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Where to find Great Horned Owl 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 Great Horned Owl 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 Darwin James Preserve (private) 18.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
2 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
3 Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve--The Gericke/Winant Farm 21.2 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
4 Fighting Island, west side 23.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
5 Larchmont Harbor, end of Walnut Ave. 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 Troy Meadows--Klinger Rd. 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Merrill Park 22.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
8 Cunningham Park Southeast Preserve 10.9 16 77 20.8% 13.2%
9 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 91 757 12.0% 9.9%
10 William Cullen Bryant Preserve 17.2 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
11 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 31 227 13.7% 9.8%
12 West 87th St. Park and Garden 0.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
13 Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve 12.5 14 93 15.1% 9.2%
14 Alley Pond Park 11.9 61 644 9.5% 7.4%
15 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 36 399 9.0% 6.6%
16 Kissena Park 8.6 30 338 8.9% 6.3%
17 Cunningham Park 10.8 12 113 10.6% 6.2%
18 Westchester Community College 21.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
19 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 21 247 8.5% 5.6%
20 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 16 218 7.3% 4.6%
21 Central Park--Cedar Hill 0.3 15 203 7.4% 4.5%
22 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 7 78 9.0% 4.4%
23 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 7 81 8.6% 4.2%
24 Muttontown Preserve 22.5 14 201 7.0% 4.2%
25 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 9 124 7.3% 3.9%
26 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area 11.7 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
27 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 5 62 8.1% 3.5%
28 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 5 66 7.6% 3.3%
29 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 6 90 6.7% 3.1%
30 North Woodmere Park 15.5 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
31 Arden Heights Woods 19.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
32 Nature Study Woods, New Rochelle 13.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
33 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 7 137 5.1% 2.5%
34 Rahway River Park 20.1 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
35 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
36 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 9 213 4.2% 2.2%
37 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
38 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 9 215 4.2% 2.2%
39 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 11 287 3.8% 2.2%
40 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 4 81 4.9% 1.9%
41 Forest Park 8.2 30 1147 2.6% 1.8%
42 Ridge Road Park 18.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
43 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 21 804 2.6% 1.7%
44 Central Park 0.7 161 8750 1.8% 1.6%
45 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 25 1085 2.3% 1.6%
46 Milton Lake Park 21.2 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
47 William Warren County Park 23.4 8 277 2.9% 1.5%
48 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
49 Frank M. Chapman Birding Trail 9.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
50 Poplar Rd. Wildlife Sanctuary 16.6 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
51 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 5 175 2.9% 1.2%
52 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 85 5687 1.5% 1.2%
53 Garvies Point Preserve 17.4 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
54 McFaul Environmental Center 18.4 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
55 North Mt. Loretto SF 22.8 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
56 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 6 243 2.5% 1.1%
57 Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest 9.4 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
58 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 5 197 2.5% 1.1%
59 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
60 Francis Pond Preserve 21.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
61 Pelham Bay Park--Bridle Path around golf courses 10.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
62 Bruce Park (Greenwich) 24.8 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
63 Central Park--The Oven and The Point 0.4 5 222 2.3% 1.0%
64 High Mountain Preserve 18.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
65 Essex County Environmental Center 19.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
66 Alley Pond Park--Brooklyn-Queens Greenway 11.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
67 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 6 320 1.9% 0.9%
68 Brookfield Park 18.2 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
69 Sprain Ridge Park 14.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
70 Alley Pond Park--Forever Wild area incl. 3 vernal ponds 12.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
71 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 28 2407 1.2% 0.8%
72 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 6 345 1.7% 0.8%
73 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 41 3846 1.1% 0.8%
74 Union County College 20.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
75 Kissena Corridor Park 8.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
76 Humes Preserve 21.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
77 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 3 141 2.1% 0.7%
78 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 15 1258 1.2% 0.7%
79 Forest Park--Waterhole 8.4 7 518 1.4% 0.7%
80 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 3 157 1.9% 0.7%
81 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 3 158 1.9% 0.6%
82 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 6 437 1.4% 0.6%
83 Lake Tappan 16.9 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
84 Sandy Hook 23.7 21 2381 0.9% 0.6%
85 Echo Lake Park 21.2 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
86 Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve 21.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
87 Van Cortlandt Park--NE Forest 9.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
88 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
89 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 13 1383 0.9% 0.6%
90 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
91 Tenafly Nature Center 9.8 3 221 1.4% 0.5%
92 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 6 620 1.0% 0.4%
93 Harts Brook Nature Preserve 18.2 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
94 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
95 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 2 144 1.4% 0.4%
96 Great Kills Park 18.0 3 269 1.1% 0.4%
97 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
98 Borg's Woods 9.7 2 149 1.3% 0.4%
99 Saddle River County Park 11.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
100 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 2 178 1.1% 0.3%
101 Alley Pond Park--Little Alley Pond 12.2 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
102 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
103 Tallman Mountain SP 17.2 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
104 The Celery Farm 19.5 8 1399 0.6% 0.3%
105 Rockefeller SP Preserve--13 Bridges Loop 23.8 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
106 Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 0.3 2 190 1.1% 0.3%
107 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
108 Blue Heron Park 20.6 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
109 Brightwood Park 22.8 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
110 Central Park--Summit Rock 0.2 3 433 0.7% 0.2%
111 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
112 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 2 251 0.8% 0.2%
113 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 5 1018 0.5% 0.2%
114 Halifax Road 23.9 6 1326 0.5% 0.2%
115 Closter Nature Center 13.5 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
116 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
117 Central Park--Belvedere Castle 0.2 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
118 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
119 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
120 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 2 369 0.5% 0.1%
121 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 23.6 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
122 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 1 131 0.8% 0.1%
123 Wagner College 13.3 2 424 0.5% 0.1%
124 Liberty SP 7.0 3 825 0.4% 0.1%
125 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 3 846 0.4% 0.1%
126 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 5 1892 0.3% 0.1%
127 Central Park--Triplets Br. area (btwn 77th-79th St. transv.) 0.3 1 160 0.6% 0.1%
128 Central Park--North End 1.2 4 1771 0.2% 0.1%
129 Prospect Park 8.4 11 8052 0.1% 0.1%
130 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 1 241 0.4% 0.1%
131 Owls Head Park 10.3 1 261 0.4% 0.1%
132 Rye Nature Center 19.8 1 264 0.4% 0.1%
133 Central Park--North Woods 1.3 1 273 0.4% 0.1%
134 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 1 297 0.3% 0.1%
135 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 2 962 0.2% 0.1%
136 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 1 595 0.2% 0.0%
137 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 1 658 0.2% 0.0%
138 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 1 863 0.1% 0.0%
139 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 1 1827 0.1% 0.0%