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Where to find Greater Yellowlegs 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 Greater Yellowlegs 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			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	937	1051	89.2%	87.1%
2			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	267	384	69.5%	64.8%
3			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	916	1381	66.3%	63.8%
4			Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park)	7.3	52	74	70.3%	59.1%
5			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	123	193	63.7%	56.7%
6			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	71	109	65.1%	55.8%
7			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	112	181	61.9%	54.6%
8			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	25	37	67.6%	51.5%
9			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	461	857	53.8%	50.4%
10			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	214	398	53.8%	48.9%
11			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	50	84	59.5%	48.8%
12			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	20	30	66.7%	48.8%
13			Bridge Creek (Queens Co.)	17.4	9	12	75.0%	46.8%
14			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	61	109	56.0%	46.6%
15			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	147	290	50.7%	45.0%
16			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	26	45	57.8%	43.3%
17			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	19	32	59.4%	42.3%
18			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	49	94	52.1%	42.1%
19			Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes	15.3	11	17	64.7%	41.3%
20			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	73	160	45.6%	38.1%
21			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	17	31	54.8%	37.8%
22			Plumb Beach	14.0	193	481	40.1%	35.8%
23			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh	14.7	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
24			Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn)	10.1	7	11	63.6%	35.4%
25			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
26			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek	14.9	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
27			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	177	469	37.7%	33.5%
28			Jerome Park Reservoir	7.6	23	50	46.0%	33.0%
29			Brookfield Park	18.2	16	36	44.4%	29.5%
30			Lincoln Park Gravel Pits	20.2	26	67	38.8%	28.0%
31			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	113	349	32.4%	27.7%
32			Linden Airport	18.2	18	46	39.1%	26.4%
33			Saw Mill Creek Marsh	16.7	8	17	47.1%	26.2%
34			Bay County Park	19.0	6	12	50.0%	25.4%
35			Liberty SP	7.0	134	484	27.7%	23.9%
36			Commerce Road Wetlands	19.6	20	59	33.9%	23.1%
37			Lincoln Park West	7.5	22	69	31.9%	22.1%
38			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	61	224	27.2%	21.8%
39			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	12	34	35.3%	21.5%
40			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	18	56	32.1%	21.4%
41			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)	11.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
42			Oceanside Park	21.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
43			Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel	22.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
44			Fighting Island, west side	23.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
45			North Woodmere Park	15.5	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
46			Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site	15.5	10	30	33.3%	19.2%
47			Old Place Creek Tidal Wetlands Area	15.7	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
48			Whitney Pond Park	13.7	8	23	34.8%	18.8%
49			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
50			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	17	62	27.4%	17.9%
51			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	14	49	28.6%	17.8%
52			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
53			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	103	493	20.9%	17.5%
54			Anderson Creek Marsh	6.1	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
55			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	15	60	25.0%	15.8%
56			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	13	52	25.0%	15.2%
57			Fresh Creek Park	10.5	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
58			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
59			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	6	23	26.1%	12.5%
60			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	6	24	25.0%	12.0%
61			Sandy Hook	23.7	261	1953	13.4%	11.9%
62			Disposal Rd.	7.7	13	67	19.4%	11.7%
63			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	9	44	20.5%	11.2%
64			Hempstead Lake SP--north end	18.3	8	38	21.1%	11.1%
65			Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform	15.2	6	26	23.1%	11.0%
66			Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy	10.9	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
67			Melanie Lane Wetlands	22.5	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
68			Richmond Creek	18.2	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
69			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	10	56	17.9%	10.0%
70			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	7	36	19.4%	9.8%
71			Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens	13.6	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
72			Staten Island Industrial Park--Pond (South Ave. X Glen St.)	15.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
73			Bergen Beach	12.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
74			Broad Channel American Park	14.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
75			Piermont Pier	18.4	45	379	11.9%	9.0%
76			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	7	40	17.5%	8.7%
77			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	8	48	16.7%	8.7%
78			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	7	41	17.1%	8.5%
79			Five Islands Park	13.9	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
80			Last Chance Pond Park	15.2	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
81			Miller Field	16.3	34	303	11.2%	8.1%
82			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	17	133	12.8%	8.1%
83			Nickerson Beach	23.3	24	213	11.3%	7.7%
84			River Barge Park	5.1	8	55	14.5%	7.6%
85			Paerdegat Basin	11.5	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
86			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
87			Rahway River--Yacht Club Overlook	19.8	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
88			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	6	40	15.0%	7.1%
89			Orange Reservoir	16.7	9	69	13.0%	7.0%
90			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	17	163	10.4%	6.6%
91			Ferry Point Park	7.1	6	43	14.0%	6.6%
92			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	9	74	12.2%	6.5%
93			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	22	228	9.6%	6.5%
94			Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.)	22.2	5	34	14.7%	6.4%
95			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	5	34	14.7%	6.4%
96			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	30	336	8.9%	6.3%
97			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	6	45	13.3%	6.3%
98			Powells Cove Park	6.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
99			Jamaica Bay--Duck Point Marshes	12.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
100			Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh	17.6	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
101			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	15	159	9.4%	5.8%
102			Flushing Meadows Corona Park	7.2	7	60	11.7%	5.8%
103			Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access)	4.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
104			Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek	11.3	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
105			Hudson River Waterfront Walk	8.0	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
106			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
107			Kingfisher Pond Bluebelt	18.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
108			Dubos Point	15.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
109			Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck	16.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
110			Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook	14.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
111			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
112			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	10	129	7.8%	4.3%
113			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	9	114	7.9%	4.2%
114			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	5	52	9.6%	4.2%
115			The Celery Farm	19.5	55	1052	5.2%	4.0%
116			Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon	10.9	5	54	9.3%	4.0%
117			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
118			Lake Tappan	16.9	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
119			Jones Beach Bay Islands	24.8	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
120			Glen Island Park	12.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
121			Pugsley Creek Park	6.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
122			Elmjack Little League Fields on Bowery Bay	4.0	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
123			Miller Field--Beach	16.4	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
124			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond	22.4	18	329	5.5%	3.5%
125			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	8	121	6.6%	3.4%
126			Piermont Marsh	17.6	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
127			Florham Park Fields	22.8	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
128			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	7	103	6.8%	3.3%
129			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
130			Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh	17.7	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
131			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	12	227	5.3%	3.0%
132			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	3	34	8.8%	3.0%
133			Stehli Beach, Lattingtown	21.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
134			Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3	20.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
135			Playland Lake	20.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
136			Jamaica Bay, South Shore	15.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
137			Springfield Park	13.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
138			Linden Blue Acres	18.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
139			Gowanus Canal	7.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
140			Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill	8.8	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
141			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	22	516	4.3%	2.8%
142			Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.)	23.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
143			Shellbank Basin	11.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
144			Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove	16.5	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
145			Silver Lake (Bergen Co.)	18.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
146			Randalls Island--saltmarsh at Little Hell Gate Inlet	2.2	3	41	7.3%	2.5%
147			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	8	167	4.8%	2.4%
148			Hommocks Conservation Area	15.7	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
149			Grass Island Natural Area	24.0	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
150			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	3	46	6.5%	2.2%
151			Mill Pond, Port Washington	14.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
152			Elizabeth River--1st st bridge	15.5	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
153			Idlewild Park	14.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
154			Mill Creek	23.1	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
155			Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek	6.9	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
156			Bronx River Pkwy Reservation--Crestwood Lake	14.2	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
157			Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot	22.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
158			Greenwich Harbor	24.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
159			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
160			Randalls Island	2.4	8	242	3.3%	1.7%
161			Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area	4.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
162			Hendrix Creek	10.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
163			Hastings Meadowlands & Rowley's Bridge Trail	14.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
164			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
165			Prospect Point	14.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
166			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
167			Bridge Creek, Western Ave.	15.3	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
168			Olympia Blvd. Pond	15.6	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
169			Dead Horse Point	14.4	3	73	4.1%	1.4%
170			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
171			Freshkills Park	18.2	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
172			South Mountain Reservation	17.6	4	125	3.2%	1.3%
173			Goethals Bridge Pond	15.2	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
174			Brookville Park	14.3	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
175			Valley Stream SP	16.0	2	51	3.9%	1.1%
176			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
177			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	2	53	3.8%	1.0%
178			Fort Totten Park	10.0	2	56	3.6%	1.0%
179			Crestwood Park	19.7	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
180			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	2	61	3.3%	0.9%
181			Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area	11.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
182			Great Kills Park	18.0	3	119	2.5%	0.9%
183			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	3	121	2.5%	0.8%
184			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
185			Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access)	5.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
186			Pond Park, Great Neck Estates	11.8	2	67	3.0%	0.8%
187			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
188			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	9	610	1.5%	0.8%
189			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	2	74	2.7%	0.7%
190			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
191			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
192			Tallman Mountain SP	17.2	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
193			Van Cortlandt Park	9.1	2	84	2.4%	0.7%
194			Cranberry Lake Preserve	23.3	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
195			Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh	4.1	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
196			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
197			Fort Tilden	15.7	3	186	1.6%	0.6%
198			Brooklyn Golf Center Driving Range	13.6	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
199			Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens	14.0	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
200			Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront	22.7	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
201			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	2	109	1.8%	0.5%
202			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
203			Neck Creek Preserve	17.4	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
204			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	5	459	1.1%	0.5%
205			Montclair Hawk Watch	13.7	4	354	1.1%	0.4%
206			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	2	129	1.6%	0.4%
207			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	5	516	1.0%	0.4%
208			Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods	13.2	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
209			Bronx Zoo	6.7	3	267	1.1%	0.4%
210			Boonton Reservoir	24.1	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
211			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
212			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
213			Lenoir Preserve	14.1	2	184	1.1%	0.3%
214			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
215			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
216			Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh	6.9	1	65	1.5%	0.3%
217			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	1	68	1.5%	0.3%
218			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
219			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond	22.3	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
220			Dyker Beach Park	12.0	1	72	1.4%	0.2%
221			Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone	8.7	1	72	1.4%	0.2%
222			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	1	75	1.3%	0.2%
223			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	1	76	1.3%	0.2%
224			Alley Pond Park	11.9	3	463	0.6%	0.2%
225			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	8	1927	0.4%	0.2%
226			Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge	5.8	1	89	1.1%	0.2%
227			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	2	302	0.7%	0.2%
228			Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes)	24.3	1	100	1.0%	0.2%
229			Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve	20.5	1	105	1.0%	0.2%
230			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	3	626	0.5%	0.2%
231			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	1	140	0.7%	0.1%
232			Conference House Park	24.5	1	148	0.7%	0.1%
233			Halifax Road	23.9	2	494	0.4%	0.1%
234			Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout	14.7	2	622	0.3%	0.1%
235			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	1	226	0.4%	0.1%
236			Prospect Park	8.4	6	4000	0.1%	0.1%
237			Kissena Park	8.6	1	307	0.3%	0.1%
238			Troy Meadows Natural Area	21.6	1	337	0.3%	0.1%
239			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	1	810	0.1%	0.0%