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Where to find Great Horned Owl in March
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 March. 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 Fighting Island, west side 23.4 20 21 95.2% 77.3%
2 Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve 12.5 25 47 53.2% 39.2%
3 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 40 123 32.5% 24.9%
4 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 113 436 25.9% 22.0%
5 McFaul Environmental Center 18.4 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
6 Pelham Bay Park--Hawk Watch 10.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Louis C. Clark Sanctuary 18.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Alley Pond Park 11.9 67 279 24.0% 19.4%
9 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 17 69 24.6% 16.0%
10 Harts Brook Nature Preserve 18.2 8 30 26.7% 14.2%
11 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
12 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 25 148 16.9% 11.7%
13 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 46 302 15.2% 11.6%
14 Cunningham Park Southeast Preserve 10.9 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
15 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 90 714 12.6% 10.4%
16 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 12 72 16.7% 9.8%
17 William Cullen Bryant Preserve 17.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
18 Troy Meadows--Alan Dr. access, gas-line trails and deer exclosure 22.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
19 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 22 163 13.5% 9.1%
20 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 24 181 13.3% 9.1%
21 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 40 411 9.7% 7.2%
22 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 9 68 13.2% 7.1%
23 North Woodmere Park 15.5 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
24 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
25 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
26 Woodcliff Lake Reservoir 16.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
27 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 8 70 11.4% 5.9%
28 Pascack Brook County Park 14.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
29 Forest Park--Waterhole 8.4 10 106 9.4% 5.2%
30 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 30 442 6.8% 4.8%
31 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 9 104 8.7% 4.6%
32 Coffin Woods Preserve 21.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
33 Alley Pond Park--Southern Woodlands 12.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
34 Forest Park 8.2 14 186 7.5% 4.5%
35 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 10 123 8.1% 4.5%
36 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 7 81 8.6% 4.2%
37 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 39 693 5.6% 4.1%
38 Central Park--Cedar Hill 0.3 12 185 6.5% 3.7%
39 Clark Reservoir--Madison Hill Road 21.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
40 Central Park--Lawn Bowling Green 0.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
41 Alley Pond Park--Forever Wild area incl. 3 vernal ponds 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
42 Bucks Hollow 16.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
43 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 13 224 5.8% 3.4%
44 Kings Point Park 11.6 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
45 Jay Estate 18.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
46 Sprain Ridge Park 14.4 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
47 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 5 81 6.2% 2.7%
48 Garvies Point Preserve 17.4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
49 Palisades Park IBA 8.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
50 Black Brook Park 18.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
51 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 11 242 4.5% 2.6%
52 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
53 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 5 91 5.5% 2.4%
54 Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve 21.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
55 Kissena Park 8.6 7 159 4.4% 2.1%
56 Cobble Hill Park 6.6 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
57 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 44 1585 2.8% 2.1%
58 Bruce Park (Greenwich) 24.8 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
59 Lenape Park 19.7 7 173 4.0% 2.0%
60 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
61 Spring Creek, Fountain Ave. (Brooklyn) 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
62 Wave Hill 8.5 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
63 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 6 162 3.7% 1.7%
64 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
65 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
66 Grant's Tomb and Claremont Park Playground 2.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
67 Central Park 0.7 53 2549 2.1% 1.6%
68 High Rock Park 15.9 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
69 Rahway River Park 20.1 4 103 3.9% 1.5%
70 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 5 143 3.5% 1.5%
71 Central Park--Sheep Meadow 0.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
72 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 15 624 2.4% 1.5%
73 Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street 20.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
74 Cunningham Park 10.8 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
75 North Mt. Loretto SF 22.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
76 Kensico Lake 24.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
77 Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity 0.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
78 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
79 Spring Creek Park 10.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
80 Brookfield Park 18.2 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
81 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 8 414 1.9% 1.0%
82 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 15 964 1.6% 0.9%
83 Prospect Park 8.4 42 3313 1.3% 0.9%
84 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
85 Jacksons Pond 19.7 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
86 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
87 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
88 Demarest Nature Center 12.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
89 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 3 138 2.2% 0.7%
90 Old Troy County Park 23.0 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
91 Saddle River Pathway 13.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
92 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
93 Shu Swamp Nature Preserve 22.1 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
94 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
95 Alley Pond Park--LIE (CIP Intersection) 11.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
96 Borg's Woods 9.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
97 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve 13.2 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
98 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 8 674 1.2% 0.6%
99 Bronx Zoo 6.7 5 356 1.4% 0.6%
100 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
101 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 13 1290 1.0% 0.6%
102 Sandy Hook 23.7 10 968 1.0% 0.6%
103 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
104 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 3 187 1.6% 0.5%
105 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
106 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 2 103 1.9% 0.5%
107 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
108 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
109 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
110 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
111 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 4 383 1.0% 0.4%
112 Great Kills Park 18.0 3 256 1.2% 0.4%
113 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
114 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
115 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
116 Passaic River Park (Union) 24.9 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
117 Central Park--Great Hill 1.2 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
118 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
119 Halifax Road 23.9 3 349 0.9% 0.3%
120 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 2 188 1.1% 0.3%
121 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
122 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
123 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
124 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
125 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
126 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
127 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
128 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
129 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
130 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 2 240 0.8% 0.2%
131 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
132 Liberty SP 7.0 3 528 0.6% 0.2%
133 Echo Lake Park 21.2 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
134 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 2 306 0.7% 0.2%
135 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
136 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 2 440 0.5% 0.1%
137 Fort Tilden 15.7 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
138 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 1 161 0.6% 0.1%
139 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 3 944 0.3% 0.1%
140 The Celery Farm 19.5 3 1059 0.3% 0.1%
141 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 203 0.5% 0.1%
142 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 1 212 0.5% 0.1%
143 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 1 215 0.5% 0.1%
144 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 1 280 0.4% 0.1%
145 Wagner College 13.3 1 285 0.4% 0.1%
146 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 299 0.3% 0.1%
147 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 1 676 0.1% 0.0%