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Where to find Purple Finch in September
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Purple Finch in September. 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 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 23 122 18.9% 12.9%
2 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 9 50 18.0% 9.8%
3 Dutch Broadway Park 14.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
4 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
5 Bay County Park 19.0 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
6 The Celery Farm 19.5 74 1273 5.8% 4.7%
7 Woodcliff Lake Reservoir 16.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
8 Floyd Bennett Field--Return-a-Gift Pond 13.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
9 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 11 145 7.6% 4.3%
10 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 6 78 7.7% 3.6%
11 Lake Tappan 16.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
12 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 21 427 4.9% 3.2%
13 Kissena Park 8.6 22 467 4.7% 3.1%
14 Sandy Hook 23.7 87 2304 3.8% 3.1%
15 Van Vleck House & Gardens 13.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
16 North Mt. Loretto SF--Sand Pits (Turtle Nesting Area) 22.5 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
17 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 10 188 5.3% 2.9%
18 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 8 142 5.6% 2.9%
19 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 7 119 5.9% 2.9%
20 Kissena Corridor Park 8.0 6 103 5.8% 2.7%
21 Central Park-Hanover Twp./Whippany Paper Board (private) 24.7 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
22 Irvington Woods 18.8 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
23 Ocean View Cemetery 17.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
24 Cemetery of the Resurrection--scrub W of maint. bldgs 22.6 4 62 6.5% 2.5%
25 Halifax Road 23.9 23 621 3.7% 2.5%
26 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 4 67 6.0% 2.3%
27 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 6 123 4.9% 2.3%
28 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 16 472 3.4% 2.1%
29 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 6 138 4.3% 2.0%
30 Point Lookout 24.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
31 Old Westbury Gardens 19.4 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
32 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 68 2858 2.4% 1.9%
33 Conference House Park 24.5 8 218 3.7% 1.9%
34 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 9 255 3.5% 1.9%
35 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
36 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 4 85 4.7% 1.8%
37 North Mt. Loretto SF 22.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
38 Lemon Creek, bridge at Excelsior Ave. 21.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
39 Passaic River Park (Union) 24.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
40 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 4 88 4.5% 1.8%
41 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 18 643 2.8% 1.8%
42 Valley Stream SP 16.0 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
43 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 20 793 2.5% 1.6%
44 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
45 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 11 422 2.6% 1.5%
46 Cemetery of the Resurrection--S entrance (maint. bldgs) 22.5 3 73 4.1% 1.4%
47 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
48 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 11 459 2.4% 1.3%
49 Central Park--Arthur Ross Pinetum 0.2 4 121 3.3% 1.3%
50 Prospect Point 14.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
51 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 16 788 2.0% 1.3%
52 Fort Tilden 15.7 6 221 2.7% 1.3%
53 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
54 Fort Washington Park--S of GWB (Little Red Lighthouse-155th St.) 4.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
55 Carpenters Pond Park, New Rochelle 16.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
56 Watchung Reservation 22.7 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
57 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 12 585 2.1% 1.2%
58 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 3 88 3.4% 1.2%
59 Central Park 0.7 66 4604 1.4% 1.1%
60 William Cullen Bryant Preserve 17.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
61 Cranford, NJ--Tulip Street 20.2 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
62 Lenape Park 19.7 3 96 3.1% 1.1%
63 Oak Ridge Park 23.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
64 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 4 156 2.6% 1.0%
65 East River Park, Manhattan 4.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
66 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
67 Silver Lake Preserve 21.8 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
68 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 3 110 2.7% 0.9%
69 Astoria Park 2.3 3 111 2.7% 0.9%
70 Highbridge Park--S of Alexander Hamilton Bridge 4.3 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
71 Prospect Park 8.4 60 5232 1.1% 0.9%
72 Hilltop Reservation--Courter Lane 15.8 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
73 Crocheron Park 10.4 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
74 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
75 Bruce Park (Greenwich) 24.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
76 Crotona Park 5.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
77 Silver Lake (Bergen Co.) 18.1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
78 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
79 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 12 862 1.4% 0.8%
80 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
81 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 6 357 1.7% 0.8%
82 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
83 High Rock Park--Moses Mt. 16.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
84 Dead Horse Point 14.4 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
85 Laurelwood Arboretum 21.2 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
86 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 8 579 1.4% 0.7%
87 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
88 Central Park--North End 1.2 13 1183 1.1% 0.6%
89 Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion 10.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
90 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
91 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 3 176 1.7% 0.6%
92 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 2 95 2.1% 0.6%
93 Hofstra Park 15.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
94 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
95 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
96 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
97 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
98 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 4 291 1.4% 0.5%
99 Disposal Rd. 7.7 2 104 1.9% 0.5%
100 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 5 406 1.2% 0.5%
101 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
102 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 7 696 1.0% 0.5%
103 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 5 444 1.1% 0.5%
104 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
105 Wagner College 13.3 4 333 1.2% 0.5%
106 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 3 220 1.4% 0.5%
107 McFaul Environmental Center 18.4 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
108 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 9 1069 0.8% 0.4%
109 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
110 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
111 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 4 362 1.1% 0.4%
112 Alley Pond Park 11.9 5 506 1.0% 0.4%
113 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
114 Woodlawn Cemetery 9.0 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
115 Kings Point Park 11.6 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
116 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
117 Central Park--The Knoll 1.0 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
118 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 2 151 1.3% 0.4%
119 Hook Mountain 23.6 2 154 1.3% 0.4%
120 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
121 Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 5.8 2 160 1.2% 0.3%
122 Willowbrook Park 16.0 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
123 Bronx Zoo 6.7 3 301 1.0% 0.3%
124 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
125 Kernan’s Quarry Wetlands 16.2 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
126 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 7 1052 0.7% 0.3%
127 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 2 180 1.1% 0.3%
128 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
129 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
130 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
131 Columbia University, Morningside Campus 1.8 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
132 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 2 207 1.0% 0.3%
133 Smiling Hogshead Ranch 2.9 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
134 Liberty SP 7.0 4 602 0.7% 0.3%
135 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 2 215 0.9% 0.3%
136 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 2 218 0.9% 0.3%
137 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Eagle Hill area 22.8 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
138 Central Park--Wildflower Meadow 1.1 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
139 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 4 634 0.6% 0.2%
140 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
141 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
142 Central Park--The Pool 1.0 4 665 0.6% 0.2%
143 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 12 2985 0.4% 0.2%
144 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
145 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
146 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
147 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 5 1063 0.5% 0.2%
148 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 2 275 0.7% 0.2%
149 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
150 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 6 1584 0.4% 0.2%
151 Central Park--Tupelo Meadow 0.3 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
152 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 1 106 0.9% 0.2%
153 Ridgewood Reservoir 7.6 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
154 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
155 Central Park--Harlem Meer 1.3 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
156 McCarren Park 4.3 1 116 0.9% 0.2%
157 Randalls Island 2.4 2 376 0.5% 0.1%
158 Hillside Woods & Children's Village 15.6 1 123 0.8% 0.1%
159 Central Park--Sparrow Rock section 0.2 1 126 0.8% 0.1%
160 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 128 0.8% 0.1%
161 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 1 128 0.8% 0.1%
162 Central Park--Compost Area 1.1 1 137 0.7% 0.1%
163 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 140 0.7% 0.1%
164 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 2 440 0.5% 0.1%
165 Central Park--Strawberry Field 0.6 2 467 0.4% 0.1%
166 Morningside Park (Manhattan) 1.8 1 156 0.6% 0.1%
167 Hudson River Greenway--Chambers to W Houston St. 4.6 1 158 0.6% 0.1%
168 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 159 0.6% 0.1%
169 Forest Park 8.2 1 160 0.6% 0.1%
170 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 1 166 0.6% 0.1%
171 Canal Park 4.5 1 175 0.6% 0.1%
172 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 177 0.6% 0.1%
173 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
174 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 1 183 0.5% 0.1%
175 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 1 193 0.5% 0.1%
176 Central Park--Shakespeare Garden 0.2 1 195 0.5% 0.1%
177 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 1 208 0.5% 0.1%
178 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 1 258 0.4% 0.1%
179 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 1 266 0.4% 0.1%
180 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 1 334 0.3% 0.1%
181 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 1 345 0.3% 0.1%
182 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond 22.4 1 355 0.3% 0.0%
183 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 1 415 0.2% 0.0%
184 Central Park--The Ravine (incl. The Loch) 1.1 1 595 0.2% 0.0%
185 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 617 0.2% 0.0%
186 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 1 1128 0.1% 0.0%