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Where to find Purple Finch 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 Purple Finch 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 Trap House 21.3 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
2 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
3 Coffin Woods Preserve 21.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
4 Shu Swamp Nature Preserve 22.1 9 40 22.5% 12.3%
5 Carpenters Pond Park, New Rochelle 16.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
6 Forest Park--Waterhole 8.4 14 100 14.0% 8.5%
7 Prospect Park--Feeders 8.5 10 76 13.2% 7.3%
8 Canoe Brook Reservoir (Restricted Access) 20.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
9 Troy Meadows--Alan Dr. access, gas-line trails and deer exclosure 22.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
10 Halifax Road 23.9 14 139 10.1% 6.1%
11 The Celery Farm 19.5 45 588 7.7% 5.8%
12 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
13 Theodore Roosevelt Audubon Sanctuary 24.8 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
14 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 9 105 8.6% 4.6%
15 Baldwin Harbor Park 21.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
16 Pelham Bay Park--Bridle Path around golf courses 10.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
17 Prospect Park 8.4 108 2088 5.2% 4.3%
18 Bayswater Park 16.3 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
19 Cable Way, Graniteville 14.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
20 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 11 186 5.9% 3.3%
21 Muttontown Preserve 22.5 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
22 Cranberry Lake Preserve 23.3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
23 Freshkills Park 18.2 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
24 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve 13.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
25 Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site) 20.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
26 Hackensack River Park 9.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
27 Queens Botanical Garden 7.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
28 Kissena Park 8.6 7 124 5.6% 2.8%
29 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 30 785 3.8% 2.7%
30 Mariners Marsh 14.7 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
31 Watchung Reservation--Deserted Village and Fields 23.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
32 New York Institute of Technology 19.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
33 Planting Fields Arboretum 22.1 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
34 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
35 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
36 Watchung Reservation 22.7 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
37 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 21 578 3.6% 2.4%
38 Lofts Pond Park 20.1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
39 Nokia Fitness Trail 24.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
40 Conference House Park 24.5 4 75 5.3% 2.1%
41 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 13 366 3.6% 2.1%
42 Central Park 0.7 48 1767 2.7% 2.1%
43 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
44 Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories Environs 17.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
45 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
46 Sandy Hook 23.7 28 1001 2.8% 1.9%
47 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 20 704 2.8% 1.8%
48 Prospect Point 14.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
49 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
50 Rifle Camp Park 13.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
51 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
52 Christopher Morley County Park 16.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
53 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
54 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 14 496 2.8% 1.7%
55 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
56 Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve 12.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
57 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
58 Central Park--Evodia Field 0.3 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
59 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
60 Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park 14.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
61 Ocean Breeze Park 14.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
62 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
63 Mayapple Hill 16.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
64 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 3 100 3.0% 1.0%
65 Rye Playland 20.0 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
66 Byram Park 22.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
67 Forest Park 8.2 3 104 2.9% 1.0%
68 Passaic River Park (Union) 24.9 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
69 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 4 181 2.2% 0.9%
70 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 6 323 1.9% 0.9%
71 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 12 819 1.5% 0.8%
72 Fort Tilden 15.7 4 186 2.2% 0.8%
73 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
74 Van Saun Park--Walden Pond 10.8 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
75 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 3 133 2.3% 0.8%
76 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 3 135 2.2% 0.8%
77 Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion 10.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
78 Central Park--Conservatory Garden 1.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
79 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 7 463 1.5% 0.7%
80 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 4 214 1.9% 0.7%
81 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
82 Bruce Park (Greenwich) 24.8 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
83 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
84 Clarks Pond 11.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
85 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
86 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond 22.3 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
87 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
88 Kings Point Park 11.6 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
89 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
90 College of Staten Island 15.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
91 Cemetery of the Resurrection--scrub W of maint. bldgs 22.6 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
92 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
93 Willowbrook Park 16.0 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
94 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
95 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 2 95 2.1% 0.6%
96 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
97 stakeout MacGillivray's & Townsend's Warblers, Riverdale (2023) 7.6 3 179 1.7% 0.6%
98 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 5 379 1.3% 0.6%
99 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 9 842 1.1% 0.6%
100 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 4 280 1.4% 0.6%
101 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 2 102 2.0% 0.5%
102 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 3 198 1.5% 0.5%
103 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 2 116 1.7% 0.5%
104 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
105 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
106 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
107 Orange Reservoir 16.7 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
108 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 2 133 1.5% 0.4%
109 Alley Pond Park 11.9 2 136 1.5% 0.4%
110 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 2 151 1.3% 0.4%
111 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
112 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
113 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 2 172 1.2% 0.3%
114 Central Park--North End 1.2 2 175 1.1% 0.3%
115 Liberty SP 7.0 3 330 0.9% 0.3%
116 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
117 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 2 183 1.1% 0.3%
118 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
119 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
120 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
121 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
122 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
123 Crocheron Park 10.4 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
124 Lenoir Preserve 14.1 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
125 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
126 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 3 559 0.5% 0.2%
127 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 1 106 0.9% 0.2%
128 Midland Beach 15.8 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
129 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
130 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
131 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 1 148 0.7% 0.1%
132 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 153 0.7% 0.1%
133 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 159 0.6% 0.1%
134 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 163 0.6% 0.1%
135 Union Square Park 3.4 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
136 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 1 177 0.6% 0.1%
137 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 1 185 0.5% 0.1%
138 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 1 193 0.5% 0.1%
139 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 1 211 0.5% 0.1%
140 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 1 220 0.5% 0.1%
141 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 1 224 0.4% 0.1%
142 Bronx Zoo 6.7 1 257 0.4% 0.1%
143 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 261 0.4% 0.1%
144 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 323 0.3% 0.1%
145 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 477 0.2% 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.