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Where to find Red-throated Loon 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 Red-throated Loon 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			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	108	164	65.9%	58.3%
2			Point Lookout	24.4	149	237	62.9%	56.6%
3			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	130	211	61.6%	54.9%
4			Sandy Hook	23.7	576	1001	57.5%	54.5%
5			Fort Tilden	15.7	114	186	61.3%	54.1%
6			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	13	17	76.5%	52.7%
7			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	38	58	65.5%	52.7%
8			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	18	25	72.0%	52.4%
9			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	17	25	68.0%	48.4%
10			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	11	15	73.3%	48.0%
11			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	32	53	60.4%	46.9%
12			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	56	100	56.0%	46.2%
13			Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook	14.6	26	44	59.1%	44.4%
14			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	15	25	60.0%	40.7%
15			Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands	11.3	34	65	52.3%	40.4%
16			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	7	10	70.0%	39.7%
17			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	19	34	55.9%	39.5%
18			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	19	35	54.3%	38.2%
19			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	24	46	52.2%	38.1%
20			Silver Point County Park	17.5	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
21			Coney Island Beach	14.5	65	145	44.8%	37.0%
22			Coney Island Pier	14.6	34	72	47.2%	36.1%
23			Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)	15.7	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
24			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	35	75	46.7%	35.8%
25			Miller Field--Beach	16.4	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
26			Great Kills Park	18.0	131	323	40.6%	35.3%
27			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	42	94	44.7%	35.0%
28			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	12	23	52.2%	33.0%
29			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	36	87	41.4%	31.6%
30			Gravesend Bay	13.2	21	47	44.7%	31.4%
31			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
32			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	16	35	45.7%	30.5%
33			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	14	30	46.7%	30.2%
34			Coney Island--Norton Pt.	14.3	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
35			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	30	75	40.0%	29.7%
36			Plumb Beach	14.0	45	119	37.8%	29.6%
37			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	59	163	36.2%	29.2%
38			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	23	56	41.1%	29.2%
39			Stepping Stone Park	11.3	14	32	43.8%	28.2%
40			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	33	88	37.5%	28.1%
41			Midland Beach	15.8	36	107	33.6%	25.4%
42			Half Moon Bay and shoreline	13.3	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
43			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	19	52	36.5%	24.8%
44			Joline Ave. Beach	23.9	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
45			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	139	496	28.0%	24.3%
46			Rye Playland	20.0	19	54	35.2%	23.8%
47			Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot	12.9	11	28	39.3%	23.6%
48			Coney Island Creek	13.9	20	58	34.5%	23.6%
49			Seguine Pond and waterfront	20.7	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
50			Carteret Waterfront Park	19.4	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
51			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	57	198	28.8%	22.9%
52			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
53			SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler)	9.2	4	8	50.0%	21.5%
54			Davenport Park	12.9	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
55			City Island, Belden Point	10.4	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
56			Ceasar's Bay Bazaar	13.1	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
57			Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot	12.6	55	209	26.3%	20.8%
58			Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St.	15.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
59			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
60			Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd	15.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
61			Marine Parkway Bridge (Queens Co.)	15.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
62			John Paul Jones Park	12.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
63			Great Kills Park--Bathhouse	18.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
64			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	8	22	36.4%	19.7%
65			Rye Town Park	19.4	23	84	27.4%	19.0%
66			Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club	15.6	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
67			Lido West Town Park	22.1	8	23	34.8%	18.8%
68			Greenwich -- End of Steamboat Rd	24.0	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
69			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	20	72	27.8%	18.8%
70			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	45	196	23.0%	17.6%
71			Dead Horse Point	14.4	18	68	26.5%	17.4%
72			Prospect Point	14.7	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
73			Great Kills Park--Education Field Station	18.4	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
74			Stehli Beach, Lattingtown	21.6	13	49	26.5%	16.2%
75			City Island (Bronx Co.)	10.5	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
76			Pryibil Beach	19.7	8	28	28.6%	15.3%
77			Keansburg Beach	24.3	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
78			BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn)	13.2	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
79			Long Beach Park	20.7	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
80			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
81			Harlem River, Pier 107	1.7	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
82			Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch	13.5	7	27	25.9%	13.2%
83			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	10	43	23.3%	13.2%
84			Fort Totten Park	10.0	8	33	24.2%	12.8%
85			Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)	17.2	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
86			Brighton Beach	14.3	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
87			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	18	93	19.4%	12.6%
88			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	87	578	15.1%	12.4%
89			Oakwood Beach	17.4	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
90			Nickerson Beach	23.3	22	125	17.6%	11.9%
91			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	10	48	20.8%	11.7%
92			Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail	12.7	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
93			Canarsie Pier	11.4	9	43	20.9%	11.4%
94			Larchmont Manor Park and Beach	14.9	7	32	21.9%	11.0%
95			Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path	22.1	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
96			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	14	82	17.1%	10.5%
97			Conference House Park	24.5	13	75	17.3%	10.4%
98			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	8	41	19.5%	10.2%
99			Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd.	14.3	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
100			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	8	43	18.6%	9.7%
101			Grass Island Natural Area	24.0	16	104	15.4%	9.7%
102			Kingsborough Community College	14.2	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
103			Sound View Park	5.4	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
104			Little Bay Park, Bayside	9.3	6	30	20.0%	9.5%
105			Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course)	15.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
106			Sprague Ave. Waterfront	24.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
107			Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)	15.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
108			Long Beach (Nassau Co.)	20.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
109			Tappen Beach	16.8	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
110			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
111			Hempstead Harbor Park	16.5	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
112			Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park	14.0	9	55	16.4%	8.9%
113			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	34	279	12.2%	8.9%
114			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	22	170	12.9%	8.7%
115			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	7	41	17.1%	8.5%
116			Morgan Memorial Park	17.4	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
117			Port Liberte	8.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
118			Glen Island Park	12.0	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
119			Sheepshead Bay	13.8	14	112	12.5%	7.6%
120			The Narrows (Staten Island)	12.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
121			Bergen Beach	12.3	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
122			Seaside Wildlife Nature Park	19.0	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
123			Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)	15.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
124			Liberty SP	7.0	32	330	9.7%	7.0%
125			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
126			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	14	134	10.4%	6.3%
127			Point Lookout--East Marina	23.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
128			Arverne East Nature Preserve	16.4	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
129			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
130			MacNeil Park	6.1	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
131			Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn)	14.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
132			Tappen Beach Lookout	16.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
133			East River, 34th St. to Pier 11	4.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
134			Stapleton Waterfront Park	11.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
135			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	10	94	10.6%	5.9%
136			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
137			Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4	9.8	18	202	8.9%	5.7%
138			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
139			Ferry Point Park	7.1	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
140			The Narrows (Brooklyn)	11.9	5	41	12.2%	5.3%
141			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	13	159	8.2%	4.8%
142			Five Islands Park	13.9	8	86	9.3%	4.8%
143			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
144			Harlem River, 90th-107th St.	1.3	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
145			Bay Walk Park	14.3	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
146			Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn)	16.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
147			Shore Park, Pelham Manor	11.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
148			Veterans Park	11.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
149			Beach Channel Drive, Gravel Lot	15.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
150			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
151			Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck	10.1	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
152			Veterans Memorial Pier	10.5	9	107	8.4%	4.5%
153			Cemetery of the Resurrection	22.3	6	63	9.5%	4.4%
154			Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon	10.9	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
155			Welwyn Preserve	18.5	4	37	10.8%	4.3%
156			Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge)	12.3	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
157			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	6	68	8.8%	4.1%
158			Randalls Island	2.4	18	281	6.4%	4.1%
159			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
160			Pelham Bay Park--Central Woodland	10.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
161			Crescent Beach Park	19.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
162			Landing Rd., Oyster Bay Cove	24.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
163			Bensonhurst Park	12.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
164			Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive	22.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
165			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	11	172	6.4%	3.6%
166			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	8	114	7.0%	3.6%
167			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	20	366	5.5%	3.6%
168			Cedarmere Preserve	16.9	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
169			Ransom Beach, Bayville	22.0	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
170			Bar Beach Town Park	16.6	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
171			Byram Park	22.8	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
172			Riis Landing	15.4	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
173			Global Terminal	9.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
174			Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site)	20.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
175			Alice Austen Park	12.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
176			Clason Point	6.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
177			Milton Point, Rye	17.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
178			"Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court"""	21.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
179			Pelham Bay Park--Thomas Pell WS and Goose Creek Marsh	10.2	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
180			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	6	95	6.3%	2.9%
181			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	5	74	6.8%	2.9%
182			Miller Field	16.3	5	82	6.1%	2.6%
183			Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot	22.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
184			Red Hook Recreation Area	7.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
185			Monroe Cohen Park	10.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
186			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	30	842	3.6%	2.5%
187			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	4	64	6.2%	2.5%
188			Columbia St. Pier	8.2	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
189			Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area	18.3	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
190			Francis Lewis Park	7.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
191			Tottenville Train Station (Ellis St.), Arthur Kill	23.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
192			Great Neck Estates Park	11.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
193			Hudson River Waterfront Walkway (Hoboken-Newport)	4.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
194			Pelham Bay Park--Landfill	9.5	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
195			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	12	323	3.7%	2.1%
196			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
197			Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 4 Beach	6.1	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
198			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	3	51	5.9%	2.0%
199			Trap House	21.3	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
200			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
201			Wave Hill	8.5	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
202			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
203			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
204			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
205			Lake Tappan	16.9	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
206			Peter Detmold Park	1.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
207			Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd.	18.9	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
208			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	12	463	2.6%	1.5%
209			Captains Cove	17.5	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
210			Pelham Bay Park--Pelham Bridge	9.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
211			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
212			Sea Cliff Beach	17.3	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
213			Otter Creek Preserve	17.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
214			Dubos Point	15.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
215			Riverside Park South (59th-72nd St.)	1.2	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
216			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	2	48	4.2%	1.2%
217			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
218			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
219			Jones Beach Bay Islands	24.8	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
220			Freshkills Park	18.2	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
221			Alvin P. Williams Park (Sewaren Marina Park)	21.8	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
222			Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1	5.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
223			Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook	14.0	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
224			Greenwich Harbor	24.1	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
225			Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn)	8.0	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
226			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	2	69	2.9%	0.8%
227			Shore Road Park	11.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
228			Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion	10.5	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
229			Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland	10.5	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
230			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ	20.4	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
231			Piermont Pier	18.4	6	413	1.5%	0.7%
232			Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove	16.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
233			Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park	2.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
234			Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront	22.7	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
235			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
236			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	6	477	1.3%	0.6%
237			Garvies Point Preserve	17.4	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
238			Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck	16.7	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
239			Carl Schurz Park	1.3	3	198	1.5%	0.5%
240			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	2	126	1.6%	0.4%
241			Owls Head Park	10.3	2	133	1.5%	0.4%
242			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
243			Hendrix Creek	10.4	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
244			Arbutus Lake	21.0	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
245			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	3	280	1.1%	0.4%
246			Lake Tappan (NY)	18.7	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
247			Liberty Island, onshore (New York Co.)	7.5	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
248			River Barge Park	5.1	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
249			The Landing, Dobbs Ferry	17.0	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
250			Hudson River Park--Pier 26 (featuring a Tide Deck, TriBeCa)	4.9	1	61	1.6%	0.3%
251			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	1	66	1.5%	0.3%
252			Point View Reservoir	19.8	1	67	1.5%	0.3%
253			Boonton Reservoir	24.1	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
254			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	1	83	1.2%	0.2%
255			Riverside Park--South of 96th St.	1.0	1	83	1.2%	0.2%
256			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	1	96	1.0%	0.2%
257			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	1	116	0.9%	0.2%
258			Alley Pond Park	11.9	1	136	0.7%	0.1%
259			Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum	0.2	1	185	0.5%	0.1%
260			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	2	785	0.3%	0.1%