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Where to find Red-breasted Merganser 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 Red-breasted Merganser 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			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	46	118	39.0%	30.7%
2			Sandy Hook	23.7	614	2381	25.8%	24.1%
3			North Shore Esplanade	11.0	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
4			Jamaica Bay, Ruler's Bar	14.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
5			Dead Horse Point	14.4	19	72	26.4%	17.6%
6			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	313	1892	16.5%	14.9%
7			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	33	167	19.8%	14.4%
8			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	8	33	24.2%	12.8%
9			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	107	749	14.3%	12.0%
10			Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot	12.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
11			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	46	325	14.2%	10.8%
12			Great Kills Park	18.0	38	269	14.1%	10.5%
13			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	32	230	13.9%	10.0%
14			Liberty SP	7.0	99	825	12.0%	10.0%
15			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	25	175	14.3%	9.9%
16			Playland Lake	20.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
17			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	14	99	14.1%	8.6%
18			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
19			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	14	106	13.2%	8.0%
20			Pugsley Creek Park	6.4	4	22	18.2%	7.3%
21			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	10	85	11.8%	6.5%
22			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
23			Forest Park Golf Course	7.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
24			Plumb Beach	14.0	68	915	7.4%	5.9%
25			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	5	38	13.2%	5.8%
26			Oakwood Beach	17.4	4	29	13.8%	5.5%
27			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
28			Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot	12.6	3	21	14.3%	5.0%
29			Global Terminal	9.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
30			BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn)	13.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
31			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	5	56	8.9%	3.9%
32			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	40	764	5.2%	3.9%
33			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ	20.4	3	27	11.1%	3.9%
34			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	21	369	5.7%	3.8%
35			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
36			Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands	11.3	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
37			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	7	94	7.4%	3.7%
38			Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook	14.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
39			Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol	12.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
40			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	5	64	7.8%	3.4%
41			Peter Detmold Park	1.9	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
42			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
43			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
44			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	6	91	6.6%	3.1%
45			Milton Point, Rye	17.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
46			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	11	213	5.2%	2.9%
47			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	5	75	6.7%	2.9%
48			Grass Island Natural Area	24.0	3	40	7.5%	2.6%
49			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	3	42	7.1%	2.5%
50			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	11	255	4.3%	2.4%
51			Sound View Park	5.4	2	23	8.7%	2.4%
52			Prospect Point	14.7	3	44	6.8%	2.3%
53			Hybrid Oak Woods Park	23.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
54			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	4	76	5.3%	2.1%
55			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	6	137	4.4%	2.0%
56			Fresh Creek Park	10.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
57			Kirby Lane Ponds, Rye	20.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
58			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
59			Conference House Park	24.5	7	184	3.8%	1.9%
60			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	22	804	2.7%	1.8%
61			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	3	57	5.3%	1.8%
62			Newark Bay--Old Tressel	12.6	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
63			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	2	32	6.2%	1.7%
64			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	6	161	3.7%	1.7%
65			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	30	1258	2.4%	1.7%
66			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
67			Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove	16.5	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
68			Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd.	14.3	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
69			Jamaica Bay, South Shore	15.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
70			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	5	156	3.2%	1.4%
71			Sandy Hook--Nike Pond	24.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
72			Canarsie Pier	11.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
73			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	2	41	4.9%	1.3%
74			Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path	22.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
75			Central Park--Reservoir	0.4	11	514	2.1%	1.2%
76			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
77			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
78			Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity	2.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
79			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	6	235	2.6%	1.2%
80			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	4	140	2.9%	1.1%
81			Lake Tappan	16.9	3	93	3.2%	1.1%
82			Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion	10.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
83			Gravesend Bay	13.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
84			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	3	102	2.9%	1.0%
85			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
86			Piermont Pier	18.4	6	282	2.1%	1.0%
87			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
88			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
89			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
90			Battery Park City--Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park	5.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
91			Leeds Pond Preserve	14.1	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
92			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
93			Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon	10.9	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
94			Fort Tilden	15.7	3	139	2.2%	0.7%
95			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	3	148	2.0%	0.7%
96			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	3	157	1.9%	0.7%
97			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
98			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
99			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	3	168	1.8%	0.6%
100			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	2	92	2.2%	0.6%
101			Boonton Reservoir	24.1	2	97	2.1%	0.6%
102			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
103			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
104			Coney Island Beach	14.5	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
105			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
106			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
107			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	3	218	1.4%	0.5%
108			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	2	119	1.7%	0.5%
109			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
110			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
111			Trap House	21.3	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
112			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	13	1827	0.7%	0.4%
113			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
114			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
115			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
116			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
117			Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes	17.4	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
118			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	4	493	0.8%	0.3%
119			Randalls Island	2.4	2	209	1.0%	0.3%
120			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
121			High Rock Park	15.9	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
122			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
123			Lincoln Park West	7.5	1	119	0.8%	0.1%
124			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	1	124	0.8%	0.1%
125			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	2	437	0.5%	0.1%
126			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	1	141	0.7%	0.1%
127			Battery Park, Manhattan	6.0	2	441	0.5%	0.1%
128			Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir)	15.6	1	152	0.7%	0.1%
129			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	1	155	0.6%	0.1%
130			Miller Field	16.3	1	177	0.6%	0.1%
131			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	1	199	0.5%	0.1%
132			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	1	233	0.4%	0.1%
133			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	1	241	0.4%	0.1%
134			Forest Park	8.2	2	1147	0.2%	0.0%
135			Nickerson Beach	23.3	1	421	0.2%	0.0%
136			Bronx Zoo	6.7	1	422	0.2%	0.0%
137			Central Park	0.7	7	8750	0.1%	0.0%
138			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	1	487	0.2%	0.0%
139			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	1	890	0.1%	0.0%
140			Clove Lakes Park	13.6	1	1085	0.1%	0.0%
141			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	1	1383	0.1%	0.0%
142			Prospect Park	8.4	3	8052	0.0%	0.0%
143			Central Park--The Ramble	0.3	1	5687	0.0%	0.0%