Bird Finder

Where to find Black Scoter in December
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 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 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
2 Sandy Hook 23.7 495 1001 49.5% 46.4%
3 Fort Tilden 15.7 83 186 44.6% 37.7%
4 Silver Point County Park 17.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
5 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
6 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
7 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 24 53 45.3% 32.7%
8 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
9 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
10 Coney Island Beach 14.5 52 145 35.9% 28.5%
11 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 73 211 34.6% 28.5%
12 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 29 75 38.7% 28.5%
13 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 14 34 41.2% 26.4%
14 Coney Island Pier 14.6 26 72 36.1% 26.0%
15 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
16 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
17 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 20 58 34.5% 23.6%
18 Brighton Beach 14.3 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
19 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
20 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
21 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 23 100 23.0% 15.8%
22 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
23 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
24 Point Lookout 24.4 44 237 18.6% 14.1%
25 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
26 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 19 94 20.2% 13.3%
27 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 25 164 15.2% 10.5%
28 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 10 56 17.9% 10.0%
29 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 14 87 16.1% 9.8%
30 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 8 46 17.4% 9.1%
32 Midland Beach 15.8 15 107 14.0% 8.7%
33 City Island (Bronx Co.) 10.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
34 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
35 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 12 88 13.6% 8.0%
36 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
37 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
38 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 8 65 12.3% 6.4%
39 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
40 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
41 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
42 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 6 49 12.2% 5.7%
43 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 15 163 9.2% 5.7%
44 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 8 75 10.7% 5.5%
45 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
46 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
47 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
48 Plumb Beach 14.0 9 119 7.6% 4.0%
49 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
50 Coney Island Creek 13.9 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
51 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
52 Seguine Pond and waterfront 20.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
53 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
54 Gravesend Bay 13.2 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
55 Great Kills Park 18.0 17 323 5.3% 3.3%
56 Nickerson Beach 23.3 8 125 6.4% 3.3%
57 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 10 172 5.8% 3.2%
58 Kingsborough Community College 14.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
59 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 10 196 5.1% 2.8%
60 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
61 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
62 Lido West Town Park 22.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
63 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 9 198 4.5% 2.4%
64 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
65 Long Beach Park 20.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
66 Spanish Camp, Former 20.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
67 Pryibil Beach 19.7 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
68 Trap House 21.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
69 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
70 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
71 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
72 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 4 93 4.3% 1.7%
73 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 7 209 3.3% 1.6%
74 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
75 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
76 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
77 East River Park, Manhattan 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
78 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station 18.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
79 Arbutus Lake 21.0 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
80 Rye Town Park 19.4 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
81 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
82 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
83 Sound View Park 5.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
84 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
85 Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l) 17.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
86 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 5 232 2.2% 0.9%
87 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 4 170 2.4% 0.9%
88 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
89 Piermont Pier 18.4 7 413 1.7% 0.8%
90 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
91 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
92 Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove 16.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
93 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
94 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 6 578 1.0% 0.5%
95 Sea Cliff Beach 17.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
96 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
97 Rye Playland 20.0 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
98 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
99 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
100 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
101 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 3 496 0.6% 0.2%
102 Five Islands Park 13.9 1 86 1.2% 0.2%
103 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 2 280 0.7% 0.2%
104 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 1 106 0.9% 0.2%
105 Liberty SP 7.0 2 330 0.6% 0.2%
106 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
107 Owls Head Park 10.3 1 133 0.8% 0.1%
108 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 1 323 0.3% 0.1%
109 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 477 0.2% 0.0%
110 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 1 842 0.1% 0.0%