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Where to find American Coot in March
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 March. 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 76 84 90.5% 82.3%
2 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 235 274 85.8% 81.1%
3 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 109 130 83.8% 76.6%
4 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 51 59 86.4% 75.5%
5 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 109 133 82.0% 74.6%
6 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 301 414 72.7% 68.2%
7 Prospect Park 8.4 2260 3313 68.2% 66.6%
8 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 442 676 65.4% 61.7%
9 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 105 162 64.8% 57.2%
10 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 17 22 77.3% 56.6%
11 Hendrix Creek 10.4 55 90 61.1% 50.8%
12 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 43 103 41.7% 32.7%
13 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 103 280 36.8% 31.4%
14 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 33 80 41.2% 31.1%
15 Central Park 0.7 778 2549 30.5% 28.8%
16 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 142 436 32.6% 28.3%
17 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 47 134 35.1% 27.5%
18 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
19 Coney Island Creek 13.9 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
20 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 66 203 32.5% 26.4%
21 Greenwich Harbor 24.1 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
22 Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity 0.6 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
23 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 23 67 34.3% 24.1%
24 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 164 624 26.3% 23.0%
25 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 100 383 26.1% 22.0%
26 Rockland Lake SP--Golf Course 24.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
27 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 18 62 29.0% 19.2%
28 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 16 54 29.6% 19.1%
29 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
30 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
31 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 15 53 28.3% 18.0%
32 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 51 222 23.0% 17.9%
33 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 67 302 22.2% 17.9%
34 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 26 110 23.6% 16.7%
35 Barbour Pond Park 18.7 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
36 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
37 Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 0.5 13 53 24.5% 14.9%
38 Lake Parsippany 24.8 58 342 17.0% 13.4%
39 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 67 411 16.3% 13.0%
40 Weequahic Park 13.5 16 78 20.5% 13.0%
41 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 11 58 19.0% 10.9%
42 Alley Pond Park--LIE (CIP Intersection) 11.8 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
43 Cameron Lake 13.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
44 River Barge Park 5.1 17 120 14.2% 9.0%
45 Point View Reservoir 19.8 11 70 15.7% 9.0%
46 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 7 40 17.5% 8.7%
47 Liberty SP 7.0 56 528 10.6% 8.3%
48 Jacksons Pond 19.7 9 59 15.3% 8.2%
49 Central Park--Spector Playground and vicinity 0.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
50 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 14 109 12.8% 7.8%
51 Mariners Marsh 14.7 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
52 The Celery Farm 19.5 94 1059 8.9% 7.3%
53 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 8 59 13.6% 7.0%
54 Milburn Pond Park 21.0 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
55 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
56 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 81 944 8.6% 7.0%
57 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
58 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 8 62 12.9% 6.7%
59 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
60 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 8 67 11.9% 6.2%
61 Mount Prospect Park 7.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Hamilton Beach (Queens Co.) 11.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek 14.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 8 74 10.8% 5.6%
65 Stevens Institute of Technology 3.9 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
66 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 17 197 8.6% 5.5%
67 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 22 299 7.4% 4.9%
68 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 6 59 10.2% 4.7%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
70 Bradys Pond 13.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
71 Flushing Airport 6.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
72 Hoffman Island 14.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
73 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
74 VE Macy Park--Great Hunger Memorial 18.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
75 Central Park--North End 1.2 24 453 5.3% 3.6%
76 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 6 80 7.5% 3.5%
77 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
78 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 8 121 6.6% 3.4%
79 Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn) 8.0 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
80 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 7 103 6.8% 3.3%
81 Central Park--The Lake (Lower Lobe aka Wagner Cove) 0.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
82 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
83 Central Park--96th Street Playground and vicinity 0.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
84 Tottenville Train Station (Ellis St.), Arthur Kill 23.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
85 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 7 131 5.3% 2.6%
86 Port Liberte 8.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
87 Central Park--The Knoll 1.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
88 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive 22.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
89 Hawtree Creek at Howard Beach Station 11.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
90 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 4 65 6.2% 2.4%
91 Morris Canal Basin 6.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
92 Central Park--North Woods 1.3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
93 Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park 14.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
94 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 6 122 4.9% 2.3%
95 Alley Pond Park 11.9 11 279 3.9% 2.2%
96 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 38 1290 2.9% 2.2%
97 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
98 Arbutus Lake 21.0 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
99 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
100 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
101 Forest City Community Park 24.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
102 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
103 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 4 81 4.9% 1.9%
104 Sandy Hook 23.7 27 968 2.8% 1.9%
105 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
106 Prospect Park--Feeders 8.5 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
107 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
108 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
109 Mill Pond, Oyster Bay 23.2 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
110 Prospect Park--Zoo 8.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
111 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 13 511 2.5% 1.5%
112 Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.) 0.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
113 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
114 Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 0.3 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
115 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
116 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
117 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
118 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
119 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
120 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 6 240 2.5% 1.2%
121 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
122 McFaul Environmental Center 18.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
123 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 14 818 1.7% 1.0%
124 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
125 Newport Yacht Club and Marina 5.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
126 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 4 172 2.3% 0.9%
127 Lister Park 18.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
128 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 4 181 2.2% 0.9%
129 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 3 125 2.4% 0.8%
130 Gravesend Bay 13.2 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
131 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
132 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area 11.7 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
133 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
134 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 3 142 2.1% 0.7%
135 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 3 143 2.1% 0.7%
136 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
137 Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water 9.0 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
138 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
139 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
140 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
141 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
142 Central Park--Conservatory Garden 1.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
143 Central Park--Tupelo Meadow 0.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
144 Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck 16.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
145 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 4 261 1.5% 0.6%
146 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
147 Tenafly Nature Center 9.8 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
148 Socrates Sculpture Park 1.8 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
149 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 3 188 1.6% 0.5%
150 Rahway River Park 20.1 2 103 1.9% 0.5%
151 Central Park--Conservatory Water & Pilgrim Hill 0.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
152 Riverside Park South (59th-72nd St.) 1.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
153 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
154 Morningside Park (Manhattan) 1.8 2 112 1.8% 0.5%
155 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
156 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
157 Central Park--SW from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr. 1.0 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
158 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 3 224 1.3% 0.5%
159 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
160 Lake Tappan 16.9 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
161 Central Park--North Meadow 0.8 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
162 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
163 Central Park--Tanners Spring 0.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
164 Liberty Island, onshore (New York Co.) 7.5 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
165 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
166 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
167 High Rock Park 15.9 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
168 Coney Island Beach 14.5 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
169 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
170 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
171 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
172 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
173 Central Park--Shakespeare Garden 0.2 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
174 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
175 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
176 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
177 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 1 138 0.7% 0.1%
178 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 158 0.6% 0.1%
179 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 2 517 0.4% 0.1%
180 Central Park--Cedar Hill 0.3 1 185 0.5% 0.1%
181 Forest Park 8.2 1 186 0.5% 0.1%
182 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 187 0.5% 0.1%
183 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 1 189 0.5% 0.1%
184 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 1 214 0.5% 0.1%
185 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 1 215 0.5% 0.1%
186 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 1 442 0.2% 0.0%
187 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 1 674 0.1% 0.0%
188 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 1 1585 0.1% 0.0%