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Where to find Cliff Swallow 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 Cliff Swallow 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 Lake Tappan 16.9 66 93 71.0% 61.1%
2 Paerdegat Basin 11.5 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
3 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 55 97 56.7% 46.8%
4 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 22 40 55.0% 39.8%
5 Point View Reservoir 19.8 18 32 56.2% 39.3%
6 Great Oak Park 22.3 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
7 High Rock Park--Moses Mt. 16.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
8 Pelham Bay Park--Pelham Bridge 9.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Glover Field Complex 11.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Bronx River 7.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
12 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 30 144 20.8% 15.0%
13 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 22 111 19.8% 13.5%
14 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 18 89 20.2% 13.2%
15 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
16 Kensico Dam Plaza County Park 22.7 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
17 Randalls Island 2.4 29 209 13.9% 9.8%
18 Miller's Launch 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
19 Poplar Rd. Wildlife Sanctuary 16.6 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
20 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 30 297 10.1% 7.2%
21 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 8 58 13.8% 7.2%
22 Little Neck Bay, Marsh 11.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
23 Freshkills Park 18.2 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
24 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 10 112 8.9% 4.9%
25 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 9 98 9.2% 4.9%
26 Hackensack River Park 9.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
27 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 10 137 7.3% 4.0%
28 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
29 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
30 SUNY Purchase College 23.1 5 72 6.9% 3.0%
31 Sandy Hook 23.7 82 2381 3.4% 2.8%
32 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 61 1827 3.3% 2.6%
33 City Island (Bronx Co.) 10.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
34 Arbutus Lake 21.0 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
35 Glen Island Park 12.0 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
36 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
37 West Shore Rentention Pond 19.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
38 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area 11.7 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
39 John Jay Park + 78th St. Ped. Bridge Overlook 1.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
40 Bronx Zoo 6.7 14 422 3.3% 2.0%
41 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
42 William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge 16.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
43 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
44 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 5 124 4.0% 1.7%
45 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
46 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
47 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 14 514 2.7% 1.6%
48 Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park 24.9 3 74 4.1% 1.4%
49 Udall's Mill Pond 11.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
50 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
51 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
52 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
53 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 6 241 2.5% 1.1%
54 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 3 91 3.3% 1.1%
55 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 8 373 2.1% 1.1%
56 Hook Mountain 23.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
57 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
58 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 5 230 2.2% 0.9%
59 Brookfield Park 18.2 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
60 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 3 119 2.5% 0.9%
61 Schlegel Lake 15.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
62 The Celery Farm 19.5 18 1399 1.3% 0.8%
63 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 5 287 1.7% 0.7%
64 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
65 Weequahic Park 13.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
66 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 6 399 1.5% 0.7%
67 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 20 1892 1.1% 0.7%
68 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 4 235 1.7% 0.7%
69 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
70 Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity 0.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
71 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
72 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
73 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 8 749 1.1% 0.5%
74 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
75 Prospect Park 8.4 54 8052 0.7% 0.5%
76 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 3 213 1.4% 0.5%
77 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
78 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 3 233 1.3% 0.4%
79 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
80 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 2 146 1.4% 0.4%
81 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 6 757 0.8% 0.4%
82 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 2 155 1.3% 0.4%
83 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 6 804 0.7% 0.3%
84 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
85 Briant Park 19.9 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
86 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
87 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
88 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
89 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 2 199 1.0% 0.3%
90 Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 0.5 2 204 1.0% 0.3%
91 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 3 388 0.8% 0.3%
92 Florham Park Fields 22.8 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
93 Wave Hill 8.5 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
94 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 2 230 0.9% 0.2%
95 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 15 3846 0.4% 0.2%
96 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
97 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 10 2407 0.4% 0.2%
98 Central Park 0.7 27 8750 0.3% 0.2%
99 Piermont Pier 18.4 2 282 0.7% 0.2%
100 Liberty SP 7.0 4 825 0.5% 0.2%
101 Lenape Park 19.7 2 303 0.7% 0.2%
102 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
103 Lincoln Park West 7.5 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
104 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 3 764 0.4% 0.1%
105 River Barge Park 5.1 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
106 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 141 0.7% 0.1%
107 Halifax Road 23.9 4 1326 0.3% 0.1%
108 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 1 152 0.7% 0.1%
109 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 153 0.7% 0.1%
110 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
111 Plumb Beach 14.0 3 915 0.3% 0.1%
112 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 167 0.6% 0.1%
113 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 1 168 0.6% 0.1%
114 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
115 Pond Park, Great Neck Estates 11.8 1 179 0.6% 0.1%
116 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 1 197 0.5% 0.1%
117 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 211 0.5% 0.1%
118 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 1 215 0.5% 0.1%
119 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 1 251 0.4% 0.1%
120 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 269 0.4% 0.1%
121 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 1 320 0.3% 0.1%
122 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 2 1085 0.2% 0.1%
123 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 437 0.2% 0.0%
124 Central Park--North End 1.2 2 1771 0.1% 0.0%
125 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 1 620 0.2% 0.0%
126 Alley Pond Park 11.9 1 644 0.2% 0.0%
127 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 4 5687 0.1% 0.0%
128 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 1 863 0.1% 0.0%
129 Forest Park 8.2 1 1147 0.1% 0.0%