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Where to find Wood Duck 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 Wood Duck 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 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 83 103 80.6% 71.9%
2 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 298 398 74.9% 70.4%
3 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 54 67 80.6% 69.6%
4 The Celery Farm 19.5 716 1052 68.1% 65.2%
5 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 64 93 68.8% 58.8%
6 Tenafly Nature Center 9.8 20 26 76.9% 57.9%
7 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 30 42 71.4% 56.4%
8 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 64 100 64.0% 54.2%
9 Echo Lake Park 21.2 22 32 68.8% 51.4%
10 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
11 Bronx Zoo 6.7 141 267 52.8% 46.8%
12 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 48 84 57.1% 46.5%
13 Prospect Park 8.4 1898 4000 47.4% 45.9%
14 Watchung Reservation--Lake Surprise 22.0 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
15 Darlington Park 22.3 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
16 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 20 34 58.8% 42.2%
17 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 21 36 58.3% 42.2%
18 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 77 155 49.7% 41.9%
19 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 31 57 54.4% 41.6%
20 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 34 64 53.1% 41.1%
21 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
22 Woodlawn Cemetery 9.0 20 35 57.1% 40.9%
23 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
24 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 25 46 54.3% 40.2%
25 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 101 218 46.3% 39.8%
26 Huguenot Ponds Park 20.9 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
27 Crystal Lake Park 6.5 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
28 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
29 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 55 122 45.1% 36.5%
30 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 34 72 47.2% 36.1%
31 Fisher Lane (Westchester Co.) 21.4 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
32 Woodlands Lake 18.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
33 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 17 33 51.5% 35.2%
34 Rahway River Park 20.1 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
35 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
36 Arbutus Lake 21.0 20 44 45.5% 31.7%
37 Lenape Park 19.7 37 90 41.1% 31.5%
38 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
39 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 31 77 40.3% 30.0%
40 Staten Island Industrial Park--Pond (South Ave. X Glen St.) 15.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
41 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 105 302 34.8% 29.6%
42 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 41 109 37.6% 29.1%
43 Bronx River Pkwy Reservation--Crestwood Lake 14.2 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
44 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 42 118 35.6% 27.5%
45 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 43 125 34.4% 26.6%
46 Halifax Road 23.9 149 494 30.2% 26.3%
47 Whitney Pond Park 13.7 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
48 Brightwood Park 22.8 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
49 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 17 48 35.4% 23.4%
50 Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne 23.2 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
51 Francis Pond Preserve 21.8 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
52 Kissena Park 8.6 80 307 26.1% 21.5%
53 Lofts Pond Park 20.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
54 Bronxville Lake, Tuckahoe 13.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
55 Ramapo Valley County Reservation--MacMillian Reservoir 24.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
56 Bronx Zoo--Cope Lake 6.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Two Sisters Wetland Preserve Property 20.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 12 37 32.4% 19.6%
59 Clarks Pond 11.6 12 37 32.4% 19.6%
60 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 28 105 26.7% 19.1%
61 Prospect Park--Feeders 8.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
62 Cemetery of the Resurrection--scrub W of maint. bldgs 22.6 17 62 27.4% 17.9%
63 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 74 337 22.0% 17.9%
64 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 28 114 24.6% 17.6%
65 Watchung Reservation 22.7 20 77 26.0% 17.5%
66 Demarest Nature Center 12.6 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
67 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 122 626 19.5% 16.6%
68 Orange Reservoir 16.7 17 69 24.6% 16.0%
69 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 9 32 28.1% 15.6%
70 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 20 87 23.0% 15.4%
71 Bloodgoods Pond 20.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
72 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 14 59 23.7% 14.7%
73 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 13 55 23.6% 14.4%
74 Nassau County Stormwater Basin No. 21 14.4 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
75 Van Saun Park--Walden Pond 10.8 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
76 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 27 140 19.3% 13.6%
77 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 287 1927 14.9% 13.4%
78 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 51 298 17.1% 13.3%
79 Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd. 18.9 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
80 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 13 63 20.6% 12.5%
81 Udalls Cove Park Preserve 11.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
82 Passaic River South Orange Ave Boat Launch Livingston 21.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
83 Reeds Basket Willow Swamp Park 14.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
84 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 12 63 19.0% 11.2%
85 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 22 134 16.4% 11.1%
86 Shu Swamp Nature Preserve 22.1 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
87 Olympia Blvd. Pond 15.6 8 39 20.5% 10.8%
88 Manhasset Valley County Park 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
89 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
90 Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park 24.9 9 48 18.8% 10.2%
91 Verona Park 15.0 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
92 Mariners Marsh 14.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
93 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
94 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
95 Oradell Reservoir--Mudflats 13.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
96 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
97 Lenape Park--Pond 20.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
98 Nichols Park 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
99 Crocheron Park 10.4 8 45 17.8% 9.3%
100 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 53 459 11.5% 8.9%
101 Fort Totten Park 10.0 9 56 16.1% 8.7%
102 Moravian Cemetery 15.9 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
103 Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove 16.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
104 Kensico Lake 24.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
105 Silver Lake (Bergen Co.) 18.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
106 Jacksons Pond 19.7 4 20 20.0% 8.1%
107 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond 22.3 10 71 14.1% 7.8%
108 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 64 647 9.9% 7.8%
109 Silver Lake Preserve 21.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
110 Oak Ridge Park 23.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
111 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 9 68 13.2% 7.1%
112 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond 22.4 32 329 9.7% 7.0%
113 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
114 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 14 136 10.3% 6.2%
115 Briant Park 19.9 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
116 Cedar Grove Reservoir 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
117 White's Pond 18.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
118 Cherry Lane, Swamp (Rockland Co.) 22.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
119 West Essex Wetlands 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
120 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
121 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 7 58 12.1% 6.0%
122 Blue Heron Park 20.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
123 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 23.6 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
124 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 59 857 6.9% 5.4%
125 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 28 384 7.3% 5.1%
126 Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water 9.2 8 82 9.8% 5.0%
127 Bloomingdale Park 21.5 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
128 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 7 74 9.5% 4.7%
129 Rahway River Parkway--Meisel Ave to Morris Ave 18.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
130 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
131 Kissena Corridor Park--East 9.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
132 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 83 (W 43rd St.) 2.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
133 New York Institute of Technology 19.0 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
134 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 5 49 10.2% 4.4%
135 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 7 79 8.9% 4.4%
136 Overpeck County Park--Palisades Park 5.4 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
137 Lake Tappan 16.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
138 Central Park 0.7 166 3787 4.4% 3.8%
139 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 14 224 6.2% 3.8%
140 Washington Market Park 5.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
141 Nature Study Woods, New Rochelle 13.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
142 Sandy Hook 23.7 85 1953 4.4% 3.5%
143 Overpeck County Park 6.2 10 161 6.2% 3.4%
144 High Rock Park 15.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
145 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 13 240 5.4% 3.2%
146 Van Cortlandt Park--NE Forest 9.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
147 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 5 71 7.0% 3.0%
148 Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest 9.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
149 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
150 Central Park--North End 1.2 35 881 4.0% 2.9%
151 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 10 192 5.2% 2.9%
152 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
153 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
154 Florham Park--Fish Tract 21.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
155 Prospect Park--Parade Grounds 9.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
156 Humes Preserve 21.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
157 Forest Park--Strack Pond 8.1 5 85 5.9% 2.5%
158 Liberty SP 7.0 18 484 3.7% 2.4%
159 Pond Park, Great Neck Estates 11.8 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
160 Milton Lake Park 21.2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
161 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
162 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
163 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
164 Central Park--The Oven and The Point 0.4 4 82 4.9% 1.9%
165 Central Park--Conservatory Water & Pilgrim Hill 0.5 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
166 Cooper's Pond 10.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
167 Piermont Marsh 17.6 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
168 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 5 121 4.1% 1.8%
169 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 12 403 3.0% 1.7%
170 Alley Pond Park--Forever Wild area incl. 3 vernal ponds 12.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
171 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 14 516 2.7% 1.6%
172 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 8 252 3.2% 1.6%
173 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 8 256 3.1% 1.6%
174 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 11 398 2.8% 1.6%
175 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 6 181 3.3% 1.5%
176 Prospect Point 14.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
177 Bruce Park (Greenwich) 24.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
178 Central Park--SE from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr. 0.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
179 Trap House 21.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
180 Central Park-- South Blowdown Meadow 1.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
181 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
182 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
183 Nomahegan Park 20.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
184 Saddle River Duck Pond 14.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
185 Mindowaskin Park 21.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
186 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 34 2188 1.6% 1.1%
187 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Buttermilk Hill area 23.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
188 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 13 698 1.9% 1.1%
189 Conference House Park 24.5 4 148 2.7% 1.1%
190 Pascack Brook County Park 14.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
191 North Hudson Park 2.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
192 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
193 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 4 159 2.5% 1.0%
194 Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water 9.0 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
195 Crestwood Park 19.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
196 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
197 Central Park-Hanover Twp./Whippany Paper Board (private) 24.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
198 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 6 336 1.8% 0.8%
199 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Porpoise Bridge 6.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
200 Central Park--SW from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr. 1.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
201 Cemetery of the Resurrection--S entrance (maint. bldgs) 22.5 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
202 Tallman Mountain SP 17.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
203 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 5 290 1.7% 0.7%
204 Central Park--The Lake (Hernshead) 0.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
205 Old Westbury Gardens 19.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
206 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Queens Zoo 6.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
207 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
208 Randalls Island 2.4 4 242 1.7% 0.6%
209 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 5 349 1.4% 0.6%
210 Alley Pond Park 11.9 6 463 1.3% 0.6%
211 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
212 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
213 South Mountain Reservation- Crest Drive 16.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
214 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
215 Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.) 22.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
216 Closter Nature Center 13.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
217 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
218 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
219 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 5 469 1.1% 0.5%
220 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 3 227 1.3% 0.5%
221 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 3 228 1.3% 0.4%
222 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
223 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
224 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
225 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
226 Central Park--North Woods 1.3 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
227 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 2 133 1.5% 0.4%
228 Ferry Point Park 7.1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
229 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
230 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 10 1381 0.7% 0.4%
231 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
232 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
233 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 2 167 1.2% 0.3%
234 Fort Tilden 15.7 2 186 1.1% 0.3%
235 Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 0.3 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
236 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
237 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
238 Nickerson Beach 23.3 2 213 0.9% 0.3%
239 Lincoln Park West 7.5 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
240 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 4 610 0.7% 0.3%
241 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
242 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
243 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
244 Jefferson Rd. Pond 23.8 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
245 Plumb Beach 14.0 3 481 0.6% 0.2%
246 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
247 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 4 810 0.5% 0.2%
248 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
249 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
250 Central Park--Sparrow Rock section 0.2 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
251 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 3 621 0.5% 0.2%
252 Forest Park 8.2 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
253 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
254 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 122 0.8% 0.1%
255 Central Park--Compost Area 1.1 1 126 0.8% 0.1%
256 Central Park--Cedar Hill 0.3 1 129 0.8% 0.1%
257 Hunter's Point South Park 2.7 1 136 0.7% 0.1%
258 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
259 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 193 0.5% 0.1%
260 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 1 224 0.4% 0.1%
261 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 1 390 0.3% 0.0%
262 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 1 493 0.2% 0.0%
263 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 1 1051 0.1% 0.0%