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Where to find Willet 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 Willet 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 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 1163 1258 92.4% 90.9%
2 Plumb Beach 14.0 754 915 82.4% 79.8%
3 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 205 255 80.4% 75.1%
4 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 380 487 78.0% 74.1%
5 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 20 22 90.9% 72.2%
6 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 28 32 87.5% 71.9%
7 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
8 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 12 15 80.0% 54.8%
9 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 30 44 68.2% 53.4%
10 Bay County Park 19.0 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
11 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
12 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 393 764 51.4% 47.9%
13 Nickerson Beach 23.3 214 421 50.8% 46.1%
14 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 881 1892 46.6% 44.3%
15 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 16 26 61.5% 42.5%
16 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 330 749 44.1% 40.5%
17 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 352 804 43.8% 40.4%
18 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 44 98 44.9% 35.4%
19 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
20 Sandy Hook 23.7 884 2381 37.1% 35.2%
21 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 48 111 43.2% 34.4%
22 Oceanside Park 21.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
23 Great Captain's Island 22.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 43 106 40.6% 31.7%
25 Bayswater Park 16.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
26 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 12 25 48.0% 30.0%
27 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 111 369 30.1% 25.6%
28 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
29 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
30 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 20 57 35.1% 24.0%
31 Rockaway Community Park 15.7 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
32 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 64 235 27.2% 21.9%
33 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
34 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
35 Parsonage Island, Oceanside 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh 14.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 31 118 26.3% 19.2%
40 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
41 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 37 157 23.6% 17.6%
42 Dead Horse Point 14.4 16 72 22.2% 14.2%
43 Spring Creek Park 10.9 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
44 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
45 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 11 49 22.4% 13.0%
46 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 9 38 23.7% 13.0%
47 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
48 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
49 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 11 56 19.6% 11.3%
50 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
51 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
52 North Woodmere Park 15.5 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
53 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
54 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 16 102 15.7% 9.9%
55 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 23 161 14.3% 9.7%
56 Spring Creek, Fountain Ave. (Brooklyn) 10.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 13 94 13.8% 8.3%
59 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 9 61 14.8% 8.0%
60 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
61 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
62 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 18 167 10.8% 6.9%
63 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Dubos Point 15.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Idlewild Park 14.1 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
66 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 15 156 9.6% 5.9%
67 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
68 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 13 155 8.4% 5.0%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
70 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
71 Bergen Beach 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
72 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.) 17.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
74 Great Kills Park 18.0 17 269 6.3% 4.0%
75 Fort Tilden 15.7 10 139 7.2% 4.0%
76 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 7 89 7.9% 3.9%
77 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 6 74 8.1% 3.8%
78 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
79 Hendrix Creek 10.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
80 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
81 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
82 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
83 Alley Pond Park--John Riedl Wildflower Meadow 11.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
84 Meadowlands IBA--Sawmill Creek mudflats (Hudson Co) 7.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 9 140 6.4% 3.4%
86 Otter Creek Preserve 17.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
87 Baldwin Harbor Park 21.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
88 Milton Point, Rye 17.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
89 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 15 325 4.6% 2.8%
90 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
91 Davenport Park 12.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
92 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
93 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
94 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
95 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
96 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
97 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
98 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
99 Richmond Creek 18.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
100 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 4 99 4.0% 1.6%
101 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
102 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
103 Paerdegat Basin 11.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
104 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
105 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 6 230 2.6% 1.2%
106 Cedarmere Preserve 16.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
107 Liberty SP 7.0 15 825 1.8% 1.1%
108 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
109 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
110 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 4 213 1.9% 0.7%
111 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
112 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
113 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
114 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
115 Miller Field 16.3 3 177 1.7% 0.6%
116 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
117 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 2 141 1.4% 0.4%
118 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
119 Alvin P. Williams Park (Sewaren Marina Park) 21.8 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
120 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
121 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
122 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 11 1827 0.6% 0.3%
123 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 2 168 1.2% 0.3%
124 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
125 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 2 175 1.1% 0.3%
126 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
127 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
128 Conference House Park 24.5 2 184 1.1% 0.3%
129 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
130 Neck Creek Preserve 17.4 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
131 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
132 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
133 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
134 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 85 1.2% 0.2%
135 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
136 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
137 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 2 437 0.5% 0.1%
138 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 218 0.5% 0.1%
139 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 1 241 0.4% 0.1%
140 Forest Park 8.2 2 1147 0.2% 0.0%
141 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 1 757 0.1% 0.0%
142 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 1 1085 0.1% 0.0%
143 Prospect Park 8.4 1 8052 0.0% 0.0%