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Where to find Northern Harrier in September
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 Northern Harrier 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 Pelham Bay Park--Landfill 9.5 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
2 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
3 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
4 Hook Mountain 23.6 52 131 39.7% 31.7%
5 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 106 290 36.6% 31.2%
6 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh 14.7 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
7 High Rock Park--Moses Mt. 16.1 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
8 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 62 226 27.4% 22.0%
9 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 152 622 24.4% 21.2%
10 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 21 68 30.9% 21.2%
11 Freshkills Park--East Mound 17.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
12 Kings Point Pond Preserve 11.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel 22.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
15 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 28 121 23.1% 16.5%
16 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
17 Brookfield Park 18.2 10 36 27.8% 15.8%
18 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 69 354 19.5% 15.7%
19 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 128 857 14.9% 12.7%
20 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 80 516 15.5% 12.6%
21 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 28 159 17.6% 12.5%
22 Sandy Hook 23.7 266 1953 13.6% 12.2%
23 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 140 1051 13.3% 11.4%
24 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 9 45 20.0% 10.9%
25 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
26 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 165 1381 11.9% 10.3%
27 River Barge Park 5.1 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
28 Fort Tilden 15.7 27 186 14.5% 10.2%
29 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 24 163 14.7% 10.1%
30 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
31 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
32 Freshkills Park--North Mound 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek 14.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 43 349 12.3% 9.3%
36 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
37 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 46 384 12.0% 9.1%
38 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 10 62 16.1% 9.0%
39 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
40 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
41 Disposal Rd. 7.7 10 67 14.9% 8.3%
42 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
43 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 48 469 10.2% 7.8%
44 Freshkills Park 18.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
45 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 20 193 10.4% 6.8%
46 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 44 493 8.9% 6.7%
47 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
48 Sandy Hook--Nike Pond 24.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
49 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
50 1-E Landfill (Restricted Access) 7.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
51 Ramapo Mountain SF--Northern Trails 24.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
53 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 33 398 8.3% 6.0%
54 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 11 109 10.1% 5.7%
55 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
56 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
57 Hastings Meadowlands & Rowley's Bridge Trail 14.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
58 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 15 184 8.2% 5.0%
59 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 12 140 8.6% 5.0%
60 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
61 The Celery Farm 19.5 62 1052 5.9% 4.6%
62 Pelham Bay Park--Thomas Pell WS and Goose Creek Marsh 10.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
63 Outerbridge Crossing (Staten Island) 22.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
64 New York Institute of Technology 19.0 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
65 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
66 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
67 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 13 181 7.2% 4.2%
68 Central Park--Belvedere Castle 0.2 7 82 8.5% 4.2%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
70 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 6 74 8.1% 3.8%
71 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 8 109 7.3% 3.8%
72 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
73 Ferry Point Park 7.1 4 43 9.3% 3.7%
74 Washington Market Park 5.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
75 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 5 60 8.3% 3.6%
76 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
77 Plumb Beach 14.0 24 481 5.0% 3.4%
78 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 5 67 7.5% 3.2%
79 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 6 87 6.9% 3.2%
80 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 17 337 5.0% 3.2%
81 Caven Point Rd 8.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
82 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
83 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
84 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 5 74 6.8% 2.9%
85 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
86 Conference House Park 24.5 8 148 5.4% 2.8%
87 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
88 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 5 82 6.1% 2.6%
89 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
90 Pelham Bay Park--Hawk Watch 10.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
91 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
92 Kensico Lake 24.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
93 Overpeck County Park 6.2 8 161 5.0% 2.5%
94 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 14 336 4.2% 2.5%
95 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
96 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
97 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
98 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
99 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 9 224 4.0% 2.1%
100 Otter Creek Preserve 17.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
101 Field of Dreams Greenbelt 17.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
102 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 23.6 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
103 Liberty SP 7.0 15 484 3.1% 1.9%
104 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
105 Great Kills Park 18.0 5 119 4.2% 1.8%
106 Packanack Lake 18.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
107 Florham Park Fields 22.8 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
108 Prospect Point 14.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
109 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
110 Piermont Pier 18.4 10 379 2.6% 1.4%
111 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
112 Central Park--Conservatory Garden 1.1 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
113 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 5 160 3.1% 1.3%
114 Nickerson Beach 23.3 6 213 2.8% 1.3%
115 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 4 121 3.3% 1.3%
116 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
117 Middle Village Cemetery 6.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
118 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 13 626 2.1% 1.2%
119 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
120 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
121 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 3 94 3.2% 1.1%
122 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
123 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
124 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
125 Hilltop Reservation--Courter Lane 15.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
126 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
127 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 5 228 2.2% 0.9%
128 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
129 Point Lookout 24.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
130 Eisenhower Park 21.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
131 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 10 647 1.5% 0.8%
132 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 3 122 2.5% 0.8%
133 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
134 Lorrimer Sanctuary (NJAS) 19.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
135 Lincoln Park West 7.5 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
136 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 3 129 2.3% 0.8%
137 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
138 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
139 Hommocks Conservation Area 15.7 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
140 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 2 74 2.7% 0.7%
141 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
142 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
143 Tallman Mountain SP 17.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
144 Central Park 0.7 38 3787 1.0% 0.7%
145 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
146 Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform 15.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
147 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 3 155 1.9% 0.7%
148 "Sandy Hook--Hudson Rd (""The Garden"", etc)" 21.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
149 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
150 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
151 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
152 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 18 1927 0.9% 0.6%
153 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
154 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
155 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
156 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
157 Piermont Marsh 17.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
158 Astoria Park 2.3 2 98 2.0% 0.6%
159 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 2 100 2.0% 0.6%
160 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 6 516 1.2% 0.5%
161 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
162 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
163 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
164 Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens 14.0 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
165 Woodlawn Cemetery 9.0 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
166 Neck Creek Preserve 17.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
167 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 2 122 1.6% 0.5%
168 Newark Liberty International Airport 12.8 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
169 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
170 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 2 125 1.6% 0.4%
171 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
172 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
173 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
174 Randalls Island 2.4 3 242 1.2% 0.4%
175 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
176 Hudson River Greenway--22nd-29th St. 3.0 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
177 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
178 Brookdale Park 12.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
179 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
180 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
181 Kissena Park 8.6 3 307 1.0% 0.3%
182 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 2 167 1.2% 0.3%
183 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
184 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
185 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
186 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
187 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
188 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
189 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
190 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 4 621 0.6% 0.3%
191 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
192 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
193 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
194 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
195 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 2 240 0.8% 0.2%
196 Halifax Road 23.9 3 494 0.6% 0.2%
197 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
198 Shore Road Park 11.7 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
199 Miller Field 16.3 2 303 0.7% 0.2%
200 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
201 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 3 698 0.4% 0.1%
202 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 133 0.8% 0.1%
203 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 2 459 0.4% 0.1%
204 Alley Pond Park 11.9 2 463 0.4% 0.1%
205 Prospect Park 8.4 7 4000 0.2% 0.1%
206 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 1 218 0.5% 0.1%
207 Bryant Park 2.1 2 681 0.3% 0.1%
208 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 1 233 0.4% 0.1%
209 Rutgers University Newark Campus 11.3 1 235 0.4% 0.1%
210 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 1 298 0.3% 0.1%
211 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 1 610 0.2% 0.0%
212 Central Park--North End 1.2 1 881 0.1% 0.0%
213 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 1 2188 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.