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Where to find American Kestrel in July
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 July. 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 44 76 57.9% 46.7%
2 Murray Hill (34th-42nd St. btwn Madison-1st Ave.) 2.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
3 Williamsbridge Reservoir 8.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
4 Washington Cemetery 11.1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
5 St. Vartan Park 2.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
6 The Gardens at St. Luke in the Fields (Barrow to Christopher St.) 4.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Clement Clarke Moore Park 3.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Bronx River Pkwy Reservation--Oak St. loop, Mt. Vernon 11.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Herbert Von King Park 6.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Jackson Heights (Queens Co.) 4.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 St. Michael’s Cemetery, East Elmhurst 3.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 Silver Towers Complex--Time Landscape 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Seward Park Co-op Grounds, Manhattan 4.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Underhill Playground (James Forten Playground) 7.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 21 72 29.2% 19.9%
16 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 44 170 25.9% 19.9%
17 Linden Hill Cemetery 5.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
18 Hamilton Park 5.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
19 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 68 357 19.0% 15.3%
20 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 71 379 18.7% 15.1%
21 Marcus Garvey Park 2.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
22 Trinity Church Cemetery, Upper Manhattan 3.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
23 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
24 Earth School, East Village 4.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
25 Penn South Co-op (23rd-29th btwn 8th-9th Ave) 2.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
26 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn 6.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
27 Ellis Rd., waterfront (Richmond Co.) 22.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
28 Rufus King Park, Jamaica 10.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
29 New York Times Building, Lobby Garden 2.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
30 Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery 5.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Sugar Hill (145th-155th St.;Amsterdam-Edgecombe Ave.) 3.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
32 Randalls Island 2.4 17 118 14.4% 9.2%
33 Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark 9.9 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
34 Chinatown, Manhattan 4.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
35 Sunset Park (Brooklyn) 9.4 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
36 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 9 66 13.6% 7.3%
37 Hempstead Plains Preserve 20.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
38 Highbridge Park--S of Alexander Hamilton Bridge 4.3 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
39 Upper West Side--10024 0.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
40 Sutton Place Park (56th-57th St.) 1.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
41 Financial District; below Chambers St. 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
42 Seward Park, Manhattan 4.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
43 Kips Bay (23rd-34th St.; Lexington Ave.-E. River) 2.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
44 Bella Abzug Park 2.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
45 Forest Park 8.2 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
46 Cobble Hill Park 6.6 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
47 Washington Square Village and Silver Towers Complex 4.1 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
48 Upper West Side--10025 1.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
49 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
50 Madison Square Park 2.9 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
51 General Theological Seminary 3.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
52 North Hudson Park 2.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
53 St. John the Divine 1.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
54 Greenpoint, Brooklyn 3.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
55 Highbridge Park--N of Alexander Hamilton Bridge 5.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
56 Third Calvary Cemetery, Queens 4.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
57 McGolrick Park 4.1 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
58 Sound View Park 5.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
59 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 30 491 6.1% 4.3%
60 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 9 119 7.6% 4.0%
61 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 11 165 6.7% 3.8%
62 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
63 DeWitt Clinton Park 1.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
64 Gramercy Park (private park) 3.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
65 Cemetery of the Evergreens 7.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
66 Monastery Square (private school) 11.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
67 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
68 Kosciuszko Bridge (Kings Co.) 4.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
69 Forest City Community Park 24.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
70 Gowanus Waterfront Park 7.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
71 Fort Greene Park 6.2 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
72 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 6 90 6.7% 3.1%
73 Ellis Island (NY) 6.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
74 Floyd Bennett Field--South Entrance 14.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
75 Freshkills Park 18.2 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
76 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 18 404 4.5% 2.8%
77 Coney Island Creek 13.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
78 St. Nicholas Park 2.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
79 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 9 184 4.9% 2.6%
80 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
81 Mount Prospect Park 7.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
82 Morningside Gardens 2.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
83 Central Park--East Meadow (East Dr. to 102nd St.) 0.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
84 Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh 6.9 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
85 Van Vorst Park 6.1 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
86 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 42 1377 3.1% 2.3%
87 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
88 Dutch Kills, Queens 3.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
89 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 7 168 4.2% 2.0%
90 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
91 East River Park, Manhattan 4.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
92 West Village (approx. 14th-Houston St. W of 6th Ave.) 3.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
93 Chelsea (14th-34th St.; 6th Ave. to Hudson R.) 3.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
94 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
95 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
96 Prospect Park 8.4 24 883 2.7% 1.8%
97 Stuyvesant Cove Park (18th-23rd St.) 3.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
98 Sixth St. and Ave. B Community Garden 4.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
99 All Faiths Cemetery 6.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
100 Central Park--North End 1.2 4 91 4.4% 1.7%
101 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
102 Battery Park City--South Cove and environs 5.8 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
103 Yankee Stadium 3.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
104 Randalls Island--Freshwater Wetlands (Little Hell Gate Inlet) 2.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
105 Fort Washington Park (W 155th St. to Dyckman St.) 4.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
106 Ocean Breeze Park 14.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
107 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
108 Riverside Park--North of 96th St. 1.8 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
109 Fort Washington Park--N of GWB (Dyckman St. to GW Bridge) 5.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
110 Plumb Beach 14.0 16 745 2.1% 1.3%
111 Rahway River Park 20.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
112 Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek 6.9 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
113 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
114 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
115 Garden City (Nassau Co.) 17.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
116 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 3 93 3.2% 1.1%
117 Union Square Park 3.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
118 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
119 Shore Road Park 11.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
120 Bryant Park 2.1 3 103 2.9% 1.0%
121 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
122 Central Park--Compost Area 1.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
123 Morningside Park (Manhattan) 1.8 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
124 Fort Tilden 15.7 3 108 2.8% 0.9%
125 Long Beach Park 20.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
126 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
127 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
128 Carl Schurz Park 1.3 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
129 Stuyvesant Town 3.5 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
130 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
131 Disposal Rd. 7.7 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
132 McFaul Environmental Center 18.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
133 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
134 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
135 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
136 Kissena Park 8.6 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
137 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
138 Liberty SP 7.0 5 323 1.5% 0.7%
139 Central Park 0.7 9 716 1.3% 0.7%
140 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
141 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 4 243 1.6% 0.6%
142 Upper New York Bay (Manhattan) 6.5 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
143 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Ilse Metzger Sitting Area 8.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
144 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 2 87 2.3% 0.6%
145 Randalls Island--saltmarsh at Little Hell Gate Inlet 2.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
146 New York City Marble Cemetery 4.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
147 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
148 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
149 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
150 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
151 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 2 113 1.8% 0.5%
152 Bronx Zoo 6.7 3 211 1.4% 0.5%
153 Wave Hill 8.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
154 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
155 Washington Square Park 3.8 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
156 Hudson River Greenway--22nd-29th St. 3.0 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
157 Neck Creek Preserve 17.4 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
158 Echo Lake Park 21.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
159 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
160 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
161 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. 15.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
162 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 3 294 1.0% 0.3%
163 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
164 Canal Park 4.5 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
165 Newark Liberty International Airport 12.8 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
166 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
167 Gantry Plaza SP 2.5 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
168 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
169 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 1 86 1.2% 0.2%
170 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 5 1084 0.5% 0.2%
171 River Barge Park 5.1 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
172 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
173 Sandy Hook 23.7 2 357 0.6% 0.2%
174 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 2 359 0.6% 0.2%
175 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 1 128 0.8% 0.1%
176 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
177 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 1 140 0.7% 0.1%
178 Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 5.8 1 140 0.7% 0.1%
179 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 2 441 0.5% 0.1%
180 Miller Field 16.3 1 149 0.7% 0.1%
181 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 162 0.6% 0.1%
182 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
183 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 3 1140 0.3% 0.1%
184 The Celery Farm 19.5 1 363 0.3% 0.0%
185 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 1 388 0.3% 0.0%
186 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 1 392 0.3% 0.0%
187 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 407 0.2% 0.0%
188 Nickerson Beach 23.3 1 447 0.2% 0.0%