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Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird 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 Brown-headed Cowbird 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 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 183 842 21.7% 19.1%
2 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
3 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 36 209 17.2% 12.7%
4 Queens County Farm Museum 13.0 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
5 Fort Tilden 15.7 26 186 14.0% 9.7%
6 Waterfront Park, Freeport 22.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
7 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 67 578 11.6% 9.2%
8 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 11 69 15.9% 9.1%
9 Cunningham Park 10.8 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
10 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
11 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
12 Old Troy County Park 23.0 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
13 Brooklyn College 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
14 Friends Academy 20.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
15 Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens 14.0 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
16 Trap House 21.3 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
17 Garvies Point Preserve 17.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
18 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 15 186 8.1% 4.9%
19 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 7 74 9.5% 4.7%
20 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
21 Baldwin Harbor Park 21.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
22 Midland Beach 15.8 9 107 8.4% 4.5%
23 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 5 52 9.6% 4.2%
24 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
25 Garvies Point Preserve--beach 17.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
26 Floyd Bennett Field--South Entrance 14.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
27 James J. Walker Park 4.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
28 Lincoln Park East 7.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
29 Alley Pond Park--Alley Athletic Fields 12.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
30 Central Park--Falconers Hill 0.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
31 Gravesend Bay 13.2 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
32 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 8 123 6.5% 3.3%
33 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 7 105 6.7% 3.3%
34 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
35 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
36 Freshkills Park 18.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
37 Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest 9.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
38 Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site) 20.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
39 Hackensack River Park 9.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
40 Randalls Island--Ferry Dock and environs 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
41 Roy Wilkins Park 12.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
42 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
43 Alley Pond Park--Little Alley Pond 12.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
44 Watchung Reservation--Deserted Village and Fields 23.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
45 Richmond Valley Rd. Pond 22.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
46 Bergen Beach 12.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
47 William Warren County Park 23.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
48 Plumb Beach 14.0 6 119 5.0% 2.3%
49 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
50 Palisades Park IBA 8.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
51 Canoe Brook Reservoir (Restricted Access) 20.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 Randalls Island--Icahn Stadium and environs 2.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
53 Nickerson Beach 23.3 6 125 4.8% 2.2%
54 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 7 163 4.3% 2.1%
55 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 22 704 3.1% 2.1%
56 Liberty SP 7.0 11 330 3.3% 1.9%
57 Little Bay Park, Bayside 9.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
58 Overpeck County Park 6.2 9 261 3.4% 1.8%
59 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
60 IKEA--Parking Lot 12.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
61 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
62 Sandy Hook 23.7 25 1001 2.5% 1.7%
63 Randalls Island 2.4 9 281 3.2% 1.7%
64 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 21 819 2.6% 1.7%
65 Central Park 0.7 40 1767 2.3% 1.7%
66 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 15 559 2.7% 1.6%
67 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 7 211 3.3% 1.6%
68 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
69 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 4 100 4.0% 1.6%
70 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 4 105 3.8% 1.5%
71 Captains Cove 17.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
72 Veterans Memorial Park (Whippany) 24.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
73 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 6 196 3.1% 1.4%
74 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
75 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
76 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
77 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 3 76 3.9% 1.4%
78 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
79 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 11 463 2.4% 1.3%
80 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 9 366 2.5% 1.3%
81 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 4 122 3.3% 1.3%
82 Hendrix Creek 10.4 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
83 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
84 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
85 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
86 Prospect Park 8.4 32 2088 1.5% 1.1%
87 Great Kills Park 18.0 7 323 2.2% 1.1%
88 Muttontown Preserve 22.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
89 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
90 Hempstead Plains Preserve 20.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
91 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 4 151 2.6% 1.0%
92 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
93 Riis Landing 15.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
94 Highbridge Park--S of Alexander Hamilton Bridge 4.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
95 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
96 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 3 110 2.7% 0.9%
97 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
98 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
99 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
100 Sunset Park (Brooklyn) 9.4 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
101 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
102 Ash Brook Reservation 23.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
103 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 8 496 1.6% 0.8%
104 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
105 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
106 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
107 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
108 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 4 198 2.0% 0.8%
109 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 11 785 1.4% 0.8%
110 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 3 133 2.3% 0.8%
111 Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion 10.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
112 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
113 Cemetery of the Evergreens 7.7 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
114 Lenape Park 19.7 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
115 Pelham Bay Park--Landfill 9.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
116 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
117 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
118 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 2 88 2.3% 0.6%
119 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 2 88 2.3% 0.6%
120 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 2 88 2.3% 0.6%
121 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
122 Wave Hill 8.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
123 Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 0.3 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
124 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
125 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 5 379 1.3% 0.6%
126 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 3 193 1.6% 0.5%
127 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
128 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 2 116 1.7% 0.5%
129 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 3 220 1.4% 0.5%
130 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 2 126 1.6% 0.4%
131 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
132 Point Lookout 24.4 3 237 1.3% 0.4%
133 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
134 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
135 Alley Pond Park 11.9 2 136 1.5% 0.4%
136 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
137 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
138 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
139 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 2 185 1.1% 0.3%
140 Mill Pond, Oyster Bay 23.2 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
141 Newark Liberty International Airport 12.8 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
142 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
143 The Celery Farm 19.5 4 588 0.7% 0.3%
144 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
145 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 2 214 0.9% 0.3%
146 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
147 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
148 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
149 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
150 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 2 232 0.9% 0.2%
151 Conference House Park 24.5 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
152 Prospect Park--Feeders 8.5 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
153 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 2 250 0.8% 0.2%
154 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
155 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
156 Bronx Zoo 6.7 2 257 0.8% 0.2%
157 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
158 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
159 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
160 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
161 Washington Square Park 3.8 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
162 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
163 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
164 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 1 101 1.0% 0.2%
165 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 2 323 0.6% 0.2%
166 Kissena Park 8.6 1 124 0.8% 0.1%
167 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 132 0.8% 0.1%
168 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 1 133 0.8% 0.1%
169 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 159 0.6% 0.1%
170 Central Park--North End 1.2 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
171 Union Square Park 3.4 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
172 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
173 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond 22.4 1 206 0.5% 0.1%
174 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 1 224 0.4% 0.1%
175 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 2 734 0.3% 0.1%
176 Wagner College 13.3 1 249 0.4% 0.1%
177 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 1 280 0.4% 0.1%
178 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 413 0.2% 0.0%
179 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 477 0.2% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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