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Where to find Surf Scoter in February
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 Surf Scoter in February. 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 Coney Island Pier 14.6 88 160 55.0% 47.3%
2 Lower New York Bay (Staten Island) 20.0 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
3 Coney Island Beach 14.5 78 168 46.4% 39.1%
4 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 35 77 45.5% 34.8%
5 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 48 111 43.2% 34.4%
6 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
7 Sandy Hook 23.7 332 928 35.8% 32.8%
8 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 25 60 41.7% 30.1%
9 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 31 82 37.8% 28.1%
10 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 29 76 38.2% 28.1%
11 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 38 107 35.5% 27.1%
12 Brighton Beach 14.3 12 30 40.0% 24.6%
13 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 23 70 32.9% 23.0%
14 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
15 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 10 27 37.0% 21.5%
16 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 64 249 25.7% 20.7%
17 Barclay Ave. waterfront, Annadale 20.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 11 32 34.4% 20.4%
19 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 26 95 27.4% 19.4%
20 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 41 169 24.3% 18.4%
21 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 24 91 26.4% 18.4%
22 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 17 63 27.0% 17.6%
23 Pryibil Beach 19.7 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
24 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 13 48 27.1% 16.6%
25 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 49 232 21.1% 16.4%
26 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 15 59 25.4% 16.1%
27 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 14 55 25.5% 15.8%
28 City Island (Bronx Co.) 10.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
29 Keansburg Beach 24.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
30 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
31 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 9 35 25.7% 14.2%
32 Prospect Point 14.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
33 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 42 255 16.5% 12.4%
34 Pelham Bay Park--Pelham Bridge 9.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
35 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 18 101 17.8% 11.6%
36 Ransom Beach, Bayville 22.0 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
37 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 23 150 15.3% 10.4%
38 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
39 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
40 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
41 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 9 54 16.7% 9.0%
42 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
43 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
44 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
45 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
46 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
47 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
48 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
49 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
50 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
51 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach--North End (South Beach) 14.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
52 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 15 152 9.9% 6.1%
53 Fort Tilden 15.7 14 144 9.7% 5.9%
54 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
55 Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes 17.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
56 Gravesend Bay 13.2 7 62 11.3% 5.6%
57 Point Lookout 24.4 28 364 7.7% 5.4%
58 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 18 216 8.3% 5.3%
59 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 14 185 7.6% 4.6%
60 Sandy Hook--Nike Pond 24.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
61 Wolfe's Pond Park--Luten Pond 21.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
62 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
63 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
64 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
65 Plumb Beach 14.0 11 168 6.5% 3.7%
66 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 6 76 7.9% 3.7%
67 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
68 Hoffman Island 14.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
69 New York Aquarium, Coney Island 14.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
70 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
71 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 4 49 8.2% 3.2%
72 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 4 50 8.0% 3.2%
73 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 6 91 6.6% 3.1%
74 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 28 641 4.4% 3.0%
75 Rye Town Park 19.4 6 106 5.7% 2.6%
76 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
77 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
78 Midland Beach 15.8 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
79 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 5 86 5.8% 2.5%
80 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
81 Swinburne Island 15.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
82 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
83 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 6 127 4.7% 2.2%
84 Newark Bay--Old Tressel 12.6 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
85 Co-op City, Section 5 (Greenway) 9.5 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
86 Nickerson Beach 23.3 6 132 4.5% 2.1%
87 Great Kills Park 18.0 12 347 3.5% 2.0%
88 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
89 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
90 Coney Island Creek 13.9 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
91 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
92 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
93 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 4 100 4.0% 1.6%
94 Dead Horse Point 14.4 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
95 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 8 262 3.1% 1.6%
96 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
97 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
98 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
99 Trap House 21.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
100 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
101 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
102 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
103 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
104 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
105 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
106 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
107 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
108 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
109 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 2 148 1.4% 0.4%
110 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
111 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
112 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
113 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 3 441 0.7% 0.2%
114 Conference House Park 24.5 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
115 Miller Field 16.3 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
116 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
117 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 99 1.0% 0.2%
118 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 2 640 0.3% 0.1%
119 Randalls Island 2.4 1 235 0.4% 0.1%
120 Liberty SP 7.0 1 445 0.2% 0.0%