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Where to find Snowy Owl in December
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Snowy Owl in December. 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 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 33 94 35.1% 26.2%
2 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
3 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 16 60 26.7% 17.1%
4 Nickerson Beach 23.3 27 125 21.6% 15.3%
5 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 101 578 17.5% 14.6%
6 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
7 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 32 211 15.2% 11.0%
8 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
9 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
10 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet 24.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
11 Piermont Pier 18.4 34 413 8.2% 6.0%
12 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 6 51 11.8% 5.5%
13 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 12 164 7.3% 4.2%
14 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
15 Sandy Hook 23.7 42 1001 4.2% 3.1%
16 Global Terminal 9.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
17 Great Kills Park 18.0 15 323 4.6% 2.8%
18 Newark Liberty International Airport 12.8 4 63 6.3% 2.5%
19 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 14 379 3.7% 2.2%
20 Conference House Park 24.5 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
21 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 25 819 3.1% 2.1%
22 Newark Bay--Old Tressel 12.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
23 Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield 6.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
24 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
25 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
26 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
27 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 6 159 3.8% 1.7%
28 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 4 94 4.3% 1.7%
29 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
30 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
31 Liberty SP 7.0 9 330 2.7% 1.4%
32 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
33 Coney Island Beach 14.5 4 145 2.8% 1.1%
34 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
35 Byram Park 22.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
36 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 6 280 2.1% 1.0%
37 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 4 170 2.4% 0.9%
38 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
39 Bergen Beach 12.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
40 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
41 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 3 134 2.2% 0.8%
42 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
43 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 5 323 1.5% 0.7%
44 Point Lookout 24.4 4 237 1.7% 0.7%
45 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
46 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
47 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
48 Fort Tilden 15.7 3 186 1.6% 0.6%
49 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
50 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 3 198 1.5% 0.5%
51 Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens 14.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
52 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
53 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
54 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
55 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
56 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
57 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
58 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
59 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
60 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
61 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
62 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
63 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 2 463 0.4% 0.1%