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Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in January
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 Brown-headed Cowbird in January. 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 21.0 148 892 16.6% 14.3%
2 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 62 350 17.7% 14.1%
3 Gravesend Bay 13.2 13 85 15.3% 9.2%
4 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
5 Trap House 21.3 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
6 Fort Tilden 15.7 24 238 10.1% 6.9%
7 Reeves-Reed Arboretum 20.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
8 Alley Pond Park--Southern Woodlands 12.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
9 Whitney Museum (Hudson River Overlook, Upper Stories) 3.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
10 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 8 72 11.1% 5.7%
11 Brooklyn Golf Center Driving Range 13.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
12 Old Troy County Park 23.0 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
13 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 14 154 9.1% 5.5%
14 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 16 198 8.1% 5.0%
15 Prospect Park--Feeders 8.5 11 162 6.8% 3.8%
16 Corporate Park of Staten Island 15.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
17 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 31 808 3.8% 2.7%
18 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 11 240 4.6% 2.6%
19 Alley Pond Park--Alley Athletic Fields 12.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
20 Seaview Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd. 15.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
21 Sandy Hook 23.7 42 1282 3.3% 2.4%
22 Prospect Park 8.4 91 3124 2.9% 2.4%
23 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
24 Randalls Island--Ferry Dock and environs 2.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
25 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 6 140 4.3% 2.0%
26 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 4 81 4.9% 1.9%
27 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
28 La Plaza Cultural Community Garden 3.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
29 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 27 1044 2.6% 1.8%
30 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson 15.6 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
31 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
32 Great Kills Park 18.0 10 317 3.2% 1.7%
33 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 4 95 4.2% 1.6%
34 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
35 Central Park 0.7 59 3076 1.9% 1.5%
36 Passaic River South Orange Ave Boat Launch Livingston 21.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
37 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 7 231 3.0% 1.5%
38 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 27 1264 2.1% 1.5%
39 Tappen Beach 16.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
40 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
41 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 3 76 3.9% 1.4%
42 Bensonhurst Park 12.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
43 Lemon Creek, bridge at Excelsior Ave. 21.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
44 Spring Creek, Fountain Ave. (Brooklyn) 10.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
45 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Queens Zoo 6.6 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
46 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
47 Nickerson Beach 23.3 7 291 2.4% 1.2%
48 Midland Beach 15.8 4 135 3.0% 1.2%
49 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 6 244 2.5% 1.1%
50 Queens County Farm Museum 13.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
51 Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek 6.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
52 Blue Heron Park 20.6 3 93 3.2% 1.1%
53 Central Park--Sheep Meadow 0.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
54 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
55 Last Chance Pond Park 15.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
56 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 6 280 2.1% 1.0%
57 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
58 Central Park--Conservatory Garden 1.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
59 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
60 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
61 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area 11.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
62 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 14 952 1.5% 0.9%
63 Liberty SP 7.0 10 625 1.6% 0.9%
64 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 6 331 1.8% 0.8%
65 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 5 258 1.9% 0.8%
66 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 9 572 1.6% 0.8%
67 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 7 417 1.7% 0.8%
68 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 3 129 2.3% 0.8%
69 Forest Park 8.2 4 198 2.0% 0.8%
70 Muttontown Preserve 22.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
71 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
72 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 4 203 2.0% 0.8%
73 Overpeck County Park 6.2 7 452 1.5% 0.8%
74 Central Park--Locust Grove 0.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
75 Arthur Von Briesen Park 12.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
76 Randalls Island--Freshwater Wetlands (Little Hell Gate Inlet) 2.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
77 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
78 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 7 505 1.4% 0.7%
79 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 5 323 1.5% 0.7%
80 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
81 Alley Pond Park 11.9 3 163 1.8% 0.6%
82 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 8 650 1.2% 0.6%
83 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 2 89 2.2% 0.6%
84 Conference House Park 24.5 2 89 2.2% 0.6%
85 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
86 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
87 Canarsie Pier 11.4 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
88 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 2 95 2.1% 0.6%
89 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
90 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
91 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 3 181 1.7% 0.6%
92 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
93 Owls Head Park 10.3 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
94 stakeout MacGillivray's & Townsend's Warblers, Riverdale (2023) 7.6 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
95 Cameron Field Park Pond 15.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
96 Point Lookout 24.4 7 684 1.0% 0.5%
97 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 9 976 0.9% 0.5%
98 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
99 Central Park--The Oven and The Point 0.4 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
100 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
101 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
102 Hendrix Creek 10.4 2 118 1.7% 0.5%
103 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 2 120 1.7% 0.5%
104 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
105 Dead Horse Point 14.4 2 125 1.6% 0.4%
106 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 2 125 1.6% 0.4%
107 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
108 Forest Park--Waterhole 8.4 2 139 1.4% 0.4%
109 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 7 859 0.8% 0.4%
110 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 3 261 1.1% 0.4%
111 Central Park--Tanners Spring 0.2 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
112 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
113 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
114 Coney Island Beach 14.5 3 295 1.0% 0.3%
115 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 2 159 1.3% 0.3%
116 Mission of Immaculate Virgin, Mt. Loretto 22.9 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
117 Moravian Cemetery 15.9 2 169 1.2% 0.3%
118 Milburn Pond Park 21.0 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
119 Wagner College 13.3 2 189 1.1% 0.3%
120 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
121 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 2 190 1.1% 0.3%
122 Plumb Beach 14.0 2 208 1.0% 0.3%
123 Baldwin Harbor Park 21.6 2 215 0.9% 0.3%
124 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
125 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 2 223 0.9% 0.2%
126 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
127 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
128 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 85 1.2% 0.2%
129 Randalls Island 2.4 3 497 0.6% 0.2%
130 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
131 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
132 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
133 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 99 1.0% 0.2%
134 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 1 103 1.0% 0.2%
135 Bronx Zoo 6.7 2 321 0.6% 0.2%
136 Central Park--North End 1.2 2 322 0.6% 0.2%
137 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
138 Piermont Pier 18.4 3 662 0.5% 0.2%
139 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 1 116 0.9% 0.2%
140 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 1 116 0.9% 0.2%
141 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 1 116 0.9% 0.2%
142 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
143 Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 0.5 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
144 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 2 377 0.5% 0.1%
145 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 1 126 0.8% 0.1%
146 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 1 139 0.7% 0.1%
147 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 2 448 0.4% 0.1%
148 Kissena Park 8.6 1 145 0.7% 0.1%
149 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 145 0.7% 0.1%
150 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 148 0.7% 0.1%
151 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 150 0.7% 0.1%
152 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
153 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
154 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 1 165 0.6% 0.1%
155 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 1 174 0.6% 0.1%
156 Central Park--Cedar Hill 0.3 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
157 Disposal Rd. 7.7 1 188 0.5% 0.1%
158 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 1 205 0.5% 0.1%
159 River Barge Park 5.1 1 208 0.5% 0.1%
160 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 218 0.5% 0.1%
161 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 1 232 0.4% 0.1%
162 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 1 232 0.4% 0.1%
163 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 1 253 0.4% 0.1%
164 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 278 0.4% 0.1%
165 Carl Schurz Park 1.3 1 315 0.3% 0.1%
166 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 1 371 0.3% 0.0%
167 Bryant Park 2.1 1 389 0.3% 0.0%
168 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 471 0.2% 0.0%
169 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 1 538 0.2% 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.