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Where to find Bonaparte's Gull 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 Bonaparte's Gull 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 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 22 58 37.9% 26.6%
2 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 64 209 30.6% 24.8%
3 Bensonhurst Park 12.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
4 Silver Point County Park 17.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
5 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 27 88 30.7% 22.0%
6 Point Lookout 24.4 62 237 26.2% 21.0%
7 Shell Creek Park 20.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
9 Sandy Hook 23.7 203 1001 20.3% 17.9%
10 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
11 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 43 211 20.4% 15.5%
12 Gravesend Bay 13.2 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
13 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
14 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 12 53 22.6% 13.5%
15 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 18 94 19.1% 12.5%
16 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
17 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
18 Fort Tilden 15.7 27 186 14.5% 10.2%
19 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 17 107 15.9% 10.2%
20 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 7 35 20.0% 10.0%
21 Coney Island Beach 14.5 21 145 14.5% 9.7%
22 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
25 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 21 164 12.8% 8.5%
26 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 12 87 13.8% 8.1%
27 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
28 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
29 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
30 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
31 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
32 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
33 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St. 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
34 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
35 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
36 Stapleton Waterfront Park 11.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
37 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
38 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
39 Coney Island Creek 13.9 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
40 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 9 100 9.0% 4.8%
41 Coney Island Pier 14.6 7 72 9.7% 4.8%
42 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 9 104 8.7% 4.6%
43 Baldwin Harbor Park 21.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
44 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
45 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
46 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
47 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
48 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
49 Riis Landing 15.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
50 Van Cortlandt Park--NW Forest 9.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
51 Coney Island--Norton Pt. 14.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
52 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 35 842 4.2% 3.0%
53 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
54 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 10 196 5.1% 2.8%
55 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
56 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
57 Brooklyn Bridge Walkway, Brooklyn 5.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
58 Owls Head Water Pollution Control Plant 10.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
59 Long Beach Park 20.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
60 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
61 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
62 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
63 Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories Environs 17.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
64 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
65 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
66 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
67 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
68 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
69 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
70 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 6 163 3.7% 1.7%
71 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
72 Owls Head Park 10.3 5 133 3.8% 1.6%
73 "Sandy Hook--Hudson Rd (""The Garden"", etc)" 21.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
74 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 8 279 2.9% 1.5%
75 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
76 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
77 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
78 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
79 Dubos Point 15.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
80 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 9 379 2.4% 1.3%
81 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.) 17.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
82 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
83 MacNeil Park 6.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
84 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
85 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 4 172 2.3% 0.9%
86 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 3 114 2.6% 0.9%
87 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
88 Nickerson Beach 23.3 3 125 2.4% 0.8%
89 Morris Canal Basin 6.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
90 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
91 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
92 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
93 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
94 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
95 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
96 Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier 7.6 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
97 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
98 Midland Beach 15.8 2 107 1.9% 0.5%
99 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 3 202 1.5% 0.5%
100 Great Kills Park 18.0 4 323 1.2% 0.5%
101 Mariners Marsh 14.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
102 Hunter's Point South Park 2.7 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
103 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 5 578 0.9% 0.4%
104 Rye Playland 20.0 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
105 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 3 366 0.8% 0.3%
106 Van Name-Van Pelt Cove 14.0 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
107 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
108 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
109 Conference House Park 24.5 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
110 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 3 496 0.6% 0.2%
111 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 2 323 0.6% 0.2%
112 Plumb Beach 14.0 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
113 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 2 463 0.4% 0.1%
114 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 159 0.6% 0.1%
115 Liberty SP 7.0 1 330 0.3% 0.1%
116 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 477 0.2% 0.0%
117 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 1 559 0.2% 0.0%
118 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 1 819 0.1% 0.0%
119 Central Park 0.7 1 1767 0.1% 0.0%
120 Prospect Park 8.4 1 2088 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.