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Where to find Green Heron in April
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 Green Heron in April. 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			Brightwood Park	22.8	25	71	35.2%	25.1%
2			Mariners Marsh	14.7	9	29	31.0%	17.3%
3			Prospect Park	8.4	1154	7240	15.9%	15.1%
4			Tenafly Nature Center	9.8	23	137	16.8%	11.5%
5			North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh	22.6	17	98	17.3%	11.1%
6			Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve	20.5	33	217	15.2%	11.0%
7			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	35	237	14.8%	10.8%
8			Halifax Road	23.9	72	628	11.5%	9.2%
9			Lenape Park	19.7	30	244	12.3%	8.7%
10			Sandy Hook	23.7	129	1500	8.6%	7.3%
11			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	184	2294	8.0%	7.0%
12			Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden	12.0	6	41	14.6%	6.9%
13			Halsey Pond Park	18.0	7	51	13.7%	6.8%
14			Prospect Park--Prospect Lake	8.7	51	628	8.1%	6.2%
15			Lenape Park--Pond	20.1	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
16			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond	22.3	14	143	9.8%	5.9%
17			The Celery Farm	19.5	110	1652	6.7%	5.6%
18			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	130	2031	6.4%	5.4%
19			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	50	728	6.9%	5.2%
20			Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe)	0.3	11	121	9.1%	5.2%
21			Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park	24.9	5	44	11.4%	5.0%
22			Dutch Kills, Queens	3.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
23			Bay County Park	19.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
24			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	6	62	9.7%	4.5%
25			North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp	22.7	9	111	8.1%	4.3%
26			Clove Lakes Park	13.6	44	769	5.7%	4.3%
27			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	20	306	6.5%	4.3%
28			Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake	10.9	28	499	5.6%	3.9%
29			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	7	91	7.7%	3.8%
30			Inwood Hill Park--Shorakkopoch Rock	6.8	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
31			Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve	18.5	6	79	7.6%	3.5%
32			Schlegel Lake	15.0	6	81	7.4%	3.4%
33			Central Park--The Oven and The Point	0.4	9	140	6.4%	3.4%
34			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	6	83	7.2%	3.4%
35			Echo Lake Park	21.2	8	123	6.5%	3.3%
36			Crotona Park	5.5	4	50	8.0%	3.2%
37			Central Park	0.7	219	6195	3.5%	3.1%
38			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond	22.4	11	205	5.4%	3.0%
39			Greenbelt Nature Center	16.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
40			Briant Park	19.9	3	35	8.6%	3.0%
41			Waterlands Park	16.0	6	94	6.4%	3.0%
42			Watchung Reservation	22.7	8	141	5.7%	2.9%
43			High Rock Park	15.9	8	143	5.6%	2.9%
44			Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone	8.7	6	98	6.1%	2.8%
45			Randalls Island	2.4	12	248	4.8%	2.8%
46			Irvington Woods	18.8	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
47			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	9	174	5.2%	2.7%
48			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	9	178	5.1%	2.7%
49			Van Cortlandt Park	9.1	7	132	5.3%	2.6%
50			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
51			Cemetery of the Resurrection	22.3	4	62	6.5%	2.5%
52			Central Park--The Ramble	0.3	107	3568	3.0%	2.5%
53			Liberty SP	7.0	25	688	3.6%	2.5%
54			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	6	117	5.1%	2.4%
55			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	5	91	5.5%	2.4%
56			Laurelwood Arboretum	21.2	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
57			Clarks Pond	11.6	3	45	6.7%	2.3%
58			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	3	46	6.5%	2.2%
59			Manorhaven Town Park	13.7	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
60			Central Park--North End	1.2	41	1406	2.9%	2.2%
61			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	5	100	5.0%	2.2%
62			Watchung Reservation--Lake Surprise	22.0	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
63			Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water	9.2	4	77	5.2%	2.0%
64			Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot	22.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
65			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
66			Blue Heron Park--Butterfly Pond	20.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
67			Van Cortlandt Park--NE Forest	9.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
68			Reeds Basket Willow Swamp Park	14.4	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
69			Pond Park, Great Neck Estates	11.8	4	79	5.1%	2.0%
70			Goodhue Park	12.2	3	52	5.8%	2.0%
71			Willson's Woods Park	12.1	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
72			Blue Heron Park	20.6	4	80	5.0%	2.0%
73			Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch)	1.1	30	1082	2.8%	1.9%
74			Troy Meadows Natural Area	21.6	14	432	3.2%	1.9%
75			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	11	323	3.4%	1.9%
76			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	28	1052	2.7%	1.8%
77			Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek	5.8	4	85	4.7%	1.8%
78			Pequannock Valley Park--Woodland Lake	20.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
79			Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1	5.7	3	59	5.1%	1.7%
80			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	4	90	4.4%	1.7%
81			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	14	481	2.9%	1.7%
82			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake	8.0	6	160	3.8%	1.7%
83			Crocheron Park	10.4	3	60	5.0%	1.7%
84			Lincoln Park West	7.5	3	62	4.8%	1.7%
85			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
86			Rahway River--Mohawk Park	19.7	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
87			Passaic River South Orange Ave Boat Launch Livingston	21.1	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
88			Bridge Creek (Queens Co.)	17.4	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
89			Lincoln Park Gravel Pits	20.2	2	38	5.3%	1.5%
90			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	14	602	2.3%	1.4%
91			Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh	6.9	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
92			Sharrotts Pond	21.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
93			Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne	23.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
94			Melanie Lane Wetlands	22.5	4	115	3.5%	1.4%
95			Willowbrook Park	16.0	3	77	3.9%	1.3%
96			Bronx River Pkwy Reservation--Crestwood Lake	14.2	2	42	4.8%	1.3%
97			Smith Pond, Rockville Center	18.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
98			Manhasset Valley County Park	13.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
99			Owls Head Park	10.3	6	228	2.6%	1.2%
100			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	4	135	3.0%	1.2%
101			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	3	93	3.2%	1.1%
102			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	2	51	3.9%	1.1%
103			Central Park--The Pool	1.0	12	638	1.9%	1.1%
104			Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water	9.0	3	96	3.1%	1.1%
105			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	3	100	3.0%	1.0%
106			Kissena Park	8.6	6	270	2.2%	1.0%
107			Brookfield Park	18.2	2	54	3.7%	1.0%
108			Randalls Island--Freshwater Wetlands (Little Hell Gate Inlet)	2.3	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
109			Lake Tappan (NY)	18.7	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
110			Prospect Point	14.7	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
111			Drew University--Zuck Arboretum	24.3	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
112			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
113			Ash Brook Reservation	23.5	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
114			Coney Island Creek	13.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
115			Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary	1.1	8	466	1.7%	0.9%
116			Central Park--North Woods	1.3	3	120	2.5%	0.9%
117			New York Botanical Garden	7.3	6	330	1.8%	0.8%
118			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	3	125	2.4%	0.8%
119			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	15	1116	1.3%	0.8%
120			Alley Pond Park--Little Alley Pond	12.2	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
121			Van Saun Park	11.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
122			Orange Reservoir	16.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
123			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	11	814	1.4%	0.8%
124			Bryant Park	2.1	10	728	1.4%	0.7%
125			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	2	74	2.7%	0.7%
126			Fort Totten Park	10.0	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
127			Forest Park--Strack Pond	8.1	2	75	2.7%	0.7%
128			Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere	7.8	4	216	1.9%	0.7%
129			Nomahegan Park	20.0	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
130			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
131			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	2	82	2.4%	0.7%
132			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	3	153	2.0%	0.7%
133			Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.)	12.5	2	83	2.4%	0.7%
134			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
135			Bridge Creek, Western Ave.	15.3	2	84	2.4%	0.7%
136			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
137			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
138			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	5	372	1.3%	0.6%
139			Campgaw Reservation	22.4	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
140			Old Troy County Park	23.0	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
141			Forest Park	8.2	6	490	1.2%	0.6%
142			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	3	183	1.6%	0.6%
143			Saddle River County Park	11.2	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
144			Weequahic Park	13.5	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
145			Nature Study Woods, New Rochelle	13.5	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
146			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
147			Central Park--Harlem Meer	1.3	4	285	1.4%	0.5%
148			Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh	4.1	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
149			Lincoln Terrace - Arthur S. Somers Park	8.2	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
150			North Hudson Park	2.3	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
151			Randalls Island--saltmarsh at Little Hell Gate Inlet	2.2	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
152			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	9	995	0.9%	0.5%
153			Milton Lake Park	21.2	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
154			Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow	20.3	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
155			Pascack Brook County Park	14.6	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
156			Bushwick Inlet Park	4.1	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
157			West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344)	19.9	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
158			Central Park--Sheep Meadow	0.8	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
159			Cranberry Lake Preserve	23.3	2	129	1.6%	0.4%
160			Disposal Rd.	7.7	2	131	1.5%	0.4%
161			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
162			Tarrytown Lakes Park	21.8	3	264	1.1%	0.4%
163			Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform	15.2	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
164			Brooklyn Botanic Garden	7.8	4	407	1.0%	0.4%
165			Alley Pond Park	11.9	4	409	1.0%	0.4%
166			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook	22.5	2	154	1.3%	0.4%
167			Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes	17.4	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
168			Central Park--Blockhouse	1.3	2	163	1.2%	0.3%
169			Central Park--The Lake	0.4	2	165	1.2%	0.3%
170			Teaneck Creek Conservancy	6.9	2	166	1.2%	0.3%
171			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
172			Central Park--Turtle Pond	0.1	5	653	0.8%	0.3%
173			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	4	506	0.8%	0.3%
174			Maplewood Memorial Park	16.5	2	183	1.1%	0.3%
175			Branch Brook Park--South	11.5	1	60	1.7%	0.3%
176			Bee Meadow Park	23.6	1	60	1.7%	0.3%
177			Bronx Zoo	6.7	3	347	0.9%	0.3%
178			Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill	8.8	1	65	1.5%	0.3%
179			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	2	208	1.0%	0.3%
180			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	5	816	0.6%	0.3%
181			Central Park--Great Lawn	0.0	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
182			Tibbetts Brook Park	10.9	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
183			Mill Pond Park, Bellmore	24.7	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
184			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
185			Dyker Beach Park	12.0	1	75	1.3%	0.2%
186			Rutgers University Newark Campus	11.3	2	237	0.8%	0.2%
187			Lake Tappan	16.9	1	80	1.2%	0.2%
188			Closter Nature Center	13.5	1	84	1.2%	0.2%
189			Rockefeller SP Preserve	23.6	3	501	0.6%	0.2%
190			Flat Rock Brook Nature Center	6.5	1	87	1.1%	0.2%
191			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	1	88	1.1%	0.2%
192			Ramapo Valley County Reservation	23.6	1	90	1.1%	0.2%
193			Central Park--Evodia Field	0.3	1	93	1.1%	0.2%
194			Central Park--Triplets Br. area (btwn 77th-79th St. transv.)	0.3	1	95	1.1%	0.2%
195			Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek	11.3	1	95	1.1%	0.2%
196			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	1	103	1.0%	0.2%
197			Ridgewood Reservoir	7.6	1	117	0.9%	0.2%
198			Fort Tilden	15.7	1	118	0.8%	0.1%
199			Montclair Hawk Watch	13.7	1	122	0.8%	0.1%
200			South Mountain Reservation	17.6	1	128	0.8%	0.1%
201			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	2	439	0.5%	0.1%
202			Astoria Park	2.3	1	145	0.7%	0.1%
203			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	1	147	0.7%	0.1%
204			Jefferson Rd. Pond	23.8	1	151	0.7%	0.1%
205			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	1	161	0.6%	0.1%
206			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	1	162	0.6%	0.1%
207			Riverside Park--North of 96th St.	1.8	1	180	0.6%	0.1%
208			Conference House Park	24.5	1	183	0.5%	0.1%
209			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	1	194	0.5%	0.1%
210			Central Park--Great Hill	1.2	1	203	0.5%	0.1%
211			Morningside Park (Manhattan)	1.8	1	218	0.5%	0.1%
212			Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir)	15.6	1	220	0.5%	0.1%
213			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	2	690	0.3%	0.1%
214			Piermont Pier	18.4	1	230	0.4%	0.1%
215			Boonton Reservoir	24.1	1	247	0.4%	0.1%
216			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	1	343	0.3%	0.1%
217			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	1	1153	0.1%	0.0%