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Where to find Greater Yellowlegs in March
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 March. 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 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 35 62 56.5% 44.1%
2 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 445 964 46.2% 43.0%
3 Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens 13.6 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
4 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 20 42 47.6% 33.4%
5 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 18 48 37.5% 25.2%
6 Brookville Park 14.3 16 50 32.0% 20.8%
7 Pelham Bay Park--Hawk Watch 10.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 19 70 27.1% 18.1%
9 Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform 15.2 11 36 30.6% 18.0%
10 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
11 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
12 Springfield Park 13.6 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
13 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 17 81 21.0% 13.5%
14 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 12 55 21.8% 12.9%
15 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 95 818 11.6% 9.6%
16 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 13 93 14.0% 8.4%
17 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 19 158 12.0% 7.8%
18 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 83 944 8.8% 7.1%
19 Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.) 22.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
20 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek 14.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
21 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
22 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
23 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.) 17.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
24 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
25 Flushing Airport 6.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
26 Great Neck Estates Wildlife Sanctuary 11.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
27 Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh 17.6 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
28 Udall's Mill Pond 11.5 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
29 Plumb Beach 14.0 10 173 5.8% 3.2%
30 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
31 Chelsea Rd. and Bloomfield Ave., wetlands 16.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
32 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
33 Sandy Hook 23.7 36 968 3.7% 2.7%
34 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
35 Port Liberte 8.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
36 Freshkills Park 18.2 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
37 Disposal Rd. 7.7 7 143 4.9% 2.4%
38 Hawtree Creek 11.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
39 Richmond Creek 18.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
40 North Woodmere Park 15.5 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
41 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 4 82 4.9% 1.9%
42 Idlewild Park 14.1 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
43 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 8 224 3.6% 1.8%
44 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
45 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
46 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 11 383 2.9% 1.6%
47 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 5 148 3.4% 1.5%
48 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 4 112 3.6% 1.4%
49 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
50 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
51 Liberty SP 7.0 11 528 2.1% 1.2%
52 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 7 299 2.3% 1.1%
53 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
54 Spring Creek Park 10.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
55 Manhasset Valley County Park 13.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
56 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 12 624 1.9% 1.1%
57 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 9 442 2.0% 1.1%
58 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
59 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 4 163 2.5% 1.0%
60 Udalls Cove Park Preserve 11.6 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
61 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
62 Hackensack--Foschini Park 8.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
63 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 9 674 1.3% 0.7%
64 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
65 Shu Swamp Nature Preserve 22.1 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
66 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
67 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
68 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
69 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
70 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. 15.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
71 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
72 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
73 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
74 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
75 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
76 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
77 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
78 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 2 222 0.9% 0.2%
79 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
80 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
81 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
82 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
83 Hendrix Creek 10.4 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
84 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
85 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
86 Nickerson Beach 23.3 1 120 0.8% 0.1%
87 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 1 123 0.8% 0.1%
88 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 1 130 0.8% 0.1%
89 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 130 0.8% 0.1%
90 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 2 440 0.5% 0.1%
91 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 2 511 0.4% 0.1%
92 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
93 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 1 208 0.5% 0.1%
94 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 1 215 0.5% 0.1%
95 The Celery Farm 19.5 1 1059 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.