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Where to find Black-crowned Night-Heron in December
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 Black-crowned Night-Heron in December. 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 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 148 161 91.9% 86.7%
2 Milburn Pond Park 21.0 22 31 71.0% 53.4%
3 Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park 17.5 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
4 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. (north) 15.2 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
5 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 46 93 49.5% 39.5%
6 Astoria Generating Ponds (from 20th Ave.) 2.8 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
7 Lincoln Park West 7.5 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
8 26th Ward Wastewater Treatment Plant 10.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
9 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Porpoise Bridge 6.9 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
10 Hudson River Park--Pier 45 4.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 21 72 29.2% 19.9%
12 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.) 17.4 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
13 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 27 196 13.8% 9.6%
14 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
15 Silver Lake Park (Nassau Co.) 20.4 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
16 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
17 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
18 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
19 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 10 74 13.5% 7.5%
20 Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 5.8 11 97 11.3% 6.5%
21 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
22 Point Lookout--East Marina 23.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
23 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
24 South Ferry incl. Staten I. + Gov. I. Ferry Terminals 6.0 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
25 Randalls Island 2.4 22 281 7.8% 5.2%
26 Hendrix Creek 10.4 5 44 11.4% 5.0%
27 Morris Canal Basin 6.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
28 Brookville Park 14.3 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
29 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
30 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
31 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 21 323 6.5% 4.3%
32 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 30 496 6.0% 4.3%
33 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 5 51 9.8% 4.3%
34 Liberty SP 7.0 21 330 6.4% 4.2%
35 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 5 55 9.1% 3.9%
36 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
37 Coney Island Creek 13.9 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
38 Flushing Airport 6.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
39 Mattano Park 15.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
40 Bronx Zoo--Cope Lake 6.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
41 Domino Park 4.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
42 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway 10.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
43 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 41 842 4.9% 3.6%
44 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 7 101 6.9% 3.4%
45 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 15 280 5.4% 3.3%
46 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
47 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 20 477 4.2% 2.7%
48 Bronx Zoo 6.7 12 257 4.7% 2.7%
49 Titus Millpond 12.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
50 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. 15.3 4 65 6.2% 2.4%
51 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 28 819 3.4% 2.4%
52 Randalls Island--Waters Edge Garden (103rd St. Brg.-Little Hell Gate) 1.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
53 Randalls Island--saltmarsh at Little Hell Gate Inlet 2.2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
54 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
55 Main St. Park (Brooklyn) 5.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
56 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
57 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
58 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 5 122 4.1% 1.8%
59 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
60 Mariners Marsh 14.7 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
61 Premium Mill Pond 14.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
62 Lake Parsippany 24.8 5 164 3.0% 1.3%
63 Udalls Cove Park Preserve 11.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
64 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 6 220 2.7% 1.3%
65 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
66 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 3 94 3.2% 1.1%
67 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
68 Central Park--Sheep Meadow 0.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
69 Lister Park 18.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
70 Rye Playland 20.0 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
71 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
72 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
73 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
74 Ferry Point Park 7.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
75 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 5.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
76 Bergen Beach 12.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
77 Central Park--The Oven and The Point 0.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
78 Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn) 8.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
79 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
80 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
81 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
82 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 3 134 2.2% 0.8%
83 Lofts Pond Park 20.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
84 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 4 Beach 6.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
85 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond 22.3 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
86 Playland Lake 20.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
87 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
88 Queens County Farm Museum 13.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
89 Old Place Creek Tidal Wetlands Area 15.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
90 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 4 250 1.6% 0.6%
91 Packanack Lake 18.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
92 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
93 Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 12.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
94 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 2 94 2.1% 0.6%
95 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
96 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
97 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
98 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 3 198 1.5% 0.5%
99 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 6 559 1.1% 0.5%
100 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
101 Sea Cliff Beach 17.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
102 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
103 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
104 Prospect Park 8.4 14 2088 0.7% 0.4%
105 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
106 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 3 280 1.1% 0.4%
107 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
108 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
109 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
110 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
111 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 3 463 0.6% 0.2%
112 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
113 Five Islands Park 13.9 1 86 1.2% 0.2%
114 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
115 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
116 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 2 379 0.5% 0.1%
117 Central Park 0.7 5 1767 0.3% 0.1%
118 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 1 159 0.6% 0.1%
119 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
120 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 1 170 0.6% 0.1%
121 Sandy Hook 23.7 3 1001 0.3% 0.1%
122 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 2 704 0.3% 0.1%
123 Point Lookout 24.4 1 237 0.4% 0.1%
124 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 413 0.2% 0.0%
125 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 1 578 0.2% 0.0%