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Where to find Common Nighthawk 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 Common Nighthawk 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 Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 12.0 15 35 42.9% 28.0%
2 Schlegel Lake 15.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
3 Chatham Sewage Ponds 21.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
4 Ramapo Valley County Reservation--MacMillian Reservoir 24.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
5 New York Institute of Technology 19.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 Beavertown Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 William Warren County Park 23.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
8 Reeves-Reed Arboretum 20.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
9 Taxter Ridge Park Preserve 20.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
10 Two Sisters Wetland Preserve Property 20.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
11 Point View Reservoir 19.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
12 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
13 Westchester Country Club (private property) 20.5 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
14 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
15 The Celery Farm 19.5 57 673 8.5% 6.6%
16 Saxon Woods Park 18.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
17 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
18 South Mountain Reservation- Crest Drive 16.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
19 Prospect Park 8.4 130 1968 6.6% 5.6%
20 Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park 24.9 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
21 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 9 93 9.7% 5.2%
22 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 8 81 9.9% 5.1%
23 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 7 73 9.6% 4.7%
24 Tappen Beach 16.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
25 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
26 Lake Tappan 16.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
27 Greenburgh Nature Center 17.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
28 Brookdale Park 12.2 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
29 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
30 Echo Lake Park 21.2 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
31 Hofstra Park 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
33 Section of Inwood (E of Inwood Hill & Isham Parks, btwn B'way & 218th St.) 6.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
34 Lenape Park 19.7 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
35 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
36 Florham Park Fields 22.8 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
37 SUNY Purchase College 23.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
38 Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park 17.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
39 Wagner College 13.3 14 334 4.2% 2.5%
40 Orange Reservoir 16.7 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
41 Lorrimer Sanctuary (NJAS) 19.1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
42 Willowbrook Park 16.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
43 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
44 Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street 20.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
45 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
46 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 16 473 3.4% 2.1%
47 Verona Park 15.0 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
48 Stevens Institute of Technology 3.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
49 Old Westbury Gardens 19.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
50 Pascack Brook County Park 14.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
51 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 7 174 4.0% 2.0%
52 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
53 Halifax Road 23.9 8 215 3.7% 1.9%
54 Hilltop Reservation--Courter Lane 15.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
55 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
56 Summerhill Park 23.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
57 Disposal Rd. 7.7 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
58 Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve 21.6 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
59 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 4 102 3.9% 1.5%
60 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 11 411 2.7% 1.5%
61 Shu Swamp Nature Preserve 22.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
62 Central Park-Hanover Twp./Whippany Paper Board (private) 24.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
63 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
64 Citi Field, New York Mets Ballpark 6.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
65 Humes Preserve 21.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
66 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
67 Mindowaskin Park 21.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
68 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 9 377 2.4% 1.3%
69 Sandy Hook 23.7 15 724 2.1% 1.3%
70 Nomahegan Park 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
71 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 14 728 1.9% 1.1%
72 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
73 Mills Reservation 13.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
74 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 3 104 2.9% 1.0%
75 Cameron Field Park Pond 15.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
76 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
77 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
78 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
79 Whitney Pond Park 13.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
80 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
81 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
82 Point Lookout 24.4 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
83 Closter Nature Center 13.5 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
84 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 3 135 2.2% 0.8%
85 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
86 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
87 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 5 298 1.7% 0.7%
88 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
89 Old Troy County Park 23.0 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
90 Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water 9.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
91 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
92 Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 5.8 4 238 1.7% 0.7%
93 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 23.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
94 Central Park 0.7 15 1560 1.0% 0.6%
95 Liberty SP 7.0 5 376 1.3% 0.6%
96 Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh 6.9 2 98 2.0% 0.6%
97 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 15 1632 0.9% 0.6%
98 McFaul Environmental Center 18.4 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
99 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 3 188 1.6% 0.5%
100 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
101 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
102 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 5 423 1.2% 0.5%
103 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
104 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
105 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
106 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 2 127 1.6% 0.4%
107 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
108 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 5 533 0.9% 0.4%
109 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 2 137 1.5% 0.4%
110 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
111 Miller Field 16.3 3 273 1.1% 0.4%
112 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
113 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
114 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 2 151 1.3% 0.4%
115 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
116 Rutgers University Newark Campus 11.3 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
117 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 2 205 1.0% 0.3%
118 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 2 216 0.9% 0.3%
119 Morningside Park (Manhattan) 1.8 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
120 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
121 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 6 1246 0.5% 0.2%
122 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 3 484 0.6% 0.2%
123 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
124 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
125 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
126 Central Park--North End 1.2 2 315 0.6% 0.2%
127 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 1 103 1.0% 0.2%
128 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 1 114 0.9% 0.2%
129 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 117 0.9% 0.2%
130 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 150 0.7% 0.1%
131 Piermont Pier 18.4 2 555 0.4% 0.1%
132 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 179 0.6% 0.1%
133 Alley Pond Park 11.9 1 180 0.6% 0.1%
134 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 1 183 0.5% 0.1%
135 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 192 0.5% 0.1%
136 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 207 0.5% 0.1%
137 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 1 239 0.4% 0.1%
138 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 2 1147 0.2% 0.0%
139 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 1 445 0.2% 0.0%
140 Plumb Beach 14.0 1 1042 0.1% 0.0%
141 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 1 1388 0.1% 0.0%