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Where to find Common Merganser in February
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 Common Merganser in February. 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 Weequahic Park 13.5 56 67 83.6% 72.9%
2 Lake Parsippany 24.8 117 147 79.6% 72.4%
3 Woodcliff Lake Reservoir 16.9 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
4 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 20 22 90.9% 72.2%
5 Point View Reservoir 19.8 31 36 86.1% 71.3%
6 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 61 78 78.2% 67.8%
7 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 88 117 75.2% 66.7%
8 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
9 Overpeck County Park 6.2 122 170 71.8% 64.6%
10 Halifax Road 23.9 171 250 68.4% 62.4%
11 River Barge Park 5.1 72 102 70.6% 61.1%
12 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 15 18 83.3% 60.8%
13 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 31 41 75.6% 60.7%
14 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 90 133 67.7% 59.3%
15 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 52 77 67.5% 56.5%
16 Potash Lake 22.6 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
17 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 525 940 55.9% 52.7%
18 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 63 102 61.8% 52.1%
19 Orange Reservoir 16.7 19 27 70.4% 51.5%
20 Jacksons Pond 19.7 38 60 63.3% 50.7%
21 Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd. 18.9 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
22 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 53 92 57.6% 47.4%
23 Hackensack--Foschini Park 8.1 20 31 64.5% 46.9%
24 Crestwood Lake, Yonkers 15.0 16 24 66.7% 46.7%
25 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 60 107 56.1% 46.6%
26 Overpeck County Park--Palisades Park 5.4 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
27 Lake Valhalla 23.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
28 Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.) 22.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
29 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 68 132 51.5% 43.1%
30 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
31 Mill Pond, Oyster Bay 23.2 31 56 55.4% 42.4%
32 Nassau County Stormwater Basin No. 21 14.4 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
33 Lake Tappan 16.9 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
34 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
35 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 27 50 54.0% 40.4%
36 Packanack Lake 18.5 23 42 54.8% 39.9%
37 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
38 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 70 154 45.5% 37.8%
39 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 50 108 46.3% 37.2%
40 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 31 66 47.0% 35.4%
41 Piermont Pier 18.4 161 402 40.0% 35.4%
42 Silver Lake Preserve 21.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
43 Bradys Pond 13.5 10 18 55.6% 33.7%
44 Schlegel Lake 15.0 27 59 45.8% 33.7%
45 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 56 137 40.9% 33.0%
46 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 21 45 46.7% 32.9%
47 Indian Pond 9.1 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
48 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 35 84 41.7% 31.7%
49 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 47 123 38.2% 30.1%
50 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 87 246 35.4% 29.7%
51 Clarks Pond 11.6 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
52 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 24 62 38.7% 27.6%
53 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 43 127 33.9% 26.2%
54 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
55 Two Bridges (Lincoln Park) 17.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
56 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
57 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 17 46 37.0% 24.5%
58 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 20 58 34.5% 23.6%
59 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 48 161 29.8% 23.3%
60 Clark Reservoir--Clark Little League 21.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
61 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
62 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 39 141 27.7% 20.9%
63 Essex County Environmental Center 19.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
64 Kingsland Point County Park 21.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
65 Joe Louis Memorial Park 22.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
66 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
67 Clark Reservoir--Bartell Field 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
68 Terhune Memorial Park 22.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
69 Taylortown Reservoir 24.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
70 Hudson RiverWalk, Tarrytown 20.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
71 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 12 36 33.3% 20.2%
72 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 18 60 30.0% 19.9%
73 Ridgefield Park--Bell Drive 4.6 5 12 41.7% 19.3%
74 New Bridge Landing 9.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
75 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 13 43 30.2% 18.6%
76 Moravian Cemetery 15.9 28 111 25.2% 18.1%
77 Pequannock Valley Park--Woodland Lake 20.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
78 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 40 187 21.4% 16.1%
79 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 13 50 26.0% 15.9%
80 Clark Reservoir 21.2 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
81 Pocantico Lake County Park--Lake Outflow 23.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
82 Van Bushirk Island County Park 11.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
83 White's Pond 18.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
84 Silver Lake (Bergen Co.) 18.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
85 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 58 312 18.6% 14.7%
86 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 11 46 23.9% 13.9%
87 Hackensack River Park 9.3 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
88 Clark Reservoir--Madison Hill Road 21.1 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
89 Jerome Park Reservoir 7.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
90 Prospect Park 8.4 274 1997 13.7% 12.3%
91 Rahway River Park 20.1 11 54 20.4% 11.8%
92 Poplar Rd. Wildlife Sanctuary 16.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
93 Kensico Lake 24.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
94 Great Oak Park 22.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
95 Lister Park 18.5 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
96 Palisades Park IBA--Southern Section 6.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
97 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
98 New Creek Watershed, Slater Blvd. bridge 15.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
99 VE Macy Park--Great Hunger Memorial 18.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
100 Grant Park, Hewlett 17.4 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
101 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
102 Dubos Point 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
103 Garvies Point Preserve--beach 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
104 Domino Park 4.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
105 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 9 53 17.0% 9.2%
106 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 49 416 11.8% 9.0%
107 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
108 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
109 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
110 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 15 117 12.8% 7.9%
111 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
112 Disposal Rd. 7.7 17 150 11.3% 7.2%
113 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 10 80 12.5% 6.9%
114 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
115 Echo Lake Park 21.2 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
116 Oradell Reservoir--Mudflats 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
117 Seguine Pond and waterfront 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
118 Plandome Heights Preserve 13.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
119 Columbus Park, Mamaroneck 17.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
120 Frank M. Chapman Birding Trail 9.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
121 Sprain Ridge Park 14.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
122 Piermont Marsh 17.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
123 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 9 86 10.5% 5.6%
124 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 17 213 8.0% 5.0%
125 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 25 352 7.1% 4.9%
126 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 10 118 8.5% 4.7%
127 Chatham Sewage Ponds 21.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
128 Anderson Creek Marsh 6.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
129 Dundee Island Preserve 10.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
130 DiDomenico Park Bayonne. 11.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
131 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
132 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
133 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 9 114 7.9% 4.2%
134 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
135 Bloodgoods Pond 20.3 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
136 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
137 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 7 87 8.0% 4.0%
138 Sandy Hook 23.7 43 817 5.3% 3.9%
139 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 8 109 7.3% 3.8%
140 Liberty SP 7.0 21 370 5.7% 3.7%
141 Saddle River County Park 11.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
142 Grasslands Reservation, Valhalla 22.6 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
143 J. Owen Grundy Park 5.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
144 Front St., Waterfront 12.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
145 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 11 181 6.1% 3.4%
146 Verona Park 15.0 5 66 7.6% 3.3%
147 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 5 67 7.5% 3.2%
148 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
149 Palisades Park IBA--Alpine Section 11.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
150 Meadowlands--Cromakill Creek Marsh 3.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
151 Hudson River waterfront, Tarrytown 20.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
152 Weasel Brook Park, Clifton 11.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
153 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 15 307 4.9% 3.0%
154 Bronx River Pkwy Reservation--Crestwood Lake 14.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
155 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 23.6 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
156 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
157 The Celery Farm 19.5 25 628 4.0% 2.7%
158 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
159 Pascack Brook County Park 14.6 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
160 Nyack Beach State Park 23.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
161 St. George Ferry Terminal 11.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
162 Woodlands Lake 18.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
163 Greenwich Harbor 24.1 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
164 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 6 115 5.2% 2.4%
165 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 6 117 5.1% 2.4%
166 Lenape Park 19.7 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
167 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
168 Hudson River Waterfront Walkway (Hoboken-Newport) 4.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
169 Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield 6.8 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
170 Rye Playland 20.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
171 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
172 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
173 Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark 9.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
174 Randalls Island 2.4 7 184 3.8% 1.9%
175 Mill Pond, Port Washington 14.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
176 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
177 Central Park 0.7 41 1730 2.4% 1.8%
178 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 10 313 3.2% 1.7%
179 Shu Swamp Nature Preserve 22.1 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
180 Watchung Reservation 22.7 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
181 Hendrix Creek 10.4 4 91 4.4% 1.7%
182 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson 15.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
183 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
184 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
185 Mills Reservation 13.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
186 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
187 Playland Lake 20.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
188 Astoria Park 2.3 3 69 4.3% 1.5%
189 Milton Lake Park 21.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
190 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
191 Barbour Pond Park 18.7 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
192 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 22 1093 2.0% 1.3%
193 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 6 212 2.8% 1.3%
194 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
195 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
196 Branch Brook Park--South 11.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
197 Bronxville Lake, Tuckahoe 13.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
198 Rahway River--Yacht Club Overlook 19.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
199 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
200 Warinanco Park 16.7 4 131 3.1% 1.2%
201 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
202 North Woodmere Park 15.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
203 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 3 97 3.1% 1.1%
204 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
205 Arbutus Lake 21.0 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
206 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
207 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 3 122 2.5% 0.8%
208 Little Bay Park, Bayside 9.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
209 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
210 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
211 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 3 129 2.3% 0.8%
212 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
213 Morris Canal Basin 6.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
214 Bronx Zoo 6.7 5 283 1.8% 0.8%
215 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
216 Riis Landing 15.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
217 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
218 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 3 143 2.1% 0.7%
219 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
220 Olympia Blvd. Pond 15.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
221 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
222 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
223 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 3 157 1.9% 0.7%
224 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
225 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
226 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
227 Great Kills Park 18.0 4 268 1.5% 0.6%
228 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
229 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
230 Florham Park Fields 22.8 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
231 Brookdale Park 12.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
232 Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn) 8.0 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
233 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.) 23.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
234 Crystal Lake Park 6.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
235 Point Lookout 24.4 4 316 1.3% 0.5%
236 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
237 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
238 Midland Beach 15.8 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
239 Milburn Pond Park 21.0 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
240 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
241 Brookfield Park 18.2 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
242 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 2 142 1.4% 0.4%
243 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 2 146 1.4% 0.4%
244 College of Staten Island 15.7 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
245 Randalls Island--saltmarsh at Little Hell Gate Inlet 2.2 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
246 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
247 Passaic River Park (Union) 24.9 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
248 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
249 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 2 190 1.1% 0.3%
250 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
251 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
252 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
253 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 2 235 0.9% 0.2%
254 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
255 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
256 Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 5.8 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
257 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 4 759 0.5% 0.2%
258 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
259 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
260 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 3 554 0.5% 0.2%
261 Riverside Park--North of 96th St. 1.8 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
262 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
263 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
264 Fort Tilden 15.7 1 120 0.8% 0.1%
265 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 3 733 0.4% 0.1%
266 Oyster Bay Marine Center (Sagamore Yacht Club) 23.8 1 131 0.8% 0.1%
267 Carl Schurz Park 1.3 1 156 0.6% 0.1%
268 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
269 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 1 158 0.6% 0.1%
270 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 1 159 0.6% 0.1%
271 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 1 162 0.6% 0.1%
272 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 2 535 0.4% 0.1%
273 Central Park--North End 1.2 1 182 0.5% 0.1%
274 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 1 420 0.2% 0.0%