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Where to find Lesser Scaup 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 Lesser Scaup 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			Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access)	5.3	76	101	75.2%	66.0%
2			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	91	134	67.9%	59.6%
3			26th Ward Wastewater Treatment Plant	10.3	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
4			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	161	279	57.7%	51.8%
5			Sheepshead Bay	13.8	67	112	59.8%	50.6%
6			Hendrix Creek	10.4	28	44	63.6%	48.9%
7			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	214	496	43.1%	38.9%
8			Fresh Creek Park	10.5	10	18	55.6%	33.7%
9			Franklin Lake	19.5	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
10			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	25	64	39.1%	28.1%
11			Rye Playland	20.0	21	54	38.9%	27.0%
12			Mill Pond, Oyster Bay	23.2	23	62	37.1%	26.2%
13			Monroe Cohen Park	10.9	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
14			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	15	41	36.6%	23.6%
15			Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands	11.3	21	65	32.3%	22.2%
16			Little Bay Park, Bayside	9.3	11	30	36.7%	21.9%
17			Playland Lake	20.4	10	27	37.0%	21.5%
18			Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park	17.5	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
19			Bruce Museum	24.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
20			Central Park--The Pool	1.0	45	173	26.0%	20.0%
21			Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond	11.9	17	57	29.8%	19.5%
22			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	76	323	23.5%	19.2%
23			Hunts Point Landing	5.1	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
24			Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook	14.0	6	20	30.0%	14.5%
25			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ	20.4	7	26	26.9%	13.7%
26			Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3	20.4	7	29	24.1%	12.2%
27			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	18	96	18.8%	12.2%
28			Pelham Bay Park--Central Woodland	10.0	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
29			Bush Terminal waterfront, 51st St. access	9.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
30			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	28	185	15.1%	10.7%
31			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	29	198	14.6%	10.4%
32			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	38	280	13.6%	10.0%
33			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	20	133	15.0%	10.0%
34			Clason Point	6.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
35			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
36			Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes)	24.3	21	148	14.2%	9.5%
37			Florham Park--Fish Tract	21.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
38			Hudson Park and Beach	13.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
39			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	23	170	13.5%	9.2%
40			Alley Pond Park--LIE (CIP Intersection)	11.8	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
41			Grass Island Natural Area	24.0	15	104	14.4%	8.9%
42			Fort Totten Park	10.0	6	33	18.2%	8.6%
43			Ferry Point Park	7.1	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
44			Coney Island Creek	13.9	9	58	15.5%	8.4%
45			City Island (Bronx Co.)	10.5	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
46			Canarsie Pier	11.4	7	43	16.3%	8.1%
47			Dosoris Pond, Glen Cove	19.3	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
48			Liberty SP	7.0	34	330	10.3%	7.5%
49			Grant Park, Hewlett	17.4	5	30	16.7%	7.3%
50			Bergen Beach	12.3	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
51			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
52			Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area	11.7	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
53			Arbutus Lake	21.0	6	45	13.3%	6.3%
54			Point View Reservoir	19.8	8	67	11.9%	6.2%
55			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
56			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
57			Pryibil Beach	19.7	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
58			Kings Point Pond Preserve	11.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
59			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
60			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	17	196	8.7%	5.5%
61			Dead Horse Point	14.4	7	68	10.3%	5.1%
62			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	7	68	10.3%	5.1%
63			Stepping Stone Park	11.3	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
64			Five Islands Park	13.9	8	86	9.3%	4.8%
65			Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot	12.6	16	209	7.7%	4.8%
66			Hempstead Harbor Park	16.5	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
67			Oceanside Park	21.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
68			Baldwin Harbor Park	21.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
69			Front St., Waterfront	12.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
70			Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4	9.8	15	202	7.4%	4.6%
71			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	6	66	9.1%	4.2%
72			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
73			Lake Parsippany	24.8	11	164	6.7%	3.8%
74			Flushing Meadows Corona Park	7.2	6	74	8.1%	3.8%
75			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	7	93	7.5%	3.7%
76			Landing Rd., Oyster Bay Cove	24.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
77			Hawtree Creek	11.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
78			Packanack Lake	18.5	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
79			Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd.	11.1	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
80			Sandy Hook	23.7	45	1001	4.5%	3.4%
81			Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck	16.7	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
82			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
83			MacNeil Park	6.1	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
84			Larchmont Manor Park and Beach	14.9	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
85			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	37	842	4.4%	3.2%
86			Powells Cove Park	6.9	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
87			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.)	6.9	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
88			Kingsborough Community College	14.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
89			Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site)	20.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
90			St. George Ferry Terminal	11.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
91			Silver Lake Reservoir	12.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
92			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	34	819	4.2%	3.0%
93			Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park	14.0	4	55	7.3%	2.9%
94			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	20	463	4.3%	2.8%
95			Greenwich Harbor	24.1	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
96			Central Park--North End	1.2	9	175	5.1%	2.7%
97			Pugsley Creek Park	6.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
98			Owls Head Water Pollution Control Plant	10.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
99			Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area	18.3	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
100			Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.)	23.6	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
101			Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina	6.4	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
102			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	4	69	5.8%	2.3%
103			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	5	95	5.3%	2.3%
104			Palisades Park IBA	8.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
105			Long Beach Park	20.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
106			SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler)	9.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
107			Boonton Reservoir	24.1	4	71	5.6%	2.2%
108			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	4	74	5.4%	2.1%
109			Point Lookout--East Marina	23.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
110			Glen Island Park	12.0	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
111			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	4	83	4.8%	1.9%
112			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	7	181	3.9%	1.9%
113			Rye Town Park	19.4	4	84	4.8%	1.9%
114			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
115			Tarrytown Lakes Park	21.8	5	119	4.2%	1.8%
116			Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline	11.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
117			Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy	10.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
118			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	4	94	4.3%	1.7%
119			Echo Lake Park	21.2	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
120			City Island, Belden Point	10.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
121			Pelham Bay Park--Pelham Bridge	9.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
122			Woodlands Lake	18.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
123			Central Park	0.7	35	1767	2.0%	1.4%
124			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
125			Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)	17.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
126			Stevens Institute of Technology	3.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
127			Paerdegat Basin	11.5	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
128			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
129			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	3	75	4.0%	1.4%
130			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	13	578	2.2%	1.3%
131			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	9	366	2.5%	1.3%
132			Baisley Pond Park	11.9	4	121	3.3%	1.3%
133			Newark Bay at Richmond Terr. & Western Ave.	14.8	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
134			Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail	12.7	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
135			Great Kills Park--Education Field Station	18.4	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
136			Randalls Island	2.4	7	281	2.5%	1.2%
137			Gravesend Bay	13.2	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
138			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	3	88	3.4%	1.2%
139			Central Park--Reservoir	0.4	14	734	1.9%	1.1%
140			Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture	23.1	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
141			Meadowlands--Cromakill Creek Marsh	3.8	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
142			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	2	52	3.8%	1.1%
143			Bay County Park	19.0	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
144			Sound View Park	5.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
145			Larchmont (Westchester Co.)	15.1	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
146			Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow	20.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
147			Bar Beach Town Park	16.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
148			Byram Park	22.8	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
149			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
150			Piermont Pier	18.4	8	413	1.9%	1.0%
151			Bushwick Inlet Park	4.1	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
152			Morgan Memorial Park	17.4	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
153			Francis Pond Preserve	21.8	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
154			Plumb Beach	14.0	3	119	2.5%	0.9%
155			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	3	122	2.5%	0.8%
156			John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK)	13.4	2	67	3.0%	0.8%
157			Spring Creek Park	10.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
158			Weequahic Park	13.5	2	69	2.9%	0.8%
159			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
160			Lincoln Park West	7.5	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
161			Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland	10.5	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
162			Silver Lake Park (Nassau Co.)	20.4	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
163			Jerome Park Reservoir	7.6	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
164			Bayswater Park	16.3	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
165			Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn)	10.1	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
166			Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake	10.9	3	151	2.0%	0.7%
167			Mill Pond Park, Bellmore	24.7	4	232	1.7%	0.7%
168			Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity	2.9	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
169			Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove	16.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
170			Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot	12.9	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
171			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	3	163	1.8%	0.6%
172			Moravian Cemetery	15.9	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
173			Fort Tilden	15.7	3	186	1.6%	0.6%
174			Lake Tappan	16.9	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
175			Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.)	12.5	2	106	1.9%	0.5%
176			Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline	2.6	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
177			Great Kills Park	18.0	4	323	1.2%	0.5%
178			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	2	114	1.8%	0.5%
179			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
180			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
181			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
182			Stuyvesant Cove Park (18th-23rd St.)	3.4	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
183			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
184			Central Park--Tanners Spring	0.2	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
185			Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir)	15.6	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
186			Liberty Island, onshore (New York Co.)	7.5	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
187			Parsons Pond Park	20.0	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
188			River Barge Park	5.1	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
189			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
190			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
191			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	1	60	1.7%	0.3%
192			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	2	211	0.9%	0.3%
193			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
194			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	2	220	0.9%	0.2%
195			Verona Park	15.0	1	79	1.3%	0.2%
196			Riverside Park--South of 96th St.	1.0	1	83	1.2%	0.2%
197			Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods	13.2	1	86	1.2%	0.2%
198			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	1	94	1.1%	0.2%
199			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	3	559	0.5%	0.2%
200			Veterans Memorial Pier	10.5	1	107	0.9%	0.2%
201			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	1	116	0.9%	0.2%
202			Prospect Park	8.4	6	2088	0.3%	0.1%
203			Halifax Road	23.9	1	139	0.7%	0.1%
204			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	1	159	0.6%	0.1%
205			Cammanns Pond Park	23.5	1	161	0.6%	0.1%
206			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	1	177	0.6%	0.1%
207			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area	23.7	1	224	0.4%	0.1%
208			Bronx Zoo	6.7	1	257	0.4%	0.1%
209			Overpeck County Park	6.2	1	261	0.4%	0.1%