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Where to find Lesser Yellowlegs in August
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 August. 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			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	270	316	85.4%	81.1%
2			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	344	406	84.7%	80.9%
3			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	617	815	75.7%	72.6%
4			Commerce Road Wetlands	19.6	102	135	75.6%	67.7%
5			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	959	1388	69.1%	66.6%
6			West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344)	19.9	50	66	75.8%	64.2%
7			Last Chance Pond Park	15.2	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
8			Miller Field	16.3	173	273	63.4%	57.5%
9			Hempstead Lake SP--north end	18.3	28	39	71.8%	56.2%
10			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	635	1147	55.4%	52.5%
11			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	888	1632	54.4%	52.0%
12			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	196	377	52.0%	47.0%
13			Lincoln Park Gravel Pits	20.2	42	80	52.5%	41.7%
14			Jerome Park Reservoir	7.6	32	59	54.2%	41.7%
15			Olympia Blvd. Pond	15.6	30	58	51.7%	39.2%
16			Brooklyn Golf Center Driving Range	13.6	18	35	51.4%	35.6%
17			Silver Lake (Bergen Co.)	18.1	8	13	61.5%	35.5%
18			Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park)	7.3	46	103	44.7%	35.4%
19			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	30	66	45.5%	34.0%
20			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	40	92	43.5%	33.8%
21			Linden Airport	18.2	7	12	58.3%	32.0%
22			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	31	73	42.5%	31.8%
23			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	13	28	46.4%	29.5%
24			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	15	34	44.1%	28.9%
25			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	189	582	32.5%	28.8%
26			Manhasset Valley County Park	13.5	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
27			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	17	41	41.5%	27.8%
28			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	86	265	32.5%	27.1%
29			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	56	180	31.1%	24.8%
30			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	22	63	34.9%	24.3%
31			Goethals Bridge Pond	15.2	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
32			Flushing Airport	6.9	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
33			New Creek Watershed, Hunter Ave.	15.6	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
34			Oceanside Park	21.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
35			Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel	22.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
36			Arverne East Nature Preserve	16.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
37			Orange Reservoir	16.7	14	43	32.6%	20.5%
38			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	18	59	30.5%	20.3%
39			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	17	58	29.3%	19.2%
40			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	29	114	25.4%	18.3%
41			Whitney Pond Park	13.7	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
42			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	87	423	20.6%	17.0%
43			Arthur J. Hendrickson Park	16.0	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
44			Ferry Point Park	7.1	9	30	30.0%	16.7%
45			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	22	93	23.7%	16.2%
46			Sandy Hook	23.7	129	724	17.8%	15.2%
47			Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens	13.6	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
48			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	19	86	22.1%	14.6%
49			Lincoln Park West	7.5	12	50	24.0%	14.3%
50			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	36	188	19.1%	14.2%
51			Brookfield Park	18.2	9	35	25.7%	14.2%
52			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	4	12	33.3%	13.8%
53			Rahway River--Yacht Club Overlook	19.8	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
54			Flushing Meadows Corona Park	7.2	9	39	23.1%	12.6%
55			Liberty SP	7.0	60	376	16.0%	12.6%
56			Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens	14.0	3	9	33.3%	12.1%
57			Lake Tappan (NY)	18.7	6	24	25.0%	12.0%
58			Pryibil Beach	19.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
59			Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes	17.4	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
60			Florham Park--Fish Tract	21.5	4	14	28.6%	11.7%
61			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	16	87	18.4%	11.6%
62			Melanie Lane Wetlands	22.5	10	49	20.4%	11.5%
63			Plumb Beach	14.0	139	1042	13.3%	11.4%
64			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	9	44	20.5%	11.2%
65			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	8	39	20.5%	10.8%
66			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	8	39	20.5%	10.8%
67			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
68			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	10	53	18.9%	10.6%
69			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	27	179	15.1%	10.6%
70			Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes	15.3	5	22	22.7%	10.1%
71			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
72			Keansburg Beach	24.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
73			Beaverdam Park	12.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
74			Inwood Park (Nassau Co.)	15.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
75			Little Neck Bay, Marsh	11.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
76			VE Macy Park--Great Hunger Memorial	18.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
77			Bayonne Waterfront Walkway	10.4	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
78			Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh	17.7	20	144	13.9%	9.2%
79			Central Park-Hanover Twp./Whippany Paper Board (private)	24.7	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
80			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	20	150	13.3%	8.8%
81			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
82			West Essex Wetlands	19.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
83			The Celery Farm	19.5	65	673	9.7%	7.7%
84			Nickerson Beach	23.3	18	158	11.4%	7.3%
85			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	40	410	9.8%	7.2%
86			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	6	40	15.0%	7.1%
87			Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh	17.6	4	23	17.4%	7.0%
88			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	43	473	9.1%	6.8%
89			Freshkills Park	18.2	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
90			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
91			Whitney Lake, Manhasset	13.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
92			Gerritsen Beach--Shell Bank Creek	13.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
93			Kirby Lane Ponds, Rye	20.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
94			South Mountain Reservation	17.6	9	81	11.1%	6.0%
95			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	5	38	13.2%	5.8%
96			Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform	15.2	4	28	14.3%	5.7%
97			Kearsing Parkway, Monsey	24.5	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
98			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	20	239	8.4%	5.5%
99			Piermont Pier	18.4	40	555	7.2%	5.3%
100			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	5	41	12.2%	5.3%
101			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	6	53	11.3%	5.3%
102			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
103			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	5	44	11.4%	5.0%
104			Bridge Creek, Western Ave.	15.3	5	45	11.1%	4.8%
105			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond	22.4	19	265	7.2%	4.6%
106			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	9	105	8.6%	4.6%
107			Hendrix Creek	10.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
108			Jamaica Bay, Ruler's Bar	14.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
109			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
110			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
111			Tallman Mountain SP	17.2	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
112			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	7	83	8.4%	4.1%
113			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
114			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	9	127	7.1%	3.8%
115			Piermont Marsh	17.6	3	28	10.7%	3.7%
116			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	10	151	6.6%	3.6%
117			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West)	11.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
118			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	6	81	7.4%	3.4%
119			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	6	82	7.3%	3.4%
120			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	4	47	8.5%	3.4%
121			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
122			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
123			Hudson River waterfront, Tarrytown	20.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
124			Staten Island Industrial Park--Pond (South Ave. X Glen St.)	15.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
125			Bridge Creek (Queens Co.)	17.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
126			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
127			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	5	76	6.6%	2.8%
128			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	16	350	4.6%	2.8%
129			Anderson Creek Marsh	6.1	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
130			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	4	57	7.0%	2.8%
131			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
132			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	6	104	5.8%	2.7%
133			River Barge Park	5.1	5	81	6.2%	2.7%
134			Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh	4.1	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
135			Oneida Dr Marsh - Audubon Greenwich	24.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
136			Oradell Reservoir--Mudflats	13.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
137			Meadowlands IBA--Sawmill Creek mudflats (Hudson Co)	7.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
138			Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area	4.5	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
139			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	9	192	4.7%	2.5%
140			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	8	166	4.8%	2.5%
141			Disposal Rd.	7.7	4	65	6.2%	2.4%
142			Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek	6.9	4	66	6.1%	2.4%
143			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
144			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.)	6.9	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
145			Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd.	18.9	3	51	5.9%	2.0%
146			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
147			Jamaica Bay, South Shore	15.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
148			Idlewild Park	14.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
149			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	3	52	5.8%	2.0%
150			Clarks Pond	11.6	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
151			Hudson River Waterfront Walk	8.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
152			Twin Lakes Preserve	24.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
153			Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline	11.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
154			Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek	11.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
155			Dead Horse Point	14.4	4	93	4.3%	1.7%
156			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
157			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
158			Manorhaven Town Park	13.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
159			Coney Island Creek	13.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
160			Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.)	23.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
161			Bronx River Pkwy Reservation--Crestwood Lake	14.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
162			Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond	11.9	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
163			Westchester Country Club (private property)	20.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
164			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
165			North Woodmere Park	15.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
166			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
167			Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek	5.8	6	238	2.5%	1.2%
168			Cemetery of the Resurrection	22.3	2	48	4.2%	1.2%
169			Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge	5.8	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
170			Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve	20.5	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
171			Five Islands Park	13.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
172			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
173			Saw Mill Creek Marsh	16.7	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
174			Prospect Point	14.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
175			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	4	214	1.9%	0.7%
176			Kissena Park	8.6	2	78	2.6%	0.7%
177			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
178			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
179			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	2	90	2.2%	0.6%
180			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
181			Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh	6.9	2	98	2.0%	0.6%
182			The Landing, Dobbs Ferry	17.0	2	102	2.0%	0.5%
183			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	6	533	1.1%	0.5%
184			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
185			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	2	110	1.8%	0.5%
186			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
187			Halifax Road	23.9	3	215	1.4%	0.5%
188			Hilltop Reservation	15.5	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
189			Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods	13.2	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
190			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
191			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
192			Echo Lake Park	21.2	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
193			Troy Meadows Natural Area	21.6	2	174	1.1%	0.3%
194			Alley Pond Park	11.9	2	180	1.1%	0.3%
195			Prospect Park	8.4	10	1968	0.5%	0.3%
196			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	2	216	0.9%	0.3%
197			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
198			Conference House Park	24.5	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
199			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	1	97	1.0%	0.2%
200			Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park	18.5	1	118	0.8%	0.1%
201			Prospect Park--Prospect Lake	8.7	1	119	0.8%	0.1%
202			Great Kills Park	18.0	1	121	0.8%	0.1%
203			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook	22.5	1	121	0.8%	0.1%
204			Randalls Island	2.4	1	122	0.8%	0.1%
205			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	1	123	0.8%	0.1%
206			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	2	445	0.4%	0.1%
207			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	1	183	0.5%	0.1%
208			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	2	728	0.3%	0.1%