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Where to find Black Scoter in October
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 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	32	62	51.6%	39.4%
2			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	13	60	21.7%	13.1%
3			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	25	152	16.4%	11.4%
4			Fort Tilden	15.7	48	330	14.5%	11.1%
5			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
6			Sandy Hook	23.7	207	1737	11.9%	10.5%
7			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	17	105	16.2%	10.4%
8			Great Kills Park--Bathhouse	18.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
9			Ceasar's Bay Bazaar	13.1	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
10			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
11			Coney Island Beach	14.5	13	97	13.4%	8.0%
12			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	7	56	12.5%	6.2%
13			Sandy Hook--Nike Pond	24.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
14			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
15			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
16			Plumb Beach	14.0	39	605	6.4%	4.8%
17			Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge)	12.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
18			Sound View Park	5.4	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
19			Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St)	3.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
20			Brighton Beach	14.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
21			Coney Island Creek	13.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
22			Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course)	15.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
23			Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail	12.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
24			SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler)	9.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
25			Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner	13.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
26			City Island, Belden Point	10.4	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
27			Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina	6.4	4	56	7.1%	2.8%
28			Midland Beach	15.8	4	63	6.3%	2.5%
29			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
30			Veterans Memorial Pier	10.5	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
31			Pierson Park, Tarrytown	21.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
32			Coney Island Pier	14.6	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
33			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	3	49	6.1%	2.1%
34			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
35			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	7	186	3.8%	1.8%
36			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
37			Point Lookout	24.4	3	63	4.8%	1.6%
38			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
39			Lake Tappan	16.9	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
40			Gravesend Bay	13.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
41			Lido West Town Park	22.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
42			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
43			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
44			Arverne East Nature Preserve	16.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
45			Nickerson Beach	23.3	4	121	3.3%	1.3%
46			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	4	122	3.3%	1.3%
47			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	5	184	2.7%	1.2%
48			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
49			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
50			Lake Parsippany	24.8	2	56	3.6%	1.0%
51			Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods	13.2	2	64	3.1%	0.9%
52			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
53			Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot	12.6	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
54			Dead Horse Point	14.4	2	76	2.6%	0.7%
55			Riverside Park--South of 96th St.	1.0	2	76	2.6%	0.7%
56			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
57			Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin	1.0	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
58			Liberty SP	7.0	6	520	1.2%	0.5%
59			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	2	110	1.8%	0.5%
60			Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes)	24.3	2	121	1.7%	0.5%
61			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	2	121	1.7%	0.5%
62			Piermont Pier	18.4	4	345	1.2%	0.5%
63			Fort Totten Park	10.0	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
64			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
65			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	2	166	1.2%	0.3%
66			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	2	169	1.2%	0.3%
67			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	2	171	1.2%	0.3%
68			Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields	6.5	1	70	1.4%	0.3%
69			Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout	14.7	3	504	0.6%	0.2%
70			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	1	94	1.1%	0.2%
71			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	1	96	1.0%	0.2%
72			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	1	103	1.0%	0.2%
73			Great Kills Park	18.0	1	110	0.9%	0.2%
74			Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity	2.9	1	125	0.8%	0.1%
75			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	3	758	0.4%	0.1%
76			The Landing, Dobbs Ferry	17.0	1	132	0.8%	0.1%
77			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	1	160	0.6%	0.1%
78			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	1	206	0.5%	0.1%
79			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	1	298	0.3%	0.1%
80			Fort Tryon Park	5.8	1	307	0.3%	0.1%
81			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	1	505	0.2%	0.0%
82			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	1	914	0.1%	0.0%