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Where to find Merlin 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 Merlin 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 Memorial Park (Rutherford) 9.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
2 Middle Village Cemetery 6.6 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
3 Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn 7.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
4 Canoe Brook Reservoir (Restricted Access) 20.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
5 West Mill Basin 12.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
6 John Philip Sousa Elementary School 14.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Zinsser Park, Hastings-on-Hudson 15.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Dan Rile Memorial Park 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Cemetery of the Evergreens 7.7 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
10 Sound View Park 5.4 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
11 Seguine Pond and waterfront 20.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
12 Woodlawn Cemetery 9.0 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
13 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 14 74 18.9% 11.6%
14 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 104 785 13.2% 11.1%
15 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 19 116 16.4% 10.7%
16 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 10 54 18.5% 10.4%
17 Highland Park (Brooklyn) 7.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
18 Myrtle Village Green 6.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
19 Westerleigh Park 14.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
20 South Shore Golf Course 20.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
21 Carpenters Pond Park, New Rochelle 16.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
22 Flushing Cemetery, Queens 8.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Rottkamp Brothers Farm 18.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 19 177 10.7% 7.0%
25 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 51 578 8.8% 6.8%
26 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
27 Archie Spigner Park 11.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
28 Henry Hudson Park, Spuyten Duyvil 7.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
29 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
30 Owls Head Park 10.3 12 133 9.0% 5.2%
31 Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park 17.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
32 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 8 83 9.6% 5.0%
33 Prospect Park 8.4 123 2088 5.9% 5.0%
34 Fort Totten Park 10.0 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
35 Sandy Hook 23.7 59 1001 5.9% 4.6%
36 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
37 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 16 220 7.3% 4.5%
38 Fort Greene Park 6.2 9 108 8.3% 4.4%
39 Bayswater Park 16.3 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
40 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
41 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
42 Queens County Farm Museum 13.0 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
43 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 17 280 6.1% 3.8%
44 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 12 185 6.5% 3.7%
45 Fort Tilden 15.7 12 186 6.5% 3.7%
46 Meroke Preserve 23.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
47 Floyd Bennett Field--South Entrance 14.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
48 Silver Point County Park 17.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
49 Tudor City Greens 2.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
50 DUMBO, Brooklyn 5.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
51 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
52 Great Neck South Campus 14.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
53 Forest City Community Park 24.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
54 26th Ward Wastewater Treatment Plant 10.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
55 Most Holy Trinity Cemetery, Brooklyn 7.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
56 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway 10.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
57 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 5 60 8.3% 3.6%
58 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
59 Kissena Park 8.6 8 124 6.5% 3.3%
60 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
61 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
62 Bay County Park 19.0 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
63 Lister Park 18.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
64 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 6 87 6.9% 3.2%
65 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
66 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 11 198 5.6% 3.1%
67 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 23 496 4.6% 3.1%
68 Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l) 17.6 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 16 323 5.0% 3.1%
70 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
71 Queens Botanical Garden 7.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
72 Coney Island--Norton Pt. 14.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
73 St. Michael’s Cemetery, East Elmhurst 3.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
74 Coffey Park, Red Hook 7.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
75 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 6 93 6.5% 3.0%
76 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 6 97 6.2% 2.9%
77 River Barge Park 5.1 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
78 Midland Beach 15.8 6 107 5.6% 2.6%
79 Palisades Park IBA--Southern Section 6.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
80 Pugsley Creek Park 6.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
81 Titus Millpond 12.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
82 Oak Ridge Park 23.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
83 Stone Barns Center--Trails and Fields 23.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
84 Richmond Valley Rd. Pond 22.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
85 1-E Landfill (Restricted Access) 7.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
86 Liberty SP 7.0 14 330 4.2% 2.5%
87 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
88 Bergen Beach 12.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
89 Hackensack--Foschini Park 8.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
90 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
91 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 8 163 4.9% 2.5%
92 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 9 211 4.3% 2.3%
93 Westchester Country Club (private property) 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
94 Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water 9.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
95 Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes 17.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
96 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
97 Corporate Park of Staten Island 15.7 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
98 Pelham Bay Park--Landfill 9.5 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
99 Coney Island Pier 14.6 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
100 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 6 133 4.5% 2.1%
101 Lenape Park 19.7 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
102 Overpeck County Park--Palisades Park 5.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
103 Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield 6.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
104 Guggenheim Preserve 14.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
105 Pryibil Beach 19.7 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
106 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 24 842 2.9% 1.9%
107 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 8 214 3.7% 1.9%
108 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 6 148 4.1% 1.9%
109 Wave Hill 8.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
110 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
111 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth 5.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
112 SUNY Purchase College 23.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
113 Linden Hill Cemetery 5.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
114 John Jay Park + 78th St. Ped. Bridge Overlook 1.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
115 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 5 126 4.0% 1.7%
116 LIRR Station: Port Washington 15.0 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
117 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 13 463 2.8% 1.6%
118 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
119 Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery 5.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
120 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
121 Alley Pond Park 11.9 5 136 3.7% 1.6%
122 Disposal Rd. 7.7 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
123 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
124 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 19 819 2.3% 1.5%
125 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 3 69 4.3% 1.5%
126 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 3 69 4.3% 1.5%
127 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 4 106 3.8% 1.5%
128 Point Lookout 24.4 7 237 3.0% 1.4%
129 Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park 24.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
130 Conference House Park 24.5 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
131 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 5 164 3.0% 1.3%
132 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
133 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
134 Saddle River County Park 11.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
135 Springfield Park 13.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
136 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
137 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
138 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 5 170 2.9% 1.3%
139 Miller Field 16.3 3 82 3.7% 1.3%
140 Brookdale Park 12.2 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
141 Five Islands Park 13.9 3 86 3.5% 1.2%
142 Flushing Airport 6.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
143 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.) 17.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
144 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 5 186 2.7% 1.2%
145 Astoria Park 2.3 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
146 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 11 559 2.0% 1.1%
147 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 3 94 3.2% 1.1%
148 Central Park 0.7 27 1767 1.5% 1.1%
149 Hempstead Plains Preserve 20.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
150 Branch Brook Park--South 11.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
151 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
152 MacNeil Park 6.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
153 Rye Playland 20.0 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
154 Darlington Park 22.3 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
155 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
156 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 6 279 2.2% 1.0%
157 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
158 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
159 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
160 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
161 Freshkills Park--East Mound 17.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
162 Passaic River Park (Union) 24.9 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
163 Randalls Island 2.4 6 281 2.1% 1.0%
164 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 3 105 2.9% 1.0%
165 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
166 Eisenhower Park 21.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
167 Earth School, East Village 4.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
168 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
169 Ash Brook Reservation 23.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
170 Cobble Hill Park 6.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
171 Saddle River Pathway 13.7 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
172 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 3 123 2.4% 0.8%
173 Piermont Pier 18.4 7 413 1.7% 0.8%
174 Nickerson Beach 23.3 3 125 2.4% 0.8%
175 Spring Creek Park 10.9 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
176 Weequahic Park 13.5 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
177 North Hudson Park 2.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
178 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
179 Shore Road Park 11.7 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
180 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
181 Lido West Town Park 22.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
182 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 3 133 2.3% 0.8%
183 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 5 280 1.8% 0.8%
184 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
185 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 6 366 1.6% 0.8%
186 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 2 74 2.7% 0.7%
187 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
188 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
189 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.) 23.6 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
190 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
191 Halifax Road 23.9 3 139 2.2% 0.7%
192 Silver Lake Park (Nassau Co.) 20.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
193 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
194 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
195 Clarks Pond 11.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
196 Flushing International High School 7.9 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
197 Old Troy County Park 23.0 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
198 Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier 7.6 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
199 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
200 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
201 Playland Lake 20.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
202 Kings Point Park 11.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
203 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 3 161 1.9% 0.6%
204 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
205 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 2 88 2.3% 0.6%
206 Glen Island Park 12.0 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
207 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
208 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
209 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
210 Warinanco Park 16.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
211 Willowbrook Park 16.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
212 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 2 94 2.1% 0.6%
213 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
214 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 5 379 1.3% 0.6%
215 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 3 183 1.6% 0.6%
216 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
217 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 2 101 2.0% 0.5%
218 Valley Stream SP 16.0 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
219 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
220 Echo Lake Park 21.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
221 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
222 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
223 Brookville Park 14.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
224 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
225 Central Park--Cedar Hill 0.3 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
226 Great Kills Park 18.0 4 323 1.2% 0.5%
227 Plumb Beach 14.0 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
228 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 2 121 1.7% 0.5%
229 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
230 Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens 14.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
231 Mariners Marsh 14.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
232 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
233 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 3 232 1.3% 0.4%
234 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 2 132 1.5% 0.4%
235 Watchung Reservation 22.7 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
236 Hendrix Creek 10.4 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
237 Bronx Zoo 6.7 3 257 1.2% 0.4%
238 Mission of Immaculate Virgin, Mt. Loretto 22.9 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
239 Overpeck County Park 6.2 3 261 1.1% 0.4%
240 Coney Island Beach 14.5 2 145 1.4% 0.4%
241 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
242 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
243 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 2 159 1.3% 0.3%
244 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
245 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
246 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 2 172 1.2% 0.3%
247 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
248 Mill Pond, Oyster Bay 23.2 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
249 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
250 Queens College 8.3 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
251 Sunset Park (Brooklyn) 9.4 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
252 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
253 Point View Reservoir 19.8 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
254 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
255 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
256 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
257 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 4 704 0.6% 0.2%
258 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 2 250 0.8% 0.2%
259 Crocheron Park 10.4 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
260 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
261 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 3 477 0.6% 0.2%
262 Rye Town Park 19.4 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
263 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
264 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
265 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
266 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
267 The Celery Farm 19.5 3 588 0.5% 0.2%
268 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
269 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
270 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
271 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 1 114 0.9% 0.2%
272 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 1 135 0.7% 0.1%
273 Central Park--Shakespeare Garden 0.2 1 140 0.7% 0.1%
274 Lake Parsippany 24.8 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
275 Central Park--North End 1.2 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
276 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 1 185 0.5% 0.1%
277 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 1 193 0.5% 0.1%
278 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 196 0.5% 0.1%
279 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 209 0.5% 0.1%
280 Stuyvesant Town 3.5 1 241 0.4% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.