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Where to find Common Loon in October
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Common Loon 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 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 34 69 49.3% 37.8%
2 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
3 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 14 27 51.9% 34.0%
4 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 53 129 41.1% 33.0%
5 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 27 64 42.2% 30.9%
6 Point View Reservoir 19.8 15 33 45.5% 29.8%
7 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 54 170 31.8% 25.2%
8 Sandy Hook 23.7 439 1905 23.0% 21.2%
9 Prospect Point 14.7 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
10 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 11 34 32.4% 19.1%
11 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
12 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
13 Coney Island Beach 14.5 25 106 23.6% 16.5%
14 Coney Island Pier 14.6 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
15 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
16 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
17 Fort Tilden 15.7 59 362 16.3% 12.9%
18 Gravesend Bay 13.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
19 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
20 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
21 Midland Beach 15.8 12 67 17.9% 10.6%
22 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
23 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
24 Pryibil Beach 19.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
25 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
26 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
27 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
28 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive 22.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
29 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 11 66 16.7% 9.6%
30 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
31 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 9 59 15.3% 8.2%
32 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
33 Conference House Park 24.5 21 179 11.7% 7.8%
34 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
35 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
36 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 13 110 11.8% 7.0%
37 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 22 212 10.4% 7.0%
38 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 12 101 11.9% 6.9%
39 Great Kills Park 18.0 14 130 10.8% 6.5%
40 Lake Tappan 16.9 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
41 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 25 270 9.3% 6.4%
42 Point Lookout 24.4 8 67 11.9% 6.2%
43 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 8 67 11.9% 6.2%
44 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
45 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 18 203 8.9% 5.7%
46 Newark Bay--Old Tressel 12.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
47 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
48 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
49 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
50 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 18 206 8.7% 5.6%
51 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
52 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 25 323 7.7% 5.3%
53 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 15 176 8.5% 5.2%
54 Riis Landing 15.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
55 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
56 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
57 Plumb Beach 14.0 44 665 6.6% 5.0%
58 Rye Town Park 19.4 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
59 Ellis Rd., waterfront (Richmond Co.) 22.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
60 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek 14.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
61 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
62 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 45 778 5.8% 4.4%
63 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
64 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
65 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
66 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 7 84 8.3% 4.1%
67 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
68 Kingsborough Community College 14.2 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
69 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 11 156 7.1% 4.0%
70 Brighton Beach 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
71 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
72 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
73 Lake Parsippany 24.8 5 60 8.3% 3.6%
74 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
75 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
76 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
77 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 5 62 8.1% 3.5%
78 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 17 313 5.4% 3.4%
79 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 5 64 7.8% 3.4%
80 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
81 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
82 Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin 1.0 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
83 SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler) 9.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
84 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
85 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
86 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 23 588 3.9% 2.6%
87 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
88 Glen Island Park 12.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
89 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 11.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
90 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
91 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
92 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 7 148 4.7% 2.3%
93 Palisades Park IBA 8.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
94 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
95 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
96 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
97 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 5 100 5.0% 2.2%
98 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
99 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
100 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 5 102 4.9% 2.1%
101 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
102 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
103 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
104 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
105 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
106 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
107 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 7 181 3.9% 1.9%
108 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 14 445 3.1% 1.9%
109 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 5 116 4.3% 1.9%
110 Nickerson Beach 23.3 5 128 3.9% 1.7%
111 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 4 94 4.3% 1.7%
112 Hook Mountain 23.6 4 94 4.3% 1.7%
113 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
114 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
115 Waterfront Park, Dobbs Ferry 16.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
116 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 17 679 2.5% 1.6%
117 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
118 Randalls Island 2.4 14 545 2.6% 1.5%
119 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
120 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
121 Fort Totten Park 10.0 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
122 Liberty SP 7.0 14 638 2.2% 1.3%
123 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 4 125 3.2% 1.3%
124 Riverside Park--South of 96th St. 1.0 3 85 3.5% 1.2%
125 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
126 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
127 High Rock Park--Moses Mt. 16.1 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
128 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 6 241 2.5% 1.1%
129 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
130 Lido West Town Park 22.1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
131 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
132 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 3 95 3.2% 1.1%
133 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 4 149 2.7% 1.0%
134 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 17 1017 1.7% 1.0%
135 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
136 Central Park--North Meadow Butterfly Gardens 1.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
137 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
138 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
139 Five Islands Park 13.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
140 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
141 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
142 Watchung Reservation 22.7 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
143 Hudson River Greenway--22nd-29th St. 3.0 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
144 Brookdale Park 12.2 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
145 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
146 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
147 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
148 Dead Horse Point 14.4 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
149 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
150 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
151 Central Park 0.7 34 3972 0.9% 0.6%
152 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
153 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
154 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
155 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
156 Trap House 21.3 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
157 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 2 114 1.8% 0.5%
158 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
159 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 4 361 1.1% 0.4%
160 Clarks Pond 11.6 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
161 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 5 508 1.0% 0.4%
162 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 6 658 0.9% 0.4%
163 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 8 975 0.8% 0.4%
164 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 2 133 1.5% 0.4%
165 Central Park--North End 1.2 8 984 0.8% 0.4%
166 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
167 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
168 LIRR Station: Port Washington 15.0 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
169 Prospect Park 8.4 23 4109 0.6% 0.4%
170 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
171 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 5 584 0.9% 0.4%
172 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
173 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 2 159 1.3% 0.3%
174 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
175 Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street 20.2 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
176 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 3 347 0.9% 0.3%
177 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
178 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 2 190 1.1% 0.3%
179 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
180 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
181 Central Park--The Knoll 1.0 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
182 Miller Field 16.3 2 228 0.9% 0.2%
183 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 2 246 0.8% 0.2%
184 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
185 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
186 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
187 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 103 1.0% 0.2%
188 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
189 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
190 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 3 633 0.5% 0.2%
191 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
192 Forest Park 8.2 1 111 0.9% 0.2%
193 Wave Hill 8.5 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
194 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 1 129 0.8% 0.1%
195 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 1 131 0.8% 0.1%
196 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 1 138 0.7% 0.1%
197 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 1 138 0.7% 0.1%
198 Astoria Park 2.3 1 146 0.7% 0.1%
199 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
200 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 1 169 0.6% 0.1%
201 Kissena Park 8.6 2 582 0.3% 0.1%
202 Owls Head Park 10.3 1 214 0.5% 0.1%
203 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 1 228 0.4% 0.1%
204 Central Park--Sparrow Rock section 0.2 1 237 0.4% 0.1%
205 Wagner College 13.3 1 357 0.3% 0.0%
206 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 1 405 0.2% 0.0%
207 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 406 0.2% 0.0%
208 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 1 466 0.2% 0.0%
209 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 2 2356 0.1% 0.0%
210 The Celery Farm 19.5 1 1212 0.1% 0.0%