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Where to find Greater Yellowlegs in August
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 August. 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	1020	1147	88.9%	87.0%
2			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	242	316	76.6%	71.6%
3			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	36	44	81.8%	68.0%
4			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	186	265	70.2%	64.4%
5			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	545	815	66.9%	63.6%
6			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	901	1388	64.9%	62.4%
7			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	52	73	71.2%	60.0%
8			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	125	188	66.5%	59.5%
9			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	257	406	63.3%	58.5%
10			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	972	1632	59.6%	57.2%
11			Lincoln Park West	7.5	31	50	62.0%	48.2%
12			Plumb Beach	14.0	514	1042	49.3%	46.3%
13			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	96	180	53.3%	46.1%
14			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	18	28	64.3%	45.8%
15			Jamaica Bay, Black Wall Marsh	13.9	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
16			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek	14.9	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
17			Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park)	7.3	55	103	53.4%	43.8%
18			Commerce Road Wetlands	19.6	70	135	51.9%	43.5%
19			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
20			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	23	41	56.1%	41.0%
21			Hempstead Lake SP--north end	18.3	22	39	56.4%	41.0%
22			Whitney Pond Park	13.7	13	21	61.9%	40.9%
23			Liberty SP	7.0	168	376	44.7%	39.7%
24			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	44	93	47.3%	37.5%
25			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	32	66	48.5%	36.8%
26			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	168	410	41.0%	36.3%
27			Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes	15.3	12	22	54.5%	34.7%
28			Bayonne Waterfront Walkway	10.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
29			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek	14.4	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
30			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	19	39	48.7%	33.9%
31			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	35	81	43.2%	33.0%
32			Jerome Park Reservoir	7.6	26	59	44.1%	32.2%
33			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	128	377	34.0%	29.4%
34			Manhasset Valley County Park	13.5	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
35			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	16	40	40.0%	26.3%
36			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
37			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	48	150	32.0%	25.1%
38			Lincoln Park Gravel Pits	20.2	27	80	33.8%	24.3%
39			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	13	34	38.2%	23.9%
40			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	30	92	32.6%	23.9%
41			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	157	582	27.0%	23.5%
42			Brookfield Park	18.2	13	35	37.1%	23.2%
43			Flushing Airport	6.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
44			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	115	473	24.3%	20.7%
45			Oceanside Park	21.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
46			Parsonage Island, Oceanside	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
47			Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel	22.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
48			Baldwin Bay	22.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
49			Broad Channel American Park	14.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
50			West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344)	19.9	20	66	30.3%	20.6%
51			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh	14.7	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
52			Richmond Creek	18.2	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
53			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	29	114	25.4%	18.3%
54			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	15	52	28.8%	18.3%
55			Sandy Hook	23.7	151	724	20.9%	18.1%
56			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	10	32	31.2%	18.0%
57			Rahway River--Yacht Club Overlook	19.8	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
58			Silver Lake (Bergen Co.)	18.1	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
59			Brooklyn Golf Center Driving Range	13.6	10	35	28.6%	16.3%
60			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	15	59	25.4%	16.1%
61			Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform	15.2	8	28	28.6%	15.3%
62			North Woodmere Park	15.5	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
63			Hendrix Creek	10.4	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
64			Lumber Rd. slough	16.6	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
65			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	13	53	24.5%	14.9%
66			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	44	239	18.4%	14.0%
67			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	10	41	24.4%	13.8%
68			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	14	63	22.2%	13.7%
69			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
70			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	7	28	25.0%	12.7%
71			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	9	39	23.1%	12.6%
72			Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site	15.5	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
73			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	8	36	22.2%	11.7%
74			Goethals Bridge Pond	15.2	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
75			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
76			Stehli Beach, Lattingtown	21.6	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
77			Orange Reservoir	16.7	8	43	18.6%	9.7%
78			Bridge Creek (Queens Co.)	17.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
79			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
80			Keansburg Beach	24.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
81			Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook	14.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
82			Freshkills Park	18.2	5	24	20.8%	9.2%
83			Dead Horse Point	14.4	14	93	15.1%	9.2%
84			Five Islands Park	13.9	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
85			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	23	179	12.8%	8.7%
86			Anderson Creek Marsh	6.1	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
87			River Barge Park	5.1	11	81	13.6%	7.8%
88			Bridge Creek, Western Ave.	15.3	7	45	15.6%	7.7%
89			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	17	151	11.3%	7.1%
90			Old Place Creek Tidal Wetlands Area	15.7	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
91			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
92			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	39	423	9.2%	6.8%
93			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
94			Piermont Pier	18.4	48	555	8.6%	6.6%
95			Miller Field	16.3	26	273	9.5%	6.6%
96			Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh	17.7	15	144	10.4%	6.4%
97			Idlewild Park	14.1	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
98			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)	11.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
99			Great Neck Estates Wildlife Sanctuary	11.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
100			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	18	192	9.4%	6.0%
101			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	11	105	10.5%	6.0%
102			Piermont Marsh	17.6	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
103			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	12	123	9.8%	5.7%
104			Hudson River Waterfront Walk	8.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
105			Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek	11.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
106			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
107			Ferry Point Park	7.1	4	30	13.3%	5.3%
108			Last Chance Pond Park	15.2	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
109			Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens	13.6	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
110			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	4	31	12.9%	5.1%
111			Saw Mill Creek Marsh	16.7	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
112			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
113			Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.)	22.2	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
114			Caven Point Rd	8.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
115			Jamaica Bay, Ruler's Bar	14.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
116			Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary	15.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
117			Melanie Lane Wetlands	22.5	5	49	10.2%	4.4%
118			Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond	11.9	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
119			Florham Park--Fish Tract	21.5	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
120			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
121			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	11	166	6.6%	3.7%
122			Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh	13.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
123			Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes	17.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
124			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	4	44	9.1%	3.6%
125			Disposal Rd.	7.7	5	65	7.7%	3.3%
126			Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon	10.9	4	49	8.2%	3.2%
127			Nickerson Beach	23.3	9	158	5.7%	3.0%
128			Hempstead Plains Preserve	20.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
129			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
130			The Celery Farm	19.5	28	673	4.2%	2.9%
131			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	4	57	7.0%	2.8%
132			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
133			Olympia Blvd. Pond	15.6	4	58	6.9%	2.7%
134			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	7	127	5.5%	2.7%
135			Oradell Reservoir--Mudflats	13.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
136			West Essex Wetlands	19.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
137			Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area	4.5	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
138			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	5	86	5.8%	2.5%
139			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
140			North Mt. Loretto SF	22.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
141			Tallman Mountain SP	17.2	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
142			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	4	77	5.2%	2.0%
143			Jones Beach Bay Islands	24.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
144			Mill Pond, Port Washington	14.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
145			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
146			Jamaica Bay, South Shore	15.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
147			New Bridge Landing	9.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
148			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
149			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	3	53	5.7%	1.9%
150			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	4	82	4.9%	1.9%
151			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
152			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
153			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
154			Manorhaven Town Park	13.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
155			Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.)	23.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
156			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
157			Mill Pond Park, Bellmore	24.7	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
158			Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek	5.8	7	238	2.9%	1.4%
159			Flushing Meadows Corona Park	7.2	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
160			Great Kills Park	18.0	4	121	3.3%	1.3%
161			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	6	214	2.8%	1.3%
162			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
163			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
164			Elizabeth River--1st st bridge	15.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
165			Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy	10.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
166			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	3	83	3.6%	1.2%
167			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	10	445	2.2%	1.2%
168			Miller Field--Beach	16.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
169			Pelham Bay Park--Thomas Pell WS and Goose Creek Marsh	10.2	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
170			Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd.	18.9	2	51	3.9%	1.1%
171			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	3	97	3.1%	1.1%
172			Valley Stream SP	16.0	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
173			Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge	5.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
174			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
175			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
176			Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity	2.9	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
177			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	4	183	2.2%	0.9%
178			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
179			Hommocks Conservation Area	15.7	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
180			Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh	4.1	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
181			Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek	6.9	2	66	3.0%	0.8%
182			Prospect Point	14.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
183			Tibbetts Brook Park	10.9	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
184			Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh	17.6	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
185			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
186			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
187			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	2	87	2.3%	0.6%
188			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	2	90	2.2%	0.6%
189			Mill Creek	23.1	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
190			Rye Town Park	19.4	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
191			Bronx Zoo	6.7	4	260	1.5%	0.6%
192			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
193			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
194			Alley Pond Park	11.9	3	180	1.7%	0.6%
195			Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh	6.9	2	98	2.0%	0.6%
196			Cammanns Pond Park	23.5	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
197			Arbutus Lake	21.0	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
198			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	2	110	1.8%	0.5%
199			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
200			Halifax Road	23.9	3	215	1.4%	0.5%
201			Overpeck County Park	6.2	2	117	1.7%	0.5%
202			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook	22.5	2	121	1.7%	0.5%
203			North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh	22.6	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
204			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
205			Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina	6.4	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
206			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
207			Sheepshead Bay	13.8	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
208			Troy Meadows Natural Area	21.6	2	174	1.1%	0.3%
209			Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd.	22.0	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
210			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	4	533	0.8%	0.3%
211			The Landing, Dobbs Ferry	17.0	1	102	1.0%	0.2%
212			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	1	104	1.0%	0.2%
213			Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park	18.5	1	118	0.8%	0.1%
214			Randalls Island	2.4	1	122	0.8%	0.1%
215			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	1	216	0.5%	0.1%
216			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	1	728	0.1%	0.0%
217			Prospect Park	8.4	1	1968	0.1%	0.0%