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Where to find American Kestrel in February
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 American Kestrel in February. 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 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 53 97 54.6% 44.7%
2 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 225 560 40.2% 36.2%
3 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
4 Trinity Church Cemetery, Upper Manhattan 3.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
5 Disposal Rd. 7.7 55 150 36.7% 29.4%
6 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 32 91 35.2% 26.1%
7 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 35 117 29.9% 22.4%
8 Sunset Park (Brooklyn) 9.4 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
9 Hempstead Plains Preserve 20.4 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
10 TriBeCa, Manhattan 5.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
11 St. Catherine's Park 1.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
12 Freshkills Park--West Mound 19.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Co-Op City 9.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Amelia Gorman Park 5.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 132 554 23.8% 20.5%
16 Earth School, East Village 4.1 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
17 Middle Village Cemetery 6.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
18 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 22 87 25.3% 17.3%
19 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
20 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 33 157 21.0% 15.4%
21 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
22 West Village (approx. 14th-Houston St. W of 6th Ave.) 3.8 14 59 23.7% 14.7%
23 The Gardens at St. Luke in the Fields (Barrow to Christopher St.) 4.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
24 Caven Point Rd 8.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
25 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 12 62 19.4% 11.4%
26 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 20 117 17.1% 11.3%
27 Harlem River, 90th-107th St. 1.3 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
28 Wadleigh School, grounds & spire 1.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
29 Highbridge Park--S of Alexander Hamilton Bridge 4.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
30 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 113 940 12.0% 10.1%
31 Freshkills Park 18.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
32 Yankee Stadium 3.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Midtown East, 42nd-59th St.; E River-5th Ave. 1.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 St. John the Divine 1.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Myrtle Village Green 6.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Two Bridges, Manhattan 5.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Clement Clarke Moore Park 3.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 Bellevue Sobriety Garden 3.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
40 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
41 NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent's Triangle 3.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach 14.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Union Field Cemetery 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Underhill Playground (James Forten Playground) 7.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
45 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
46 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
47 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 14 102 13.7% 8.4%
48 Global Terminal 9.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
49 Jackie Robinson Park 3.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
50 Union Square Park 3.4 18 142 12.7% 8.2%
51 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
52 Floyd Bennett Field--Cricket Field area 13.4 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
53 Bella Abzug Park 2.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
54 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
55 West Shore Rentention Pond 19.8 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
56 Harlem River, 107th-125th St. 2.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
57 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 16 158 10.1% 6.3%
58 Sutton Place Park (56th-57th St.) 1.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
59 Liberty SP 7.0 32 370 8.6% 6.2%
60 Brooklyn Bridge Walkway, Brooklyn 5.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 Columbia University, Manhattanville Campus 2.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Cemetery of the Evergreens 7.7 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
63 Overpeck County Park 6.2 16 170 9.4% 5.9%
64 Brookfield Park 18.2 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
65 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 8 76 10.5% 5.4%
66 North Hudson Park 2.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
67 Yorkville (79th-96th; 3rd Ave to E River) 1.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
68 Ferry Point Park 7.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
69 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 11 129 8.5% 4.8%
70 New York City Marble Cemetery 4.1 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
71 Washington Square Park 3.8 10 115 8.7% 4.8%
72 Lenox Hill (60th-77th St. btwn 5th Ave.-Lex. Ave.) 0.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Abingdon Square Park 3.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
74 Columbia University, Morningside Campus 1.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
75 Most Holy Trinity Cemetery, Brooklyn 7.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 DiDomenico Park Bayonne. 11.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Co-op City, Section 5 (Greenway) 9.5 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
78 Plumb Beach 14.0 10 122 8.2% 4.5%
79 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 32 560 5.7% 4.1%
80 Cooper Triangle 3.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
81 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 41 759 5.4% 4.0%
82 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 21 367 5.7% 3.8%
83 Randalls Island 2.4 12 184 6.5% 3.8%
84 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Upper West Side--10024 0.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
86 Jefferson Market Garden 3.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
87 Chinatown, Manhattan 4.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Washington Cemetery 11.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
89 Troy Meadows--Alan Dr. access, gas-line trails and deer exclosure 22.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
90 Public Park (West End Ave. btwn 63-64th St.) 1.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
91 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 6 82 7.3% 3.4%
92 Florham Park Fields 22.8 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
93 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 25 548 4.6% 3.1%
94 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
95 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
96 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
97 Naval Cemetery Landscape 5.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
98 Coney Island Creek 13.9 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
99 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
100 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
101 Queens Botanical Garden 7.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
102 Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens 14.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
103 St. Mark's Church-In-The-Bowery 3.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
104 East River Park, Manhattan 4.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
105 Jerome Park Reservoir 7.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
106 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 6 115 5.2% 2.4%
107 Canarsie Pier 11.4 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
108 Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier 7.6 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
109 Kissena Corridor Park 8.0 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
110 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
111 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 6 122 4.9% 2.3%
112 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
113 Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water 9.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
114 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
115 Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield 6.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
116 Central Park 0.7 50 1730 2.9% 2.2%
117 Morningside Park (Manhattan) 1.8 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
118 Stevens Institute of Technology 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
119 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
120 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
121 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 6 142 4.2% 2.0%
122 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
123 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 8 220 3.6% 1.9%
124 Hudson River Greenway--22nd-29th St. 3.0 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
125 Woodlawn Cemetery 9.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
126 Mount Prospect Park 7.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
127 Maria Hernandez Park 5.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
128 Herbert Von King Park 6.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
129 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
130 Madison Square Park 2.9 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
131 Hendrix Creek 10.4 4 91 4.4% 1.7%
132 Mariners Marsh 14.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
133 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
134 Red Hook Recreation Area 7.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
135 High Line Park 3.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
136 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
137 Flushing International High School 7.9 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
138 Canal Park 4.5 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
139 Bay County Park 19.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
140 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
141 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
142 Dutch Kills, Queens 3.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
143 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
144 Prospect Park 8.4 38 1997 1.9% 1.4%
145 South St. Seaport 5.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
146 Central Park--Sheep Meadow 0.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
147 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
148 Overpeck County Park--Palisades Park 5.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
149 Heritage Park (Blissenbach Marina) 12.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
150 Lincoln Terrace - Arthur S. Somers Park 8.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
151 City Hall Park incl. Millennium Park, Manhattan 5.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
152 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
153 Randalls Island--Freshwater Wetlands (Little Hell Gate Inlet) 2.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
154 Cobble Hill Park 6.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
155 Grasslands Reservation, Valhalla 22.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
156 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
157 Baxter Pond Park 14.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
158 Hudson River Greenway--145th-155th St. 3.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
159 Cadman Plaza Park 5.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
160 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 4 141 2.8% 1.1%
161 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
162 Washington Square Village and Silver Towers Complex 4.1 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
163 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
164 Gowanus Canal 7.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
165 Gravesend Bay 13.2 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
166 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
167 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
168 St. John Cemetery (Queens Co.) 6.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
169 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
170 Point Lookout 24.4 6 316 1.9% 0.9%
171 Nickerson Beach 23.3 3 118 2.5% 0.9%
172 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
173 Brighton Beach 14.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
174 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
175 Stuyvesant Square Park 3.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
176 Corlears Hook Park 4.8 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
177 Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water 9.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
178 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
179 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 3 123 2.4% 0.8%
180 Fort Greene Park 6.2 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
181 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
182 Spring Creek Park 10.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
183 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 3 127 2.4% 0.8%
184 Astoria Park 2.3 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
185 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
186 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
187 Coney Island Beach 14.5 3 143 2.1% 0.7%
188 Miller Field 16.3 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
189 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
190 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 3 145 2.1% 0.7%
191 Rye Playland 20.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
192 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
193 Hunter's Point South Park 2.7 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
194 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
195 Shore Road Park 11.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
196 Orange Reservoir 16.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
197 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
198 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 3 157 1.9% 0.7%
199 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 9 733 1.2% 0.6%
200 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
201 St. Nicholas Park 2.6 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
202 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 5.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
203 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
204 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
205 Central Park--Conservatory Water & Pilgrim Hill 0.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
206 Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 12.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
207 Great Kills Park 18.0 4 268 1.5% 0.6%
208 Tenafly Nature Center 9.8 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
209 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
210 Hackensack--Foschini Park 8.1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
211 Central Park--North End 1.2 3 182 1.6% 0.6%
212 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
213 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
214 River Barge Park 5.1 2 102 2.0% 0.5%
215 Lincoln Park West 7.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
216 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
217 Brookdale Park 12.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
218 Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn) 8.0 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
219 Chelsea (14th-34th St.; 6th Ave. to Hudson R.) 3.0 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
220 Kissena Park 8.6 2 108 1.9% 0.5%
221 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
222 Riverside Park--South of 96th St. 1.0 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
223 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
224 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
225 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
226 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
227 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 2 121 1.7% 0.5%
228 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 3 226 1.3% 0.5%
229 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
230 Sandy Hook 23.7 7 817 0.9% 0.4%
231 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
232 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 4 416 1.0% 0.4%
233 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
234 Carl Schurz Park 1.3 2 156 1.3% 0.4%
235 Rutgers University Newark Campus 11.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
236 Pier 44 Waterfront Garden 7.8 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
237 Theodore Roosevelt Park, Manhattan 0.4 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
238 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
239 Newark Liberty International Airport 12.8 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
240 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 4 535 0.7% 0.3%
241 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 2 190 1.1% 0.3%
242 Baldwin Harbor Park 21.6 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
243 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
244 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
245 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
246 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 6 1093 0.5% 0.3%
247 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 3 420 0.7% 0.2%
248 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 2 231 0.9% 0.2%
249 Battery Park City--Nelson A. Rockefeller Jr Park 5.1 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
250 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
251 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
252 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
253 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 2 312 0.6% 0.2%
254 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
255 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
256 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
257 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
258 Hudson River Greenway--Chambers to W Houston St. 4.6 1 124 0.8% 0.1%
259 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
260 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 1 146 0.7% 0.1%
261 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 1 158 0.6% 0.1%
262 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
263 Bryant Park 2.1 1 220 0.5% 0.1%
264 Halifax Road 23.9 1 250 0.4% 0.1%
265 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 1 299 0.3% 0.1%
266 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 1 313 0.3% 0.1%
267 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 1 352 0.3% 0.1%
268 The Celery Farm 19.5 1 628 0.2% 0.0%