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Where to find Common Merganser in December
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 Common Merganser 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 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 84 95 88.4% 80.4%
2 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 48 54 88.9% 77.8%
3 Lake Tappan 16.9 32 35 91.4% 77.6%
4 Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd. 18.9 37 41 90.2% 77.5%
5 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 171 219 78.1% 72.1%
6 Lake Parsippany 24.8 140 185 75.7% 69.0%
7 Point View Reservoir 19.8 58 73 79.5% 68.8%
8 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 69 95 72.6% 62.9%
9 Blauvelt Road Bridge (Hackensack River/Lake Tappan) 19.3 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
10 Canoe Brook Reservoir (Restricted Access) 20.3 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
11 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 23 32 71.9% 54.6%
12 Oradell Reservoir--Mudflats 13.9 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
13 Dundee Island Preserve 10.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
14 5th Avenue Wetlands, Hackensack River 20.0 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
15 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 29 46 63.0% 48.6%
16 Weequahic Park 13.5 44 74 59.5% 48.1%
17 Overpeck County Park 6.2 149 282 52.8% 47.0%
18 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 49 104 47.1% 37.8%
19 Lake Valhalla 23.7 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
20 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 58 136 42.6% 34.6%
21 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
22 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
23 Pines Lake 21.5 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
24 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 55 151 36.4% 29.2%
25 Hackensack--Foschini Park 8.1 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
26 Ridgefield Park--Bell Drive 4.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
27 Schlegel Lake 15.0 27 77 35.1% 25.3%
28 Woodcliff Lake Reservoir 16.9 7 15 46.7% 24.8%
29 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 240 896 26.8% 24.0%
30 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 31 96 32.3% 23.8%
31 Overpeck County Park--Palisades Park 5.4 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
32 Halifax Road 23.9 43 149 28.9% 22.2%
33 Paterson Great Falls NHP 14.6 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
34 Crestwood Lake, Yonkers 15.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
35 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
36 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 17 55 30.9% 20.3%
37 Piermont Pier 18.4 114 480 23.8% 20.2%
38 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 30 109 27.5% 20.0%
39 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 22 77 28.6% 19.7%
40 Orange Reservoir 16.7 15 51 29.4% 18.7%
41 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 19 70 27.1% 18.1%
42 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 20 77 26.0% 17.5%
43 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
44 Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.) 22.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
45 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 136 694 19.6% 16.8%
46 Piermont Marsh, Sparkill Creek (Observation Platform Area) 18.0 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
47 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 38 181 21.0% 15.7%
48 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 11 41 26.8% 15.7%
49 Silver Lake Preserve 21.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
50 Grassy Sprain Reservoir 14.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
51 Arbutus Lake 21.0 12 54 22.2% 13.2%
52 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 25 132 18.9% 13.2%
53 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 18 94 19.1% 12.5%
54 Franklin Lake 19.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
55 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 19 114 16.7% 10.9%
56 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
57 River Barge Park 5.1 11 60 18.3% 10.6%
58 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 31 217 14.3% 10.3%
59 Frank M. Chapman Birding Trail 9.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
60 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 27 188 14.4% 10.1%
61 Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories Environs 17.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
62 Great Oak Park 22.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
63 Joe Louis Memorial Park 22.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
64 Rockland Lake SP--Golf Course 24.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Clark Reservoir--Bartell Field 21.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 Meadowlands--Cromakill Creek Marsh 3.8 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
67 Sprain Ridge Park 14.4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
68 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 9 60 15.0% 8.1%
69 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
70 Pequannock Valley Park--Woodland Lake 20.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
71 Disposal Rd. 7.7 9 70 12.9% 6.9%
72 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
73 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
74 Goffle Brook Park 15.2 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
75 Indian Pond 9.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
76 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
77 Potash Lake 22.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
78 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
79 Sandy Hook 23.7 75 1094 6.9% 5.5%
80 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 6 54 11.1% 5.2%
81 Glen Island Park 12.0 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
82 Pascack Brook County Park 14.6 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
83 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
84 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
85 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 15 214 7.0% 4.3%
86 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 11 148 7.4% 4.2%
87 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 8 99 8.1% 4.2%
88 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
89 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
90 Pelham Bay Park--Landfill 9.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
91 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 13 200 6.5% 3.8%
92 Five Islands Park 13.9 7 90 7.8% 3.8%
93 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
94 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 20 350 5.7% 3.7%
95 Garvies Point Preserve--beach 17.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
96 Waterfront Park, Dobbs Ferry 16.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
97 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Buttermilk Hill area 23.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
98 Kensico Lake 24.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
99 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson 15.6 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
100 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 21 428 4.9% 3.2%
101 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 6 88 6.8% 3.2%
102 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
103 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
104 Hook Mountain 23.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
105 Silver Lake Reservoir 12.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
106 Hackensack River Park 9.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
107 Poplar Rd. Wildlife Sanctuary 16.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
108 Bayside Marina (Queens Co.) 10.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
109 Pocantico Lake County Park--Lake Outflow 23.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
110 Philipse Manor, Metro-North RR (Hudson Line) 22.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
111 DiDomenico Park Bayonne. 11.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
112 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
113 Kirby Lane Ponds, Rye 20.8 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
114 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 8 145 5.5% 2.8%
115 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
116 Liberty SP 7.0 17 388 4.4% 2.8%
117 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 11 228 4.8% 2.7%
118 1-E Landfill (Restricted Access) 7.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
119 Memorial Park (Rutherford) 9.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
120 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 29 808 3.6% 2.5%
121 The Celery Farm 19.5 25 702 3.6% 2.4%
122 Piermont Marsh 17.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
123 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 10 239 4.2% 2.3%
124 Palisades Park IBA 8.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
125 Palisades Park IBA--Southern Section 6.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
126 Milton Lake Park 21.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
127 Nassau County Stormwater Basin No. 21 14.4 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
128 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
129 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
130 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 5 103 4.9% 2.1%
131 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
132 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 4 78 5.1% 2.0%
133 Nyack Beach State Park 23.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
134 Titus Millpond 12.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
135 Children's Park, Chestnut Ridge 20.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
136 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 4 82 4.9% 1.9%
137 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
138 Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove 16.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
139 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
140 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
141 Essex County Environmental Center 19.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
142 Burke Estate, Hastings-on-Hudson 15.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
143 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
144 Darlington Park 22.3 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
145 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 10 315 3.2% 1.7%
146 Packanack Lake 18.5 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
147 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
148 Saxon Woods Park 18.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
149 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
150 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
151 Kingsland Point County Park 21.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
152 North Woodmere Park 15.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
153 Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site 15.5 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
154 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
155 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
156 Clark Reservoir 21.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
157 Devries Park 21.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
158 Hastings Meadowlands & Rowley's Bridge Trail 14.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
159 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
160 Kings Point Pond Preserve 11.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
161 Otter Creek Preserve 17.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
162 Wyckoff Lake 20.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
163 Matthiessen Park, Irvington 18.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
164 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 4 135 3.0% 1.2%
165 Rye Town Park 19.4 3 90 3.3% 1.1%
166 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
167 Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center 24.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
168 Memorial Park, Village of Nyack 21.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
169 Great Kills Park 18.0 7 349 2.0% 1.0%
170 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
171 Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark 9.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
172 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 5 230 2.2% 0.9%
173 Fort Washington Park (W 155th St. to Dyckman St.) 4.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
174 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 4 180 2.2% 0.9%
175 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
176 Larchmont (Westchester Co.) 15.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
177 MacNeil Park 6.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
178 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 3 128 2.3% 0.8%
179 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 4 197 2.0% 0.8%
180 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
181 William Warren County Park 23.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
182 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
183 Ash Brook Reservation 23.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
184 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
185 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 23.6 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
186 North Hudson Park 2.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
187 Florham Park Fields 22.8 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
188 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
189 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
190 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
191 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
192 Tallman Mountain SP 17.2 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
193 Powells Cove Park 6.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
194 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
195 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 2 90 2.2% 0.6%
196 Jacksons Pond 19.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
197 Lincoln Park West 7.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
198 Pryibil Beach 19.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
199 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
200 Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne 23.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
201 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
202 Bronx Zoo 6.7 4 268 1.5% 0.6%
203 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 2 95 2.1% 0.6%
204 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 6 485 1.2% 0.6%
205 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
206 Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck 16.7 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
207 Grant Park, Hewlett 17.4 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
208 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
209 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
210 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 2 106 1.9% 0.5%
211 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 2 107 1.9% 0.5%
212 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
213 Sea Cliff Beach 17.3 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
214 Shu Swamp Nature Preserve 22.1 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
215 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 2 128 1.6% 0.4%
216 Central Park 0.7 14 1947 0.7% 0.4%
217 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
218 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
219 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 4 383 1.0% 0.4%
220 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
221 Watchung Reservation 22.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
222 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
223 Point Lookout 24.4 3 263 1.1% 0.4%
224 Echo Lake Park 21.2 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
225 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
226 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
227 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
228 Cedar Grove Reservoir 14.0 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
229 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
230 Astoria Park 2.3 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
231 Prospect Park 8.4 13 2413 0.5% 0.3%
232 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
233 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
234 Passaic River Park (Union) 24.9 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
235 Fort Tilden 15.7 2 201 1.0% 0.3%
236 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 2 204 1.0% 0.3%
237 Van Name-Van Pelt Cove 14.0 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
238 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
239 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 5 889 0.6% 0.2%
240 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
241 Lenape Park 19.7 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
242 Crocheron Park 10.4 1 86 1.2% 0.2%
243 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
244 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 1 99 1.0% 0.2%
245 Verona Park 15.0 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
246 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 108 0.9% 0.2%
247 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
248 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 3 708 0.4% 0.1%
249 Nickerson Beach 23.3 1 133 0.8% 0.1%
250 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 1 150 0.7% 0.1%
251 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 1 152 0.7% 0.1%
252 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 201 0.5% 0.1%
253 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 1 229 0.4% 0.1%
254 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 1 250 0.4% 0.1%
255 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 1 281 0.4% 0.1%
256 Randalls Island 2.4 1 321 0.3% 0.1%
257 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 1 607 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.