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Where to find Clapper Rail 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 Clapper Rail 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 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 973 1258 77.3% 75.0%
2 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 393 764 51.4% 47.9%
3 Plumb Beach 14.0 449 915 49.1% 45.8%
4 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 35 75 46.7% 35.8%
5 Oceanside Park 21.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
6 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 11 20 55.0% 34.2%
7 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 152 487 31.2% 27.3%
8 North Woodmere Park 15.5 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
9 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
10 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 63 255 24.7% 19.8%
12 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 17 57 29.8% 19.5%
13 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 173 804 21.5% 18.8%
14 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 26 109 23.9% 16.8%
15 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 348 1892 18.4% 16.7%
16 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 37 168 22.0% 16.4%
17 Sandy Hook 23.7 410 2381 17.2% 15.8%
18 Lincoln Park West 7.5 26 119 21.8% 15.4%
19 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
20 Bergen Beach 12.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
21 Idlewild Park 14.1 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
22 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 20 98 20.4% 13.6%
23 Liberty SP 7.0 131 825 15.9% 13.5%
24 Brookfield Park 18.2 14 64 21.9% 13.5%
25 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 9 38 23.7% 13.0%
26 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
27 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 19 111 17.1% 11.2%
28 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 101 749 13.5% 11.2%
29 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
30 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. 15.3 12 66 18.2% 10.7%
31 Great Captain's Island 22.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
32 LIRR Douglaston Station 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Greenwich -- End of Steamboat Rd 24.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 13 92 14.1% 8.4%
36 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 20 157 12.7% 8.4%
37 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 13 94 13.8% 8.3%
38 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
39 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 14 118 11.9% 7.2%
40 Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh 17.6 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
41 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 14 141 9.9% 6.0%
42 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
43 Oakwood Beach 17.4 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
44 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 6 55 10.9% 5.1%
45 Bryant Park 2.1 57 908 6.3% 4.9%
46 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
47 River Barge Park 5.1 9 134 6.7% 3.6%
48 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
49 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
50 Bay County Park 19.0 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
51 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
52 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 6 102 5.9% 2.7%
53 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 17 437 3.9% 2.4%
54 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
55 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area 11.7 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
56 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 6 140 4.3% 2.0%
57 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 5 112 4.5% 1.9%
58 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
59 Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield 6.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
60 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
61 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
62 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
63 Anderson Creek Marsh 6.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
64 Empire State Building 2.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
65 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
66 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 4 98 4.1% 1.6%
67 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 36 1827 2.0% 1.4%
68 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
70 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 4 137 2.9% 1.1%
71 Spring Creek Park 10.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
72 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 5 211 2.4% 1.0%
73 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
74 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 3 106 2.8% 1.0%
75 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
76 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
77 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 3 156 1.9% 0.7%
78 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
79 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
80 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
81 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
82 Coney Island Beach 14.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
83 Otter Creek Preserve 17.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
84 Disposal Rd. 7.7 2 123 1.6% 0.4%
85 Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform 15.2 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
86 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
87 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
88 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
89 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
90 Great Kills Park 18.0 2 269 0.7% 0.2%
91 Prospect Park 8.4 21 8052 0.3% 0.2%
92 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
93 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 155 0.6% 0.1%
94 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 167 0.6% 0.1%
95 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
96 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 1 213 0.5% 0.1%
97 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 325 0.3% 0.1%
98 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 2 1018 0.2% 0.1%
99 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 1 345 0.3% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.