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Where to find Black-billed Cuckoo 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 Black-billed Cuckoo 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 Fairview Park 22.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
2 Sandy Hook 23.7 230 2381 9.7% 8.5%
3 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 9 81 11.1% 6.0%
4 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 9 90 10.0% 5.4%
5 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 115 1892 6.1% 5.1%
6 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
7 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 195 3846 5.1% 4.4%
8 Hoffman Center Nature Preserve 22.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
9 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 10 157 6.4% 3.5%
10 Halifax Road 23.9 58 1326 4.4% 3.4%
11 Tenafly Nature Center 9.8 12 221 5.4% 3.1%
12 Central Park 0.7 260 8750 3.0% 2.6%
13 Hofstra Park 15.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
14 Randalls Island--Southeast section 2.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
15 Hempstead Plains Preserve 20.4 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
16 Kissena Park 8.6 14 338 4.1% 2.5%
17 Union County College 20.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
18 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 6 115 5.2% 2.4%
19 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
20 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 21 620 3.4% 2.2%
21 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 7 157 4.5% 2.2%
22 The Celery Farm 19.5 39 1399 2.8% 2.0%
23 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 12 345 3.5% 2.0%
24 Mayapple Hill 16.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
25 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 133 5687 2.3% 2.0%
26 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
27 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
28 Highland Park (Queens Co.) 7.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
29 New York Institute of Technology 19.0 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
30 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 10 287 3.5% 1.9%
31 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 21 749 2.8% 1.8%
32 Owls Head Park 10.3 9 261 3.4% 1.8%
33 Lenape Park 19.7 10 303 3.3% 1.8%
34 North Mt. Loretto SF--Sand Pits (Turtle Nesting Area) 22.5 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
35 Long Pond Park 23.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
36 Empire State Building 2.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
37 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
38 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 4 98 4.1% 1.6%
39 Tudor City Greens 2.2 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
40 South Mountain Reservation- Crest Drive 16.9 4 110 3.6% 1.4%
41 Mission of Immaculate Virgin, Mt. Loretto 22.9 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
42 Prospect Park 8.4 134 8052 1.7% 1.4%
43 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 6 199 3.0% 1.4%
44 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth 5.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
45 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 10 399 2.5% 1.4%
46 Watchung Reservation 22.7 7 263 2.7% 1.3%
47 Garden City (Nassau Co.) 17.7 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
48 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
49 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 6 218 2.8% 1.3%
50 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 3 83 3.6% 1.2%
51 Mills Reservation 13.7 3 86 3.5% 1.2%
52 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
53 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 3 91 3.3% 1.1%
54 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 36 2407 1.5% 1.1%
55 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
56 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
57 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 7 325 2.2% 1.0%
58 Hook Mountain 23.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
59 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
60 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 4 150 2.7% 1.0%
61 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 4 156 2.6% 1.0%
62 Field of Dreams Greenbelt 17.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
63 Central Park--Conservatory Garden 1.1 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
64 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
65 Red Hook Recreation Area 7.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
66 Liberty SP 7.0 12 825 1.5% 0.8%
67 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 23.6 3 125 2.4% 0.8%
68 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 12 863 1.4% 0.8%
69 Blue Heron Park 20.6 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
70 Muttontown Preserve 22.5 4 201 2.0% 0.8%
71 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 6 369 1.6% 0.7%
72 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 3 140 2.1% 0.7%
73 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 9 657 1.4% 0.7%
74 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 10 757 1.3% 0.7%
75 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
76 Central Park--The Oven and The Point 0.4 4 222 1.8% 0.7%
77 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
78 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
79 Forest Park 8.2 13 1147 1.1% 0.7%
80 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 3 155 1.9% 0.7%
81 New York City Marble Cemetery 4.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
82 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 3 161 1.9% 0.6%
83 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 12 1085 1.1% 0.6%
84 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 8 658 1.2% 0.6%
85 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 14 1383 1.0% 0.6%
86 Central Park--North End 1.2 17 1771 1.0% 0.6%
87 Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve 12.5 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
88 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
89 Astoria Park 2.3 3 178 1.7% 0.6%
90 Echo Lake Park 21.2 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
91 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
92 Central Park--Belvedere Castle 0.2 2 100 2.0% 0.6%
93 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
94 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
95 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
96 Herbert Von King Park 6.4 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
97 Valley Stream SP 16.0 4 301 1.3% 0.5%
98 Wagner College 13.3 5 424 1.2% 0.5%
99 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 2 125 1.6% 0.4%
100 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 3 233 1.3% 0.4%
101 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 3 241 1.2% 0.4%
102 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
103 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 2 131 1.5% 0.4%
104 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
105 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 2 141 1.4% 0.4%
106 Flat Rock Brook Nature Center 6.5 2 143 1.4% 0.4%
107 Great Kills Park 18.0 3 269 1.1% 0.4%
108 Shore Road Park 11.7 2 145 1.4% 0.4%
109 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
110 North Mt. Loretto SF 22.8 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
111 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Buttermilk Hill area 23.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
112 St. Nicholas Park 2.6 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
113 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 2 158 1.3% 0.3%
114 North Hudson Park 2.3 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
115 Stuyvesant Town 3.5 2 165 1.2% 0.3%
116 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
117 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
118 Willowbrook Park 16.0 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
119 Alley Pond Park--Little Alley Pond 12.2 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
120 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 2 183 1.1% 0.3%
121 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
122 Clarks Pond 11.6 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
123 Central Park--The Lake (Hernshead) 0.4 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
124 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 2 197 1.0% 0.3%
125 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
126 Kings Point Park 11.6 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
127 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 4 595 0.7% 0.3%
128 Goodhue Park 12.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
129 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 2 215 0.9% 0.3%
130 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 3 402 0.7% 0.3%
131 Central Park--Tupelo Meadow 0.3 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
132 Cemetery of the Resurrection--scrub W of maint. bldgs 22.6 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
133 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 5 890 0.6% 0.2%
134 Central Park--Summit Rock 0.2 3 433 0.7% 0.2%
135 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
136 Campgaw Reservation 22.4 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
137 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 8 1827 0.4% 0.2%
138 Garvies Point Preserve 17.4 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
139 Central Park--North Woods 1.3 2 273 0.7% 0.2%
140 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 3 514 0.6% 0.2%
141 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
142 Lake Tappan 16.9 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
143 Rutgers University Newark Campus 11.3 2 301 0.7% 0.2%
144 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 1 99 1.0% 0.2%
145 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond 22.3 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
146 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
147 Watchung Reservation--Deserted Village and Fields 23.3 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
148 High Rock Park 15.9 1 111 0.9% 0.2%
149 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 111 0.9% 0.2%
150 Alley Pond Park 11.9 3 644 0.5% 0.2%
151 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 5.7 1 116 0.9% 0.2%
152 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 2 388 0.5% 0.1%
153 Fort Greene Park 6.2 2 423 0.5% 0.1%
154 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 3 804 0.4% 0.1%
155 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 1 149 0.7% 0.1%
156 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 153 0.7% 0.1%
157 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 3 962 0.3% 0.1%
158 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 1 168 0.6% 0.1%
159 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 1 178 0.6% 0.1%
160 Pond Park, Great Neck Estates 11.8 1 179 0.6% 0.1%
161 Conference House Park 24.5 1 184 0.5% 0.1%
162 Central Park--Falconers Hill 0.6 1 187 0.5% 0.1%
163 Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 0.5 1 204 0.5% 0.1%
164 Randalls Island 2.4 1 209 0.5% 0.1%
165 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 1 227 0.4% 0.1%
166 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 1 230 0.4% 0.1%
167 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 230 0.4% 0.1%
168 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 1 233 0.4% 0.1%
169 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 1 243 0.4% 0.1%
170 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 1 243 0.4% 0.1%
171 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 2 764 0.3% 0.1%
172 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 1 247 0.4% 0.1%
173 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 1 251 0.4% 0.1%
174 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 2 846 0.2% 0.1%
175 William Warren County Park 23.4 1 277 0.4% 0.1%
176 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 2 1018 0.2% 0.1%
177 Central Park--Tanners Spring 0.2 1 351 0.3% 0.1%
178 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 2 1258 0.2% 0.0%
179 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 437 0.2% 0.0%
180 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 1 459 0.2% 0.0%
181 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 493 0.2% 0.0%
182 Forest Park--Waterhole 8.4 1 518 0.2% 0.0%