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Where to find Red-headed Woodpecker in May
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 Red-headed Woodpecker in May. 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 Saddle River Pathway 13.7 17 65 26.2% 17.0%
2 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 120 620 19.4% 16.4%
3 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
4 Morningside Park (Manhattan) 1.8 43 311 13.8% 10.4%
5 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
6 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 89 863 10.3% 8.5%
7 Silver Lake Park (Nassau Co.) 20.4 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
8 Willowbrook Park 16.0 8 58 13.8% 7.2%
9 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
10 Lake Valhalla 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
11 Troy Meadows--Alan Dr. access, gas-line trails and deer exclosure 22.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
12 St. John Cemetery (Queens Co.) 6.9 7 71 9.9% 4.9%
13 North Hudson Park 2.3 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
14 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 13 213 6.1% 3.6%
15 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 17 325 5.2% 3.3%
16 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 44 1018 4.3% 3.2%
17 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 17 345 4.9% 3.1%
18 Garden City (Nassau Co.) 17.7 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
19 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
20 Central Park 0.7 177 8750 2.0% 1.7%
21 Shore Road Park 11.7 5 145 3.4% 1.5%
22 Cunningham Park Southeast Preserve 10.9 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
23 Central Park--North End 1.2 33 1771 1.9% 1.3%
24 Valley Stream SP 16.0 7 301 2.3% 1.1%
25 Fort Greene Park 6.2 9 423 2.1% 1.1%
26 Hook Mountain 23.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
27 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 68 5687 1.2% 0.9%
28 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 11 658 1.7% 0.9%
29 Cunningham Park 10.8 3 113 2.7% 0.9%
30 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
31 Sandy Hook 23.7 25 2381 1.0% 0.7%
32 Passaic River South Orange Ave Boat Launch Livingston 21.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
33 Maplecrest Park 15.8 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
34 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 35 3846 0.9% 0.7%
35 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 9 757 1.2% 0.6%
36 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 2 90 2.2% 0.6%
37 Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.) 0.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
38 Conference House Park 24.5 3 184 1.6% 0.6%
39 Central Park--Wildflower Meadow 1.1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
40 Forest Park 8.2 11 1147 1.0% 0.5%
41 Old Troy County Park 23.0 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
42 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
43 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 2 115 1.7% 0.5%
44 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 18 2407 0.7% 0.5%
45 Rahway River Park 20.1 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
46 Orange Reservoir 16.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
47 North Mt. Loretto SF 22.8 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
48 Central Park--North Woods 1.3 3 273 1.1% 0.4%
49 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 2 148 1.4% 0.4%
50 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
51 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
52 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
53 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 3 369 0.8% 0.3%
54 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
55 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 3 437 0.7% 0.2%
56 Owls Head Park 10.3 2 261 0.8% 0.2%
57 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
58 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 4 846 0.5% 0.2%
59 High Rock Park 15.9 1 111 0.9% 0.2%
60 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
61 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 4 1085 0.4% 0.1%
62 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 2 399 0.5% 0.1%
63 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 1 137 0.7% 0.1%
64 Central Park--Summit Rock 0.2 2 433 0.5% 0.1%
65 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 140 0.7% 0.1%
66 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 1 156 0.6% 0.1%
67 Forest Park--Waterhole 8.4 2 518 0.4% 0.1%
68 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 1 197 0.5% 0.1%
69 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 1 199 0.5% 0.1%
70 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 3 1383 0.2% 0.1%
71 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 2 749 0.3% 0.1%
72 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 2 764 0.3% 0.1%
73 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 1 251 0.4% 0.1%
74 Prospect Park 8.4 10 8052 0.1% 0.1%
75 Watchung Reservation 22.7 1 263 0.4% 0.1%
76 William Warren County Park 23.4 1 277 0.4% 0.1%
77 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 2 890 0.2% 0.1%
78 Kissena Park 8.6 1 338 0.3% 0.1%
79 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 1 373 0.3% 0.0%
80 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 493 0.2% 0.0%
81 Central Park--Great Hill 1.2 1 512 0.2% 0.0%
82 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 1 514 0.2% 0.0%
83 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 1 595 0.2% 0.0%
84 Alley Pond Park 11.9 1 644 0.2% 0.0%
85 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 962 0.1% 0.0%
86 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 1 1892 0.1% 0.0%