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Where to find Great Horned Owl in September
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Great Horned Owl in September. 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 Rahway River--Mohawk Park 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
2 Greenwich -- End of Steamboat Rd 24.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
3 Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve 12.5 17 73 23.3% 15.1%
4 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 18 179 10.1% 6.5%
5 Nokia Fitness Trail 24.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
6 Ash Brook Reservation 23.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
7 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
8 Humes Preserve 21.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
9 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
10 Belvedere Estate, Tarrytown 19.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
11 Borg's Woods 9.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
12 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 20 357 5.6% 3.7%
13 Bucks Hollow 16.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
14 Blauvelt State Park 20.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
15 Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center 24.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
16 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 7 123 5.7% 2.8%
17 Nassau County Museum of Art 17.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
18 Jay Estate 18.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
19 Shu Swamp Nature Preserve 22.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
20 Rye Nature Center 19.8 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
21 Garvies Point Preserve 17.4 15 401 3.7% 2.3%
22 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 6 123 4.9% 2.3%
23 Pond Park, Great Neck Estates 11.8 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
24 Brookdale Park 12.2 4 71 5.6% 2.2%
25 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 20 643 3.1% 2.0%
26 Kensico Lake 24.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
27 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 14 422 3.3% 2.0%
28 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 20 696 2.9% 1.9%
29 Field of Dreams Greenbelt 17.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
30 North Mt. Loretto SF 22.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
31 Milton Lake Park 21.2 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
32 Demarest Nature Center 12.6 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
33 Palisades Park IBA--Alpine Section 11.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
34 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 6 183 3.3% 1.5%
35 Kissena Park 8.6 12 467 2.6% 1.5%
36 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 22 1128 2.0% 1.3%
37 Woodlawn Cemetery 9.0 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
38 Alley Pond Park--Brooklyn-Queens Greenway 11.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
39 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 4 128 3.1% 1.2%
40 Carpenters Pond Park, New Rochelle 16.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
41 Hommocks Conservation Area 15.7 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
42 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 6 291 2.1% 0.9%
43 Alley Pond Park 11.9 9 506 1.8% 0.9%
44 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 10 595 1.7% 0.9%
45 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Buttermilk Hill area 23.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
46 Hilltop Reservation--Courter Lane 15.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
47 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 3 122 2.5% 0.8%
48 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 3 122 2.5% 0.8%
49 Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l) 17.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
50 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
51 Lorrimer Sanctuary (NJAS) 19.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
52 Theodore Roosevelt Audubon Sanctuary 24.8 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
53 Old Troy County Park 23.0 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
54 Old Westbury Gardens 19.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
55 Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion 10.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
56 Sandy Hook 23.7 21 2304 0.9% 0.6%
57 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 23.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
58 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 2 106 1.9% 0.5%
59 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
60 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
61 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 2 128 1.6% 0.4%
62 Kings Point Park 11.6 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
63 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
64 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
65 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 4 444 0.9% 0.4%
66 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 2 159 1.3% 0.3%
67 Central Park--North End 1.2 8 1183 0.7% 0.3%
68 Bronx Zoo 6.7 3 301 1.0% 0.3%
69 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 2 166 1.2% 0.3%
70 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
71 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 6 862 0.7% 0.3%
72 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
73 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
74 The Celery Farm 19.5 7 1273 0.5% 0.3%
75 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
76 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
77 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
78 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
79 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
80 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 99 1.0% 0.2%
81 Wagner College 13.3 2 333 0.6% 0.2%
82 Halifax Road 23.9 3 621 0.5% 0.2%
83 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
84 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
85 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 3 788 0.4% 0.1%
86 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 2 459 0.4% 0.1%
87 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 1 151 0.7% 0.1%
88 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 156 0.6% 0.1%
89 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 176 0.6% 0.1%
90 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 2 585 0.3% 0.1%
91 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 2 665 0.3% 0.1%
92 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 218 0.5% 0.1%
93 Prospect Park 8.4 8 5232 0.2% 0.1%
94 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 2 715 0.3% 0.1%
95 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 2 793 0.3% 0.1%
96 Rutgers University Newark Campus 11.3 1 260 0.4% 0.1%
97 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 275 0.4% 0.1%
98 Central Park 0.7 5 4604 0.1% 0.0%
99 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 3 2858 0.1% 0.0%
100 Liberty SP 7.0 1 602 0.2% 0.0%
101 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 1 1052 0.1% 0.0%
102 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 1 1584 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.