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Where to find Purple Finch in May
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 May. 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			Lake Valhalla	23.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
2			Goffle Brook Park	15.2	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
3			Hawtree Creek	11.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
4			Gwen Ifill Park	12.6	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
5			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	221	3846	5.7%	5.1%
6			Butler Manor Woods	23.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
7			Fairview Park	22.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
8			Prospect Park	8.4	305	8052	3.8%	3.4%
9			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	9	157	5.7%	3.0%
10			Cemetery of the Resurrection	22.3	5	80	6.2%	2.7%
11			Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island	11.3	5	83	6.0%	2.6%
12			Clarks Pond	11.6	4	61	6.6%	2.6%
13			Central Park-Hanover Twp./Whippany Paper Board (private)	24.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
14			Central Park	0.7	253	8750	2.9%	2.6%
15			Seward Park, Manhattan	4.7	3	44	6.8%	2.3%
16			Sandy Hook	23.7	68	2381	2.9%	2.3%
17			Larchmont Manor Park and Beach	14.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
18			Prospect Park--Prospect Lake	8.7	14	388	3.6%	2.2%
19			Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere	7.8	21	657	3.2%	2.1%
20			Canal Park	4.5	5	115	4.3%	1.9%
21			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	20	757	2.6%	1.7%
22			Central Park--The Ramble	0.3	115	5687	2.0%	1.7%
23			Hempstead Lake SP--north end	18.3	3	62	4.8%	1.7%
24			Randalls Island--Southwest section	1.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
25			Saddle River Duck Pond	14.9	2	38	5.3%	1.5%
26			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	46	2407	1.9%	1.4%
27			Lincoln Terrace - Arthur S. Somers Park	8.2	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
28			East River State Park (Brooklyn)	4.2	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
29			Mills Reservation	13.7	3	86	3.5%	1.2%
30			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
31			Prospect Park--Parade Grounds	9.0	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
32			Central Park--North End	1.2	29	1771	1.6%	1.1%
33			Teaneck Creek Conservancy	6.9	6	243	2.5%	1.1%
34			Manhasset Valley County Park	13.5	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
35			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	4	148	2.7%	1.1%
36			Central Park--Belvedere Castle	0.2	3	100	3.0%	1.0%
37			Fort Greene Park	6.2	8	423	1.9%	1.0%
38			High Mountain Preserve	18.0	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
39			The Celery Farm	19.5	20	1399	1.4%	0.9%
40			Valley Stream SP	16.0	6	301	2.0%	0.9%
41			Hillside Woods & Children's Village	15.6	4	175	2.3%	0.9%
42			Red Hook Recreation Area	7.8	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
43			Parsons Pond Park	20.0	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
44			Fort Tryon Park	5.8	9	575	1.6%	0.8%
45			Owls Head Park	10.3	5	261	1.9%	0.8%
46			Kissena Park	8.6	6	338	1.8%	0.8%
47			Summerhill Park	23.2	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
48			Ridgewood Reservoir	7.6	3	131	2.3%	0.8%
49			Mary Patrick Park	24.0	5	287	1.7%	0.7%
50			Wave Hill	8.5	2	74	2.7%	0.7%
51			Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park	24.9	2	74	2.7%	0.7%
52			Riverside Park South (59th-72nd St.)	1.2	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
53			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
54			Central Park--Blockhouse	1.3	4	230	1.7%	0.7%
55			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	4	233	1.7%	0.7%
56			Riverside Park--North of 96th St.	1.8	4	250	1.6%	0.6%
57			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Queens Zoo	6.6	2	89	2.2%	0.6%
58			Randalls Island--Waters Edge Garden (103rd St. Brg.-Little Hell Gate)	1.8	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
59			Central Park--Met Museum (E Drive; 79th-85th St. transv.)	0.1	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
60			Central Park--Strawberry Field	0.6	7	595	1.2%	0.6%
61			Clove Lakes Park	13.6	11	1085	1.0%	0.6%
62			Washington Square Park	3.8	4	292	1.4%	0.5%
63			Battery Park City--Nelson A. Rockefeller Jr Park	5.1	2	104	1.9%	0.5%
64			Lincoln Park Gravel Pits	20.2	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
65			Old Troy County Park	23.0	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
66			Morningside Park (Manhattan)	1.8	4	311	1.3%	0.5%
67			Hilltop Reservation	15.5	2	115	1.7%	0.5%
68			Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.)	3.9	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
69			Carl Schurz Park	1.3	2	119	1.7%	0.5%
70			Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve	20.5	4	345	1.2%	0.5%
71			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	4	369	1.1%	0.4%
72			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
73			Forest Park	8.2	9	1147	0.8%	0.4%
74			Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve	18.5	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
75			Silver Lake Park (Nassau Co.)	20.4	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
76			Shore Road Park	11.7	2	145	1.4%	0.4%
77			North Mt. Loretto SF	22.8	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
78			Bronx Zoo	6.7	4	422	0.9%	0.4%
79			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	12	1892	0.6%	0.4%
80			Halifax Road	23.9	9	1326	0.7%	0.4%
81			Central Park-- South Blowdown Meadow	1.0	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
82			Battery Park, Manhattan	6.0	4	441	0.9%	0.4%
83			Inwood Hill Park	6.6	9	1383	0.7%	0.3%
84			Shu Swamp Nature Preserve	22.1	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
85			Welwyn Preserve	18.5	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
86			Stevens Institute of Technology	3.9	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
87			Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch)	1.1	7	1018	0.7%	0.3%
88			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
89			Central Park--Great Hill	1.2	4	512	0.8%	0.3%
90			Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden	12.0	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
91			Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park	2.1	1	59	1.7%	0.3%
92			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	5	749	0.7%	0.3%
93			Central Park--The Lake (Hernshead)	0.4	1	62	1.6%	0.3%
94			Muttontown Preserve	22.5	2	201	1.0%	0.3%
95			East Meadow High School	21.7	1	65	1.5%	0.3%
96			Saddle River Pathway	13.7	1	65	1.5%	0.3%
97			Planting Fields Arboretum	22.1	1	66	1.5%	0.3%
98			Kings Point Park	11.6	1	67	1.5%	0.3%
99			Green-Wood Cemetery--Sylvan Water	9.0	1	68	1.5%	0.3%
100			Liberty SP	7.0	5	825	0.6%	0.3%
101			Central Park--The Pool	1.0	5	846	0.6%	0.3%
102			Tanglewood Preserve	18.0	1	70	1.4%	0.3%
103			Central Park--The Oven and The Point	0.4	2	222	0.9%	0.2%
104			Dyker Beach Park	12.0	1	72	1.4%	0.2%
105			Brightwood Park	22.8	1	72	1.4%	0.2%
106			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	5	890	0.6%	0.2%
107			South Mountain Reservation	17.6	2	230	0.9%	0.2%
108			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	2	235	0.9%	0.2%
109			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	2	247	0.8%	0.2%
110			Central Park--Turtle Pond	0.1	5	962	0.5%	0.2%
111			Rockland Lake SP	25.0	1	81	1.2%	0.2%
112			Battery Park City--South Cove and environs	5.8	1	81	1.2%	0.2%
113			Hudson River Greenway--22nd-29th St.	3.0	1	84	1.2%	0.2%
114			Closter Nature Center	13.5	1	88	1.1%	0.2%
115			Forest Park--Waterhole	8.4	3	518	0.6%	0.2%
116			Alonzo F. Bonsal Wildlife Preserve	12.5	1	93	1.1%	0.2%
117			Lake Tappan	16.9	1	93	1.1%	0.2%
118			Rockefeller SP Preserve	23.6	4	863	0.5%	0.2%
119			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	1	99	1.0%	0.2%
120			Sunset Park (Brooklyn)	9.4	1	106	0.9%	0.2%
121			Troy Meadows Natural Area	21.6	3	620	0.5%	0.2%
122			Watchung Reservation--Deserted Village and Fields	23.3	1	109	0.9%	0.2%
123			Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum	0.2	1	110	0.9%	0.2%
124			High Rock Park	15.9	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
125			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
126			Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street	20.2	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
127			Hillview Reservoir (restricted access)	10.4	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
128			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	1	112	0.9%	0.2%
129			Cunningham Park	10.8	1	113	0.9%	0.2%
130			Highbridge Park--S of Alexander Hamilton Bridge	4.3	1	115	0.9%	0.2%
131			Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1	5.7	1	116	0.9%	0.2%
132			Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water	9.2	1	138	0.7%	0.1%
133			Fort Tilden	15.7	1	139	0.7%	0.1%
134			Central Park--Summit Rock	0.2	2	433	0.5%	0.1%
135			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	1	140	0.7%	0.1%
136			Central Park--Shakespeare Garden	0.2	1	140	0.7%	0.1%
137			Flat Rock Brook Nature Center	6.5	1	143	0.7%	0.1%
138			Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary	1.1	2	459	0.4%	0.1%
139			Borg's Woods	9.7	1	149	0.7%	0.1%
140			Overpeck County Park	6.2	1	153	0.7%	0.1%
141			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	1	155	0.6%	0.1%
142			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	1	156	0.6%	0.1%
143			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook	22.5	1	157	0.6%	0.1%
144			Forest Park--Strack Pond	8.1	1	160	0.6%	0.1%
145			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	1	161	0.6%	0.1%
146			Central Park--Harlem Meer	1.3	1	170	0.6%	0.1%
147			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	1	175	0.6%	0.1%
148			Pond Park, Great Neck Estates	11.8	1	179	0.6%	0.1%
149			Conference House Park	24.5	1	184	0.5%	0.1%
150			Central Park--Falconers Hill	0.6	1	187	0.5%	0.1%
151			Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe)	0.3	1	190	0.5%	0.1%
152			Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.)	0.5	1	204	0.5%	0.1%
153			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	4	1827	0.2%	0.1%
154			Randalls Island	2.4	1	209	0.5%	0.1%
155			Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area	23.7	2	658	0.3%	0.1%
156			Tenafly Nature Center	9.8	1	221	0.5%	0.1%
157			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	1	230	0.4%	0.1%
158			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	2	764	0.3%	0.1%
159			Cranberry Lake Preserve	23.3	1	251	0.4%	0.1%
160			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	2	804	0.2%	0.1%
161			Central Park--North Woods	1.3	1	273	0.4%	0.1%
162			Piermont Pier	18.4	1	282	0.4%	0.1%
163			Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake	10.9	1	297	0.3%	0.1%
164			Rutgers University Newark Campus	11.3	1	301	0.3%	0.1%
165			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	1	325	0.3%	0.1%
166			Nickerson Beach	23.3	1	421	0.2%	0.0%
167			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	1	487	0.2%	0.0%
168			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	1	493	0.2%	0.0%
169			Central Park--Reservoir	0.4	1	514	0.2%	0.0%
170			Alley Pond Park	11.9	1	644	0.2%	0.0%
171			Bryant Park	2.1	1	908	0.1%	0.0%