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Where to find American Coot in December
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 American Coot in December. 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 11.9 121 143 84.6% 77.8%
2 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 151 181 83.4% 77.3%
3 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 114 145 78.6% 71.3%
4 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 213 281 75.8% 70.5%
5 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 182 250 72.8% 67.0%
6 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 560 808 69.3% 66.0%
7 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 157 219 71.7% 65.4%
8 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 73 99 73.7% 64.3%
9 Prospect Park 8.4 1582 2413 65.6% 63.6%
10 26th Ward Wastewater Treatment Plant 10.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
11 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 66 114 57.9% 48.7%
12 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 30 49 61.2% 47.2%
13 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 141 315 44.8% 39.4%
14 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 154 350 44.0% 38.9%
15 Hendrix Creek 10.4 25 48 52.1% 38.3%
16 Central Park 0.7 734 1947 37.7% 35.6%
17 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 20 41 48.8% 34.3%
18 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 36 81 44.4% 34.1%
19 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 107 280 38.2% 32.7%
20 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 90 239 37.7% 31.8%
21 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway 10.4 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
22 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 66 188 35.1% 28.6%
23 Point View Reservoir 19.8 28 73 38.4% 28.1%
24 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 17 41 41.5% 27.8%
25 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 35 103 34.0% 25.6%
26 Packanack Lake 18.5 13 33 39.4% 24.7%
27 Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 0.5 30 91 33.0% 24.2%
28 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
29 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 37 128 28.9% 21.8%
30 Coney Island Creek 13.9 18 61 29.5% 19.6%
31 Silver Lake Reservoir 12.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
32 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 21 77 27.3% 18.6%
33 Grant Park, Hewlett 17.4 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
34 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 20 77 26.0% 17.5%
35 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
36 Highland Park (Queens Co.) 7.7 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
37 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
38 Arbutus Lake 21.0 13 54 24.1% 14.6%
39 Greenwich Harbor 24.1 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
40 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 38 209 18.2% 13.5%
41 Flushing Airport 6.9 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
42 Franklin Lake 19.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
43 Crotona Park 5.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
44 Astoria Generating Ponds (from 20th Ave.) 2.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
45 Liberty SP 7.0 58 388 14.9% 11.7%
46 North Hudson Park 2.3 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
47 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
48 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 13 78 16.7% 10.0%
49 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
50 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
51 Hackensack River Park 9.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
52 Rockland Lake SP--Golf Course 24.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 17 120 14.2% 9.0%
54 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 36 294 12.2% 9.0%
55 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 14 96 14.6% 8.9%
56 Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd. 18.9 7 41 17.1% 8.5%
57 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 15 110 13.6% 8.4%
58 Mariners Marsh 14.7 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
59 Clark Reservoir--Madison Hill Road 21.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
60 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
61 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
62 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 13 104 12.5% 7.5%
63 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
64 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 16 136 11.8% 7.4%
65 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
66 Central Park--Tupelo Meadow 0.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
67 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
68 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 9 70 12.9% 6.9%
69 Canoe Brook Reservoir (Restricted Access) 20.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
70 Ridgefield Park--Bell Drive 4.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
71 Clove Lakes Park--Southern Woodlands 13.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 66 911 7.2% 5.7%
73 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 7 61 11.5% 5.7%
74 Weequahic Park 13.5 8 74 10.8% 5.6%
75 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 16 181 8.8% 5.5%
76 Alley Pond Park--LIE (CIP Intersection) 11.8 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
77 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 8 84 9.5% 4.9%
78 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
79 Port Liberte 8.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
80 Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water 9.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
81 Milburn Pond Park 21.0 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
82 Grassy Sprain Reservoir 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
83 Crenshaw Christian Center East (1 W 96th St.) + vicinity 0.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
84 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 6 6.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
85 Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l) 17.6 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
86 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area 11.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
87 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 8 96 8.3% 4.3%
88 Sandy Hook 23.7 59 1094 5.4% 4.2%
89 Staten Island Industrial Park--Pond (South Ave. X Glen St.) 15.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
90 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 6 69 8.7% 4.0%
91 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
92 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
93 Jerome Park Reservoir 7.6 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
94 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
95 Prospect Park--Feeders 8.5 7 87 8.0% 4.0%
96 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
97 Central Park--SW from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr. 1.0 5 56 8.9% 3.9%
98 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 13 199 6.5% 3.9%
99 Darlington Park 22.3 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
100 Waterfront Park, Dobbs Ferry 16.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
101 Prospect Park--Parade Grounds 9.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
102 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 7 96 7.3% 3.6%
103 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 18 324 5.6% 3.5%
104 Verona Park 15.0 7 100 7.0% 3.4%
105 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 24 485 4.9% 3.3%
106 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
107 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
108 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 7 108 6.5% 3.2%
109 Central Park--North End 1.2 11 196 5.6% 3.2%
110 Memorial Park, Village of Nyack 21.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
111 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 5 70 7.1% 3.1%
112 Randalls Island--Ferry Dock and environs 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
113 Jersey City Reservoir #3 & Pershing Field Park 5.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
114 Central Park--Sheep Meadow 0.8 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
115 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
116 Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest 9.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
117 Silver Lake Golf Course 13.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
118 Beczak Enviromental Education Center 11.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
119 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 4 63 6.3% 2.5%
120 Kissena Park 8.6 7 139 5.0% 2.5%
121 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 5 89 5.6% 2.4%
122 Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.) 0.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
123 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 5 93 5.4% 2.3%
124 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
125 Randalls Island 2.4 12 321 3.7% 2.2%
126 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
127 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
128 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 8 198 4.0% 2.1%
129 Central Park--The Oven and The Point 0.4 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
130 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
131 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 5 119 4.2% 1.8%
132 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
133 Lumber Rd. slough 16.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
134 Rye Lake 23.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
135 Alley Pond Park 11.9 6 155 3.9% 1.8%
136 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 5 123 4.1% 1.7%
137 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
138 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 4 95 4.2% 1.6%
139 Little Bay Park, Bayside 9.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
140 The Celery Farm 19.5 18 702 2.6% 1.6%
141 Lake Tappan 16.9 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
142 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 3 69 4.3% 1.5%
143 Sprain Ridge Park 14.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
144 Central Park--The Lake (Lower Lobe aka Wagner Cove) 0.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
145 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 3 6.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
146 Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 0.3 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
147 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
148 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
149 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 17 793 2.1% 1.3%
150 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
151 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
152 Bloodgoods Pond 20.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
153 Barbour Pond Park 18.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
154 Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park 24.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
155 Overpeck County Park 6.2 7 282 2.5% 1.2%
156 Central Park--SE from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr. 0.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
157 Silver Lake (Bergen Co.) 18.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
158 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
159 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 4 135 3.0% 1.2%
160 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 3 89 3.4% 1.2%
161 Central Park--Summit Rock 0.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
162 Last Chance Pond Park 15.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
163 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
164 Saddle River County Park 11.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
165 Central Park--Tanners Spring 0.2 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
166 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 4 151 2.6% 1.0%
167 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 15 896 1.7% 1.0%
168 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 5 217 2.3% 1.0%
169 Cameron Lake 13.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
170 Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity 0.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
171 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 3 105 2.9% 1.0%
172 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
173 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
174 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
175 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
176 Mill Pond, Oyster Bay 23.2 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
177 Bradys Pond 13.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
178 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
179 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 4 200 2.0% 0.8%
180 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 4 201 2.0% 0.8%
181 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd. 11.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
182 Ferry Point Park 7.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
183 Bergen Beach 12.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
184 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
185 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
186 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 4 229 1.7% 0.7%
187 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 3 152 2.0% 0.7%
188 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
189 Van Saun Park--Walden Pond 10.8 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
190 Bayswater Park 16.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
191 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 3 162 1.9% 0.6%
192 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 3 167 1.8% 0.6%
193 Lincoln Park West 7.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
194 Central Park--The Lake (Hernshead) 0.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
195 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
196 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 4 260 1.5% 0.6%
197 Central Park--Locust Grove 0.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
198 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
199 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 3 180 1.7% 0.6%
200 Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck 16.7 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
201 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
202 Willowbrook Park 16.0 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
203 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 2 116 1.7% 0.5%
204 Bruce Park (Greenwich) 24.8 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
205 Central Park--North Meadow 0.8 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
206 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 2 132 1.5% 0.4%
207 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
208 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
209 Central Park--Shakespeare Garden 0.2 2 145 1.4% 0.4%
210 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
211 Canarsie Pier 11.4 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
212 Nassau County Stormwater Basin No. 21 14.4 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
213 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
214 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
215 Riverside Park--North of 96th St. 1.8 2 206 1.0% 0.3%
216 Disposal Rd. 7.7 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
217 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
218 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 3 428 0.7% 0.2%
219 Schlegel Lake 15.0 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
220 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
221 Piermont Pier 18.4 3 480 0.6% 0.2%
222 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
223 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
224 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
225 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 4 889 0.4% 0.2%
226 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
227 Great Kills Park 18.0 2 349 0.6% 0.2%
228 Central Park--Cedar Hill 0.3 1 129 0.8% 0.1%
229 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 132 0.8% 0.1%
230 Owls Head Park 10.3 1 145 0.7% 0.1%
231 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 148 0.7% 0.1%
232 Coney Island Beach 14.5 1 163 0.6% 0.1%
233 Lake Parsippany 24.8 1 185 0.5% 0.1%
234 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 2 607 0.3% 0.1%
235 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 1 214 0.5% 0.1%
236 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 2 708 0.3% 0.1%
237 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 524 0.2% 0.0%