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Where to find Merlin in April
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Merlin in April. 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 Sandy Hook 23.7 564 1712 32.9% 30.8%
2 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 47 123 38.2% 30.1%
3 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek Hawk Watch 11.2 22 65 33.8% 23.5%
4 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 23 88 26.1% 18.1%
5 Hook Mountain 23.6 16 71 22.5% 14.4%
6 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 19 99 19.2% 12.6%
7 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
8 Mills Reservation 13.7 21 138 15.2% 10.2%
9 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 13 77 16.9% 10.1%
10 Queens Hospital Center 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
11 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 19 137 13.9% 9.1%
12 Oakwood Beach—Roma Ave. marsh (dead end) 17.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
13 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 6 35 17.1% 8.1%
14 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 17 140 12.1% 7.7%
15 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 48 564 8.5% 6.5%
16 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
17 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 198 3446 5.7% 5.0%
18 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 8 86 9.3% 4.8%
19 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 7 73 9.6% 4.7%
20 Pelham Bay Park--Aileen B. Ryan Recreational Complex 8.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
21 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 24 360 6.7% 4.5%
22 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
23 Middle Village Cemetery 6.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
24 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 12 185 6.5% 3.7%
25 New Creek Watershed, Mason x Rowan Ave. access site 15.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
26 Bay County Park 19.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
27 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
28 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
29 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 7 107 6.5% 3.2%
30 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 9 158 5.7% 3.0%
31 Spuyten Duyvil Shorefront Park and RR station 7.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
32 Black Meadows--Morristown Airport 23.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
33 East River, Pier 11 to Pier 6 5.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
34 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Lucy's Loop 24.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
35 Cemetery of the Evergreens 7.7 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
36 Oakwood Beach 17.4 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
37 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
38 Nickerson Beach 23.3 9 180 5.0% 2.7%
39 William Cullen Bryant Preserve 17.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
40 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
41 Monastery Square (private school) 11.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
42 Sixth St. and Ave. B Community Garden 4.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
43 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
44 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 50 1484 3.4% 2.6%
45 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 8 161 5.0% 2.5%
46 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
47 Fort Tilden 15.7 7 141 5.0% 2.4%
48 Prospect Park 8.4 255 9635 2.6% 2.3%
49 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 30 926 3.2% 2.3%
50 Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes 17.4 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
51 Grasslands Reservation, Valhalla 22.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 DiDomenico Park Bayonne. 11.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
53 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 18 517 3.5% 2.2%
54 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 69 2473 2.8% 2.2%
55 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
56 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 6 133 4.5% 2.1%
57 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 5 105 4.8% 2.1%
58 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
59 Davenport Park 12.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
60 Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
61 Lincoln Terrace - Arthur S. Somers Park 8.2 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
62 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 4 82 4.9% 1.9%
63 Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield 6.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
64 Woodlawn Cemetery 9.0 4 90 4.4% 1.7%
65 Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water 9.0 7 200 3.5% 1.7%
66 Kissena Park 8.6 11 364 3.0% 1.7%
67 Nassau County Stormwater Basin No. 21 14.4 4 93 4.3% 1.7%
68 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 4 96 4.2% 1.6%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
70 Manorhaven Town Park 13.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
71 Field of Dreams Greenbelt 17.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
72 Greenpoint, Brooklyn 3.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
73 Liberty SP 7.0 20 838 2.4% 1.6%
74 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 14 557 2.5% 1.5%
75 Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories Environs 17.8 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
76 Eisenhower Park 21.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
77 Oakwood Beach--Bluebelt, Lynn St. 17.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
78 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 6 194 3.1% 1.4%
79 Sandy Hook--Nike Pond 24.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
80 Shellbank Basin 11.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
81 Queens Botanical Garden 7.4 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
82 Weequahic Park 13.5 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
83 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 5 168 3.0% 1.3%
84 Dubos Point 15.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
85 Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l) 17.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
86 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
87 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
88 Battery Park City--North Cove and environs 5.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
89 Midland Beach 15.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
90 Hendrix Creek 10.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
91 Hackensack--Foschini Park 8.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
92 Corporate Park of Staten Island 15.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
93 Stone Barns Center--Trails and Fields 23.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
94 Union Field Cemetery 7.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
95 Five Islands Park 13.9 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
96 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 3 89 3.4% 1.2%
97 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
98 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 17 946 1.8% 1.1%
99 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 4 140 2.9% 1.1%
100 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
101 Elizabeth River--1st st bridge 15.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
102 Beltagh Ave., woodlands 24.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
103 All Faiths Cemetery 6.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
104 Burke Estate, Hastings-on-Hudson 15.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
105 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 10 493 2.0% 1.1%
106 Owls Head Park 10.3 6 250 2.4% 1.1%
107 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 3 94 3.2% 1.1%
108 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 3 96 3.1% 1.1%
109 Kingsland Park and Yantacaw Pond 9.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
110 Crocheron Park 10.4 3 99 3.0% 1.0%
111 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 20 1261 1.6% 1.0%
112 Miller Field 16.3 3 100 3.0% 1.0%
113 Wave Hill 8.5 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
114 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
115 Brookdale Park 12.2 4 156 2.6% 1.0%
116 Palisades Park IBA 8.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
117 Central Park--Fort Clinton 1.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
118 Central Park 0.7 89 7622 1.2% 0.9%
119 Sound View Park 5.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
120 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 14 897 1.6% 0.9%
121 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
122 Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 5.8 3 112 2.7% 0.9%
123 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
124 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
125 Third Calvary Cemetery, Queens 4.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
126 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 3 119 2.5% 0.9%
127 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 17 1248 1.4% 0.9%
128 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 9 562 1.6% 0.8%
129 Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh 6.9 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
130 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
131 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
132 Grover Cleveland Park and Essex Fells 17.0 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
133 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 4 194 2.1% 0.8%
134 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
135 Halifax Road 23.9 10 721 1.4% 0.8%
136 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 2 73 2.7% 0.8%
137 Central Park--Belvedere Castle 0.2 3 145 2.1% 0.7%
138 Inwood Hill Park--Shorakkopoch Rock 6.8 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
139 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 4 229 1.7% 0.7%
140 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 4 236 1.7% 0.7%
141 Willson's Woods Park 12.1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
142 Brookfield Park 18.2 2 89 2.2% 0.6%
143 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
144 Willowbrook Park 16.0 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
145 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
146 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 14 1470 1.0% 0.6%
147 Francis Pond Preserve 21.8 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
148 Piermont Pier 18.4 5 390 1.3% 0.5%
149 Aiello Park 13.1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
150 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 4 291 1.4% 0.5%
151 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 3 194 1.5% 0.5%
152 Hamilton Park 5.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
153 Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water 9.2 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
154 Jacksons Pond 19.7 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
155 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
156 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 3 216 1.4% 0.5%
157 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
158 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
159 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 2 121 1.7% 0.5%
160 Highland Park (Queens Co.) 7.7 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
161 Wagner College 13.3 4 349 1.1% 0.4%
162 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
163 Fort Washington Park--S of GWB (Little Red Lighthouse-155th St.) 4.3 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
164 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 6 650 0.9% 0.4%
165 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 6 652 0.9% 0.4%
166 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 4 369 1.1% 0.4%
167 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
168 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 2 132 1.5% 0.4%
169 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
170 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
171 North Hudson Park 2.3 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
172 Conference House Park 24.5 3 258 1.2% 0.4%
173 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
174 Valley Stream SP 16.0 4 399 1.0% 0.4%
175 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 4 413 1.0% 0.4%
176 Central Park--The Knoll 1.0 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
177 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 2 146 1.4% 0.4%
178 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
179 Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh 17.6 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
180 Humes Preserve 21.5 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
181 Riverside Park 1.2 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
182 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 3 287 1.0% 0.4%
183 Disposal Rd. 7.7 2 162 1.2% 0.3%
184 Van Bushirk Island County Park 11.9 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
185 Fort Greene Park 6.2 4 477 0.8% 0.3%
186 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
187 Echo Lake Park 21.2 2 171 1.2% 0.3%
188 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 4 487 0.8% 0.3%
189 Central Park--North End 1.2 10 1729 0.6% 0.3%
190 Crotona Park 5.5 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
191 Clarks Pond 11.6 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
192 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 3 337 0.9% 0.3%
193 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 2 182 1.1% 0.3%
194 Plumb Beach 14.0 3 342 0.9% 0.3%
195 St. John Cemetery (Queens Co.) 6.9 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
196 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
197 Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street 20.2 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
198 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 2 194 1.0% 0.3%
199 Garvies Point Preserve 17.4 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
200 Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 12.0 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
201 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 19 4731 0.4% 0.3%
202 Coney Island Beach 14.5 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
203 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 3 402 0.7% 0.3%
204 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
205 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 5 874 0.6% 0.2%
206 Socrates Sculpture Park 1.8 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
207 Central Park--Compost Area 1.1 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
208 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 4 678 0.6% 0.2%
209 Central Park--SW from 65th St. transv.-Center Dr. 1.0 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
210 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
211 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 2 251 0.8% 0.2%
212 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 2 254 0.8% 0.2%
213 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
214 Great Kills Park 18.0 2 255 0.8% 0.2%
215 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 4 732 0.5% 0.2%
216 The Celery Farm 19.5 8 1912 0.4% 0.2%
217 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
218 Washington Square Village and Silver Towers Complex 4.1 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
219 Central Park--Great Lawn 0.0 1 85 1.2% 0.2%
220 SUNY Purchase College 23.1 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
221 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
222 Branch Brook Park--South 11.5 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
223 Randalls Island 2.4 2 296 0.7% 0.2%
224 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
225 Schlegel Lake 15.0 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
226 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 2 301 0.7% 0.2%
227 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
228 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 4 888 0.5% 0.2%
229 Blue Heron Park 20.6 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
230 River Barge Park 5.1 1 103 1.0% 0.2%
231 Central Park--North Meadow 0.8 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
232 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 4 918 0.4% 0.2%
233 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 1 111 0.9% 0.2%
234 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 3 673 0.4% 0.2%
235 Verona Park 15.0 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
236 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
237 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 122 0.8% 0.1%
238 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
239 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 2 392 0.5% 0.1%
240 Forest Park--Strack Pond 8.1 1 128 0.8% 0.1%
241 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 4 1155 0.3% 0.1%
242 McGolrick Park 4.1 2 423 0.5% 0.1%
243 Central Park--The Lake (Hernshead) 0.4 1 137 0.7% 0.1%
244 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 1 139 0.7% 0.1%
245 McCarren Park 4.3 1 139 0.7% 0.1%
246 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 1 141 0.7% 0.1%
247 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 2 442 0.5% 0.1%
248 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 144 0.7% 0.1%
249 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 150 0.7% 0.1%
250 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 1 153 0.7% 0.1%
251 Tenafly Nature Center 9.8 1 153 0.7% 0.1%
252 Alley Pond Park 11.9 2 498 0.4% 0.1%
253 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 1 166 0.6% 0.1%
254 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 3 960 0.3% 0.1%
255 Central Park--The Oven and The Point 0.4 1 174 0.6% 0.1%
256 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 1 174 0.6% 0.1%
257 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 1 177 0.6% 0.1%
258 Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 0.3 1 180 0.6% 0.1%
259 Central Park--Blockhouse 1.3 1 183 0.5% 0.1%
260 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 1 192 0.5% 0.1%
261 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 1 193 0.5% 0.1%
262 Central Park--Shakespeare Garden 0.2 1 200 0.5% 0.1%
263 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 222 0.5% 0.1%
264 Central Park--The Lake 0.4 1 227 0.4% 0.1%
265 Lake Parsippany 24.8 1 239 0.4% 0.1%
266 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 1 244 0.4% 0.1%
267 Central Park--Great Hill 1.2 1 260 0.4% 0.1%
268 Stuyvesant Town 3.5 1 260 0.4% 0.1%
269 Lenape Park 19.7 1 268 0.4% 0.1%
270 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 1 316 0.3% 0.1%
271 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 1 339 0.3% 0.1%
272 Bronx Zoo 6.7 1 388 0.3% 0.0%
273 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 2 1400 0.1% 0.0%
274 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 1 502 0.2% 0.0%
275 Forest Park 8.2 1 613 0.2% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.