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Where to find Black Scoter in January
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 Scoter in January. 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			Sandy Hook	23.7	631	1185	53.2%	50.4%
2			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	26	47	55.3%	41.2%
3			Coney Island Pier	14.6	102	230	44.3%	38.1%
4			Brighton Beach	14.3	35	72	48.6%	37.4%
5			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	15	28	53.6%	35.8%
6			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	14	26	53.8%	35.5%
7			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	35	77	45.5%	34.8%
8			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	15	29	51.7%	34.4%
9			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	110	289	38.1%	32.7%
10			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	27	61	44.3%	32.5%
11			Fort Tilden	15.7	83	224	37.1%	31.0%
12			Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)	15.9	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
13			Coney Island Beach	14.5	84	259	32.4%	27.0%
14			Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)	15.8	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
15			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	34	110	30.9%	23.0%
16			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
17			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	28	97	28.9%	20.8%
18			Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St.	15.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
19			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	26	90	28.9%	20.5%
20			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	19	66	28.8%	19.3%
21			Point Lookout	24.4	140	638	21.9%	18.9%
22			Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)	15.7	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
23			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	21	79	26.6%	18.1%
24			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	95	456	20.8%	17.4%
25			Long Beach Park	20.7	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
26			Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook	14.6	21	108	19.4%	13.1%
27			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	28	164	17.1%	12.1%
28			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
29			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	33	204	16.2%	11.8%
30			Midland Beach	15.8	21	123	17.1%	11.4%
31			Joline Ave. Beach	23.9	8	37	21.6%	11.4%
32			Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club	15.6	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
33			Great Kills Park--Bathhouse	18.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
34			Arverne East Nature Preserve	16.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
35			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	8	45	17.8%	9.3%
36			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
37			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	7	43	16.3%	8.1%
38			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
39			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	13	99	13.1%	7.8%
40			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	10	77	13.0%	7.2%
41			Kingsborough Community College	14.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
42			Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot	22.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
43			Ransom Beach, Bayville	22.0	7	58	12.1%	6.0%
44			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	19	255	7.5%	4.8%
45			Riis Landing	15.4	7	72	9.7%	4.8%
46			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	6	60	10.0%	4.7%
47			Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)	15.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
48			Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive	22.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
49			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	9	107	8.4%	4.5%
50			Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn)	14.8	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
51			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	5	51	9.8%	4.3%
52			Nickerson Beach	23.3	16	245	6.5%	4.1%
53			Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park	14.0	6	71	8.5%	3.9%
54			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	5	58	8.6%	3.7%
55			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
56			Coney Island Creek	13.9	7	98	7.1%	3.5%
57			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	6	82	7.3%	3.4%
58			Miller Field--Beach	16.4	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
59			Plumb Beach	14.0	10	177	5.6%	3.1%
60			Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)	17.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
61			Floyd Bennett Field--South Entrance	14.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
62			Hoffman Island	14.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
63			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	8	140	5.7%	2.9%
64			Pryibil Beach	19.7	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
65			Stehli Beach, Lattingtown	21.6	5	83	6.0%	2.6%
66			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
67			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
68			Long Beach (Nassau Co.)	20.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
69			"Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court"""	21.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
70			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	3	46	6.5%	2.2%
71			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	6	143	4.2%	1.9%
72			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	10	291	3.4%	1.9%
73			Gravesend Bay	13.2	4	85	4.7%	1.8%
74			Oakwood Beach	17.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
75			Coney Island--Norton Pt.	14.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
76			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	4	93	4.3%	1.7%
77			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
78			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	7	230	3.0%	1.5%
79			Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail	12.7	2	38	5.3%	1.5%
80			Great Kills Park	18.0	8	284	2.8%	1.4%
81			Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes	17.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
82			Dead Horse Point	14.4	4	123	3.3%	1.3%
83			Lido West Town Park	22.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
84			Rye Playland	20.0	2	51	3.9%	1.1%
85			Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot	12.6	7	317	2.2%	1.1%
86			Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland	10.5	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
87			Fort Totten Park	10.0	2	63	3.2%	0.9%
88			Ceasar's Bay Bazaar	13.1	2	68	2.9%	0.8%
89			Seaview Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd.	15.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
90			Miller Field	16.3	3	137	2.2%	0.7%
91			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	2	85	2.4%	0.6%
92			Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands	11.3	2	85	2.4%	0.6%
93			City Island, Belden Point	10.4	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
94			Larchmont Manor Park and Beach	14.9	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
95			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
96			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	2	101	2.0%	0.5%
97			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	6	554	1.1%	0.5%
98			BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn)	13.2	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
99			SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler)	9.2	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
100			Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot	12.9	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
101			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
102			The Landing, Dobbs Ferry	17.0	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
103			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
104			Rye Town Park	19.4	2	153	1.3%	0.4%
105			Playland Lake	20.4	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
106			Stepping Stone Park	11.3	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
107			Centre Island Town Park	24.4	1	66	1.5%	0.3%
108			Blue Heron Park	20.6	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
109			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	4	761	0.5%	0.2%
110			Five Islands Park	13.9	1	91	1.1%	0.2%
111			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	1	92	1.1%	0.2%
112			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	2	337	0.6%	0.2%
113			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	1	125	0.8%	0.1%
114			Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.)	12.5	1	135	0.7%	0.1%
115			Liberty SP	7.0	2	540	0.4%	0.1%
116			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	1	236	0.4%	0.1%
117			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	1	323	0.3%	0.1%
118			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	1	423	0.2%	0.0%
119			Sheepshead Bay	13.8	1	448	0.2%	0.0%