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Where to find American Coot in April
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 April. 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 30 34 88.2% 73.4%
2 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 102 147 69.4% 61.5%
3 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 322 628 51.3% 47.4%
4 Prospect Park 8.4 3023 7240 41.8% 40.6%
5 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 218 499 43.7% 39.4%
6 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
7 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 55 125 44.0% 35.6%
8 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 274 718 38.2% 34.7%
9 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 28 74 37.8% 27.6%
10 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 23 69 33.3% 23.4%
11 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 26 83 31.3% 22.4%
12 Greenwich Harbor 24.1 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
13 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
14 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
15 Manhattan Valley (btwn Central Park West-B'way; 110th-96th St.) 1.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 26 91 28.6% 20.3%
17 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 185 814 22.7% 20.0%
18 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 59 237 24.9% 19.8%
19 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 93 419 22.2% 18.5%
20 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 20 74 27.0% 18.2%
21 Hendrix Creek 10.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
22 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
23 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 19 79 24.1% 16.0%
24 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 61 323 18.9% 15.0%
25 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 11 43 25.6% 14.9%
26 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 21 103 20.4% 13.7%
27 Central Park--Spector Playground and vicinity 0.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
28 Central Park 0.7 764 6195 12.3% 11.5%
29 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 15 83 18.1% 11.3%
30 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
31 Prospect Park--Feeders 8.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
32 Lake Parsippany 24.8 29 202 14.4% 10.2%
33 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 74 602 12.3% 9.9%
34 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 13 79 16.5% 9.9%
35 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
36 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 114 1052 10.8% 9.1%
37 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 114 1153 9.9% 8.3%
38 Silver Lake Reservoir 12.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
39 Bradys Pond 13.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
40 Coney Island Creek 13.9 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
41 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 47 466 10.1% 7.7%
42 Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 0.5 10 85 11.8% 6.5%
43 Central Park--96th Street Playground and vicinity 0.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
44 Alley Pond Park--LIE (CIP Intersection) 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
45 Hawtree Creek 11.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
46 Mariners Marsh 14.7 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
47 Weequahic Park 13.5 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
48 Liberty SP 7.0 43 688 6.2% 4.7%
49 Sandy Hook 23.7 85 1500 5.7% 4.6%
50 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 15 217 6.9% 4.2%
51 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 9 115 7.8% 4.2%
52 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 9 117 7.7% 4.1%
53 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
54 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 6 77 7.8% 3.6%
55 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 36 769 4.7% 3.4%
56 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
57 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
58 Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park 17.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
59 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
60 Brookfield Park 18.2 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
61 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 5 75 6.7% 2.9%
62 Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 0.3 7 121 5.8% 2.8%
63 Tallman Mountain SP--Picnic Area 17.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
64 Central Park--Sheep Meadow 0.8 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
65 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 106 3568 3.0% 2.5%
66 Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.) 0.1 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
67 Point View Reservoir 19.8 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
68 Central Park--East Meadow (East Dr. to 102nd St.) 0.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
69 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 5 100 5.0% 2.2%
70 The Celery Farm 19.5 47 1652 2.8% 2.1%
71 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 7 165 4.2% 2.1%
72 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
73 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
74 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
75 Flushing Airport 6.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
76 Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity 0.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
77 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
78 Central Park--SW from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr. 1.0 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
79 Sandy Hook--Nike Pond 24.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
80 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
81 Central Park--Belvedere Castle 0.2 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
82 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
83 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
84 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 5 160 3.1% 1.3%
85 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.) 23.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
86 Chelsea Waterside Park 3.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
87 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
88 Highland Park (Queens Co.) 7.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
89 Central Park--North Meadow 0.8 3 89 3.4% 1.2%
90 Central Park--SE from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr. 0.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
91 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 5 216 2.3% 1.0%
92 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
93 Hudson River Greenway--22nd-29th St. 3.0 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
94 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
95 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
96 Central Park--The Dene (65th-72nd St. E of E Drive) 0.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
97 Central Park--North End 1.2 19 1406 1.4% 0.9%
98 Alley Pond Park 11.9 7 409 1.7% 0.8%
99 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
100 Kissena Park 8.6 5 270 1.9% 0.8%
101 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 3 132 2.3% 0.8%
102 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 3 135 2.2% 0.8%
103 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
104 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 10 816 1.2% 0.7%
105 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
106 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
107 McFaul Environmental Center 18.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
108 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
109 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 4 264 1.5% 0.6%
110 Valley Stream SP 16.0 5 366 1.4% 0.6%
111 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 4 285 1.4% 0.5%
112 Wolfe's Pond Park--Acme Pond 21.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
113 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
114 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 4 306 1.3% 0.5%
115 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 3 210 1.4% 0.5%
116 Randalls Island--saltmarsh at Little Hell Gate Inlet 2.2 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
117 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
118 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 4 343 1.2% 0.5%
119 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 6 653 0.9% 0.4%
120 Arbutus Lake 21.0 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
121 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
122 Central Park--Blockhouse 1.3 2 163 1.2% 0.3%
123 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
124 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 3 323 0.9% 0.3%
125 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 2 174 1.1% 0.3%
126 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 7 1082 0.6% 0.3%
127 Crocheron Park 10.4 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
128 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
129 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
130 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
131 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
132 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
133 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
134 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
135 Central Park--Triplets Br. area (btwn 77th-79th St. transv.) 0.3 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
136 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
137 Central Park--Sparrow Rock section 0.2 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
138 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 2 330 0.6% 0.2%
139 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
140 Central Park--North Woods 1.3 1 120 0.8% 0.1%
141 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
142 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 1 130 0.8% 0.1%
143 Central Park--Shakespeare Garden 0.2 1 136 0.7% 0.1%
144 Central Park--The Oven and The Point 0.4 1 140 0.7% 0.1%
145 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 153 0.7% 0.1%
146 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 162 0.6% 0.1%
147 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 1 178 0.6% 0.1%
148 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 2 638 0.3% 0.1%
149 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 1 407 0.2% 0.0%
150 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 1 481 0.2% 0.0%
151 Halifax Road 23.9 1 628 0.2% 0.0%
152 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 1 2031 0.0% 0.0%
153 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 1 2294 0.0% 0.0%