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Where to find Vesper Sparrow 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 Vesper Sparrow 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 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
2 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 56 190 29.5% 23.4%
3 Clarkstown Landfill 21.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
4 Veterans Memorial Park (Whippany) 24.4 21 85 24.7% 16.8%
5 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 120 740 16.2% 13.7%
6 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 16 79 20.3% 12.9%
7 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 19 109 17.4% 11.5%
8 Florham Park Fields 22.8 15 92 16.3% 10.1%
9 Crestwood Park 19.7 24 172 14.0% 9.6%
10 Overpeck County Park--Palisades Park 5.4 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
11 Black Meadows--Morristown Airport 23.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
12 Pelham Bay Park--Bridle Path around golf courses 10.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
13 Hamilton Beach (Queens Co.) 11.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
14 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh 14.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
15 Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l) 17.6 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
16 Kissena Park 8.6 57 497 11.5% 9.0%
17 Overpeck County Park 6.2 30 239 12.6% 8.9%
18 Baldwin Harbor Park 21.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
19 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 41 377 10.9% 8.1%
20 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
21 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 10 75 13.3% 7.4%
22 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 13 107 12.1% 7.2%
23 Floyd Bennett Field--Cricket Field area 13.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
24 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
25 Liberty SP 7.0 45 520 8.7% 6.5%
26 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 14 137 10.2% 6.2%
27 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 10 93 10.8% 5.9%
28 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 12 124 9.7% 5.6%
29 Randalls Island 2.4 38 508 7.5% 5.5%
30 Prospect Park 8.4 215 3473 6.2% 5.4%
31 Fort Tilden 15.7 26 330 7.9% 5.4%
32 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 40 551 7.3% 5.4%
33 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 7 65 10.8% 5.3%
34 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 28 380 7.4% 5.1%
35 Van Saun Park 11.1 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
36 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
37 Sandy Hook 23.7 100 1737 5.8% 4.8%
38 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 18 247 7.3% 4.7%
39 Nassau County Stormwater Basin No. 21 14.4 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
40 Central Park--Locust Grove 0.1 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
41 Central Park--The Knoll 1.0 6 66 9.1% 4.2%
42 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 11 147 7.5% 4.2%
43 Idlewild Park 14.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
44 Freshkills Park 18.2 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
45 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 18 298 6.0% 3.9%
46 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Buttermilk Hill area 23.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
47 Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest 9.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
48 Silver Lake (Bergen Co.) 18.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
49 Muttontown Preserve 22.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
50 Sunset Park (Brooklyn) 9.4 9 138 6.5% 3.5%
51 Miller Field 16.3 13 224 5.8% 3.4%
52 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 7 105 6.7% 3.3%
53 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
54 Ferry Point Park 7.1 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
55 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
56 Freshkills Park--North Mound 17.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
57 Prospect Point 14.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
58 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 5 80 6.2% 2.7%
59 Spring Creek Park 10.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
60 Owls Head Park 10.3 9 187 4.8% 2.6%
61 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
62 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 6 110 5.5% 2.5%
63 Piermont Pier 18.4 14 345 4.1% 2.4%
64 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 19 512 3.7% 2.4%
65 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 6 121 5.0% 2.3%
66 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
67 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
68 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
69 Brookfield Park 18.2 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
70 Newark Bay--Old Tressel 12.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
71 Riis Landing 15.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
72 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 5 110 4.5% 2.0%
73 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
74 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 21 758 2.8% 1.8%
75 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 5 119 4.2% 1.8%
76 Bar Beach Town Park 16.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
77 Central Park--North End 1.2 21 818 2.6% 1.7%
78 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 6 169 3.6% 1.6%
79 Point Lookout 24.4 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
80 Schlegel Lake 15.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
81 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
82 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 5 133 3.8% 1.6%
83 Campgaw Reservation 22.4 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
84 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 3 69 4.3% 1.5%
85 Field of Dreams Greenbelt 17.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
86 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 3 70 4.3% 1.5%
87 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 5 152 3.3% 1.4%
88 Disposal Rd. 7.7 5 152 3.3% 1.4%
89 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
90 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
91 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
92 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
93 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 4 121 3.3% 1.3%
94 Nassau County Museum of Art 17.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
95 Demarest Nature Center 12.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
96 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 3 82 3.7% 1.3%
97 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
98 Central Park 0.7 52 3478 1.5% 1.1%
99 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 15 822 1.8% 1.1%
100 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
101 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 28 1867 1.5% 1.0%
102 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 4 152 2.6% 1.0%
103 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
104 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
105 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 4 160 2.5% 1.0%
106 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
107 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 7 353 2.0% 1.0%
108 McCarren Park 4.3 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
109 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 4 166 2.4% 0.9%
110 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
111 Hackensack--Foschini Park 8.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
112 Brookdale Park 12.2 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
113 Central Park--North Meadow 0.8 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
114 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
115 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
116 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area 11.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
117 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
118 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
119 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 5 321 1.6% 0.7%
120 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 3 154 1.9% 0.7%
121 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
122 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
123 Pascack Brook County Park 14.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
124 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
125 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 4 249 1.6% 0.6%
126 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 3 184 1.6% 0.6%
127 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 4 285 1.4% 0.5%
128 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 2 101 2.0% 0.5%
129 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
130 Trap House 21.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
131 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
132 Wave Hill 8.5 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
133 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 4 301 1.3% 0.5%
134 Cemetery of the Resurrection--scrub W of maint. bldgs 22.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
135 Great Kills Park 18.0 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
136 Central Park--The Dene (65th-72nd St. E of E Drive) 0.7 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
137 Lenape Park 19.7 2 112 1.8% 0.5%
138 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
139 St. John Cemetery (Queens Co.) 6.9 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
140 Kissena Corridor Park 8.0 2 116 1.7% 0.5%
141 Central Park--North Woods 1.3 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
142 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 2 125 1.6% 0.4%
143 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
144 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
145 Halifax Road 23.9 4 370 1.1% 0.4%
146 Randalls Island--saltmarsh at Little Hell Gate Inlet 2.2 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
147 Lincoln Park West 7.5 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
148 Hofstra University 19.7 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
149 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
150 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 3 284 1.1% 0.4%
151 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 3 285 1.1% 0.4%
152 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 2 171 1.2% 0.3%
153 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
154 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
155 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
156 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
157 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 2 186 1.1% 0.3%
158 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
159 River Barge Park 5.1 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
160 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
161 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
162 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 2 201 1.0% 0.3%
163 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 2 206 1.0% 0.3%
164 Watchung Reservation 22.7 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
165 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 4 600 0.7% 0.3%
166 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 5 846 0.6% 0.3%
167 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
168 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 3 572 0.5% 0.2%
169 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 2 337 0.6% 0.2%
170 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 2 343 0.6% 0.2%
171 The Celery Farm 19.5 4 1053 0.4% 0.1%
172 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 1 122 0.8% 0.1%
173 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 1 122 0.8% 0.1%
174 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 1 149 0.7% 0.1%
175 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 1 149 0.7% 0.1%
176 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 1 166 0.6% 0.1%
177 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 188 0.5% 0.1%
178 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 1 204 0.5% 0.1%
179 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 263 0.4% 0.1%
180 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 2 914 0.2% 0.1%
181 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 1 314 0.3% 0.1%
182 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 1 372 0.3% 0.0%
183 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 2 1392 0.1% 0.0%