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Where to find American Kestrel in August
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 August. 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 57 104 54.8% 45.2%
2 Stuyvesant Square Park 3.4 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
3 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 48 110 43.6% 34.7%
4 Inwood (Manhattan N of Dyckman St.-Riverside Dr.) 6.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
5 Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
6 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 128 350 36.6% 31.7%
7 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 32 76 42.1% 31.6%
8 Sound View Park 5.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
9 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 234 728 32.1% 28.9%
10 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 58 166 34.9% 28.1%
11 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
12 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 27 93 29.0% 20.8%
13 Abingdon Square Park 3.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn 6.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
15 Columbus Park, Chinatown 4.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Overlook Terrace X 190th St. and surroundings 5.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Metropolitan Hill (77th-86th St. btwn 5th-3rd Ave.) 0.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Randalls Island 2.4 27 122 22.1% 15.7%
19 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
20 Lenox Hill (60th-77th St. btwn 5th Ave.-Lex. Ave.) 0.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
21 Earth School, East Village 4.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
22 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 65 410 15.9% 12.6%
23 Naval Cemetery Landscape 5.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
24 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 11 56 19.6% 11.3%
25 Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water 9.0 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
26 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
27 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 28 188 14.9% 10.5%
28 Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery 5.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
29 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 11 66 16.7% 9.6%
30 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 10 59 16.9% 9.5%
31 Jerome Park Reservoir 7.6 10 59 16.9% 9.5%
32 Sutton Place Park (56th-57th St.) 1.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Staten Island Zoo 13.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Bayside Cemetery 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Freshkills Park 18.2 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
37 Disposal Rd. 7.7 10 65 15.4% 8.6%
38 Stone Barns Center--Trails and Fields 23.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
39 Cobble Hill Park 6.6 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
40 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
41 Greenpoint, Brooklyn 3.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
42 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 14 127 11.0% 6.7%
43 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 37 423 8.7% 6.4%
44 Cemetery of the Evergreens 7.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
45 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 10 89 11.2% 6.2%
46 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 15 150 10.0% 6.2%
47 Upper West Side--10024 0.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
48 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
49 Morningside Gardens 2.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
50 Floyd Bennett Field--South Entrance 14.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
51 North Brother Island 3.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Pelham Bay Park--Landfill 9.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
53 Ruppert Park 0.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
54 Sara D. Roosevelt Park (Canal St. to Houston) 4.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
55 Seward Park Co-op Grounds, Manhattan 4.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
56 Battery Park City--South Cove and environs 5.8 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
57 Hilltop Reservation--Courter Lane 15.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
58 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 8 73 11.0% 5.7%
59 Sunset Park (Brooklyn) 9.4 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
60 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 107 1632 6.6% 5.5%
61 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
62 Barretto Point Park 4.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
63 Union Square Park 3.4 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
64 Liberty SP 7.0 26 376 6.9% 4.8%
65 Rutgers University Newark Campus 11.3 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
66 Riverside Park--South of 96th St. 1.0 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
67 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve 13.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
68 Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield 6.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
69 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
70 Corlears Hook Park 4.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
71 Seward Park, Manhattan 4.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
72 Linden Hill Cemetery 5.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
73 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
74 Central Park--North End 1.2 20 315 6.3% 4.1%
75 Washington Square Park 3.8 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
76 Washington Square Village and Silver Towers Complex 4.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
77 West Village (approx. 14th-Houston St. W of 6th Ave.) 3.8 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
78 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 13 205 6.3% 3.7%
79 Yankee Stadium 3.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
80 Battery Park City--Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park 5.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
81 Hook Mountain 23.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
82 Maria Hernandez Park 5.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
83 Herbert Von King Park 6.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
84 Third Calvary Cemetery, Queens 4.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 11 174 6.3% 3.6%
86 Ferry Point Park 7.1 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
87 Owls Head Park 10.3 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
88 Central Park 0.7 61 1560 3.9% 3.1%
89 Randalls Island--saltmarsh at Little Hell Gate Inlet 2.2 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
90 Shellbank Basin 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
91 Sixth St. and Ave. B Community Garden 4.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
92 1-E Landfill (Restricted Access) 7.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
93 McGolrick Park 4.1 6 101 5.9% 2.8%
94 Freshkills Park--East Mound 17.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
95 Chinatown, Manhattan 4.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
96 Crotona Park 5.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
97 Grant's Tomb and Claremont Park Playground 2.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
98 Riverside Park--North of 96th St. 1.8 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
99 Canal Park 4.5 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
100 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
101 St. Nicholas Park 2.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
102 Coney Island Beach 14.5 6 115 5.2% 2.4%
103 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
104 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 7 151 4.6% 2.3%
105 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
106 Middle Village Cemetery 6.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
107 Newtown Creek Nature Walk 3.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
108 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
109 Morningside Park (Manhattan) 1.8 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
110 Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest 9.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
111 Stevens Institute of Technology 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
112 Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens 14.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
113 Hackensack--Foschini Park 8.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
114 Jersey City Reservoir #3 & Pershing Field Park 5.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
115 Prospect Park 8.4 51 1968 2.6% 2.0%
116 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
117 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 8 216 3.7% 1.9%
118 Battery Park City--Nelson A. Rockefeller Jr Park 5.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
119 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
120 East River Park, Manhattan 4.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
121 Battery Park City--Teardrop Park 5.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
122 Trinity Church, Wall St. 5.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
123 Madison Square Park 2.9 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
124 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
125 Newark Liberty International Airport 12.8 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
126 Hudson River Greenway--22nd-29th St. 3.0 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
127 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
128 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
129 Brookfield Park 18.2 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
130 La Plaza Cultural Community Garden 3.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
131 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
132 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
133 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 11 438 2.5% 1.4%
134 Central Park--Wildflower Meadow 1.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
135 Gantry Plaza SP 2.5 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
136 Astoria Park 2.3 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
137 Mount Prospect Park 7.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
138 Powells Cove Park 6.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
139 Central Park--Compost Area 1.1 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
140 Carl Schurz Park 1.3 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
141 North Woodmere Park 15.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
142 Trap House 21.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
143 Dutch Kills, Queens 3.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
144 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 6 239 2.5% 1.2%
145 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
146 Lincoln Park West 7.5 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
147 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 4 143 2.8% 1.1%
148 Sandy Hook 23.7 13 724 1.8% 1.1%
149 East River, Brooklyn Bridge to S.I. Ferry 5.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
150 Columbia University, Morningside Campus 1.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
151 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 6 265 2.3% 1.0%
152 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
153 Plumb Beach 14.0 17 1042 1.6% 1.0%
154 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
155 Five Islands Park 13.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
156 McCarren Park 4.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
157 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 5 228 2.2% 0.9%
158 Central Park--Blockhouse 1.3 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
159 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
160 Cameron Field Park Pond 15.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
161 Central Park--Summit Rock 0.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
162 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
163 Richmond County Youth Complex 16.8 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
164 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 6 298 2.0% 0.9%
165 Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 5.8 5 238 2.1% 0.9%
166 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
167 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
168 Socrates Sculpture Park 1.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
169 Highbridge Park--S of Alexander Hamilton Bridge 4.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
170 Overpeck County Park 6.2 3 117 2.6% 0.9%
171 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 3 118 2.5% 0.9%
172 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 3 119 2.5% 0.9%
173 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 17 1246 1.4% 0.9%
174 Great Kills Park 18.0 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
175 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
176 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
177 Central Park--Sparrow Rock section 0.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
178 New York City Marble Cemetery 4.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
179 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
180 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 3 144 2.1% 0.7%
181 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
182 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
183 Hunter's Point South Park 2.7 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
184 River Barge Park 5.1 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
185 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 7 533 1.3% 0.6%
186 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
187 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 2 90 2.2% 0.6%
188 Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark 9.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
189 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
190 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
191 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
192 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
193 Bryant Park 2.1 3 201 1.5% 0.5%
194 Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 12.0 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
195 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
196 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 5 445 1.1% 0.5%
197 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
198 Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water 9.2 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
199 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 3 217 1.4% 0.5%
200 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
201 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 5 473 1.1% 0.5%
202 Central Park--Cedar Hill 0.3 2 125 1.6% 0.4%
203 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
204 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
205 Central Park--Great Hill 1.2 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
206 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
207 Van Vorst Park 6.1 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
208 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
209 Bronx Zoo 6.7 3 260 1.2% 0.4%
210 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 10 1388 0.7% 0.4%
211 Miller Field 16.3 3 273 1.1% 0.4%
212 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
213 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
214 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 8 1147 0.7% 0.4%
215 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
216 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
217 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
218 Central Park--Shakespeare Garden 0.2 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
219 Shore Road Park 11.7 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
220 Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek 6.9 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
221 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 2 207 1.0% 0.3%
222 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 5 815 0.6% 0.3%
223 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
224 The Celery Farm 19.5 4 673 0.6% 0.2%
225 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 2 242 0.8% 0.2%
226 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
227 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
228 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
229 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 3 582 0.5% 0.2%
230 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 2 316 0.6% 0.2%
231 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
232 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 1 135 0.7% 0.1%
233 Piermont Pier 18.4 2 555 0.4% 0.1%
234 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 179 0.6% 0.1%
235 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 192 0.5% 0.1%
236 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond 22.4 1 265 0.4% 0.1%
237 Wagner College 13.3 1 334 0.3% 0.1%
238 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 1 406 0.2% 0.0%
239 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 1 411 0.2% 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.