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Where to find Greater Yellowlegs in January
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 Greater Yellowlegs in January. 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			Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens	13.6	10	19	52.6%	31.7%
2			Smith Pond, Rockville Center	18.3	65	171	38.0%	31.1%
3			Springfield Park	13.6	10	22	45.5%	26.9%
4			Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park)	7.3	18	52	34.6%	23.2%
5			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	195	801	24.3%	21.5%
6			Waterfront Park, Freeport	22.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
7			Lawrence Nature Preserve (Bannister Bay Wetland)	17.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
8			Brookville Park	14.3	17	61	27.9%	18.2%
9			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	82	628	13.1%	10.6%
10			Udall's Mill Pond	11.5	6	30	20.0%	9.5%
11			Lawrence Marsh incl. Pond X	17.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
12			Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l)	17.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
13			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	8	59	13.6%	7.0%
14			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	8	82	9.8%	5.0%
15			Hendrix Creek	10.4	10	113	8.8%	4.9%
16			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	15	211	7.1%	4.4%
17			Bay County Park	19.0	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
18			Milburn Creek Park	21.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
19			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	21	423	5.0%	3.3%
20			Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes	15.3	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
21			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	4	61	6.6%	2.6%
22			Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove	16.5	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
23			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	4	70	5.7%	2.2%
24			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
25			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	12	337	3.6%	2.0%
26			Plumb Beach	14.0	7	177	4.0%	1.9%
27			Bridge Creek (Queens Co.)	17.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
28			Lumber Rd. slough	16.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
29			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	26	1167	2.2%	1.5%
30			Landing Rd., Oyster Bay Cove	24.8	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
31			Idlewild Park	14.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
32			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
33			Fresh Creek Park	10.5	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
34			Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform	15.2	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
35			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
36			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
37			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	3	169	1.8%	0.6%
38			North Woodmere Park	15.5	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
39			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
40			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
41			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
42			Bridge Creek, Western Ave.	15.3	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
43			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
44			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	2	170	1.2%	0.3%
45			Hempstead Lake SP--north end	18.3	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
46			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
47			Centre Island Town Park	24.4	1	66	1.5%	0.3%
48			Baldwin Harbor Park	21.6	2	214	0.9%	0.3%
49			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	2	255	0.8%	0.2%
50			Stehli Beach, Lattingtown	21.6	1	83	1.2%	0.2%
51			Point Lookout	24.4	3	638	0.5%	0.2%
52			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	1	116	0.9%	0.2%
53			Sandy Hook	23.7	4	1185	0.3%	0.1%
54			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	1	151	0.7%	0.1%
55			Mill Pond, Oyster Bay	23.2	1	172	0.6%	0.1%
56			Arthur J. Hendrickson Park	16.0	1	191	0.5%	0.1%
57			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	1	196	0.5%	0.1%
58			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	1	298	0.3%	0.1%
59			Grass Island Natural Area	24.0	1	389	0.3%	0.0%
60			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	1	554	0.2%	0.0%
61			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	1	761	0.1%	0.0%