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Where to find Greater Yellowlegs in October
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 October. 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			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	790	914	86.4%	84.1%
2			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	188	249	75.5%	69.8%
3			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	114	155	73.5%	66.1%
4			Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park)	7.3	77	106	72.6%	63.5%
5			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	542	822	65.9%	62.6%
6			Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn)	10.1	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
7			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	138	204	67.6%	61.0%
8			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	25	34	73.5%	56.9%
9			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	31	44	70.5%	55.8%
10			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	69	121	57.0%	48.1%
11			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	148	285	51.9%	46.1%
12			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	298	600	49.7%	45.7%
13			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	33	58	56.9%	44.1%
14			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	12	18	66.7%	43.7%
15			Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens	13.6	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
16			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	81	160	50.6%	43.0%
17			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	230	512	44.9%	40.7%
18			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	17	32	53.1%	36.4%
19			Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l)	17.6	20	39	51.3%	36.2%
20			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	104	247	42.1%	36.1%
21			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	21	42	50.0%	35.5%
22			Stehli Beach, Lattingtown	21.6	12	22	54.5%	34.7%
23			Alley Pond Park--John Riedl Wildflower Meadow	11.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
24			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	18	38	47.4%	32.5%
25			Brookfield Park	18.2	33	77	42.9%	32.4%
26			Whitney Pond Park	13.7	11	21	52.4%	32.4%
27			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	23	54	42.6%	30.3%
28			Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh	4.1	24	57	42.1%	30.2%
29			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek	14.4	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
30			Bridge Creek (Queens Co.)	17.4	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
31			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
32			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	59	160	36.9%	29.8%
33			Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes	15.3	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
34			Lincoln Park West	7.5	18	46	39.1%	26.4%
35			Plumb Beach	14.0	177	605	29.3%	25.8%
36			Bayswater Park	16.3	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
37			Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform	15.2	9	21	42.9%	24.5%
38			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	14	37	37.8%	24.1%
39			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	21	62	33.9%	23.3%
40			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	9	22	40.9%	23.3%
41			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	84	301	27.9%	23.1%
42			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	10	26	38.5%	22.4%
43			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	5	11	45.5%	21.3%
44			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	16	49	32.7%	21.2%
45			Landing Rd., Oyster Bay Cove	24.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
46			Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.)	22.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
47			Fighting Island, west side	23.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
48			Bayonne Waterfront Walkway	10.4	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
49			Oceanside Park	21.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
50			Whitney Lake, Manhasset	13.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
51			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek	14.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
52			Manhasset Valley County Park	13.5	6	15	40.0%	19.8%
53			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
54			Liberty SP	7.0	117	520	22.5%	19.1%
55			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	8	23	34.8%	18.8%
56			Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek	11.3	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
57			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	45	188	23.9%	18.4%
58			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	21	80	26.2%	17.9%
59			North Woodmere Park	15.5	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
60			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	15	55	27.3%	17.3%
61			Hempstead Lake SP--north end	18.3	11	38	28.9%	17.0%
62			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	112	572	19.6%	16.5%
63			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
64			Brookville Park	14.3	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
65			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	11	48	22.9%	13.3%
66			Saw Mill Creek Marsh	16.7	5	17	29.4%	13.3%
67			West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344)	19.9	8	33	24.2%	12.8%
68			Sandy Hook	23.7	248	1737	14.3%	12.7%
69			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	27	152	17.8%	12.5%
70			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	6	24	25.0%	12.0%
71			Jamaica Bay, South Shore	15.2	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
72			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West)	11.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
73			Richmond Creek	18.2	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
74			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	26	166	15.7%	10.9%
75			Lake Tappan (NY)	18.7	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
76			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	41	298	13.8%	10.3%
77			Melanie Lane Wetlands	22.5	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
78			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	17	109	15.6%	10.0%
79			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	7	36	19.4%	9.8%
80			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
81			Manorhaven Town Park	13.7	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
82			Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner	13.0	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
83			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)	11.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
84			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
85			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	13	81	16.0%	9.6%
86			Bridge Creek, Western Ave.	15.3	6	30	20.0%	9.5%
87			Bergen Beach	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
88			Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline	11.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
89			Bay County Park	19.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
90			Carteret Waterfront Park	19.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
91			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	8	45	17.8%	9.3%
92			Goethals Bridge Pond	15.2	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
93			Baldwin Harbor Park	21.6	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
94			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	11	82	13.4%	7.7%
95			Crestwood Park	19.7	20	172	11.6%	7.7%
96			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	9	64	14.1%	7.6%
97			Idlewild Park	14.1	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
98			Piermont Pier	18.4	35	345	10.1%	7.4%
99			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	8	62	12.9%	6.7%
100			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
101			Old Place Creek Tidal Wetlands Area	15.7	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
102			Freshkills Park	18.2	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
103			Pelham Bay Park--Thomas Pell WS and Goose Creek Marsh	10.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
104			Great Neck Estates Park	11.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
105			Staten Island Zoo	13.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
106			Nickerson Beach	23.3	12	121	9.9%	5.8%
107			Greenwich Harbor	24.1	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
108			Olympia Blvd. Pond	15.6	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
109			Last Chance Pond Park	15.2	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
110			Linden Blue Acres	18.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
111			Mill Creek	23.1	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
112			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	15	184	8.2%	5.0%
113			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
114			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	15	186	8.1%	4.9%
115			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	8	84	9.5%	4.9%
116			Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon	10.9	5	46	10.9%	4.7%
117			Pryibil Beach	19.7	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
118			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
119			Commerce Road Wetlands	19.6	6	60	10.0%	4.7%
120			Joseph Medwick County Park	18.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
121			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	3	23	13.0%	4.5%
122			River Barge Park	5.1	6	62	9.7%	4.5%
123			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	5	50	10.0%	4.3%
124			Grass Island Natural Area	24.0	5	52	9.6%	4.2%
125			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	4	38	10.5%	4.2%
126			Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary	15.3	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
127			Miller Field	16.3	14	224	6.2%	3.8%
128			Dubos Point	15.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
129			Coney Island Creek	13.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
130			Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh	17.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
131			Great Neck Estates Wildlife Sanctuary	11.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
132			Neck Creek Preserve	17.4	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
133			Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy	10.9	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
134			Five Islands Park	13.9	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
135			Disposal Rd.	7.7	9	152	5.9%	3.1%
136			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
137			Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive	22.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
138			Ramapo Valley County Reservation	23.6	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
139			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
140			Dead Horse Point	14.4	5	76	6.6%	2.8%
141			Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site	15.5	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
142			Flushing Meadows Corona Park	7.2	4	57	7.0%	2.8%
143			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	8	152	5.3%	2.7%
144			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	10	206	4.9%	2.7%
145			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	7	133	5.3%	2.6%
146			Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area	4.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
147			Florham Park Fields	22.8	5	92	5.4%	2.3%
148			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	25	740	3.4%	2.3%
149			Meadowlands--Cromakill Creek Marsh	3.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
150			Grant Park, Hewlett	17.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
151			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
152			Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area	11.7	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
153			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	3	50	6.0%	2.1%
154			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
155			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
156			Hackensack River Park	9.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
157			Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn)	16.4	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
158			Lincoln Park Gravel Pits	20.2	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
159			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
160			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond	22.4	10	286	3.5%	1.9%
161			Rye Playland	20.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
162			Bar Beach Town Park	16.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
163			Mill Pond, Port Washington	14.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
164			Oneida Dr Marsh - Audubon Greenwich	24.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
165			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
166			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	3	60	5.0%	1.7%
167			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
168			Lake Tappan	16.9	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
169			Roslyn Pond Town Park	16.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
170			Field of Dreams Greenbelt	17.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
171			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	3	71	4.2%	1.4%
172			Hudson River Waterfront Walk	8.0	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
173			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
174			Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area	14.1	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
175			The Celery Farm	19.5	21	1053	2.0%	1.3%
176			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	4	122	3.3%	1.3%
177			Tallman Mountain SP	17.2	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
178			Udalls Cove Park Preserve	11.6	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
179			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	4	137	2.9%	1.1%
180			Brooklyn Golf Center Driving Range	13.6	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
181			Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh	17.7	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
182			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	3	103	2.9%	1.0%
183			Theodore Roosevelt Audubon Sanctuary	24.8	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
184			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
185			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	9	505	1.8%	0.9%
186			Ash Brook Reservation	23.5	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
187			Hackensack--Foschini Park	8.1	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
188			Point Lookout	24.4	2	63	3.2%	0.9%
189			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	3	121	2.5%	0.8%
190			Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area	18.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
191			Darlington Park	22.3	2	75	2.7%	0.7%
192			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
193			Baisley Pond Park	11.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
194			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Porpoise Bridge	6.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
195			Conference House Park	24.5	3	153	2.0%	0.7%
196			Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.)	3.9	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
197			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
198			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	2	90	2.2%	0.6%
199			Piermont Marsh	17.6	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
200			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ	20.4	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
201			Point View Reservoir	19.8	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
202			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	2	107	1.9%	0.5%
203			Great Kills Park	18.0	2	110	1.8%	0.5%
204			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook	22.5	2	110	1.8%	0.5%
205			Bronx River Pkwy Reservation--Crestwood Lake	14.2	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
206			Fort Tilden	15.7	4	330	1.2%	0.5%
207			Arbutus Lake	21.0	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
208			Kissena Park	8.6	5	497	1.0%	0.4%
209			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
210			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
211			The Landing, Dobbs Ferry	17.0	2	132	1.5%	0.4%
212			Orange Reservoir	16.7	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
213			Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir)	15.6	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
214			Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake	10.9	2	142	1.4%	0.4%
215			Welwyn Preserve	18.5	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
216			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
217			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	2	154	1.3%	0.4%
218			Pond Park, Great Neck Estates	11.8	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
219			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	2	171	1.2%	0.3%
220			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
221			Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods	13.2	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
222			John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK)	13.4	1	65	1.5%	0.3%
223			Bushwick Inlet Park	4.1	1	65	1.5%	0.3%
224			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	2	224	0.9%	0.2%
225			Montclair Hawk Watch	13.7	2	284	0.7%	0.2%
226			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	1	94	1.1%	0.2%
227			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	1	96	1.0%	0.2%
228			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	1	101	1.0%	0.2%
229			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	1	119	0.8%	0.1%
230			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	2	380	0.5%	0.1%
231			Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve	20.5	1	149	0.7%	0.1%
232			Overpeck County Park	6.2	1	239	0.4%	0.1%
233			Rockefeller SP Preserve	23.6	1	321	0.3%	0.1%
234			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	3	1867	0.2%	0.1%
235			Rutgers University Newark Campus	11.3	1	352	0.3%	0.1%
236			Troy Meadows Natural Area	21.6	1	377	0.3%	0.0%
237			Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout	14.7	1	504	0.2%	0.0%
238			Randalls Island	2.4	1	508	0.2%	0.0%