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Where to find Ruddy Duck in April
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 April. 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			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	98	103	95.1%	89.1%
2			Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access)	5.3	30	31	96.8%	83.8%
3			Lake Parsippany	24.8	169	202	83.7%	77.9%
4			Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.)	12.5	71	83	85.5%	76.4%
5			Piermont Pier	18.4	182	230	79.1%	73.4%
6			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	610	814	74.9%	71.8%
7			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	308	419	73.5%	69.1%
8			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	34	43	79.1%	64.8%
9			Jerome Park Reservoir	7.6	24	34	70.6%	53.8%
10			Prospect Park--Prospect Lake	8.7	353	628	56.2%	52.3%
11			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	622	1153	53.9%	51.1%
12			Bradys Pond	13.5	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
13			Central Park--Reservoir	0.4	360	718	50.1%	46.5%
14			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	42	77	54.5%	43.5%
15			Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3	20.4	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
16			Prospect Park	8.4	3190	7240	44.1%	42.9%
17			Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods	13.2	61	121	50.4%	41.6%
18			Weequahic Park	13.5	18	32	56.2%	39.3%
19			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	62	135	45.9%	37.7%
20			Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir)	15.6	96	220	43.6%	37.2%
21			Lake Tappan	16.9	38	80	47.5%	36.9%
22			Brookville Park	14.3	33	71	46.5%	35.4%
23			Weehawken Reservoir	3.5	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
24			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	14	27	51.9%	34.0%
25			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	36	83	43.4%	33.2%
26			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	14	28	50.0%	32.6%
27			Central Park--Harlem Meer	1.3	108	285	37.9%	32.5%
28			Packanack Lake	18.5	25	56	44.6%	32.4%
29			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	349	1052	33.2%	30.4%
30			Van Cortlandt Park	9.1	50	132	37.9%	30.1%
31			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	55	147	37.4%	30.0%
32			Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone	8.7	36	98	36.7%	27.9%
33			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	9	19	47.4%	27.3%
34			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	36	108	33.3%	25.2%
35			Silver Lake Reservoir	12.5	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
36			Lake Tappan (NY)	18.7	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
37			Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill	8.8	22	65	33.8%	23.5%
38			Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake	10.9	133	499	26.7%	23.0%
39			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	153	602	25.4%	22.1%
40			Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond	11.9	14	41	34.1%	21.6%
41			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)	11.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
42			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
43			Tarrytown Lakes Park	21.8	66	264	25.0%	20.2%
44			Baisley Pond Park	11.9	11	34	32.4%	19.1%
45			Ridgewood Reservoir	7.6	29	117	24.8%	17.8%
46			Hendrix Creek	10.4	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
47			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	164	816	20.1%	17.5%
48			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	20	77	26.0%	17.5%
49			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	15	55	27.3%	17.3%
50			Lincoln Park Gravel Pits	20.2	11	38	28.9%	17.0%
51			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	13	54	24.1%	14.6%
52			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	9	34	26.5%	14.6%
53			Central Park	0.7	950	6195	15.3%	14.5%
54			Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn)	10.1	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
55			Meadowlands--Cromakill Creek Marsh	3.8	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
56			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	22	125	17.6%	11.9%
57			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
58			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	26	162	16.0%	11.2%
59			Central Park--North End	1.2	173	1406	12.3%	10.7%
60			Flushing Meadows Corona Park	7.2	13	74	17.6%	10.6%
61			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	23	153	15.0%	10.2%
62			Jersey City Reservoir #3 & Pershing Field Park	5.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
63			Portchester Waterfront	22.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
64			Sound View Park	5.4	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
65			Liberty SP	7.0	72	688	10.5%	8.4%
66			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
67			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.)	6.9	6	35	17.1%	8.1%
68			Schlegel Lake	15.0	11	81	13.6%	7.8%
69			Twin Lakes Preserve	24.7	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
70			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
71			Mill Pond Park, Bellmore	24.7	10	74	13.5%	7.5%
72			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	8	58	13.8%	7.2%
73			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	8	59	13.6%	7.0%
74			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	6	44	13.6%	6.4%
75			Cammanns Pond Park	23.5	12	113	10.6%	6.2%
76			Freshkills Park--East Mound	17.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
77			Alley Pond Park--LIE (CIP Intersection)	11.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
78			Elizabeth River--Hillside Township Park	15.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
79			Central Park--Conservatory Garden	1.1	5	36	13.9%	6.1%
80			Randalls Island	2.4	22	248	8.9%	5.9%
81			Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy	10.9	5	38	13.2%	5.8%
82			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	20	237	8.4%	5.5%
83			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	11	115	9.6%	5.4%
84			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	7	65	10.8%	5.3%
85			North Woodmere Park	15.5	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
86			Poplar Rd. Wildlife Sanctuary	16.6	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
87			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
88			Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd.	18.9	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
89			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	7	75	9.3%	4.6%
90			Harlem River, Pier 107	1.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
91			Kingsland Point County Park	21.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
92			Piermont Marsh	17.6	3	24	12.5%	4.3%
93			Central Park--Fort Clinton	1.2	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
94			Branch Brook Park--South	11.5	5	60	8.3%	3.6%
95			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	17	317	5.4%	3.4%
96			Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.)	0.5	6	85	7.1%	3.3%
97			Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area	4.5	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
98			Randalls Island--Icahn Stadium and environs	2.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
99			Highland Park (Brooklyn)	7.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
100			Central Park--Lawn Bowling Green	0.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
101			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
102			Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve	18.5	5	79	6.3%	2.7%
103			William H. Pouch Boy Scout Camp	15.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
104			Spring Creek, Fountain Ave. (Brooklyn)	10.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
105			Boonton Reservoir	24.1	11	247	4.5%	2.5%
106			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	14	343	4.1%	2.4%
107			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	8	178	4.5%	2.3%
108			Central Park--Great Lawn	0.0	4	69	5.8%	2.3%
109			Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site)	20.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
110			Central Park--North Meadow Butterfly Gardens	1.0	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
111			FDR Drive btwn 38-42nd St. incl. U Thant Is.	2.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
112			Central Park--96th Street Playground and vicinity	0.7	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
113			Van Cortlandt Park--NE Forest	9.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
114			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
115			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Porpoise Bridge	6.9	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
116			Central Park--North Woods	1.3	5	120	4.2%	1.8%
117			Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity	0.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
118			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
119			Commerce Road Wetlands	19.6	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
120			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake	8.0	6	160	3.8%	1.7%
121			Crocheron Park	10.4	3	60	5.0%	1.7%
122			Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake)	22.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
123			Pelham Bay Park--Landfill	9.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
124			Hudson River Waterfront Walkway (Hoboken-Newport)	4.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
125			Central Park--The Ramble	0.3	69	3568	1.9%	1.5%
126			Central Park--The Lake (Hernshead)	0.4	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
127			Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot	12.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
128			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	6	194	3.1%	1.4%
129			Playland Lake	20.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
130			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	8	306	2.6%	1.3%
131			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	3	78	3.8%	1.3%
132			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
133			Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch)	1.1	21	1082	1.9%	1.3%
134			Smith Pond, Rockville Center	18.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
135			Randalls Island--Southwest section	1.7	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
136			Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.)	0.1	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
137			The Celery Farm	19.5	29	1652	1.8%	1.2%
138			Harlem River, 90th-107th St.	1.3	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
139			Highland Park (Queens Co.)	7.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
140			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	37	2294	1.6%	1.2%
141			Central Park--North Meadow	0.8	3	89	3.4%	1.2%
142			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	3	91	3.3%	1.1%
143			Spring Creek Park	10.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
144			Kissena Park	8.6	6	270	2.2%	1.0%
145			Udalls Cove Park Preserve	11.6	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
146			Tallman Mountain SP	17.2	2	56	3.6%	1.0%
147			Rockefeller SP Preserve	23.6	9	501	1.8%	0.9%
148			Central Park--The Lake	0.4	4	165	2.4%	0.9%
149			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
150			Bee Meadow Park	23.6	2	60	3.3%	0.9%
151			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	4	175	2.3%	0.9%
152			The Landing, Dobbs Ferry	17.0	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
153			Coney Island Creek	13.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
154			Irvington Woods	18.8	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
155			Leeds Pond Preserve	14.1	2	64	3.1%	0.9%
156			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	6	323	1.9%	0.9%
157			Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe)	0.3	3	121	2.5%	0.8%
158			Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access)	4.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
159			Alley Pond Park--Little Alley Pond	12.2	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
160			Orange Reservoir	16.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
161			Central Park--Great Hill	1.2	4	203	2.0%	0.8%
162			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	4	208	1.9%	0.8%
163			Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum	0.2	4	210	1.9%	0.7%
164			Central Park--The Oven and The Point	0.4	3	140	2.1%	0.7%
165			Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve	13.2	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
166			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
167			Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area	6.2	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
168			Hudson River Greenway--Pier 54 vicinity (W 13th St.)	3.6	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
169			Central Park--Wildflower Meadow	1.1	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
170			Central Park--Blockhouse	1.3	3	163	1.8%	0.6%
171			Oakwood Beach	17.4	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
172			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	2	91	2.2%	0.6%
173			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	2	99	2.0%	0.6%
174			Saddle River County Park	11.2	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
175			Central Park--The Pool	1.0	7	638	1.1%	0.5%
176			Bronxville Lake, Tuckahoe	13.3	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
177			Central Park--SW from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr.	1.0	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
178			Central Park--The Knoll	1.0	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
179			Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere	7.8	3	216	1.4%	0.5%
180			Central Park--Sheep Meadow	0.8	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
181			Central Park--Cherry Hill	0.5	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
182			Central Park--Turtle Pond	0.1	6	653	0.9%	0.4%
183			Disposal Rd.	7.7	2	131	1.5%	0.4%
184			Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park	2.1	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
185			Arbutus Lake	21.0	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
186			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
187			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
188			Sandy Hook	23.7	9	1500	0.6%	0.3%
189			Central Park--Locust Grove	0.1	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
190			Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot	12.6	1	67	1.5%	0.3%
191			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	1	67	1.5%	0.3%
192			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
193			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area	23.7	3	407	0.7%	0.3%
194			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
195			Central Park--Summit Rock	0.2	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
196			Central Park--Belvedere Castle	0.2	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
197			Central Park--Greywacke Arch	0.1	1	81	1.2%	0.2%
198			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	1	82	1.2%	0.2%
199			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	1	83	1.2%	0.2%
200			River Barge Park	5.1	1	84	1.2%	0.2%
201			Central Park--Falconers Hill	0.6	1	86	1.2%	0.2%
202			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	1	90	1.1%	0.2%
203			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	1	93	1.1%	0.2%
204			Central Park--Evodia Field	0.3	1	93	1.1%	0.2%
205			Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek	11.3	1	95	1.1%	0.2%
206			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	1	100	1.0%	0.2%
207			Central Park--Sparrow Rock section	0.2	1	102	1.0%	0.2%
208			Central Park--Strawberry Field	0.6	2	323	0.6%	0.2%
209			Central Park--Maintenance Meadow	0.2	1	107	0.9%	0.2%
210			Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout	14.7	1	108	0.9%	0.2%
211			Overpeck County Park	6.2	1	117	0.9%	0.2%
212			Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park	18.5	1	127	0.8%	0.1%
213			South Mountain Reservation	17.6	1	128	0.8%	0.1%
214			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	1	128	0.8%	0.1%
215			Brooklyn Botanic Garden	7.8	2	407	0.5%	0.1%
216			Central Park--Tanners Spring	0.2	1	140	0.7%	0.1%
217			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	2	506	0.4%	0.1%
218			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	1	174	0.6%	0.1%
219			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	1	183	0.5%	0.1%
220			Great Kills Park	18.0	1	220	0.5%	0.1%
221			Clove Lakes Park	13.6	2	769	0.3%	0.1%
222			Bronx Zoo	6.7	1	347	0.3%	0.1%
223			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	2	1116	0.2%	0.0%
224			Alley Pond Park	11.9	1	409	0.2%	0.0%
225			Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary	1.1	1	466	0.2%	0.0%
226			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	1	690	0.1%	0.0%
227			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	1	728	0.1%	0.0%
228			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	1	2031	0.0%	0.0%