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Where to find Great Horned Owl in August
within 25 miles of New York City, United States

Great Horned Owl
© Mary Rumple / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Great Horned Owl 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve
13.4 1 3 4 20 51 39.2% 27.0%
2 William H. Pouch Boy Scout Camp
10.6 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
3 Premium River Conservation Area Complex
19.2 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
4 Garvies Point Preserve
21.1 0 4 7 17 130 13.1% 8.3%
5 Harts Brook Nature Preserve
23.3 2 2 2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
6 Ellis Rd., waterfront (Richmond Co.)
17.3 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
7 Deere Park
9.2 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
8 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 5 2 27 94 1324 7.1% 5.8%
9 Schmidt's Woods
6.4 2 4 4 8 89 9.0% 4.6%
10 Greenburgh Nature Center
22.7 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
11 Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove
19.8 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
12 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh
17.6 0 1 1 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
13 Crestwood Park
23.3 0 1 2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
14 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park
8.8 0 2 1 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
15 Bucks Hollow
11.5 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
16 Van Cortlandt Park--NE Forest
14.6 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
17 Huber Woods County Park
22.6 0 2 3 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
18 Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street
16.7 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
19 South Mountain Reservation--Wildflower and Forest Preserve
15.0 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
20 Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories Environs
22.8 0 2 2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
21 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344)
18.9 0 2 3 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
22 Welwyn Preserve
22.5 0 3 3 4 86 4.7% 1.8%
23 Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest
14.5 0 1 3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
24 Watchung Reservation--Nature and Science Center
19.3 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
25 Hilltop Reservation--Courter Lane
15.9 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
26 Hempstead Lake SP--south end
18.9 0 5 6 8 265 3.0% 1.5%
27 Clove Lakes Park
8.6 1 3 2 12 463 2.6% 1.5%
28 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island
15.9 0 2 1 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
29 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch)
6.1 1 1 7 8 328 2.4% 1.2%
30 Central Park--North End
6.2 3 1 13 10 462 2.2% 1.2%
31 Saddle River County Park
14.4 0 1 1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
32 Pond Park, Great Neck Estates
14.6 0 1 1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
33 Great Swamp NWR
23.9 0 4 5 5 223 2.2% 1.0%
34 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs
13.6 1 2 1 4 172 2.3% 0.9%
35 Branch Brook Park--South
9.8 0 1 2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
36 Central Park--Wildflower Meadow
6.1 0 1 2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
37 Sandy Hook
19.0 2 7 5 12 849 1.4% 0.8%
38 Woodlawn Cemetery
14.0 0 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
39 West Essex Wetlands
18.9 0 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
40 Troy Meadows Natural Area
21.1 0 4 4 4 221 1.8% 0.7%
41 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove
14.7 0 2 1 4 250 1.6% 0.6%
42 Lorrimer Sanctuary (NJAS)
21.8 0 1 1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
43 Pelham Bay Park
14.8 0 2 4 3 173 1.7% 0.6%
44 Watchung Reservation
19.7 0 1 1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
45 Udall's Mill Pond
14.7 0 1 1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
46 Cheesequake State Park
23.6 0 1 2 2 101 2.0% 0.5%
47 McFaul Environmental Center
21.7 0 1 1 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
48 Demarest Nature Center
17.3 0 1 1 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
49 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp
17.8 0 1 1 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
50 Cemetery of the Resurrection
17.4 0 1 1 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
51 Hartshorne Woods
22.4 0 1 1 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
52 Marshlands Conservancy
22.9 0 5 4 5 638 0.8% 0.3%
53 Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
7.1 0 1 1 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
54 Lenape Park
16.4 0 1 1 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
55 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd.
17.0 0 1 1 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
56 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve
16.1 0 1 2 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
57 Alley Pond Park
14.0 0 2 1 2 223 0.9% 0.2%
58 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary
14.6 1 1 1 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
59 Sands Point Preserve
19.0 0 1 2 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
60 Walker Avenue Wetlands
20.7 0 2 4 3 465 0.6% 0.2%
61 Lenoir Preserve
19.2 0 1 1 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
62 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula
4.9 0 1 1 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
63 Teaneck Creek Conservancy
11.1 0 1 1 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
64 Hempstead Lake SP
19.2 0 1 1 1 126 0.8% 0.1%
65 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail
7.0 0 1 1 1 130 0.8% 0.1%
66 Kissena Park
10.6 1 1 1 1 135 0.7% 0.1%
67 Mt. Loretto Unique Area
18.0 0 1 1 1 135 0.7% 0.1%
68 Hillside Woods & Children's Village
20.7 0 1 1 1 143 0.7% 0.1%
69 Central Park
4.3 0 1 5 5 1958 0.3% 0.1%
70 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout
19.7 0 1 1 1 275 0.4% 0.1%
71 The Celery Farm
23.1 0 1 1 2 922 0.2% 0.1%
72 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
4.4 1 2 2 2 1133 0.2% 0.0%
73 Central Park--The Pool
6.0 0 1 1 1 466 0.2% 0.0%
74 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
11.5 0 1 1 1 971 0.1% 0.0%
75 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
11.6 0 1 1 1 1709 0.1% 0.0%
76 Prospect Park
4.2 0 1 1 1 2691 0.0% 0.0%