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Where to find White-winged Scoter 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 White-winged Scoter 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 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 28 49 57.1% 43.3%
2 Sandy Hook 23.7 437 1001 43.7% 40.6%
3 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
4 Pryibil Beach 19.7 13 28 46.4% 29.5%
5 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
6 Fort Tilden 15.7 59 186 31.7% 25.5%
7 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
8 Silver Point County Park 17.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
9 Ransom Beach, Bayville 22.0 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
10 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 51 211 24.2% 18.9%
11 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
12 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 10 35 28.6% 16.3%
13 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 22 94 23.4% 16.0%
14 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 13 53 24.5% 14.9%
15 Cedar Grove Reservoir 14.0 11 50 22.0% 12.8%
16 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 15 75 20.0% 12.5%
17 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
18 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 15 87 17.2% 10.7%
19 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
20 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
21 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 11 68 16.2% 9.3%
22 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
23 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 51 496 10.3% 7.9%
24 Coney Island Pier 14.6 10 72 13.9% 7.7%
25 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
26 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
27 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 11 100 11.0% 6.3%
28 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
29 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
30 Prospect Point 14.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
31 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
32 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
33 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
34 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 6 65 9.2% 4.3%
35 Coney Island Beach 14.5 11 145 7.6% 4.3%
36 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 7 82 8.5% 4.2%
37 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 12 172 7.0% 4.0%
38 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
39 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
40 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
41 Gravesend Bay 13.2 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
42 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
43 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
44 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 6 93 6.5% 3.0%
45 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
46 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
47 City Island (Bronx Co.) 10.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
48 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
49 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
50 Long Beach Park 20.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
51 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
53 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 7 170 4.1% 2.0%
54 Point Lookout--East Marina 23.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
55 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
56 Rye Playland 20.0 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
57 Rye Town Park 19.4 4 84 4.8% 1.9%
58 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
59 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
60 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
61 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
62 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 5 163 3.1% 1.3%
63 East River Park, Manhattan 4.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
64 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station 18.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
65 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
66 Point Lookout 24.4 6 237 2.5% 1.2%
67 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
68 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 5 198 2.5% 1.1%
69 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
70 Riis Landing 15.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
71 Coney Island Creek 13.9 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
72 Piermont Marsh 17.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
73 Great Kills Park 18.0 6 323 1.9% 0.9%
74 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
75 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
76 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.) 23.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
77 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
78 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
79 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
80 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
81 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
82 Lake Parsippany 24.8 3 164 1.8% 0.6%
83 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 3 164 1.8% 0.6%
84 Little Bay Park, Bayside 9.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
85 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
86 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 3 196 1.5% 0.5%
87 Midland Beach 15.8 2 107 1.9% 0.5%
88 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
89 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 6 578 1.0% 0.5%
90 Sea Cliff Beach 17.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
91 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
92 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
93 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
94 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 6 842 0.7% 0.3%
95 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
96 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
97 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 2 209 1.0% 0.3%
98 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
99 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
100 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 3 463 0.6% 0.2%
101 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
102 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
103 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 2 366 0.5% 0.1%
104 Nickerson Beach 23.3 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
105 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 159 0.6% 0.1%
106 Randalls Island 2.4 1 281 0.4% 0.1%
107 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 1 323 0.3% 0.1%
108 Liberty SP 7.0 1 330 0.3% 0.1%
109 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 1 559 0.2% 0.0%