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Where to find Ruddy Duck in September
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 September. 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--West Pond 13.3 84 349 24.1% 19.9%
2 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 167 857 19.5% 17.0%
3 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
4 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 62 384 16.1% 12.8%
5 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 161 1381 11.7% 10.1%
6 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 11 94 11.7% 6.7%
7 Prospect Park 8.4 265 4000 6.6% 5.9%
8 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 16 218 7.3% 4.6%
9 Captain Tilly Park 10.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
10 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 8 109 7.3% 3.8%
11 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 8 109 7.3% 3.8%
12 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 11 181 6.1% 3.4%
13 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
14 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
15 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
16 Piermont Pier 18.4 13 379 3.4% 2.0%
17 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
18 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 6 192 3.1% 1.4%
19 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
20 Lake Tappan 16.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
21 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
22 Lake Parsippany 24.8 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
23 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 3 109 2.8% 0.9%
24 Central Park 0.7 46 3787 1.2% 0.9%
25 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
26 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
27 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
28 Jefferson Rd. Pond 23.8 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
29 Overpeck County Park 6.2 3 161 1.9% 0.6%
30 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
31 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
32 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 5 469 1.1% 0.5%
33 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
34 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
35 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
36 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
37 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
38 Stuyvesant Cove Park (18th-23rd St.) 3.4 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
39 Central Park--The Oven and The Point 0.4 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
40 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 2 290 0.7% 0.2%
41 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 1 114 0.9% 0.2%
42 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 1 118 0.8% 0.1%
43 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 122 0.8% 0.1%
44 Central Park--North End 1.2 3 881 0.3% 0.1%
45 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 1 155 0.6% 0.1%
46 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 167 0.6% 0.1%
47 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 1 227 0.4% 0.1%
48 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 228 0.4% 0.1%
49 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 4 2188 0.2% 0.1%
50 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 256 0.4% 0.1%
51 The Celery Farm 19.5 2 1052 0.2% 0.1%
52 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 1 398 0.3% 0.0%
53 Sandy Hook 23.7 2 1953 0.1% 0.0%
54 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 1 647 0.2% 0.0%
55 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 1 698 0.1% 0.0%