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Where to find Black Scoter in October
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 Black Scoter 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 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 33 69 47.8% 36.5%
2 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 32 170 18.8% 13.7%
3 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 13 64 20.3% 12.3%
4 Fort Tilden 15.7 54 362 14.9% 11.6%
5 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
6 Sandy Hook 23.7 228 1905 12.0% 10.6%
7 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 17 110 15.5% 9.9%
8 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
9 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
10 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
11 Coney Island Beach 14.5 14 106 13.2% 8.0%
12 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
13 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
14 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
15 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
16 Sandy Hook--Nike Pond 24.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
17 Plumb Beach 14.0 40 665 6.0% 4.4%
18 Brighton Beach 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
19 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
20 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
21 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
22 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
23 Midland Beach 15.8 5 67 7.5% 3.2%
24 Sound View Park 5.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
25 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
26 SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler) 9.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
27 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
28 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
29 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
30 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 4 66 6.1% 2.4%
31 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 9 212 4.2% 2.2%
32 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
33 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
34 Coney Island Pier 14.6 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
35 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
36 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
37 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
38 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
39 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
40 Lake Tappan 16.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
41 Pierson Park, Tarrytown 21.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
42 Point Lookout 24.4 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
43 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
44 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
45 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 6 203 3.0% 1.4%
46 Dead Horse Point 14.4 3 80 3.8% 1.3%
47 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
48 Nickerson Beach 23.3 4 128 3.1% 1.2%
49 Lido West Town Park 22.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
50 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
51 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 4 156 2.6% 1.0%
52 Lake Parsippany 24.8 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
53 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
54 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
55 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
56 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
57 Fort Totten Park 10.0 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
58 Kingsborough Community College 14.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
59 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
60 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
61 Riverside Park--South of 96th St. 1.0 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
62 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
63 Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin 1.0 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
64 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
65 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
66 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 2 116 1.7% 0.5%
67 Liberty SP 7.0 6 638 0.9% 0.4%
68 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
69 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
70 Piermont Pier 18.4 4 406 1.0% 0.4%
71 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 2 181 1.1% 0.3%
72 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 2 190 1.1% 0.3%
73 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
74 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 2 206 1.0% 0.3%
75 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
76 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
77 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 1 101 1.0% 0.2%
78 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 3 588 0.5% 0.2%
79 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
80 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
81 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 130 0.8% 0.1%
82 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 1 138 0.7% 0.1%
83 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
84 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 3 1017 0.3% 0.1%
85 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 1 270 0.4% 0.1%
86 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 313 0.3% 0.1%
87 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 1 368 0.3% 0.0%
88 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 1 508 0.2% 0.0%