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Where to find Purple Martin 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 Purple Martin 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 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 39 41 95.1% 83.9%
2 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 58 77 75.3% 64.6%
3 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
4 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 144 373 38.6% 33.8%
5 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
6 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 65 230 28.3% 22.8%
7 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 44 157 28.0% 21.6%
8 Rockland Country Club 16.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 11 35 31.4% 18.6%
10 Spanish Camp, Former 20.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
11 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 12 44 27.3% 16.3%
12 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 19 80 23.8% 15.8%
13 Lake Tappan 16.9 20 93 21.5% 14.4%
14 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 13 56 23.2% 14.1%
15 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 194 1258 15.4% 13.5%
16 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 74 487 15.2% 12.3%
17 Overpeck County Park 6.2 26 153 17.0% 11.9%
18 Blue Heron Park 20.6 12 70 17.1% 10.1%
19 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 27 199 13.6% 9.5%
20 Playland Lake 20.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
21 Beaverdam Park 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
22 Arbutus Woods Park 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Seguine Point 22.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond 22.4 21 158 13.3% 8.9%
25 Cemetery of the Resurrection--S entrance (maint. bldgs) 22.5 7 42 16.7% 8.3%
26 Blue Heron Park--Butterfly Pond 20.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
27 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 79 804 9.8% 8.0%
28 Sandy Hook 23.7 211 2381 8.9% 7.8%
29 Ellis Rd., waterfront (Richmond Co.) 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
30 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 10 81 12.3% 6.8%
31 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 61 749 8.1% 6.4%
32 Cemetery of the Resurrection--eastern section 22.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
33 High Rock Park--Moses Mt. 16.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
34 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 118 1892 6.2% 5.2%
35 Trap House 21.3 5 42 11.9% 5.2%
36 Point View Reservoir 19.8 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
37 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 8 90 8.9% 4.6%
38 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 8 102 7.8% 4.0%
39 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
40 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
41 Kingdom Pond Park 21.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
42 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
43 Cemetery of the Resurrection--scrub W of maint. bldgs 22.6 5 73 6.8% 3.0%
44 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 6 106 5.7% 2.6%
45 Irvington Woods 18.8 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
46 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 10 235 4.3% 2.3%
47 Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck 16.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
48 Hybrid Oak Woods Park 23.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
49 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 7 155 4.5% 2.2%
50 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
51 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
52 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
53 Sharrotts Pond 21.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
54 Long Pond Park 23.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
55 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 6 175 3.4% 1.6%
56 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 6 178 3.4% 1.6%
57 Conference House Park 24.5 6 184 3.3% 1.5%
58 Lemon Creek, bridge at Excelsior Ave. 21.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
59 Byram Park 22.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
60 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
61 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
62 Bloomingdale Park 21.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
63 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
64 Butler Manor Woods 23.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
65 Peter Detmold Park 1.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
66 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond 22.3 3 100 3.0% 1.0%
67 Piermont Pier 18.4 6 282 2.1% 1.0%
68 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 4 161 2.5% 1.0%
69 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
70 Reynolds Field, Hastings-on-Hudson 15.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
71 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 3 118 2.5% 0.9%
72 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
73 Hempstead Plains Preserve 20.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
74 Wolfe's Pond Park--Acme Pond 21.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
75 Arbutus Lake 21.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
76 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
77 Fort Tilden 15.7 3 139 2.2% 0.7%
78 Weequahic Park 13.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
79 Passaic River South Orange Ave Boat Launch Livingston 21.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
80 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
81 Mill Creek 23.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
82 Cemetery of the Evergreens 7.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
83 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
84 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
85 Piermont Marsh 17.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
86 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 3 156 1.9% 0.7%
87 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 3 157 1.9% 0.7%
88 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
89 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
90 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 2 140 1.4% 0.4%
91 Great Kills Park 18.0 3 269 1.1% 0.4%
92 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 6 757 0.8% 0.4%
93 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 11 1827 0.6% 0.3%
94 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
95 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 6 863 0.7% 0.3%
96 Plumb Beach 14.0 6 915 0.7% 0.3%
97 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
98 East River Park, Manhattan 4.3 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
99 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 17 3846 0.4% 0.3%
100 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
101 Goodhue Park 12.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
102 The Celery Farm 19.5 7 1399 0.5% 0.2%
103 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
104 Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park 24.9 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
105 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 2 233 0.9% 0.2%
106 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 2 243 0.8% 0.2%
107 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
108 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
109 Watchung Reservation 22.7 2 263 0.8% 0.2%
110 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 85 1.2% 0.2%
111 Mills Reservation 13.7 1 86 1.2% 0.2%
112 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
113 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
114 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
115 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
116 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 1 99 1.0% 0.2%
117 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 111 0.9% 0.2%
118 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
119 Lincoln Park West 7.5 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
120 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 2 399 0.5% 0.1%
121 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 141 0.7% 0.1%
122 Liberty SP 7.0 3 825 0.4% 0.1%
123 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 1 146 0.7% 0.1%
124 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 6 2407 0.2% 0.1%
125 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 167 0.6% 0.1%
126 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 1 168 0.6% 0.1%
127 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 1 170 0.6% 0.1%
128 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
129 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 3 1085 0.3% 0.1%
130 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 2 658 0.3% 0.1%
131 Central Park 0.7 12 8750 0.1% 0.1%
132 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 1 255 0.4% 0.1%
133 Rye Nature Center 19.8 1 264 0.4% 0.1%
134 Lenape Park 19.7 1 303 0.3% 0.1%
135 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 325 0.3% 0.1%
136 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 1 345 0.3% 0.1%
137 Prospect Park 8.4 8 8052 0.1% 0.1%
138 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 1 369 0.3% 0.0%
139 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 493 0.2% 0.0%
140 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 1 620 0.2% 0.0%
141 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 3 5687 0.1% 0.0%
142 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 1 1018 0.1% 0.0%
143 Central Park--North End 1.2 1 1771 0.1% 0.0%