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Where to find Ruddy Duck in March
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 Ruddy Duck in March. 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 Piermont Pier 18.4 271 303 89.4% 85.5%
2 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 98 110 89.1% 81.9%
3 Lister Park 18.5 19 20 95.0% 76.4%
4 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 86 103 83.5% 75.1%
5 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 484 624 77.6% 74.1%
6 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 321 414 77.5% 73.3%
7 Lake Parsippany 24.8 262 342 76.6% 71.8%
8 Weequahic Park 13.5 63 78 80.8% 70.7%
9 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 285 383 74.4% 69.8%
10 Brookville Park 14.3 41 50 82.0% 69.2%
11 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 64 84 76.2% 66.1%
12 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 46 59 78.0% 65.9%
13 Jerome Park Reservoir 7.6 15 17 88.2% 65.7%
14 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 194 274 70.8% 65.2%
15 Packanack Lake 18.5 56 74 75.7% 64.8%
16 Prospect Park 8.4 2166 3313 65.4% 63.7%
17 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 36 47 76.6% 62.8%
18 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 136 197 69.0% 62.3%
19 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 290 436 66.5% 62.0%
20 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 43 58 74.1% 61.6%
21 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 106 155 68.4% 60.7%
22 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 22 30 73.3% 55.6%
23 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 70 109 64.2% 54.9%
24 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 39 59 66.1% 53.4%
25 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 384 676 56.8% 53.0%
26 Harlem River, Pier 107 1.7 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
27 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 24 35 68.6% 52.0%
28 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 80 133 60.2% 51.7%
29 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 42 68 61.8% 49.9%
30 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 33 55 60.0% 46.8%
31 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 43 74 58.1% 46.7%
32 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 389 818 47.6% 44.2%
33 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 35 62 56.5% 44.1%
34 Lake Valhalla 23.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
35 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 145 302 48.0% 42.4%
36 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 417 944 44.2% 41.0%
37 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 36 69 52.2% 40.6%
38 Grant Park, Hewlett 17.4 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
39 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd. 11.1 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
40 Hendrix Creek 10.4 44 90 48.9% 38.8%
41 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 49 104 47.1% 37.8%
42 Lake Tappan 16.9 21 41 51.2% 36.5%
43 Bradys Pond 13.5 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
44 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 54 130 41.5% 33.4%
45 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 27 62 43.5% 31.9%
46 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
47 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 33 84 39.3% 29.5%
48 Central Park 0.7 782 2549 30.7% 28.9%
49 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 34 91 37.4% 28.1%
50 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 19 48 39.6% 27.0%
51 Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd. 18.9 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
52 Central Park--North End 1.2 138 453 30.5% 26.4%
53 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
54 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 43 130 33.1% 25.6%
55 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 32 93 34.4% 25.5%
56 Crestwood Lake, Yonkers 15.0 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
57 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 71 240 29.6% 24.2%
58 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 23 67 34.3% 24.1%
59 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 25 78 32.1% 22.7%
60 Lawrence Marsh incl. Pond X 17.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
61 Sound View Park 5.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
62 Faber Park 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
63 Weehawken Reservoir 3.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
64 East Rockaway High School 18.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
65 Harlem River, 90th-107th St. 1.3 11 32 34.4% 20.4%
66 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 43 162 26.5% 20.3%
67 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 21 72 29.2% 19.9%
68 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 28 103 27.2% 19.5%
69 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 13 42 31.0% 19.1%
70 Silver Lake Reservoir 12.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
71 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 21 80 26.2% 17.9%
72 Hudson River Waterfront Walkway (Hoboken-Newport) 4.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
73 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
74 River Barge Park 5.1 27 120 22.5% 15.9%
75 Port Liberte 8.6 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
76 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 11 41 26.8% 15.7%
77 Schlegel Lake 15.0 25 114 21.9% 15.3%
78 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
79 Coney Island Creek 13.9 9 33 27.3% 15.1%
80 Harlem River, 107th-125th St. 2.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
81 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 38 203 18.7% 14.0%
82 Liberty SP 7.0 84 528 15.9% 13.0%
83 Randalls Island 2.4 46 271 17.0% 13.0%
84 Milburn Pond Park 21.0 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
85 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 16 81 19.8% 12.5%
86 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
87 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 28 172 16.3% 11.5%
88 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
89 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 20 121 16.5% 11.0%
90 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 61 440 13.9% 10.9%
91 Meadowlands--Cromakill Creek Marsh 3.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
92 Randalls Island--Waters Edge Garden (103rd St. Brg.-Little Hell Gate) 1.8 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
93 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 10 53 18.9% 10.6%
94 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 14 81 17.3% 10.6%
95 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
96 Crocheron Park 10.4 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
97 Rahway River--Yacht Club Overlook 19.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
98 Little Neck Bay, Marsh 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
99 Branch Brook Park--South 11.5 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
100 Alley Pond Park--LIE (CIP Intersection) 11.8 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
101 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 6 36 16.7% 7.9%
102 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
103 Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity 0.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
104 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
105 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
106 Hudson Park and Beach 13.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
107 Newark Bay at Richmond Terr. & Western Ave. 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 Mount Prospect Park 7.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
109 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek 14.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 9 81 11.1% 6.0%
111 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 20 222 9.0% 5.9%
112 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 7 59 11.9% 5.9%
113 Central Park--Conservatory Garden 1.1 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
114 Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 0.5 6 53 11.3% 5.3%
115 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
116 Clark Reservoir 21.2 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
117 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
118 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
119 Point View Reservoir 19.8 7 70 10.0% 4.9%
120 Lincoln Park West 7.5 6 59 10.2% 4.7%
121 Bushwick Inlet Park 4.1 5 47 10.6% 4.6%
122 Central Park--North Woods 1.3 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
123 Florham Park Fields 22.8 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
124 Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park 14.9 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
125 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Porpoise Bridge 6.9 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
126 North Woodmere Park 15.5 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
127 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 19 299 6.4% 4.1%
128 Piermont Marsh 17.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
129 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
130 Greenwich -- End of Steamboat Rd 24.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
131 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 7 98 7.1% 3.5%
132 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 5 62 8.1% 3.5%
133 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
134 Central Park--The Lake (Lower Lobe aka Wagner Cove) 0.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
135 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 7 112 6.2% 3.1%
136 Caven Point Rd 8.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
137 Nyack Beach State Park 23.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
138 Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site) 20.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
139 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 11 214 5.1% 2.9%
140 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
141 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
142 Central Park--Spector Playground and vicinity 0.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
143 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 7 134 5.2% 2.6%
144 Central Park--North Meadow 0.8 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
145 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
146 West Shore Rentention Pond 19.8 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
147 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 40 1290 3.1% 2.3%
148 Bar Beach Town Park 16.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
149 Kings Point Pond Preserve 11.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
150 Randalls Island--Icahn Stadium and environs 2.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
151 Alley Pond Park 11.9 11 279 3.9% 2.2%
152 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 30 964 3.1% 2.2%
153 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 7 158 4.4% 2.2%
154 Fort Totten Park 10.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
155 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 7 163 4.3% 2.1%
156 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
157 Huguenot Lake 13.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
158 Randalls Island--Ferry Dock and environs 2.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
159 Woodcliff Lake Reservoir 16.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
160 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
161 Central Park--Blockhouse 1.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
162 Prospect Park--Feeders 8.5 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
163 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 9 261 3.4% 1.8%
164 Spring Creek, Fountain Ave. (Brooklyn) 10.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
165 Overpeck County Park--Palisades Park 5.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
166 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 14 517 2.7% 1.6%
167 Liberty Island, onshore (New York Co.) 7.5 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
168 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
169 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
170 Randalls Island--Southwest section 1.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
171 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
172 Rye Playland 20.0 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
173 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
174 The Celery Farm 19.5 22 1059 2.1% 1.4%
175 Garden City (Nassau Co.) 17.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
176 Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield 6.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
177 Columbia St. Pier 8.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
178 Overpeck County Park 6.2 6 203 3.0% 1.4%
179 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
180 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 4 122 3.3% 1.3%
181 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
182 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 4 125 3.2% 1.3%
183 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
184 Kensico Lake 24.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
185 Brightwood Park 22.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
186 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
187 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 6 246 2.4% 1.1%
188 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
189 Silver Lake Park (Nassau Co.) 20.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
190 Newark Bay--Old Tressel 12.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
191 Potash Lake 22.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
192 Mill Pond, Port Washington 14.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
193 Stuyvesant Cove Park (18th-23rd St.) 3.4 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
194 Sandy Hook 23.7 15 968 1.5% 0.9%
195 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
196 Glen Island Park 12.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
197 Stevens Institute of Technology 3.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
198 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 5.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
199 Van Saun Park 11.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
200 Great Kills Park 18.0 5 256 2.0% 0.8%
201 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
202 Central Park--Falconers Hill 0.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
203 Hackensack--Foschini Park 8.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
204 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
205 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area 11.7 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
206 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 3 138 2.2% 0.7%
207 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 4 212 1.9% 0.7%
208 Arbutus Lake 21.0 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
209 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
210 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
211 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
212 Central Park--The Lake (Hernshead) 0.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
213 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
214 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 6 411 1.5% 0.7%
215 Central Park--Compost Area 1.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
216 Kissena Park 8.6 3 159 1.9% 0.6%
217 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
218 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 54 vicinity (W 13th St.) 3.6 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
219 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 8 674 1.2% 0.6%
220 Plumb Beach 14.0 3 173 1.7% 0.6%
221 Tallman Mountain SP 17.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
222 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
223 Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn) 8.0 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
224 Socrates Sculpture Park 1.8 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
225 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
226 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
227 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
228 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 6 564 1.1% 0.5%
229 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 3 215 1.4% 0.5%
230 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
231 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
232 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
233 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
234 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 2 131 1.5% 0.4%
235 Randalls Island--saltmarsh at Little Hell Gate Inlet 2.2 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
236 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 6 693 0.9% 0.4%
237 Disposal Rd. 7.7 2 143 1.4% 0.4%
238 Central Park--Tanners Spring 0.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
239 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 10 1585 0.6% 0.3%
240 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
241 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
242 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
243 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
244 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
245 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
246 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 2 224 0.9% 0.2%
247 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
248 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
249 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 3 442 0.7% 0.2%
250 Point Lookout 24.4 2 243 0.8% 0.2%
251 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
252 Shu Swamp Nature Preserve 22.1 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
253 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
254 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
255 Fort Tilden 15.7 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
256 Forest Park 8.2 1 186 0.5% 0.1%
257 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 187 0.5% 0.1%
258 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 1 280 0.4% 0.1%
259 Bronx Zoo 6.7 1 356 0.3% 0.0%