salem Pond Park	4.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
213			Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd.	13.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
214			Carrboro High School	18.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
215			Bolin Creek--Umstead Park	18.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
216			Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park	22.3	4	76	5.3%	2.1%
217			Pullen Park	6.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
218			Wooten Meadow Park	6.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
219			Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth	14.9	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
220			Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform	12.3	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
221			Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats)	12.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
222			Baileywick Road Park	10.2	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
223			Duke University--East Campus	16.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
224			Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats	18.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
225			Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp	18.4	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
226			Carpenter Park	5.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
227			Falls Lake	15.1	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
228			Merritt's Pasture	16.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
229			North Carolina State University Campus	6.2	3	88	3.4%	1.2%
230			UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove	17.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
231			AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park	10.0	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
232			Brier Creek Reservoir	5.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
233			Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina	13.2	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
234			Rocky Branch Greenway	6.4	1	39	2.6%	0.5%