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Where to find Bonaparte's Gull in January
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 Bonaparte's Gull in January. 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 Front St., Waterfront 12.3 49 83 59.0% 48.3%
2 Point Lookout 24.4 272 638 42.6% 38.9%
3 Hoffman Island 14.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
4 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 36 97 37.1% 28.2%
5 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 145 456 31.8% 27.7%
6 Swinburne Island 15.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
7 Gravesend Bay 13.2 25 85 29.4% 20.8%
8 Shell Creek Park 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
9 Miller's Launch 11.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Owls Head Water Pollution Control Plant 10.3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
11 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 69 317 21.8% 17.6%
12 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 14 51 27.5% 17.1%
13 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 59 289 20.4% 16.2%
14 Sandy Hook 23.7 213 1185 18.0% 15.9%
15 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 11 48 22.9% 13.3%
16 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 17 90 18.9% 12.1%
17 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn) 7.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
18 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
19 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 33 204 16.2% 11.8%
20 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 58 389 14.9% 11.7%
21 Coney Island Beach 14.5 37 259 14.3% 10.5%
22 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 29 199 14.6% 10.3%
23 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 17 108 15.7% 10.1%
24 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 11 66 16.7% 9.6%
25 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 24 192 12.5% 8.5%
27 Fort Tilden 15.7 27 224 12.1% 8.4%
28 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
29 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
30 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 19 164 11.6% 7.5%
31 Greenwich Harbor 24.1 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
32 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
33 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 10 77 13.0% 7.2%
34 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St. 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
35 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 10 92 10.9% 6.0%
36 Long Beach Park 20.7 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
37 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
38 Coney Island--Norton Pt. 14.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
39 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
40 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 8 82 9.8% 5.0%
41 Dubos Point 15.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
42 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
43 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
44 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 12 185 6.5% 3.7%
45 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
46 Upper New York Bay (Staten Island) 10.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
47 Main St. Park (Brooklyn) 5.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
48 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
49 Lido West Town Park 22.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
50 Coney Island Pier 14.6 13 230 5.7% 3.3%
51 Owls Head Park 10.3 7 103 6.8% 3.3%
52 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 5 68 7.4% 3.2%
53 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 7 110 6.4% 3.1%
54 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 9 155 5.8% 3.1%
55 St. George Ferry Terminal 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
56 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
57 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
58 Brighton Beach 14.3 5 72 6.9% 3.0%
59 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
60 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 12 255 4.7% 2.7%
61 Pier 44 Waterfront Garden 7.8 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
62 Conference House Park 24.5 5 82 6.1% 2.6%
63 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
64 FDR Drive btwn 38-42nd St. incl. U Thant Is. 2.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
65 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
66 Alice Austen Park 12.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
67 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
68 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
69 Upper New York Bay (Manhattan) 6.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
70 Riis Landing 15.4 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
71 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 24 801 3.0% 2.0%
72 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
73 Tribute Park, Beach Channel Drive 15.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
74 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
75 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
76 Nickerson Beach 23.3 8 245 3.3% 1.7%
77 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 9 291 3.1% 1.6%
78 Battery Park City 5.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
79 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
80 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet 24.1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
81 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station 18.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
82 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 5 135 3.7% 1.6%
83 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 13 507 2.6% 1.5%
84 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
85 Shore Road Park 11.7 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
86 Bensonhurst Park 12.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
87 Tottenville Train Station (Bentley St.), Arthur Kill 23.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
88 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
89 South St. Seaport 5.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
90 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 16 803 2.0% 1.2%
91 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
92 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
93 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 3 99 3.0% 1.0%
94 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 5 213 2.3% 1.0%
95 WNYC Transmitter Park 3.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
96 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
97 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
98 Plumb Beach 14.0 4 177 2.3% 0.9%
99 South Ferry incl. Staten I. + Gov. I. Ferry Terminals 6.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
100 Dead Horse Point 14.4 3 123 2.4% 0.8%
101 Seaview Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd. 15.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
102 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
103 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
104 Arthur Von Briesen Park 12.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
105 Rye Town Park 19.4 3 153 2.0% 0.7%
106 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
107 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
108 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 3 171 1.8% 0.6%
109 Randalls Island--Southwest section 1.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
110 Columbia St. Pier 8.2 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
111 Coney Island Creek 13.9 2 98 2.0% 0.6%
112 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 2 107 1.9% 0.5%
113 Liberty SP 7.0 6 540 1.1% 0.5%
114 Midland Beach 15.8 2 123 1.6% 0.4%
115 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 2 140 1.4% 0.4%
116 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 5.7 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
117 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
118 Milburn Pond Park 21.0 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
119 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
120 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
121 Stuyvesant Cove Park (18th-23rd St.) 3.4 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
122 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 1 85 1.2% 0.2%
123 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 4 761 0.5% 0.2%
124 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 3 554 0.5% 0.2%
125 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 2 337 0.6% 0.2%
126 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 1 131 0.8% 0.1%
127 Kissena Park 8.6 1 137 0.7% 0.1%
128 Miller Field 16.3 1 137 0.7% 0.1%
129 Lake Parsippany 24.8 1 146 0.7% 0.1%
130 Baldwin Harbor Park 21.6 1 214 0.5% 0.1%
131 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 284 0.4% 0.1%
132 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 448 0.2% 0.0%
133 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 1 452 0.2% 0.0%
134 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 536 0.2% 0.0%
135 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 1 1560 0.1% 0.0%
136 Central Park 0.7 1 2751 0.0% 0.0%