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Where to find Common Loon in May
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 Common Loon in May. 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 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St. 15.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
2 Gravesend Bay 13.2 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
3 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
4 Point View Reservoir 19.8 14 32 43.8% 28.2%
5 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 35 97 36.1% 27.2%
6 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 33 99 33.3% 24.8%
7 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
8 Coney Island Pier 14.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
9 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 61 235 26.0% 20.8%
10 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 Davids' Island (site of Fort Slocum) 12.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 76 325 23.4% 19.1%
14 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 13 42 31.0% 19.1%
15 Sandy Hook 23.7 474 2381 19.9% 18.4%
16 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 20 74 27.0% 18.2%
17 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
18 Plumb Beach 14.0 171 915 18.7% 16.3%
19 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 37 175 21.1% 15.7%
20 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
21 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
22 Ellis Rd., waterfront (Richmond Co.) 22.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
23 Lake Tappan 16.9 19 93 20.4% 13.5%
24 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 13 59 22.0% 13.4%
25 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
26 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
27 Dead Horse Point 14.4 14 72 19.4% 12.0%
28 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
29 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
30 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
31 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 55 369 14.9% 11.6%
32 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
33 Lake Parsippany 24.8 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
34 Liberty SP 7.0 105 825 12.7% 10.6%
35 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
36 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
37 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
39 Fort Tilden 15.7 19 139 13.7% 8.9%
40 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
41 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 21 161 13.0% 8.7%
42 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
43 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
44 Nickerson Beach 23.3 45 421 10.7% 8.1%
45 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
46 Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park 14.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
47 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
48 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 10 85 11.8% 6.5%
49 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 12 111 10.8% 6.3%
50 Kingsborough Community College 14.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
51 Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site) 20.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
53 Lake Valhalla 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
54 Mark Twain (IS 239) 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
55 Hudson Park and Beach 13.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
56 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 10 91 11.0% 6.1%
57 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
58 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
59 Brighton Beach 14.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
60 Great Kills Park 18.0 22 269 8.2% 5.5%
61 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 5 40 12.5% 5.5%
62 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 235 3846 6.1% 5.4%
63 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
64 Pryibil Beach 19.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
65 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 46 764 6.0% 4.5%
66 Five Islands Park 13.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
67 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
68 Canarsie Pier 11.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 94 1892 5.0% 4.1%
70 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
71 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 6 72 8.3% 3.9%
72 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 10 144 6.9% 3.8%
73 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
74 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
75 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 11 167 6.6% 3.7%
76 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 14 230 6.1% 3.7%
77 Randalls Island--Urban Farm and Scylla Playground 2.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
78 Kingdom Pond Park 21.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
79 Mattano Park 15.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
80 Kensico Lake 24.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
81 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
82 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 13 218 6.0% 3.5%
83 Hook Mountain 23.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
84 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
85 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 9 148 6.1% 3.2%
86 Coney Island Beach 14.5 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
87 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
88 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 13 255 5.1% 3.0%
89 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
90 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 8 140 5.7% 2.9%
91 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
92 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 7 124 5.6% 2.8%
93 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 5 83 6.0% 2.6%
94 Hudson River Greenway--Chelsea Piers (14th-22nd St.) 3.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
95 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
96 Mills Reservation 13.7 5 86 5.8% 2.5%
97 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 7 137 5.1% 2.5%
98 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 7 141 5.0% 2.4%
99 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 6 115 5.2% 2.4%
100 Prospect Point 14.7 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
101 Glen Island Park 12.0 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
102 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
103 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 7 155 4.5% 2.2%
104 Owls Head Park 10.3 10 261 3.8% 2.1%
105 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
106 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
107 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 35 1258 2.8% 2.0%
108 Rye Town Park 19.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
109 Kensico Dam Plaza County Park 22.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
110 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
111 Prospect Park 8.4 175 8052 2.2% 1.9%
112 Memorial Park (Fair Lawn) 13.7 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
113 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
114 Greenwich Harbor 24.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
115 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
116 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 4 94 4.3% 1.7%
117 Randalls Island 2.4 7 209 3.3% 1.6%
118 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 19 749 2.5% 1.6%
119 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
120 Clove Lakes Park--Southern Woodlands 13.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
121 Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove 16.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
122 Westchester Country Club (private property) 20.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
123 Palisades Park IBA--Alpine Section 11.2 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
124 Conference House Park 24.5 6 184 3.3% 1.5%
125 Mountainside Park 22.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
126 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 47 2407 2.0% 1.5%
127 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 18 804 2.2% 1.4%
128 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 6 197 3.0% 1.4%
129 Lincoln Terrace - Arthur S. Somers Park 8.2 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
130 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 12 514 2.3% 1.3%
131 Cunningham Park Southeast Preserve 10.9 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
132 Trap House 21.3 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
133 Watchung Reservation 22.7 7 263 2.7% 1.3%
134 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 6 230 2.6% 1.2%
135 Elizabeth River--1st st bridge 15.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
136 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
137 Alvin P. Williams Park (Sewaren Marina Park) 21.8 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
138 Powells Cove Park 6.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
139 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
140 Great Oak Park 22.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
141 Great Neck Estates Wildlife Sanctuary 11.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
142 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 9 487 1.8% 1.0%
143 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 3 106 2.8% 1.0%
144 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
145 Bay County Park 19.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
146 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 25 1827 1.4% 0.9%
147 Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street 20.2 3 111 2.7% 0.9%
148 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
149 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
150 Alley Pond Park--Brooklyn-Queens Greenway 11.9 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
151 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 19 1383 1.4% 0.9%
152 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 3 118 2.5% 0.9%
153 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 5 247 2.0% 0.9%
154 Sprain Ridge Park 14.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
155 High Line Park 3.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
156 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 15 1085 1.4% 0.8%
157 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
158 Battery Park City--Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park 5.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
159 Hempstead Plains Preserve 20.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
160 Arbutus Lake 21.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
161 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
162 Sound View Park 5.4 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
163 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
164 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 4 213 1.9% 0.7%
165 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 6 388 1.5% 0.7%
166 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
167 Nomahegan Park 20.0 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
168 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
169 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
170 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
171 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
172 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
173 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
174 Hudson River Greenway--22nd-29th St. 3.0 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
175 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 3 157 1.9% 0.7%
176 Central Park 0.7 70 8750 0.8% 0.6%
177 Alley Pond Park 11.9 8 644 1.2% 0.6%
178 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 9 757 1.2% 0.6%
179 New York Institute of Technology 19.0 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
180 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 3 175 1.7% 0.6%
181 Astoria Park 2.3 3 178 1.7% 0.6%
182 Bushwick Inlet Park 4.1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
183 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 6 493 1.2% 0.6%
184 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
185 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
186 Piermont Pier 18.4 4 282 1.4% 0.6%
187 "Sandy Hook--Hudson Rd (""The Garden"", etc)" 21.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
188 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 5 402 1.2% 0.5%
189 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 2 106 1.9% 0.5%
190 Rutgers University Newark Campus 11.3 4 301 1.3% 0.5%
191 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 3 199 1.5% 0.5%
192 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
193 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 2 112 1.8% 0.5%
194 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 54 vicinity (W 13th St.) 3.6 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
195 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
196 Ramapo Valley County Reservation 23.6 2 125 1.6% 0.4%
197 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
198 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 3 241 1.2% 0.4%
199 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 2 131 1.5% 0.4%
200 Halifax Road 23.9 10 1326 0.8% 0.4%
201 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
202 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
203 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
204 Orange Reservoir 16.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
205 LIRR Station: Port Washington 15.0 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
206 Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water 9.2 2 138 1.4% 0.4%
207 Pier 44 Waterfront Garden 7.8 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
208 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 7 890 0.8% 0.4%
209 Shore Road Park 11.7 2 145 1.4% 0.4%
210 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
211 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Buttermilk Hill area 23.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
212 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 2 152 1.3% 0.4%
213 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
214 Forest Park 8.2 8 1147 0.7% 0.4%
215 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 2 157 1.3% 0.4%
216 Saddle River County Park 11.2 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
217 The Celery Farm 19.5 9 1399 0.6% 0.3%
218 North Hudson Park 2.3 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
219 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
220 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
221 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
222 Clarks Pond 11.6 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
223 College of Staten Island 15.7 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
224 Brookdale Park 12.2 2 197 1.0% 0.3%
225 Brookfield Park 18.2 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
226 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. 15.3 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
227 Kings Point Park 11.6 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
228 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 3 399 0.8% 0.3%
229 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 2 215 0.9% 0.3%
230 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Ilse Metzger Sitting Area 8.4 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
231 Bronx Zoo 6.7 3 422 0.7% 0.2%
232 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 4 657 0.6% 0.2%
233 Central Park--Summit Rock 0.2 3 433 0.7% 0.2%
234 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
235 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
236 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
237 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 2 251 0.8% 0.2%
238 Hamilton Park 5.6 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
239 Socrates Sculpture Park 1.8 1 86 1.2% 0.2%
240 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 18 5687 0.3% 0.2%
241 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
242 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Queens Zoo 6.6 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
243 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
244 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
245 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 2 287 0.7% 0.2%
246 Lenape Park 19.7 2 303 0.7% 0.2%
247 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
248 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 3 620 0.5% 0.2%
249 South Mountain Reservation- Crest Drive 16.9 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
250 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
251 Highbridge Park--S of Alexander Hamilton Bridge 4.3 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
252 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
253 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
254 Flat Rock Brook Nature Center 6.5 1 143 0.7% 0.1%
255 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 1 149 0.7% 0.1%
256 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 3 863 0.3% 0.1%
257 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 153 0.7% 0.1%
258 Stuyvesant Town 3.5 1 165 0.6% 0.1%
259 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 1 168 0.6% 0.1%
260 Miller Field 16.3 1 177 0.6% 0.1%
261 McCarren Park 4.3 1 183 0.5% 0.1%
262 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 2 575 0.3% 0.1%
263 Muttontown Preserve 22.5 1 201 0.5% 0.1%
264 Tenafly Nature Center 9.8 1 221 0.5% 0.1%
265 Riverside Park--North of 96th St. 1.8 1 250 0.4% 0.1%
266 Rye Nature Center 19.8 1 264 0.4% 0.1%
267 William Warren County Park 23.4 1 277 0.4% 0.1%
268 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 1 300 0.3% 0.1%
269 Valley Stream SP 16.0 1 301 0.3% 0.1%
270 Central Park--North End 1.2 3 1771 0.2% 0.1%
271 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 1 320 0.3% 0.1%
272 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 437 0.2% 0.0%
273 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 1 441 0.2% 0.0%
274 Forest Park--Waterhole 8.4 1 518 0.2% 0.0%
275 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 962 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.