Where to find Merlin in August
within 25 miles of New York City, United States
This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Merlin 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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| Evidence | Sampling | Score | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Location | Chart | Dist | Media | Years | Birders | Hits | Lists | Freq | Conf | |
| 1 | Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform |
|
12.1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 30.8% | 12.7% | |
| 2 | Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge |
|
10.5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 8.6% | 4.0% | |
| 3 | Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) |
|
15.4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 131 | 6.1% | 3.1% | |
| 4 | Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge |
|
11.6 | 5 | 15 | 59 | 51 | 1709 | 3.0% | 2.3% | |
| 5 | Freshkills Park |
|
13.4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 8.0% | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Oakwood Beach |
|
12.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 6.9% | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) |
|
14.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0% | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Floyd Bennett Field |
|
10.3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 522 | 2.9% | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Cedar Grove Beach |
|
11.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 6.2% | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Sandy Hook |
|
19.0 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 849 | 2.6% | 1.7% | |
| 11 | Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. |
|
11.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9.1% | 1.6% | |
| 12 | Hilltop Reservation--Courter Lane |
|
15.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9.1% | 1.6% | |
| 13 | Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond |
|
11.3 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 910 | 2.3% | 1.5% | |
| 14 | Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive |
|
18.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 5.4% | 1.5% | |
| 15 | All Faiths Cemetery |
|
6.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7.7% | 1.4% | |
| 16 | Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot |
|
12.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 4.9% | 1.3% | |
| 17 | Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond |
|
11.5 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 19 | 971 | 2.0% | 1.3% | |
| 18 | Welwyn Preserve |
|
22.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 3.5% | 1.2% | |
| 19 | Hackensack--Foschini Park |
|
11.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6.7% | 1.2% | |
| 20 | Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end |
|
11.1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 443 | 2.0% | 1.1% | |
| 21 | Last Chance Pond Park |
|
10.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5.9% | 1.0% | |
| 22 | Breezy Point Tip |
|
11.9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 208 | 2.4% | 1.0% | |
| 23 | Powells Cove Park |
|
10.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5.6% | 1.0% | |
| 24 | Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. |
|
7.2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 109 | 2.8% | 0.9% | |
| 25 | Sandy Hook--North End |
|
16.4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 307 | 2.0% | 0.9% | |
| 26 | Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area |
|
21.0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 1324 | 1.4% | 0.9% | |
| 27 | West Essex Wetlands |
|
18.9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 4.5% | 0.8% | |
| 28 | Bayswater Point SP |
|
14.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4.2% | 0.7% | |
| 29 | Natco Lake |
|
20.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4.0% | 0.7% | |
| 30 | Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories Environs |
|
22.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3.7% | 0.7% | |
| 31 | Jacob Riis Park |
|
12.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 88 | 2.3% | 0.6% | |
| 32 | Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end |
|
11.7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 650 | 1.2% | 0.6% | |
| 33 | Dead Horse Point |
|
11.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 102 | 2.0% | 0.5% | |
| 34 | New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge |
|
10.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 3.0% | 0.5% | |
| 35 | Fort Tilden |
|
12.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 103 | 1.9% | 0.5% | |
| 36 | Marshlands Conservancy |
|
22.9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 638 | 1.1% | 0.5% | |
| 37 | Charles Memorial Park |
|
10.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 2.7% | 0.5% | |
| 38 | Prospect Park |
|
4.2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 2691 | 0.7% | 0.5% | |
| 39 | Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access |
|
9.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 2.4% | 0.4% | |
| 40 | The Landing, Dobbs Ferry |
|
22.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 154 | 1.3% | 0.4% | |
| 41 | Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) |
|
14.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 1.9% | 0.3% | |
| 42 | Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs |
|
13.6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 172 | 1.2% | 0.3% | |
| 43 | Sandy Hook--Plum Island |
|
21.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 1.6% | 0.3% | |
| 44 | Jerome Park Reservoir |
|
12.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 1.6% | 0.3% | |
| 45 | Bayonne Golf Club |
|
5.8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 203 | 1.0% | 0.3% | |
| 46 | Wolfe's Pond Park |
|
16.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 1.0% | 0.3% | |
| 47 | Piermont Pier--Art Rittenberg Ball Field & Ferry Road to Scheffold Memorial |
|
23.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 1.4% | 0.3% | |
| 48 | Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek |
|
12.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 1.3% | 0.2% | |
| 49 | Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout |
|
19.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 275 | 0.7% | 0.2% | |
| 50 | Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary |
|
24.9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 294 | 0.7% | 0.2% | |
| 51 | Coney Island Creek Park |
|
9.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 1.1% | 0.2% | |
| 52 | MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson |
|
20.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 1.1% | 0.2% | |
| 53 | Miller Field |
|
11.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 299 | 0.7% | 0.2% | |
| 54 | Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula |
|
4.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 1.0% | 0.2% | |
| 55 | Piermont Pier |
|
23.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 876 | 0.5% | 0.2% | |
| 56 | Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot |
|
15.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 1.0% | 0.2% | |
| 57 | Plumb Beach |
|
10.3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1360 | 0.4% | 0.2% | |
| 58 | Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. |
|
12.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 0.9% | 0.2% | |
| 59 | Hempstead Lake SP |
|
19.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 126 | 0.8% | 0.1% | |
| 60 | Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area |
|
19.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 0.8% | 0.1% | |
| 61 | Liberty SP |
|
2.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 508 | 0.4% | 0.1% | |
| 62 | Pelham Bay Park |
|
14.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 173 | 0.6% | 0.1% | |
| 63 | Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) |
|
7.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 0.6% | 0.1% | |
| 64 | Great Kills Park--Mudflats |
|
13.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 182 | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
| 65 | Nickerson Beach |
|
22.9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 193 | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
| 66 | Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary |
|
14.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 208 | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
| 67 | Richard W. DeKorte Park |
|
6.9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1922 | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| 68 | Great Swamp NWR |
|
23.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 223 | 0.4% | 0.1% | |
| 69 | Hempstead Lake SP--south end |
|
18.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 265 | 0.4% | 0.1% | |
| 70 | Inwood Hill Park |
|
11.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 945 | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| 71 | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn |
|
4.4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1133 | 0.2% | 0.0% | |
| 72 | Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) |
|
1.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 441 | 0.2% | 0.0% | |
| 73 | Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond |
|
17.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 451 | 0.2% | 0.0% | |
| 74 | Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park |
|
9.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 515 | 0.2% | 0.0% | |
| 75 | Brooklyn Bridge Park |
|
1.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 592 | 0.2% | 0.0% | |
| 76 | The Celery Farm |
|
23.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 922 | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| 77 | Central Park |
|
4.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1958 | 0.1% | 0.0% | |