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Where to find Bufflehead 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 Bufflehead 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 Mill Pond, Oyster Bay 23.2 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
2 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 73 405 18.0% 14.6%
3 Pryibil Beach 19.7 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
4 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 99 600 16.5% 13.7%
5 Lake Parsippany 24.8 11 56 19.6% 11.3%
6 Carteret Waterfront Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
7 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
8 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 37 301 12.3% 9.1%
9 Point View Reservoir 19.8 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
10 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 16 121 13.2% 8.3%
11 Spring Creek Park 10.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
12 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
13 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 18 152 11.8% 7.6%
14 Co-op City, Section 5 (Greenway) 9.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
15 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 8 62 12.9% 6.7%
16 Packanack Lake 18.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
17 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 20 204 9.8% 6.4%
18 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 20 206 9.7% 6.4%
19 Lake Tappan 16.9 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
20 Pequannock Valley Park--Woodland Lake 20.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
21 Barbour Pond Park 18.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
22 Greenwich Harbor 24.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
23 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 24 298 8.1% 5.5%
24 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 37 512 7.2% 5.3%
25 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
26 Crystal Lake Park 6.5 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
27 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 9 97 9.3% 5.0%
28 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 51 822 6.2% 4.8%
29 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 12 149 8.1% 4.7%
30 Sandy Hook 23.7 98 1737 5.6% 4.7%
31 Powells Cove Park 6.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
32 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
33 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
34 Kirby Lane Ponds, Rye 20.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
35 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
36 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
37 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
38 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
39 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 8 121 6.6% 3.4%
40 Mill Creek 23.1 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
41 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
42 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 9 155 5.8% 3.1%
43 SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler) 9.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
44 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
45 Liberty SP 7.0 22 520 4.2% 2.8%
46 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
47 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 9 184 4.9% 2.6%
48 Wolfe's Pond Park--Acme Pond 21.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
49 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
50 Paerdegat Basin 11.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
51 Manorhaven Preserve and Nature Trail 14.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
52 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 8 160 5.0% 2.6%
53 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
54 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 12 285 4.2% 2.4%
55 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
56 Cedar Grove Reservoir 14.0 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
57 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
58 Pierson Park, Tarrytown 21.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
59 Society Hill Walkway--Droyer's Point 8.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
60 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
61 Central Park 0.7 91 3478 2.6% 2.1%
62 Bradys Pond 13.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
63 Jerome Park Reservoir 7.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
64 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
65 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 6 154 3.9% 1.8%
66 Piermont Pier 18.4 11 345 3.2% 1.8%
67 Prospect Park 8.4 73 3473 2.1% 1.7%
68 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 4 96 4.2% 1.6%
69 Schlegel Lake 15.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
70 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
71 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 5 137 3.6% 1.6%
72 Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 0.5 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
73 Highland Park (Queens Co.) 7.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
74 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
75 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
76 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
77 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 3 90 3.3% 1.1%
78 Plumb Beach 14.0 12 605 2.0% 1.1%
79 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 6 247 2.4% 1.1%
80 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
81 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
82 Jacksons Pond 19.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
83 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
84 Conference House Park 24.5 4 153 2.6% 1.0%
85 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 3 102 2.9% 1.0%
86 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
87 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 3 109 2.8% 0.9%
88 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
89 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
90 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 3 122 2.5% 0.8%
91 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
92 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
93 Bruce Park (Greenwich) 24.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
94 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 3 142 2.1% 0.7%
95 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
96 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
97 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
98 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
99 Branch Brook Park--South 11.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
100 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
101 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
102 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
103 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
104 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
105 Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin 1.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
106 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 6 505 1.2% 0.5%
107 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
108 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
109 Trap House 21.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
110 The Celery Farm 19.5 10 1053 0.9% 0.5%
111 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 4 321 1.2% 0.5%
112 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
113 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 6 606 1.0% 0.5%
114 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
115 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
116 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
117 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
118 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
119 Lincoln Park West 7.5 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
120 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
121 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
122 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
123 Ferry Point Park 7.1 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
124 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 2 166 1.2% 0.3%
125 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
126 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 5.7 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
127 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
128 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
129 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 2 188 1.1% 0.3%
130 River Barge Park 5.1 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
131 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
132 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
133 Central Park--The Knoll 1.0 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
134 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
135 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
136 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
137 Brookfield Park 18.2 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
138 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
139 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 2 303 0.7% 0.2%
140 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 1 101 1.0% 0.2%
141 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
142 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
143 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 2 353 0.6% 0.2%
144 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
145 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 3 758 0.4% 0.1%
146 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 1 133 0.8% 0.1%
147 Central Park--North End 1.2 3 818 0.4% 0.1%
148 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 1 152 0.7% 0.1%
149 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 4 1392 0.3% 0.1%
150 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 1 162 0.6% 0.1%
151 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 1 224 0.4% 0.1%
152 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 239 0.4% 0.1%
153 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 1 284 0.4% 0.1%
154 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 1 285 0.4% 0.1%
155 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 2 914 0.2% 0.1%
156 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 1 307 0.3% 0.1%
157 Fort Tilden 15.7 1 330 0.3% 0.1%
158 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 1 343 0.3% 0.1%
159 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 1 380 0.3% 0.0%
160 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 1 572 0.2% 0.0%
161 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 1 740 0.1% 0.0%