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Where to find Black Scoter in December
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 December. 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			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	19	21	90.5%	71.1%
2			Sandy Hook	23.7	555	1094	50.7%	47.8%
3			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	25	41	61.0%	45.7%
4			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach--North End (South Beach)	14.1	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
5			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	18	30	60.0%	42.3%
6			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	11	18	61.1%	38.6%
7			Fort Tilden	15.7	91	201	45.3%	38.5%
8			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	31	63	49.2%	37.3%
9			Silver Point County Park	17.5	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
10			Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)	15.9	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
11			Coney Island Beach	14.5	67	163	41.1%	33.8%
12			Brighton Beach	14.3	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
13			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	89	230	38.7%	32.6%
14			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	18	39	46.2%	31.6%
15			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	29	70	41.4%	30.6%
16			Keansburg Beach	24.3	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
17			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	32	81	39.5%	29.6%
18			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	12	26	46.2%	28.8%
19			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	6	11	54.5%	28.0%
20			Coney Island Pier	14.6	28	75	37.3%	27.3%
21			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
22			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
23			Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd	15.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
24			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	10	28	35.7%	20.7%
25			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	53	204	26.0%	20.4%
26			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	14	46	30.4%	19.1%
27			Point Lookout	24.4	61	263	23.2%	18.5%
28			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	27	107	25.2%	18.0%
29			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	25	105	23.8%	16.7%
30			Joline Ave. Beach	23.9	6	24	25.0%	12.0%
31			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	19	106	17.9%	11.8%
32			Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St.	15.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
33			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	17	93	18.3%	11.7%
34			Midland Beach	15.8	20	116	17.2%	11.4%
35			Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)	17.2	13	72	18.1%	10.9%
36			Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club	15.6	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
37			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	11	59	18.6%	10.7%
38			Stehli Beach, Lattingtown	21.6	10	58	17.2%	9.6%
39			Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)	15.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
40			Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course)	15.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
41			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	24	181	13.3%	9.1%
42			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	8	47	17.0%	8.9%
43			Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook	14.6	8	50	16.0%	8.3%
44			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	7	49	14.3%	7.1%
45			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	6	41	14.6%	6.9%
46			Sandy Hook--Nike Pond	24.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
47			Seguine Point	22.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
48			New York Aquarium, Coney Island	14.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
49			Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands	11.3	9	82	11.0%	5.9%
50			Plumb Beach	14.0	13	134	9.7%	5.8%
51			Coney Island Creek	13.9	7	61	11.5%	5.7%
52			Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)	15.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
53			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	5	41	12.2%	5.3%
54			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	6	54	11.1%	5.2%
55			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	8	80	10.0%	5.2%
56			City Island (Bronx Co.)	10.5	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
57			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
58			Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot	12.9	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
59			Miller Field--Beach	16.4	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
60			City Island, Belden Point	10.4	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
61			Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)	15.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
62			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	15	209	7.2%	4.4%
63			Arverne East Nature Preserve	16.4	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
64			Ceasar's Bay Bazaar	13.1	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
65			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	14	214	6.5%	3.9%
66			Seguine Pond and waterfront	20.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
67			Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn)	16.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
68			Nickerson Beach	23.3	9	133	6.8%	3.6%
69			Gravesend Bay	13.2	4	47	8.5%	3.4%
70			BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn)	13.2	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
71			Great Kills Park	18.0	18	349	5.2%	3.3%
72			Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot	12.6	12	218	5.5%	3.2%
73			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	11	228	4.8%	2.7%
74			Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot	22.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
75			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	3	43	7.0%	2.4%
76			Spanish Camp, Former	20.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
77			Trap House	21.3	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
78			Kingsborough Community College	14.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
79			Long Beach Park	20.7	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
80			Lido West Town Park	22.1	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
81			Pryibil Beach	19.7	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
82			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	3	62	4.8%	1.7%
83			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	9	324	2.8%	1.5%
84			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	4	108	3.7%	1.4%
85			Stepping Stone Park	11.3	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
86			Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail	12.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
87			East River Park, Manhattan	4.3	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
88			Rye Town Park	19.4	3	90	3.3%	1.1%
89			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	2	52	3.8%	1.1%
90			Sound View Park	5.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
91			Arbutus Lake	21.0	2	54	3.7%	1.0%
92			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
93			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
94			Great Kills Park--Education Field Station	18.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
95			Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park	14.0	2	61	3.3%	0.9%
96			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	4	180	2.2%	0.9%
97			Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd.	11.1	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
98			Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l)	17.6	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
99			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	2	77	2.6%	0.7%
100			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
101			Piermont Pier	18.4	7	480	1.5%	0.7%
102			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
103			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	2	90	2.2%	0.6%
104			Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove	16.5	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
105			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	2	96	2.1%	0.6%
106			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	7	607	1.2%	0.6%
107			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
108			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
109			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	2	108	1.9%	0.5%
110			Larchmont Manor Park and Beach	14.9	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
111			Sea Cliff Beach	17.3	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
112			Dead Horse Point	14.4	1	70	1.4%	0.3%
113			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	4	694	0.6%	0.2%
114			Five Islands Park	13.9	1	90	1.1%	0.2%
115			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	2	315	0.6%	0.2%
116			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	1	106	0.9%	0.2%
117			Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.)	12.5	1	114	0.9%	0.2%
118			Sheepshead Bay	13.8	1	116	0.9%	0.2%
119			Liberty SP	7.0	2	388	0.5%	0.1%
120			Owls Head Park	10.3	1	145	0.7%	0.1%
121			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	1	201	0.5%	0.1%
122			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	1	350	0.3%	0.1%
123			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	1	524	0.2%	0.0%
124			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	1	889	0.1%	0.0%