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Where to find Red-shouldered Hawk in October
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-shouldered Hawk in October. 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 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 100 284 35.2% 29.9%
2 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 150 504 29.8% 25.9%
3 Hook Mountain 23.6 30 89 33.7% 24.7%
4 West Essex Wetlands 19.9 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
5 The Celery Farm 19.5 218 1053 20.7% 18.4%
6 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
7 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 42 201 20.9% 15.8%
8 Palisades Park IBA 8.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
9 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 14 60 23.3% 14.4%
10 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 13 56 23.2% 14.1%
11 High Rock Park--Moses Mt. 16.1 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
12 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 44 285 15.4% 11.7%
13 Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street 20.2 11 59 18.6% 10.7%
14 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 12 79 15.2% 8.9%
15 Ash Brook Reservation 23.5 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
16 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
17 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 11 101 10.9% 6.2%
18 Watchung Reservation 22.7 8 68 11.8% 6.1%
19 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 12 137 8.8% 5.1%
20 Woodlawn Cemetery 9.0 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
21 Monastery Square (private school) 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
22 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Lucy's Loop 24.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
23 Fort Washington Park--N of GWB (Dyckman St. to GW Bridge) 5.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
24 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
25 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 34 572 5.9% 4.3%
26 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 13 190 6.8% 4.0%
27 Demarest Nature Center 12.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
28 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Buttermilk Hill area 23.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
29 High Rock Park 15.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
30 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
31 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 5 70 7.1% 3.1%
32 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive 22.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
33 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
34 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 17 377 4.5% 2.8%
35 Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories Environs 17.8 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
36 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 7 124 5.6% 2.8%
37 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 8 149 5.4% 2.7%
38 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 7 132 5.3% 2.6%
39 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 6 121 5.0% 2.3%
40 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 7 152 4.6% 2.2%
41 Floyd Bennett Field--Cricket Field area 13.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
42 Watchung Reservation--Lake Surprise 22.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
43 Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve--The Gericke/Winant Farm 21.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
44 Central Park--Belvedere Castle 0.2 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
45 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 21 740 2.8% 1.9%
46 Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 5.8 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
47 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 5 118 4.2% 1.8%
48 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 21 758 2.8% 1.8%
49 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 7 188 3.7% 1.8%
50 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 3 60 5.0% 1.7%
51 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
52 Randalls Island 2.4 14 508 2.8% 1.6%
53 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve 13.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
54 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
55 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 9 307 2.9% 1.5%
56 Randalls Island--Waters Edge Garden (103rd St. Brg.-Little Hell Gate) 1.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
57 Van Cortlandt Park--NE Forest 9.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
58 Palisades Park IBA--Alpine Section 11.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
59 Passaic River South Orange Ave Boat Launch Livingston 21.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
60 Fort Washington Park (W 155th St. to Dyckman St.) 4.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
61 Hastings Meadowlands & Rowley's Bridge Trail 14.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
62 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
63 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
64 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
65 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
66 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
67 Nature Study Woods, New Rochelle 13.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
68 Drew University--Zuck Arboretum 24.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
69 Central Park 0.7 53 3478 1.5% 1.2%
70 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 3 93 3.2% 1.1%
71 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 29 1867 1.6% 1.1%
72 Central Park Zoo 1.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
73 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
74 Cameron Field Park Pond 15.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
75 SUNY Purchase College 23.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
76 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 3 110 2.7% 0.9%
77 Prospect Park 8.4 43 3473 1.2% 0.9%
78 Bronx Zoo 6.7 6 305 2.0% 0.9%
79 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 7 380 1.8% 0.9%
80 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
81 Kissena Corridor Park 8.0 3 116 2.6% 0.9%
82 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 3 119 2.5% 0.9%
83 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 6 321 1.9% 0.9%
84 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 8 512 1.6% 0.8%
85 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
86 Sandy Hook 23.7 20 1737 1.2% 0.7%
87 Halifax Road 23.9 6 370 1.6% 0.7%
88 Blue Heron Park 20.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
89 Van Saun Park--Walden Pond 10.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
90 Darlington Park 22.3 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
91 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 5 298 1.7% 0.7%
92 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
93 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 3 147 2.0% 0.7%
94 Hofstra Park 15.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
95 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 3 152 2.0% 0.7%
96 Conference House Park 24.5 3 153 2.0% 0.7%
97 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 3 154 1.9% 0.7%
98 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
99 Tenafly Nature Center 9.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
100 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 4 249 1.6% 0.6%
101 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 3 166 1.8% 0.6%
102 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
103 Central Park--North End 1.2 9 818 1.1% 0.6%
104 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
105 Van Saun Park 11.1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
106 Point View Reservoir 19.8 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
107 Wave Hill 8.5 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
108 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
109 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
110 Great Kills Park 18.0 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
111 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 3 206 1.5% 0.5%
112 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
113 Clarks Pond 11.6 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
114 Fort Tilden 15.7 4 330 1.2% 0.5%
115 Central Park--North Woods 1.3 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
116 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 2 122 1.6% 0.5%
117 Riverside Park South (59th-72nd St.) 1.2 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
118 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
119 Waterlands Park 16.0 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
120 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson 15.6 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
121 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 3 247 1.2% 0.4%
122 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
123 Orange Reservoir 16.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
124 Tallman Mountain SP 17.2 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
125 Central Park--SW from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr. 1.0 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
126 Lincoln Park West 7.5 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
127 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
128 Hudson River Park--Gansevoort Peninsula 3.7 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
129 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
130 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 3 285 1.1% 0.4%
131 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 2 166 1.2% 0.3%
132 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
133 Kissena Park 8.6 4 497 0.8% 0.3%
134 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
135 McCarren Park 4.3 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
136 Owls Head Park 10.3 2 187 1.1% 0.3%
137 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 3 353 0.8% 0.3%
138 Midland Beach 15.8 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
139 Central Park--Summit Rock 0.2 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
140 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 3 372 0.8% 0.3%
141 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 2 204 1.0% 0.3%
142 Central Park--The Knoll 1.0 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
143 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 5 822 0.6% 0.3%
144 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
145 Closter Nature Center 13.5 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
146 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
147 Riverside Park--South of 96th St. 1.0 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
148 Brookfield Park 18.2 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
149 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 6 1392 0.4% 0.2%
150 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
151 Coney Island Beach 14.5 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
152 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
153 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 2 343 0.6% 0.2%
154 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
155 Sunset Park (Brooklyn) 9.4 1 138 0.7% 0.1%
156 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 1 162 0.6% 0.1%
157 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 2 505 0.4% 0.1%
158 Liberty SP 7.0 2 520 0.4% 0.1%
159 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 1 171 0.6% 0.1%
160 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 184 0.5% 0.1%
161 Central Park--Sparrow Rock section 0.2 1 192 0.5% 0.1%
162 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 2 600 0.3% 0.1%
163 Miller Field 16.3 1 224 0.4% 0.1%
164 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 239 0.4% 0.1%
165 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 263 0.4% 0.1%
166 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 1 301 0.3% 0.1%
167 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 1 314 0.3% 0.1%
168 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 1 337 0.3% 0.1%
169 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 345 0.3% 0.1%
170 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 1 405 0.2% 0.0%
171 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 551 0.2% 0.0%
172 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 1 606 0.2% 0.0%
173 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 846 0.1% 0.0%