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Where to find Lesser Yellowlegs 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 Lesser Yellowlegs 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 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 111 178 62.4% 55.1%
2 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 31 84 36.9% 27.4%
3 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 48 162 29.6% 23.1%
4 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 275 1153 23.9% 21.5%
5 Great Piece Meadows North - Morris 20.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 Little Neck Bay 10.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 22 84 26.2% 18.0%
8 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
9 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 26 115 22.6% 15.9%
10 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
11 Disposal Rd. 7.7 25 131 19.1% 13.3%
12 Linden Airport 18.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
13 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 54 439 12.3% 9.6%
14 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 20 146 13.7% 9.0%
15 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 115 1116 10.3% 8.7%
16 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
17 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 11 83 13.3% 7.6%
18 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 21 194 10.8% 7.2%
19 Meadowlands IBA--Sawmill Creek mudflats (Hudson Co) 7.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
20 Joseph Medwick County Park 18.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
21 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
22 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 26 306 8.5% 5.9%
23 Flushing Airport 6.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
24 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 58 816 7.1% 5.5%
25 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
26 Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform 15.2 5 46 10.9% 4.7%
27 Bay County Park 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
28 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 26 419 6.2% 4.3%
29 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 45 814 5.5% 4.2%
30 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 23 372 6.2% 4.2%
31 Brookfield Park 18.2 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
32 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
33 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 36 690 5.2% 3.8%
34 Nickerson Beach 23.3 9 134 6.7% 3.6%
35 Sandy Hook 23.7 64 1500 4.3% 3.4%
36 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 5 65 7.7% 3.3%
37 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
38 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 6 91 6.6% 3.1%
39 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
40 Plumb Beach 14.0 13 291 4.5% 2.6%
41 Tallman Mountain SP--Picnic Area 17.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
42 Liberty SP 7.0 22 688 3.2% 2.1%
43 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
44 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
45 Idlewild Park 14.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
46 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 8 208 3.8% 2.0%
47 Last Chance Pond Park 15.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
48 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 13 432 3.0% 1.8%
49 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 4 91 4.4% 1.7%
50 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
51 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
52 Whitney Pond Park 13.7 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
53 Playland Lake 20.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
54 Richmond Creek 18.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
55 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
56 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
57 River Barge Park 5.1 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
58 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. 15.3 3 84 3.6% 1.2%
59 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
60 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
61 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
62 Great Kills Park 18.0 5 220 2.3% 1.0%
63 Lincoln Park West 7.5 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
64 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
65 Chelsea Rd. and Bloomfield Ave., wetlands 16.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
66 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 6 323 1.9% 0.9%
67 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
68 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
69 Piermont Pier 18.4 4 230 1.7% 0.7%
70 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 7 506 1.4% 0.7%
71 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 3 153 2.0% 0.7%
72 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 2 90 2.2% 0.6%
73 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
74 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Porpoise Bridge 6.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
75 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 3 174 1.7% 0.6%
76 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 6 481 1.2% 0.6%
77 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
78 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 2 100 2.0% 0.6%
79 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
80 Jerome Park Reservoir 7.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
81 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
82 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 2 130 1.5% 0.4%
83 Lenape Park 19.7 3 244 1.2% 0.4%
84 Darlington Park 22.3 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
85 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 2 135 1.5% 0.4%
86 Tallman Mountain SP 17.2 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
87 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 2 175 1.1% 0.3%
88 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
89 The Celery Farm 19.5 9 1652 0.5% 0.3%
90 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
91 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 2 217 0.9% 0.3%
92 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
93 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
94 Willowbrook Park 16.0 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
95 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
96 Blue Heron Park 20.6 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
97 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
98 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
99 Miller Field 16.3 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
100 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
101 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
102 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
103 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 1 127 0.8% 0.1%
104 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 1 147 0.7% 0.1%
105 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 5 2031 0.2% 0.1%
106 Randalls Island 2.4 1 248 0.4% 0.1%
107 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 343 0.3% 0.1%
108 Central Park 0.7 1 6195 0.0% 0.0%
109 Prospect Park 8.4 1 7240 0.0% 0.0%