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Where to find Great Cormorant 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 Great Cormorant 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 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 71 100 71.0% 61.5%
2 Newark Bay at Richmond Terr. & Western Ave. 14.8 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
3 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 36 66 54.5% 42.6%
4 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
5 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
6 Newark Bay--Old Tressel 12.6 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
7 Bergen Beach 12.3 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
8 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
9 Manhasset Bay 13.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 106 279 38.0% 32.5%
11 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 15 32 46.9% 30.9%
12 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 77 211 36.5% 30.3%
13 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 162 496 32.7% 28.7%
14 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 171 578 29.6% 26.0%
15 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 12 29 41.4% 25.5%
16 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 23 65 35.4% 24.9%
17 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 37 114 32.5% 24.6%
18 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 17 46 37.0% 24.5%
19 Rye Town Park 19.4 28 84 33.3% 24.2%
20 Randalls Island 2.4 81 281 28.8% 23.8%
21 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
22 The Narrows (Staten Island) 12.1 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
23 Richmond Terrace x Northfield Ave. Waterfront 14.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
24 Rye Playland 20.0 17 54 31.5% 20.7%
25 Industry City, Sunset Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Riis Landing 15.4 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
27 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
28 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
29 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 15 56 26.8% 17.0%
30 Prospect Point 14.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
31 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
32 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
33 Front St., Waterfront 12.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
34 Fort Tilden 15.7 37 186 19.9% 14.8%
35 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 15 64 23.4% 14.7%
36 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
37 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 37 196 18.9% 14.0%
38 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 35 198 17.7% 13.0%
39 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
40 Conference House Park 24.5 15 75 20.0% 12.5%
41 Sandy Hook 23.7 145 1001 14.5% 12.4%
42 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 17 94 18.1% 11.6%
43 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 13 72 18.1% 10.9%
44 Canarsie Pier 11.4 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
45 Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site) 20.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
46 Hunts Point Landing 5.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
47 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
48 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 City Island--Kilroe St. Beach 10.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 21 163 12.9% 8.6%
51 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
52 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 19 159 11.9% 7.8%
53 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 10 72 13.9% 7.7%
54 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 11 88 12.5% 7.1%
55 Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park 14.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
56 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
57 Randalls Island--Southwest section 1.7 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
58 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
59 South St. Seaport 5.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
60 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St. 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Central Park-- South Blowdown Meadow 1.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Gravesend Bay 13.2 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
65 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 6 51 11.8% 5.5%
66 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
67 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
68 Plumb Beach 14.0 11 119 9.2% 5.2%
69 Davenport Park 12.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
70 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 9 94 9.6% 5.1%
71 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 6 55 10.9% 5.1%
72 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 4 32 12.5% 5.0%
73 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 9 101 8.9% 4.8%
74 Harlem River, 90th-107th St. 1.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
75 East River, Brooklyn Bridge to S.I. Ferry 5.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Philipse Manor, Metro-North RR (Hudson Line) 22.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
79 Point Lookout 24.4 17 237 7.2% 4.5%
80 Midland Beach 15.8 9 107 8.4% 4.5%
81 Liberty SP 7.0 22 330 6.7% 4.4%
82 Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook 8.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
83 Coney Island Beach 14.5 11 145 7.6% 4.3%
84 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 14 202 6.9% 4.2%
85 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
86 Dead Horse Point 14.4 6 68 8.8% 4.1%
87 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 12 170 7.1% 4.1%
88 Dubos Point 15.5 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
89 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
90 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
91 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
92 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
93 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 42 842 5.0% 3.7%
94 Roosevelt Is. 1.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
95 Floyd Bennett Field--South Entrance 14.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
96 Silver Point County Park 17.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
97 Bush Terminal waterfront, 51st St. access 9.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
98 Carteret Waterfront Park 19.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
99 Rivers Run Community Garden 10.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
100 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
101 Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck 16.7 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
102 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
103 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
104 Byram Park 22.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
105 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
106 St. George Ferry Terminal 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
107 Alice Austen Park 12.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
108 North Shore Esplanade 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
109 Randalls Island--Ferry Dock and environs 2.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
110 Greenwich -- End of Steamboat Rd 24.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
111 Milton Point, Rye 17.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
112 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 6 93 6.5% 3.0%
113 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
114 Arthur Von Briesen Park 12.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
115 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
116 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 5 87 5.7% 2.5%
117 Columbia St. Pier 8.2 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
118 Carl Schurz Park 1.3 9 198 4.5% 2.4%
119 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
120 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
121 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn) 7.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
122 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
123 Harlem River, Pier 107 1.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
124 Tottenville Train Station (Ellis St.), Arthur Kill 23.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
125 Randalls Island--Icahn Stadium and environs 2.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
126 Randalls Island--Southeast section 2.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
127 Ridgefield Park--Bell Drive 4.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
128 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
129 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 11 280 3.9% 2.2%
130 Coney Island Pier 14.6 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
131 Astoria Park 2.3 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
132 Mill Creek 23.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
133 Playland Lake 20.4 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
134 Chelsea Waterside Park 3.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
135 Point Lookout--East Marina 23.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
136 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
137 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 4 82 4.9% 1.9%
138 Glen Island Park 12.0 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
139 River Barge Park 5.1 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
140 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
141 Rockaway Community Park 15.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
142 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
143 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
144 Hudson River Park--Gansevoort Peninsula 3.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
145 Coney Island Creek 13.9 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
146 Great Kills Park 18.0 10 323 3.1% 1.7%
147 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 7 209 3.3% 1.6%
148 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
149 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
150 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
151 Van Name-Van Pelt Cove 14.0 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
152 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
153 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
154 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 9 323 2.8% 1.5%
155 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
156 Brighton Beach 14.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
157 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
158 Heritage Park (Blissenbach Marina) 12.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
159 Memorial Park, Village of Nyack 21.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
160 Hastings Meadowlands & Rowley's Bridge Trail 14.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
161 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 3 75 4.0% 1.4%
162 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
163 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
164 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 9 366 2.5% 1.3%
165 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
166 Otter Creek Preserve 17.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
167 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station 18.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
168 Arbutus Lake 21.0 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
169 Five Islands Park 13.9 3 86 3.5% 1.2%
170 Upper New York Bay (Manhattan) 6.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
171 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
172 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
173 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
174 Larchmont (Westchester Co.) 15.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
175 Battery Park City--Teardrop Park 5.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
176 Tappen Beach 16.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
177 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
178 Alvin P. Williams Park (Sewaren Marina Park) 21.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
179 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 3 104 2.9% 1.0%
180 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 3 107 2.8% 1.0%
181 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 8 463 1.7% 0.9%
182 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
183 Morris Canal Basin 6.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
184 West Street Waterfront, Brooklyn 3.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
185 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 11 819 1.3% 0.8%
186 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
187 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
188 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
189 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
190 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 3 164 1.8% 0.6%
191 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
192 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
193 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
194 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
195 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
196 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
197 Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens 14.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
198 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
199 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
200 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 2 133 1.5% 0.4%
201 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
202 Piermont Pier 18.4 4 413 1.0% 0.4%
203 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
204 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
205 Neck Creek Preserve 17.4 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
206 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 2 181 1.1% 0.3%
207 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
208 Hudson River Park--Pier 26 (featuring a Tide Deck, TriBeCa) 4.9 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
209 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
210 Bleecker Playground 3.7 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
211 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
212 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
213 Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 5.8 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
214 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
215 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 132 0.8% 0.1%
216 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 1 183 0.5% 0.1%
217 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 1 250 0.4% 0.1%
218 Prospect Park 8.4 3 2088 0.1% 0.0%
219 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 1 559 0.2% 0.0%
220 Central Park 0.7 2 1767 0.1% 0.0%