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Where to find Lesser Scaup in October
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 Lesser Scaup 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 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 25 70 35.7% 25.5%
2 Port Liberte 8.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
3 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 67 658 10.2% 8.1%
4 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 25 261 9.6% 6.6%
5 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 24 361 6.6% 4.5%
6 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 9 109 8.3% 4.4%
7 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 11 147 7.5% 4.2%
8 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
9 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
10 SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler) 9.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
11 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
12 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 16 508 3.1% 1.9%
13 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 13 445 2.9% 1.7%
14 Lake Tappan 16.9 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
15 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
16 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 5 148 3.4% 1.5%
17 Palisades Park IBA--Alpine Section 11.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
18 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
19 Cedar Grove Reservoir 14.0 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
20 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 3 91 3.3% 1.1%
21 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 3 129 2.3% 0.8%
22 Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories Environs 17.8 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
23 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 3 169 1.8% 0.6%
24 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
25 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
26 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
27 The Celery Farm 19.5 10 1212 0.8% 0.4%
28 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
29 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
30 Sandy Hook 23.7 12 1905 0.6% 0.4%
31 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
32 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
33 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
34 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
35 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
36 Piermont Pier 18.4 3 406 0.7% 0.3%
37 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 2 246 0.8% 0.2%
38 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
39 Closter Nature Center 13.5 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
40 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
41 Liberty SP 7.0 3 638 0.5% 0.2%
42 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
43 Central Park 0.7 10 3972 0.3% 0.1%
44 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 1 148 0.7% 0.1%
45 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 3 924 0.3% 0.1%
46 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 1 170 0.6% 0.1%
47 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 1 260 0.4% 0.1%
48 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 1 270 0.4% 0.1%
49 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond 22.4 1 292 0.3% 0.1%
50 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 313 0.3% 0.1%
51 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 1 387 0.3% 0.0%
52 Randalls Island 2.4 1 545 0.2% 0.0%
53 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 1 584 0.2% 0.0%
54 Plumb Beach 14.0 1 665 0.2% 0.0%
55 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 1 679 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.