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Where to find Great Horned Owl in January
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 Great Horned Owl in January. 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			Schmidt's Woods	4.5	37	91	40.7%	31.1%
2			Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn)	10.1	9	18	50.0%	29.0%
3			Alley Pond Park	11.9	47	159	29.6%	23.0%
4			Fanwood Nature Center	24.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
5			Mitchell Creek	12.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
6			Belvedere Estate, Tarrytown	19.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
7			Central Park-- South Blowdown Meadow	1.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
8			Todt Hill Woodlands	15.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
9			North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp	22.7	14	44	31.8%	20.0%
10			Cunningham Park	10.8	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
11			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	63	323	19.5%	15.6%
12			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	20	93	21.5%	14.4%
13			Goodhue Park	12.2	10	42	23.8%	13.5%
14			William Warren County Park	23.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
15			Central Park--Shakespeare Garden	0.2	17	94	18.1%	11.6%
16			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	44	298	14.8%	11.2%
17			Harts Brook Nature Preserve	18.2	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
18			Borg's Woods	9.7	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
19			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	32	230	13.9%	10.0%
20			Westchester Country Club (private property)	20.5	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
21			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	27	196	13.8%	9.6%
22			Pelham Bay Park--Hawk Watch	10.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
23			Welwyn Preserve	18.5	6	31	19.4%	9.2%
24			Kissena Park	8.6	19	137	13.9%	9.1%
25			Old Troy County Park	23.0	7	41	17.1%	8.5%
26			Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch)	1.1	19	149	12.8%	8.3%
27			North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh	22.6	11	76	14.5%	8.3%
28			Central Park	0.7	253	2751	9.2%	8.2%
29			Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest	9.4	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
30			Cunningham Park Southeast Preserve	10.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
31			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	24	236	10.2%	6.9%
32			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	63	737	8.5%	6.7%
33			Central Park--Cedar Hill	0.3	17	161	10.6%	6.7%
34			New York Botanical Garden	7.3	13	116	11.2%	6.7%
35			Ash Brook Reservation	23.5	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
36			North Mt. Loretto SF	22.8	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
37			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	17	169	10.1%	6.4%
38			Central Park--Belvedere Castle	0.2	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
39			Rockaway Community Park	15.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
40			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook	22.5	13	130	10.0%	5.9%
41			Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland	10.5	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
42			Milton Lake Park	21.2	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
43			Clove Lakes Park	13.6	29	387	7.5%	5.3%
44			Forest Park	8.2	14	176	8.0%	4.8%
45			Alley Pond Park--Forever Wild area incl. 3 vernal ponds	12.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
46			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	46	800	5.8%	4.3%
47			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	6	68	8.8%	4.1%
48			Central Park--The Ramble	0.3	51	956	5.3%	4.1%
49			Hilltop Reservation--Courter Lane	15.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
50			Jackson Heights (Queens Co.)	4.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
51			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	15	255	5.9%	3.6%
52			Bronx Zoo	6.7	17	307	5.5%	3.5%
53			Cemetery of the Resurrection	22.3	5	63	7.9%	3.4%
54			North Mt. Loretto SF--Sand Pits (Turtle Nesting Area)	22.5	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
55			Bruce Park (Greenwich)	24.8	4	50	8.0%	3.2%
56			Rye Nature Center	19.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
57			Bucks Hollow	16.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
58			Nassau County Museum of Art	17.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
59			Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve	12.5	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
60			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	4	57	7.0%	2.8%
61			Schlegel Lake	15.0	6	108	5.6%	2.6%
62			Riverdale Park	8.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
63			Inwood Hill Park--Shorakkopoch Rock	6.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
64			Shu Swamp Nature Preserve	22.1	4	62	6.5%	2.5%
65			Central Park--Locust Grove	0.1	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
66			Passaic River Park (Union)	24.9	4	63	6.3%	2.5%
67			Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street	20.2	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
68			Highland Park (Queens Co.)	7.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
69			Sprain Ridge Park	14.4	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
70			Central Park--North End	1.2	11	288	3.8%	2.1%
71			SUNY Purchase College	23.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
72			Planting Fields Arboretum	22.1	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
73			Eisenhower Park	21.0	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
74			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	6	143	4.2%	1.9%
75			Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes)	24.3	6	147	4.1%	1.9%
76			Pascack Brook County Park	14.6	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
77			Coffin Woods Preserve	21.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
78			The Celery Farm	19.5	24	930	2.6%	1.7%
79			Sandy Hill Road (Townsend's Solitaire, parking spot)	24.3	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
80			Van Cortlandt Park--NE Forest	9.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
81			Prospect Park	8.4	58	2779	2.1%	1.6%
82			Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion	10.5	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
83			Fisher Lane (Westchester Co.)	21.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
84			Blue Heron Park	20.6	3	74	4.1%	1.4%
85			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
86			Tallman Mountain SP	17.2	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
87			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	3	82	3.7%	1.3%
88			Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands	11.3	3	85	3.5%	1.2%
89			Co-op City, Section 5 (Greenway)	9.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
90			Caven Point Rd	8.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
91			Garvies Point Preserve	17.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
92			Hempstead Lake SP--north end	18.3	2	56	3.6%	1.0%
93			Bar Beach Town Park	16.6	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
94			Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area	18.3	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
95			Demarest Nature Center	12.6	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
96			Central Park--Turtle Pond	0.1	3	111	2.7%	0.9%
97			McFaul Environmental Center	18.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
98			Creedmore State Hospital	12.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
99			Muttontown Preserve	22.5	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
100			Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park	18.5	4	203	2.0%	0.8%
101			Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park	24.9	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
102			Troy Meadows Natural Area	21.6	4	212	1.9%	0.7%
103			West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344)	19.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
104			Trap House	21.3	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
105			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	10	801	1.2%	0.7%
106			Rahway River Park	20.1	2	82	2.4%	0.7%
107			Tiffany Creek Preserve	24.7	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
108			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	6	423	1.4%	0.7%
109			Central Park--Evodia Field	0.3	2	88	2.3%	0.6%
110			Disposal Rd.	7.7	3	173	1.7%	0.6%
111			Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester	14.4	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
112			Kings Point Park	11.6	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
113			Central Park--The Oven and The Point	0.4	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
114			Tenafly Nature Center	9.8	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
115			Great Kills Park	18.0	4	284	1.4%	0.5%
116			Wave Hill	8.5	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
117			Orange Reservoir	16.7	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
118			Watchung Reservation	22.7	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
119			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
120			Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance	22.2	2	119	1.7%	0.5%
121			Central Park--Great Hill	1.2	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
122			Halifax Road	23.9	4	357	1.1%	0.4%
123			Prospect Park--Prospect Lake	8.7	4	364	1.1%	0.4%
124			Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access)	5.3	2	134	1.5%	0.4%
125			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area	22.8	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
126			Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve	18.5	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
127			Central Park--Strawberry Field	0.6	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
128			Rockefeller SP Preserve	23.6	2	164	1.2%	0.3%
129			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall	23.7	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
130			Brookdale Park	12.2	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
131			Brookfield Park	18.2	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
132			South Mountain Reservation	17.6	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
133			Bailey Arboretum	21.3	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
134			Fort Tryon Park	5.8	2	187	1.1%	0.3%
135			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	2	188	1.1%	0.3%
136			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
137			Central Park--Great Lawn	0.0	1	66	1.5%	0.3%
138			Central Park--North Meadow	0.8	1	72	1.4%	0.2%
139			Sandy Hook	23.7	6	1185	0.5%	0.2%
140			Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge	5.8	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
141			Lenape Park	19.7	1	80	1.2%	0.2%
142			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area	23.7	2	255	0.8%	0.2%
143			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	1	101	1.0%	0.2%
144			Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.)	0.5	1	105	1.0%	0.2%
145			Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve	20.5	1	114	0.9%	0.2%
146			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	1	116	0.9%	0.2%
147			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	1	120	0.8%	0.1%
148			Van Cortlandt Park	9.1	1	122	0.8%	0.1%
149			Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum	0.2	1	155	0.6%	0.1%
150			Tarrytown Lakes Park	21.8	1	167	0.6%	0.1%
151			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	1	170	0.6%	0.1%
152			Piermont Pier	18.4	2	536	0.4%	0.1%
153			Central Park--Reservoir	0.4	4	1560	0.3%	0.1%
154			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	1	199	0.5%	0.1%
155			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	2	761	0.3%	0.1%
156			Overpeck County Park	6.2	1	313	0.3%	0.1%
157			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	1	337	0.3%	0.1%
158			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	2	1167	0.2%	0.0%
159			Mill Pond Park, Bellmore	24.7	1	452	0.2%	0.0%
160			Liberty SP	7.0	1	540	0.2%	0.0%