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Where to find Ruddy Duck in May
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 May. 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	13.6	1075	1892	56.8%	54.6%
2			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	418	749	55.8%	52.2%
3			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	90	156	57.7%	49.8%
4			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	23	44	52.3%	37.9%
5			Jerome Park Reservoir	7.6	9	17	52.9%	31.0%
6			Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access)	5.3	11	24	45.8%	27.9%
7			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	485	1827	26.5%	24.6%
8			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	32	106	30.2%	22.3%
9			Central Park--Reservoir	0.4	115	514	22.4%	19.0%
10			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	55	247	22.3%	17.5%
11			Piermont Pier	18.4	60	282	21.3%	16.9%
12			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
13			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	25	119	21.0%	14.7%
14			Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.)	12.5	12	50	24.0%	14.3%
15			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	20	102	19.6%	13.1%
16			Lake Parsippany	24.8	7	31	22.6%	11.4%
17			Lake Tappan	16.9	16	93	17.2%	10.9%
18			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	19	141	13.5%	8.8%
19			Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods	13.2	19	144	13.2%	8.6%
20			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
21			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	16	125	12.8%	8.0%
22			New York Institute of Technology	19.0	5	29	17.2%	7.6%
23			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	7	51	13.7%	6.8%
24			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	7	52	13.5%	6.7%
25			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	64	764	8.4%	6.6%
26			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Train Bridge	12.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
27			Prospect Park	8.4	534	8052	6.6%	6.1%
28			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	6	53	11.3%	5.3%
29			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	5	42	11.9%	5.2%
30			Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)	15.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
31			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	9	111	8.1%	4.3%
32			Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.)	0.5	14	204	6.9%	4.1%
33			Flushing Meadows Corona Park	7.2	5	54	9.3%	4.0%
34			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	8	109	7.3%	3.8%
35			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	10	146	6.8%	3.8%
36			Central Park	0.7	331	8750	3.8%	3.4%
37			Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill	8.8	4	47	8.5%	3.4%
38			Prospect Park--Prospect Lake	8.7	19	388	4.9%	3.2%
39			Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark	9.9	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
40			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	4	64	6.2%	2.5%
41			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.)	6.9	3	48	6.2%	2.1%
42			Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area	4.5	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
43			Fresh Creek Park	10.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
44			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	9	241	3.7%	2.0%
45			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	5	111	4.5%	1.9%
46			Packanack Lake	18.5	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
47			Brookville Park	14.3	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
48			Tarrytown Lakes Park	21.8	5	168	3.0%	1.3%
49			Orange Reservoir	16.7	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
50			Ridgewood Reservoir	7.6	4	131	3.1%	1.2%
51			Hendrix Creek	10.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
52			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	3	92	3.3%	1.1%
53			Liberty SP	7.0	15	825	1.8%	1.1%
54			Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir)	15.6	4	152	2.6%	1.0%
55			Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access)	4.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
56			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	6	287	2.1%	1.0%
57			Parsons Pond Park	20.0	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
58			Schlegel Lake	15.0	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
59			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
60			Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity	1.3	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
61			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	2	75	2.7%	0.7%
62			Cammanns Pond Park	23.5	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
63			Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity	0.6	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
64			Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.)	0.1	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
65			Point View Reservoir	19.8	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
66			North Woodmere Park	15.5	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
67			Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum	0.2	2	110	1.8%	0.5%
68			Van Cortlandt Park	9.1	2	112	1.8%	0.5%
69			Darlington Park	22.3	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
70			Central Park--North Meadow	0.8	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
71			Disposal Rd.	7.7	2	123	1.6%	0.4%
72			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
73			Sandy Hook	23.7	16	2381	0.7%	0.4%
74			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
75			The Celery Farm	19.5	10	1399	0.7%	0.4%
76			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	2	148	1.4%	0.4%
77			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	3	325	0.9%	0.3%
78			Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park	2.1	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
79			Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve	20.5	3	345	0.9%	0.3%
80			Bee Meadow Park	23.6	1	60	1.7%	0.3%
81			Pascack Brook County Park	14.6	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
82			Central Park--North End	1.2	9	1771	0.5%	0.3%
83			Florham Park Fields	22.8	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
84			Central Park--Tupelo Meadow	0.3	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
85			Bronx Zoo	6.7	3	422	0.7%	0.2%
86			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	1	76	1.3%	0.2%
87			Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone	8.7	1	78	1.3%	0.2%
88			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	1	81	1.2%	0.2%
89			Central Park--The Ramble	0.3	19	5687	0.3%	0.2%
90			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	1	91	1.1%	0.2%
91			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	1	91	1.1%	0.2%
92			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	1	94	1.1%	0.2%
93			Boonton Reservoir	24.1	1	97	1.0%	0.2%
94			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	1	98	1.0%	0.2%
95			Central Park--Belvedere Castle	0.2	1	100	1.0%	0.2%
96			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake	8.0	1	106	0.9%	0.2%
97			Central Park--Summit Rock	0.2	2	433	0.5%	0.1%
98			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	1	155	0.6%	0.1%
99			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	1	157	0.6%	0.1%
100			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	1	161	0.6%	0.1%
101			Central Park--Harlem Meer	1.3	1	170	0.6%	0.1%
102			Central Park--Falconers Hill	0.6	1	187	0.5%	0.1%
103			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	7	3846	0.2%	0.1%
104			Randalls Island	2.4	1	209	0.5%	0.1%
105			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	1	211	0.5%	0.1%
106			Central Park--The Oven and The Point	0.4	1	222	0.5%	0.1%
107			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	1	230	0.4%	0.1%
108			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	1	233	0.4%	0.1%
109			Central Park--The Lake	0.4	1	233	0.4%	0.1%
110			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	2	804	0.2%	0.1%
111			Great Kills Park	18.0	1	269	0.4%	0.1%
112			Rockefeller SP Preserve	23.6	2	863	0.2%	0.1%
113			Central Park--Tanners Spring	0.2	1	351	0.3%	0.1%
114			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	1	399	0.3%	0.0%
115			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	1	437	0.2%	0.0%
116			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	2	1383	0.1%	0.0%
117			Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary	1.1	1	459	0.2%	0.0%
118			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	1	493	0.2%	0.0%
119			Forest Park--Waterhole	8.4	1	518	0.2%	0.0%
120			Central Park--Strawberry Field	0.6	1	595	0.2%	0.0%
121			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area	23.7	1	658	0.2%	0.0%
122			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	2	2407	0.1%	0.0%
123			Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch)	1.1	1	1018	0.1%	0.0%
124			Forest Park	8.2	1	1147	0.1%	0.0%