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Where to find Merlin in August
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 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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Rank	Map	Pics	Location	Distance	Observed	Sampled	Frequency	Confidence
1			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
2			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	5	44	11.4%	5.0%
3			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	7	104	6.7%	3.3%
4			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
5			Freshkills Park	18.2	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
6			Welwyn Preserve	18.5	3	45	6.7%	2.3%
7			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	39	1388	2.8%	2.1%
8			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
9			Hackensack--Foschini Park	8.1	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
10			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	14	423	3.3%	2.0%
11			Sandy Hook	23.7	21	724	2.9%	1.9%
12			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
13			Hilltop Reservation--Courter Lane	15.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
14			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	2	38	5.3%	1.5%
15			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	5	151	3.3%	1.4%
16			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	13	582	2.2%	1.3%
17			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	8	316	2.5%	1.3%
18			Powells Cove Park	6.9	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
19			Rye Playland	20.0	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
20			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	14	815	1.7%	1.0%
21			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	18	1147	1.6%	1.0%
22			Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.	6.7	2	59	3.4%	0.9%
23			Ramapo Mountain SF	23.5	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
24			Fort Tilden	15.7	2	64	3.1%	0.9%
25			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	7	473	1.5%	0.7%
26			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	6	406	1.5%	0.7%
27			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	4	239	1.7%	0.7%
28			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
29			The Landing, Dobbs Ferry	17.0	2	102	2.0%	0.5%
30			Prospect Park	8.4	12	1968	0.6%	0.3%
31			Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes)	24.3	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
32			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	2	179	1.1%	0.3%
33			Jerome Park Reservoir	7.6	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
34			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	2	188	1.1%	0.3%
35			Piermont Pier	18.4	4	555	0.7%	0.3%
36			Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout	14.7	2	205	1.0%	0.3%
37			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	1	76	1.3%	0.2%
38			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	1	82	1.2%	0.2%
39			Plumb Beach	14.0	5	1042	0.5%	0.2%
40			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	1	87	1.1%	0.2%
41			Miller Field	16.3	2	273	0.7%	0.2%
42			Dead Horse Point	14.4	1	93	1.1%	0.2%
43			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	1	93	1.1%	0.2%
44			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	1	110	0.9%	0.2%
45			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	1	114	0.9%	0.2%
46			Liberty SP	7.0	2	376	0.5%	0.1%
47			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	1	127	0.8%	0.1%
48			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	1	150	0.7%	0.1%
49			Nickerson Beach	23.3	1	158	0.6%	0.1%
50			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	1	183	0.5%	0.1%
51			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	4	1632	0.2%	0.1%
52			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	1	214	0.5%	0.1%
53			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	2	728	0.3%	0.1%
54			Rockefeller SP Preserve	23.6	1	298	0.3%	0.1%
55			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	1	350	0.3%	0.1%
56			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	1	410	0.2%	0.0%
57			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	1	438	0.2%	0.0%
58			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	1	445	0.2%	0.0%
59			The Celery Farm	19.5	1	673	0.1%	0.0%
60			Central Park	0.7	1	1560	0.1%	0.0%