Bird Finder

Where to find Surf Scoter 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 Surf Scoter 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 Sandy Hook 23.7 399 1001 39.9% 36.9%
2 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 31 65 47.7% 36.0%
3 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
4 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 34 93 36.6% 27.5%
5 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 10 22 45.5% 26.9%
6 City Island (Bronx Co.) 10.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
7 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 31 94 33.0% 24.3%
8 Brighton Beach 14.3 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
9 Silver Point County Park 17.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
10 Coney Island Beach 14.5 43 145 29.7% 22.8%
11 Coney Island Pier 14.6 23 72 31.9% 22.3%
12 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 58 211 27.5% 21.9%
13 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 12 35 34.3% 20.8%
14 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
15 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 49 198 24.7% 19.3%
16 Coney Island--Norton Pt. 14.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
17 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
18 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
19 Fort Tilden 15.7 41 186 22.0% 16.7%
20 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 12 46 26.1% 15.6%
21 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
22 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
23 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
24 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
25 Pelham Bay Park--Landfill 9.5 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
26 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 11 56 19.6% 11.3%
27 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
28 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 15 87 17.2% 10.7%
29 Ransom Beach, Bayville 22.0 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
30 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 14 88 15.9% 9.7%
31 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 10 58 17.2% 9.6%
32 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
34 Pelham Bay Park--Pelham Bridge 9.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
35 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
36 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 22 170 12.9% 8.7%
37 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 14 100 14.0% 8.5%
38 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 8 53 15.1% 7.9%
39 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
40 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 18 163 11.0% 7.1%
41 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
42 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
43 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
44 Gravesend Bay 13.2 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
45 Point Lookout 24.4 21 237 8.9% 5.9%
46 Pryibil Beach 19.7 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
47 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 37 496 7.5% 5.5%
48 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
49 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 7 75 9.3% 4.6%
50 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
51 Plumb Beach 14.0 9 119 7.6% 4.0%
52 Rye Playland 20.0 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
53 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
54 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
55 Midland Beach 15.8 8 107 7.5% 3.8%
56 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
57 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
58 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 5 66 7.6% 3.3%
59 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 9 164 5.5% 2.9%
60 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
61 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
62 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
63 Long Beach Park 20.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
64 Wolfe's Pond Park--Acme Pond 21.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
65 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 4 74 5.4% 2.1%
66 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
67 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
68 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
69 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 6 172 3.5% 1.6%
70 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
71 The Narrows (Staten Island) 12.1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
72 Nickerson Beach 23.3 4 125 3.2% 1.3%
73 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
74 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
75 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 5 196 2.6% 1.1%
76 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 3 95 3.2% 1.1%
77 Coney Island Creek 13.9 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
78 Morgan Memorial Park 17.4 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
79 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
80 Dead Horse Point 14.4 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
81 Lido West Town Park 22.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
82 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
83 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
84 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
85 Little Bay Park, Bayside 9.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
86 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 4 279 1.4% 0.6%
87 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
88 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
89 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
90 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
91 Great Kills Park 18.0 3 323 0.9% 0.3%
92 Liberty SP 7.0 3 330 0.9% 0.3%
93 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
94 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
95 Rye Town Park 19.4 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
96 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 2 280 0.7% 0.2%
97 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
98 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 209 0.5% 0.1%
99 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 1 323 0.3% 0.1%
100 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 1 578 0.2% 0.0%
101 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 1 842 0.1% 0.0%