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Where to find Bufflehead in May
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 May. 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			Central Park--Reservoir	0.4	98	514	19.1%	15.9%
2			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	15	75	20.0%	12.5%
3			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	226	1892	11.9%	10.6%
4			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	23	156	14.7%	10.0%
5			Liberty SP	7.0	97	825	11.8%	9.7%
6			Jerome Park Reservoir	7.6	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
7			Playland Lake	20.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
8			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	11	81	13.6%	7.8%
9			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	12	91	13.2%	7.7%
10			Pugsley Creek Park	6.4	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
11			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
12			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	6	42	14.3%	6.7%
13			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	14	148	9.5%	5.7%
14			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	56	764	7.3%	5.7%
15			Newark Bay--Old Tressel	12.6	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
16			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	52	749	6.9%	5.3%
17			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	5	41	12.2%	5.3%
18			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	6	57	10.5%	4.9%
19			Rockefeller SP Preserve	23.6	53	863	6.1%	4.7%
20			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.)	6.9	5	48	10.4%	4.5%
21			Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes)	24.3	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
22			Grass Island Natural Area	24.0	4	40	10.0%	4.0%
23			Kensico Lake	24.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
24			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	4	44	9.1%	3.6%
25			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	10	167	6.0%	3.3%
26			Lake Tappan	16.9	6	93	6.5%	3.0%
27			Kissena Park	8.6	16	338	4.7%	2.9%
28			Central Park	0.7	274	8750	3.1%	2.8%
29			Bee Meadow Park	23.6	4	60	6.7%	2.6%
30			Pequannock Valley Park--Woodland Lake	20.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
31			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	10	230	4.3%	2.4%
32			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	54	1827	3.0%	2.3%
33			Mill Creek	23.1	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
34			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
35			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	12	325	3.7%	2.1%
36			Great Kills Park	18.0	10	269	3.7%	2.0%
37			Devries Park	21.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
38			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
39			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	3	52	5.8%	2.0%
40			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	6	141	4.3%	2.0%
41			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	7	175	4.0%	2.0%
42			Tarrytown Lakes Park	21.8	6	168	3.6%	1.6%
43			Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove	16.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
44			Sandy Hook	23.7	49	2381	2.1%	1.6%
45			Blazing Star Cemetery	20.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
46			Ferry Point Park	7.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
47			Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.)	23.6	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
48			Hendrix Creek	10.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
49			Florham Park--Fish Tract	21.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
50			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area	23.7	13	658	2.0%	1.2%
51			Central Park--Great Lawn	0.0	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
52			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
53			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	3	111	2.7%	0.9%
54			Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn)	8.0	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
55			Irvington Woods	18.8	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
56			Sound View Park	5.4	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
57			Five Islands Park	13.9	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
58			Dead Horse Point	14.4	2	72	2.8%	0.8%
59			Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.)	0.5	4	204	2.0%	0.8%
60			Bloodgoods Pond	20.3	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
61			Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access)	5.3	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
62			Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone	8.7	2	78	2.6%	0.7%
63			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	3	146	2.1%	0.7%
64			Heritage Park (Blissenbach Marina)	12.7	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
65			Freshkills Park	18.2	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
66			Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.)	0.1	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
67			Lake Parsippany	24.8	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
68			Bushwick Inlet Park	4.1	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
69			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
70			Point View Reservoir	19.8	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
71			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	4	287	1.4%	0.5%
72			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
73			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
74			The Celery Farm	19.5	12	1399	0.9%	0.5%
75			Lincoln Park West	7.5	2	119	1.7%	0.5%
76			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	2	119	1.7%	0.5%
77			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	2	124	1.6%	0.4%
78			Packanack Lake	18.5	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
79			Ramapo Valley County Reservation	23.6	2	125	1.6%	0.4%
80			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	7	804	0.9%	0.4%
81			Poplar Rd. Wildlife Sanctuary	16.6	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
82			Alvin P. Williams Park (Sewaren Marina Park)	21.8	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
83			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
84			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
85			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	2	161	1.2%	0.3%
86			Central Park--Sparrow Rock section	0.2	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
87			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
88			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
89			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	2	213	0.9%	0.3%
90			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	1	76	1.3%	0.2%
91			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	2	241	0.8%	0.2%
92			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	1	94	1.1%	0.2%
93			Boonton Reservoir	24.1	1	97	1.0%	0.2%
94			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	1	102	1.0%	0.2%
95			Plumb Beach	14.0	4	915	0.4%	0.2%
96			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	1	106	0.9%	0.2%
97			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	1	118	0.8%	0.1%
98			Disposal Rd.	7.7	1	123	0.8%	0.1%
99			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	1	125	0.8%	0.1%
100			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	10	3846	0.3%	0.1%
101			Ridgewood Reservoir	7.6	1	131	0.8%	0.1%
102			Central Park--The Ramble	0.3	13	5687	0.2%	0.1%
103			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	1	137	0.7%	0.1%
104			Central Park--Shakespeare Garden	0.2	1	140	0.7%	0.1%
105			Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir)	15.6	1	152	0.7%	0.1%
106			Central Park--Harlem Meer	1.3	1	170	0.6%	0.1%
107			South Mountain Reservation	17.6	1	230	0.4%	0.1%
108			Central Park--North Woods	1.3	1	273	0.4%	0.1%
109			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	2	890	0.2%	0.1%
110			Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch)	1.1	2	1018	0.2%	0.1%
111			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	1	399	0.3%	0.0%
112			Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary	1.1	1	459	0.2%	0.0%
113			Central Park--North End	1.2	2	1771	0.1%	0.0%
114			Central Park--Strawberry Field	0.6	1	595	0.2%	0.0%
115			Central Park--Turtle Pond	0.1	1	962	0.1%	0.0%
116			Forest Park	8.2	1	1147	0.1%	0.0%