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Where to find American Coot in October
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 American Coot in October. 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			Baisley Pond Park	11.9	21	25	84.0%	65.3%
2			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	77	133	57.9%	49.4%
3			Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake)	22.6	6	8	75.0%	40.9%
4			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	62	154	40.3%	32.8%
5			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	80	204	39.2%	32.8%
6			Prospect Park--Prospect Lake	8.7	107	285	37.5%	32.1%
7			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	209	600	34.8%	31.1%
8			Prospect Park	8.4	1128	3473	32.5%	30.9%
9			Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake	10.9	52	142	36.6%	29.1%
10			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	84	301	27.9%	23.1%
11			Central Park--Reservoir	0.4	104	405	25.7%	21.7%
12			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
13			Silver Lake Reservoir	12.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
14			Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3	20.4	8	22	36.4%	19.7%
15			Twin Lakes Preserve	24.7	7	20	35.0%	18.1%
16			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	30	121	24.8%	18.0%
17			Flushing Meadows Corona Park	7.2	14	57	24.6%	15.2%
18			Smith Pond, Rockville Center	18.3	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
19			Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.)	12.5	19	102	18.6%	12.3%
20			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	15	81	18.5%	11.6%
21			Lake Tappan	16.9	7	35	20.0%	10.0%
22			Grassy Sprain Reservoir	14.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
23			The Celery Farm	19.5	107	1053	10.2%	8.5%
24			Cemetery of the Resurrection	22.3	12	95	12.6%	7.4%
25			Melanie Lane Wetlands	22.5	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
26			Central Park	0.7	268	3478	7.7%	6.9%
27			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	8	62	12.9%	6.7%
28			Arbutus Lake	21.0	5	38	13.2%	5.8%
29			Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin	1.0	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
30			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	5	44	11.4%	5.0%
31			Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve	18.5	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
32			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
33			Sandy Hook	23.7	92	1737	5.3%	4.3%
34			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
35			Darlington Park	22.3	6	75	8.0%	3.7%
36			Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest	9.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
37			High Mountain Preserve	18.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
38			Pelham Bay Park--Landfill	9.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
39			Weequahic Park	13.5	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
40			Overpeck County Park	6.2	14	239	5.9%	3.5%
41			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
42			Prospect Park--Feeders	8.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
43			Mill Pond Park, Bellmore	24.7	4	53	7.5%	3.0%
44			Liberty SP	7.0	23	520	4.4%	3.0%
45			Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.)	0.5	5	73	6.8%	3.0%
46			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
47			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
48			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	6	109	5.5%	2.5%
49			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	12	285	4.2%	2.4%
50			Tarrytown Lakes Park	21.8	7	149	4.7%	2.3%
51			Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary	1.1	12	315	3.8%	2.2%
52			Parsons Pond Park	20.0	8	190	4.2%	2.1%
53			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
54			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.)	6.9	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
55			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	6	184	3.3%	1.5%
56			Ridgewood Reservoir	7.6	3	73	4.1%	1.4%
57			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	5	155	3.2%	1.4%
58			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
59			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
60			Riverside Park--South of 96th St.	1.0	3	76	3.9%	1.4%
61			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
62			Sound View Park	5.4	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
63			Central Park--Harlem Meer	1.3	4	125	3.2%	1.3%
64			Halifax Road	23.9	8	370	2.2%	1.1%
65			Conference House Park	24.5	4	153	2.6%	1.0%
66			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
67			Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity	0.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
68			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	9	505	1.8%	0.9%
69			Central Park--The Pool	1.0	6	303	2.0%	0.9%
70			Crestwood Park	19.7	4	172	2.3%	0.9%
71			Riverside Park	1.2	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
72			Briant Park	19.9	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
73			Bruce Park (Greenwich)	24.8	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
74			Echo Lake Park	21.2	2	75	2.7%	0.7%
75			Central Park--Conservatory Water & Pilgrim Hill	0.5	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
76			Freshkills Park	18.2	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
77			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	4	247	1.6%	0.6%
78			Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum	0.2	5	353	1.4%	0.6%
79			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	3	171	1.8%	0.6%
80			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	9	822	1.1%	0.6%
81			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area	23.7	7	606	1.2%	0.6%
82			Point View Reservoir	19.8	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
83			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	3	186	1.6%	0.6%
84			Central Park--The Ramble	0.3	13	1392	0.9%	0.5%
85			Trap House	21.3	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
86			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	2	103	1.9%	0.5%
87			Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone	8.7	2	109	1.8%	0.5%
88			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
89			Hempstead Lake SP--north end	18.3	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
90			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	3	224	1.3%	0.5%
91			Central Park--The Dene Slope (Wildflower Meadow)	0.9	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
92			Orange Reservoir	16.7	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
93			Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester	14.4	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
94			Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch)	1.1	3	314	1.0%	0.3%
95			Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park	2.1	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
96			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
97			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake	8.0	1	60	1.7%	0.3%
98			Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods	13.2	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
99			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
100			Brookfield Park	18.2	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
101			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	2	249	0.8%	0.2%
102			Central Park--Triplets Br. area (btwn 77th-79th St. transv.)	0.3	1	87	1.1%	0.2%
103			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	1	90	1.1%	0.2%
104			Central Park--North End	1.2	4	818	0.5%	0.2%
105			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	1	94	1.1%	0.2%
106			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	3	572	0.5%	0.2%
107			Rockefeller SP Preserve	23.6	2	321	0.6%	0.2%
108			Brooklyn Botanic Garden	7.8	2	343	0.6%	0.2%
109			Piermont Pier	18.4	2	345	0.6%	0.2%
110			Clove Lakes Park	13.6	2	372	0.5%	0.1%
111			Astoria Park	2.3	1	137	0.7%	0.1%
112			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	1	137	0.7%	0.1%
113			Central Park--Maintenance Meadow	0.2	1	162	0.6%	0.1%
114			Central Park--Great Hill	1.2	1	167	0.6%	0.1%
115			Central Park--Sparrow Rock section	0.2	1	192	0.5%	0.1%
116			Central Park--Turtle Pond	0.1	1	263	0.4%	0.1%
117			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	2	914	0.2%	0.1%
118			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	1	298	0.3%	0.1%
119			Kissena Park	8.6	1	497	0.2%	0.0%
120			Randalls Island	2.4	1	508	0.2%	0.0%
121			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	1	551	0.2%	0.0%
122			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	2	1867	0.1%	0.0%
123			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	1	846	0.1%	0.0%