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Where to find Merlin in March
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 March. 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			Merrill Park	22.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
2			Gramercy (14th-23rd St.; Park.-1st Aves.)	3.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
3			Sandy Hook	23.7	152	968	15.7%	13.5%
4			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	21	130	16.2%	10.8%
5			Middle Village Cemetery	6.6	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
6			Point Lookout--East Marina	23.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
7			Roy Wilkins Park	12.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
8			Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn	7.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
9			Montclair Hawk Watch	13.7	12	77	15.6%	9.1%
10			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	10	70	14.3%	7.9%
11			Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek	11.3	10	82	12.2%	6.8%
12			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Fergusons Lake Trail	23.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
13			Irving Square Park	6.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
14			Mills Reservation	13.7	9	79	11.4%	6.1%
15			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	47	674	7.0%	5.3%
16			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	9	94	9.6%	5.1%
17			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	98	1585	6.2%	5.1%
18			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	8	81	9.9%	5.1%
19			Prospect Park	8.4	187	3313	5.6%	4.9%
20			Last Chance Pond Park	15.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
21			Maplewood Golf Course	16.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
22			Franklin Lake	19.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
23			New York Aquarium, Coney Island	14.3	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
24			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	16	222	7.2%	4.5%
25			Weequahic Park	13.5	7	78	9.0%	4.4%
26			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	24	383	6.3%	4.2%
27			Cemetery of the Evergreens	7.7	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
28			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	5	56	8.9%	3.9%
29			J. Owen Grundy Park	5.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
30			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	31	624	5.0%	3.5%
31			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	3	31	9.7%	3.3%
32			Pelham Bay Park--Landfill	9.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
33			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
34			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	29	693	4.2%	2.9%
35			Owls Head Park	10.3	7	118	5.9%	2.9%
36			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	29	714	4.1%	2.8%
37			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	5	81	6.2%	2.7%
38			Palisades Park IBA	8.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
39			Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive	22.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
40			Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 3	6.0	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
41			Miller Field	16.3	4	64	6.2%	2.5%
42			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	4	64	6.2%	2.5%
43			Hook Mountain	23.6	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
44			Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park	14.9	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
45			Hawtree Creek	11.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
46			Astoria Generating Ponds (from 20th Ave.)	2.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
47			Kissena Park	8.6	7	159	4.4%	2.1%
48			Lincoln Park Gravel Pits	20.2	3	48	6.2%	2.1%
49			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	3	48	6.2%	2.1%
50			Maplecrest Park	15.8	3	49	6.1%	2.1%
51			Liberty SP	7.0	17	528	3.2%	2.0%
52			Field of Dreams Greenbelt	17.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
53			Maria Hernandez Park	5.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
54			Burke Estate, Hastings-on-Hudson	15.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
55			St. Michael’s Cemetery, East Elmhurst	3.7	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
56			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
57			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	5	112	4.5%	1.9%
58			Earth School, East Village	4.1	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
59			Baisley Pond Park	11.9	4	84	4.8%	1.9%
60			Great Kills Park	18.0	9	256	3.5%	1.9%
61			St. John Cemetery (Queens Co.)	6.9	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
62			Nassau County Museum of Art	17.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
63			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	25	964	2.6%	1.8%
64			Brookdale Park	12.2	3	62	4.8%	1.7%
65			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	23	944	2.4%	1.6%
66			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	9	302	3.0%	1.6%
67			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	3	67	4.5%	1.5%
68			Linden Hill Cemetery	5.6	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
69			Clarks Pond	11.6	2	39	5.1%	1.4%
70			Tanglewood Preserve	18.0	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
71			Garden City (Nassau Co.)	17.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
72			Floyd Bennett Field--Cricket Field area	13.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
73			Prospect Park--Prospect Lake	8.7	10	414	2.4%	1.3%
74			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	5	163	3.1%	1.3%
75			Ridgewood Reservoir	7.6	3	78	3.8%	1.3%
76			River Barge Park	5.1	4	120	3.3%	1.3%
77			Brooklyn College	10.4	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
78			Indian Pond	9.1	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
79			Queens County Farm Museum	13.0	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
80			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook	22.5	4	123	3.3%	1.3%
81			Plumb Beach	14.0	5	173	2.9%	1.2%
82			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	3	84	3.6%	1.2%
83			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	16	818	2.0%	1.2%
84			Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields	6.5	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
85			Clove Lakes Park	13.6	9	411	2.2%	1.2%
86			Tompkins Square Park	3.9	5	186	2.7%	1.2%
87			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	3	89	3.4%	1.2%
88			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	5	189	2.6%	1.1%
89			Spring Creek Park	10.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
90			Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.)	23.6	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
91			Oak Ridge Park	23.4	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
92			Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion	10.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
93			Hackensack River Park	9.3	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
94			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
95			Mission of Immaculate Virgin, Mt. Loretto	22.9	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
96			Fort Tilden	15.7	4	157	2.5%	1.0%
97			South Brooklyn Marine Terminal	8.7	2	56	3.6%	1.0%
98			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	3	105	2.9%	1.0%
99			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	3	107	2.8%	1.0%
100			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
101			Glen Island Park	12.0	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
102			North Hudson Park	2.3	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
103			Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 4 Beach	6.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
104			Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park	2.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
105			Udalls Cove Park Preserve	11.6	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
106			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	8	436	1.8%	0.9%
107			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
108			Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area	18.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
109			Pryibil Beach	19.7	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
110			Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline	2.6	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
111			Third Calvary Cemetery, Queens	4.1	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
112			Fort Greene Park	6.2	3	119	2.5%	0.9%
113			Nickerson Beach	23.3	3	120	2.5%	0.9%
114			Cameron Field Park Pond	15.5	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
115			Stepping Stone Park	11.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
116			Brooklyn Botanic Garden	7.8	4	186	2.2%	0.8%
117			High Rock Park	15.9	2	67	3.0%	0.8%
118			Coney Island Beach	14.5	2	67	3.0%	0.8%
119			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
120			Central Park--Falconers Hill	0.6	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
121			Midland Beach	15.8	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
122			Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture	23.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
123			Hackensack--Foschini Park	8.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
124			Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone	8.7	2	69	2.9%	0.8%
125			College of Staten Island	15.7	2	71	2.8%	0.8%
126			Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park	14.0	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
127			Mill Creek	23.1	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
128			Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site	15.5	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
129			Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area	11.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
130			Barbour Pond Park	18.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
131			Alley Pond Park	11.9	5	279	1.8%	0.8%
132			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	2	72	2.8%	0.8%
133			John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK)	13.4	2	74	2.7%	0.7%
134			Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes)	24.3	3	138	2.2%	0.7%
135			Riis Landing	15.4	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
136			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	3	143	2.1%	0.7%
137			Disposal Rd.	7.7	3	143	2.1%	0.7%
138			Piermont Pier	18.4	5	303	1.7%	0.7%
139			Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands	11.3	2	79	2.5%	0.7%
140			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake	8.0	2	80	2.5%	0.7%
141			Fort Totten Park	10.0	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
142			Rye Town Park	19.4	2	83	2.4%	0.7%
143			Central Park--Compost Area	1.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
144			Troy Meadows Natural Area	21.6	4	242	1.7%	0.6%
145			Whitney Pond Park	13.7	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
146			Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve	13.2	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
147			Bruce Park (Greenwich)	24.8	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
148			Hendrix Creek	10.4	2	90	2.2%	0.6%
149			Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck	16.7	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
150			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	2	91	2.2%	0.6%
151			Central Park	0.7	23	2549	0.9%	0.6%
152			Randalls Island	2.4	4	271	1.5%	0.6%
153			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
154			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
155			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
156			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	2	103	1.9%	0.5%
157			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
158			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
159			Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve	20.5	2	111	1.8%	0.5%
160			Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island	11.3	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
161			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	5	440	1.1%	0.5%
162			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	5	442	1.1%	0.5%
163			Schlegel Lake	15.0	2	114	1.8%	0.5%
164			West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344)	19.9	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
165			Rye Playland	20.0	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
166			Central Park--SW from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr.	1.0	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
167			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	3	224	1.3%	0.5%
168			Halifax Road	23.9	4	349	1.1%	0.4%
169			Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout	14.7	2	124	1.6%	0.4%
170			Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe)	0.3	1	40	2.5%	0.4%
171			Bronx Zoo	6.7	4	356	1.1%	0.4%
172			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
173			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	2	130	1.5%	0.4%
174			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.)	6.9	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
175			Washington Square Village and Silver Towers Complex	4.1	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
176			LIRR Station: Port Washington	15.0	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
177			New York City Marble Cemetery	4.1	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
178			Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3	20.4	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
179			Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve	12.5	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
180			Central Park--The Oven and The Point	0.4	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
181			Brookville Park	14.3	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
182			Brookfield Park	18.2	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
183			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
184			Kings Point Park	11.6	1	51	2.0%	0.3%
185			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	3	299	1.0%	0.3%
186			Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge	5.8	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
187			Central Park--Great Hill	1.2	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
188			Parsons Pond Park	20.0	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
189			Washington Square Park	3.8	2	187	1.1%	0.3%
190			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
191			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
192			Central Park--Strawberry Field	0.6	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
193			Waterlands Park	16.0	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
194			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	4	564	0.7%	0.3%
195			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
196			Fort Tryon Park	5.8	2	216	0.9%	0.3%
197			Gravesend Bay	13.2	1	70	1.4%	0.3%
198			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	1	73	1.4%	0.2%
199			Packanack Lake	18.5	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
200			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
201			Point Lookout	24.4	2	243	0.8%	0.2%
202			Madison Square Park	2.9	1	79	1.3%	0.2%
203			Central Park--The Ramble	0.3	6	1290	0.5%	0.2%
204			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	1	87	1.1%	0.2%
205			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	3	511	0.6%	0.2%
206			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	1	89	1.1%	0.2%
207			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	3	517	0.6%	0.2%
208			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond	22.4	2	280	0.7%	0.2%
209			Union Square Park	3.4	1	91	1.1%	0.2%
210			Wagner College	13.3	2	285	0.7%	0.2%
211			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	1	93	1.1%	0.2%
212			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	1	93	1.1%	0.2%
213			Maplewood Memorial Park	16.5	1	94	1.1%	0.2%
214			Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.)	12.5	1	103	1.0%	0.2%
215			Astoria Park	2.3	1	104	1.0%	0.2%
216			Stuyvesant Town	3.5	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
217			Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum	0.2	1	122	0.8%	0.1%
218			Schmidt's Woods	4.5	1	123	0.8%	0.1%
219			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	1	125	0.8%	0.1%
220			Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere	7.8	1	131	0.8%	0.1%
221			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	1	148	0.7%	0.1%
222			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	1	158	0.6%	0.1%
223			Teaneck Creek Conservancy	6.9	1	161	0.6%	0.1%
224			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	1	162	0.6%	0.1%
225			Carl Schurz Park	1.3	1	164	0.6%	0.1%
226			Lenape Park	19.7	1	173	0.6%	0.1%
227			New York Botanical Garden	7.3	1	181	0.6%	0.1%
228			The Celery Farm	19.5	3	1059	0.3%	0.1%
229			Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park	18.5	1	188	0.5%	0.1%
230			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	1	203	0.5%	0.1%
231			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	1	215	0.5%	0.1%
232			Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary	1.1	1	280	0.4%	0.1%
233			Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance	22.2	1	306	0.3%	0.1%
234			Central Park--North End	1.2	1	453	0.2%	0.0%
235			Central Park--Reservoir	0.4	1	676	0.1%	0.0%