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Where to find Red-breasted Merganser in November
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 Red-breasted Merganser in November. 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 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 32 38 84.2% 69.6%
2 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 271 399 67.9% 63.2%
3 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 37 56 66.1% 53.0%
4 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 66 113 58.4% 49.2%
5 Sandy Hook 23.7 672 1335 50.3% 47.7%
6 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 62 109 56.9% 47.5%
7 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 30 49 61.2% 47.2%
8 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 23 40 57.5% 42.2%
9 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 19 35 54.3% 38.2%
10 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 97 221 43.9% 37.5%
11 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 21 40 52.5% 37.5%
12 Dosoris Pond, Glen Cove 19.3 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
13 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
14 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 85 203 41.9% 35.3%
15 Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site) 20.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Jamaica Bay--Duck Point Marshes 12.5 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
17 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 23 50 46.0% 33.0%
18 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway 10.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
19 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
20 Playland Lake 20.4 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
21 Gravesend Bay 13.2 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
22 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 28 72 38.9% 28.5%
23 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 188 592 31.8% 28.1%
24 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
25 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 11 24 45.8% 27.9%
26 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 16 39 41.0% 27.1%
27 Rye Town Park 19.4 22 57 38.6% 27.1%
28 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 16 40 40.0% 26.3%
29 Great Kills Park 18.0 44 135 32.6% 25.3%
30 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 32 95 33.7% 25.0%
31 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
32 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 23 66 34.8% 24.5%
33 Dead Horse Point 14.4 31 94 33.0% 24.3%
34 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
35 Powells Cove Park 6.9 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
36 Plumb Beach 14.0 63 235 26.8% 21.6%
37 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 19 60 31.7% 21.3%
38 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 13 38 34.2% 21.2%
39 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
40 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
41 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 11.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
42 Butler Manor Waterfront 23.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
43 Blue Heron Park--Butterfly Pond 20.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
44 Pelham Bay Park--Bronx Victory Memorial & surroundings 9.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
45 Hudson River Park--Pier 45 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
46 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 39 145 26.9% 20.3%
47 Liberty SP 7.0 105 439 23.9% 20.2%
48 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 52 203 25.6% 20.1%
49 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 27 100 27.0% 19.3%
50 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
51 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 12 38 31.6% 19.1%
52 Byram Park 22.8 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
53 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 55 230 23.9% 18.9%
54 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 90 399 22.6% 18.7%
55 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 11 35 31.4% 18.6%
56 Ransom Beach, Bayville 22.0 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
57 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
58 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 30 131 22.9% 16.5%
59 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 14 53 26.4% 16.4%
60 Glen Island Park 12.0 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
61 Canarsie Pier 11.4 11 40 27.5% 16.1%
62 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 11 40 27.5% 16.1%
63 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
64 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 21 94 22.3% 15.1%
65 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
66 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
67 Rye Playland 20.0 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
68 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
69 Pelham Bay Park--Pelham Bridge 9.7 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
70 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 13 60 21.7% 13.1%
71 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 15 72 20.8% 13.1%
72 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 19 97 19.6% 12.9%
73 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
74 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
75 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
76 Pugsley Creek Park 6.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
77 Premium Mill Pond 14.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
78 Coney Island--Norton Pt. 14.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
79 Pryibil Beach 19.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
80 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
81 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 20 122 16.4% 10.9%
82 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 28 193 14.5% 10.2%
83 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd. 11.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
84 Veterans Park 11.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
85 Mill Creek 23.1 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
86 Randalls Island 2.4 47 379 12.4% 9.5%
87 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 2.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
88 West Mill Basin 12.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
89 Clason Point 6.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
90 Freshkills Park--North Mound 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
91 North Shore Esplanade 11.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
92 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
93 Columbia St. Pier 8.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
94 Monroe Cohen Park 10.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
95 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
96 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
97 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 29 234 12.4% 8.8%
98 Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l) 17.6 11 73 15.1% 8.6%
99 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 11 74 14.9% 8.5%
100 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 18 140 12.9% 8.3%
101 Sound View Park 5.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
102 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 10 68 14.7% 8.2%
103 Conference House Park 24.5 14 105 13.3% 8.1%
104 Coney Island Pier 14.6 9 60 15.0% 8.1%
105 Fort Tilden 15.7 22 196 11.2% 7.5%
106 Five Islands Park 13.9 6 39 15.4% 7.2%
107 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
108 Spring Creek Park 10.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
109 Silver Lake Reservoir 12.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
110 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 10 78 12.8% 7.1%
111 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 7 49 14.3% 7.1%
112 Tottenville Train Station (Ellis St.), Arthur Kill 23.8 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
113 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
114 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
115 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
116 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
117 Midland Beach 15.8 8 65 12.3% 6.4%
118 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 55 682 8.1% 6.2%
119 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
120 Lower New York Bay (Staten Island) 20.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
121 Bergen Beach 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
122 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
123 Dubos Point 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
124 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
125 Silver Lake Golf Course 13.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
126 Lake Tappan 16.9 8 71 11.3% 5.8%
127 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
128 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
129 Coney Island Beach 14.5 15 172 8.7% 5.4%
130 Bushwick Inlet Park 4.1 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
131 Lincoln Park West 7.5 6 53 11.3% 5.3%
132 Point View Reservoir 19.8 6 53 11.3% 5.3%
133 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 15 175 8.6% 5.3%
134 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
135 Kirby Lane Ponds, Rye 20.8 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
136 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 58 866 6.7% 5.2%
137 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
138 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
139 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 9 94 9.6% 5.1%
140 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 35 505 6.9% 5.0%
141 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
142 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
143 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
144 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St. 15.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
145 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
146 Landing Rd., Oyster Bay Cove 24.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
147 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 41 698 5.9% 4.4%
148 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
149 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
150 Coney Island Creek 13.9 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
151 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 7 86 8.1% 4.0%
152 Harlem River, 90th-107th St. 1.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
153 Port Liberte 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
154 City Island (Bronx Co.) 10.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
155 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
156 Spring Creek, Fountain Ave. (Brooklyn) 10.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
157 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
158 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 7 98 7.1% 3.5%
159 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 9 141 6.4% 3.4%
160 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
161 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
162 Fort Totten Park 10.0 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
163 Prospect Point 14.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
164 Bar Beach Town Park 16.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
165 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
166 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
167 Point Lookout 24.4 8 146 5.5% 2.8%
168 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
169 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 7 128 5.5% 2.7%
170 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 6 107 5.6% 2.6%
171 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
172 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
173 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
174 Palisades Park IBA--Alpine Section 11.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
175 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
176 Spanish Camp, Former 20.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
177 Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark 9.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
178 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
179 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
180 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 6 123 4.9% 2.3%
181 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
182 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
183 Meadowlands--Cromakill Creek Marsh 3.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
184 Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary 15.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
185 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
186 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
187 Overpeck County Park 6.2 9 228 3.9% 2.1%
188 Arbutus Lake 21.0 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
189 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 20 646 3.1% 2.0%
190 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive 22.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
191 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 6 6.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
192 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
193 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
194 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 5 112 4.5% 1.9%
195 Little Bay Park, Bayside 9.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
196 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
197 Udalls Cove Park Preserve 11.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
198 Ferry Point Park 7.1 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
199 Stuyvesant Cove Park (18th-23rd St.) 3.4 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
200 Piermont Pier 18.4 11 403 2.7% 1.5%
201 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
202 Pelham Bay Park--Landfill 9.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
203 Milton Point, Rye 17.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
204 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
205 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
206 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
207 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
208 Battery Park City--Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park 5.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
209 Lake Parsippany 24.8 5 184 2.7% 1.2%
210 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 4 136 2.9% 1.1%
211 Global Terminal 9.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
212 Udall's Mill Pond 11.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
213 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 5 204 2.5% 1.1%
214 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
215 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
216 Francis Pond Preserve 21.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
217 Paerdegat Basin 11.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
218 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 3 117 2.6% 0.9%
219 Van Name-Van Pelt Cove 14.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
220 Co-op City, Section 5 (Greenway) 9.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
221 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
222 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
223 Fort Washington Park (W 155th St. to Dyckman St.) 4.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
224 Randalls Island--Urban Farm and Scylla Playground 2.1 4 212 1.9% 0.7%
225 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
226 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 2 89 2.2% 0.6%
227 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
228 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. 15.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
229 Richmond Terrace x Northfield Ave. Waterfront 14.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
230 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
231 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
232 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 5.7 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
233 Cameron Field Park Pond 15.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
234 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
235 Miller Field 16.3 2 107 1.9% 0.5%
236 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 5 461 1.1% 0.5%
237 River Barge Park 5.1 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
238 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
239 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
240 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 141 1.4% 0.4%
241 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
242 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 2 145 1.4% 0.4%
243 Liberty Island, onshore (New York Co.) 7.5 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
244 Battery Park City--South Cove and environs 5.8 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
245 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
246 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 4 437 0.9% 0.4%
247 Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh 6.9 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
248 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
249 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
250 Gantry Plaza SP 2.5 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
251 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 5 718 0.7% 0.3%
252 Stuyvesant Town 3.5 2 188 1.1% 0.3%
253 Shore Road Park 11.7 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
254 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
255 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 1 86 1.2% 0.2%
256 Cedar Grove Reservoir 14.0 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
257 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
258 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
259 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 1 106 0.9% 0.2%
260 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 1 127 0.8% 0.1%
261 Nickerson Beach 23.3 1 129 0.8% 0.1%
262 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
263 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 1 166 0.6% 0.1%
264 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 1 198 0.5% 0.1%
265 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 1 213 0.5% 0.1%
266 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 1 214 0.5% 0.1%
267 The Celery Farm 19.5 2 735 0.3% 0.1%
268 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 256 0.4% 0.1%
269 Kissena Park 8.6 1 324 0.3% 0.1%
270 Central Park--North End 1.2 1 324 0.3% 0.1%
271 Central Park 0.7 3 2232 0.1% 0.0%
272 Prospect Park 8.4 2 2145 0.1% 0.0%