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Where to find Little Blue Heron in April
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 Little Blue Heron in April. 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 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 45 130 34.6% 27.0%
2 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 154 814 18.9% 16.4%
3 Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh 17.6 8 35 22.9% 12.1%
4 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 60 419 14.3% 11.3%
5 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 58 439 13.2% 10.4%
6 Blue Heron Park--Barclay Ave. Ponds 20.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
7 Oakwood Beach 17.4 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
8 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 97 1116 8.7% 7.2%
9 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 9 83 10.8% 5.8%
10 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 27 323 8.4% 5.8%
11 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 11 111 9.9% 5.6%
12 Blue Heron Park 20.6 7 80 8.8% 4.3%
13 Great Kills Park 18.0 14 220 6.4% 3.8%
14 High Rock Park 15.9 9 143 6.3% 3.3%
15 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 7 103 6.8% 3.3%
16 Plumb Beach 14.0 15 291 5.2% 3.1%
17 Oakwood Beach--Bluebelt, Lynn St. 17.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
18 Conference House Park 24.5 10 183 5.5% 3.0%
19 Prospect Point 14.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
20 Brookfield Park 18.2 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
21 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 8 153 5.2% 2.7%
22 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
23 Rahway River Park 20.1 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
24 Humes Preserve 21.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
25 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
26 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
27 Olympia Blvd. Pond 15.6 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
28 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
29 Sandy Hook 23.7 35 1500 2.3% 1.7%
30 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 4 98 4.1% 1.6%
31 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
32 Udalls Cove Park Preserve 11.6 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
33 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 4 174 2.3% 0.9%
34 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
35 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 3 128 2.3% 0.8%
36 Francis Pond Preserve 21.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
37 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond 22.3 3 143 2.1% 0.7%
38 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
39 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
40 Five Islands Park 13.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
41 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 2 91 2.2% 0.6%
42 Jacksons Pond 19.7 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
43 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
44 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 8 816 1.0% 0.5%
45 Hommocks Conservation Area 15.7 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
46 Trap House 21.3 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
47 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 6 690 0.9% 0.4%
48 Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site 15.5 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
49 Goodhue Park 12.2 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
50 Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes 17.4 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
51 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 3 306 1.0% 0.3%
52 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
53 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 4 481 0.8% 0.3%
54 Moravian Cemetery 15.9 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
55 Tallman Mountain SP 17.2 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
56 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 2 178 1.1% 0.3%
57 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
58 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
59 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
60 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
61 Piermont Pier 18.4 2 230 0.9% 0.2%
62 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
63 Willowbrook Park 16.0 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
64 Liberty SP 7.0 4 688 0.6% 0.2%
65 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
66 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
67 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
68 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 108 0.9% 0.2%
69 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 2 343 0.6% 0.2%
70 Montclair Hawk Watch 13.7 1 122 0.8% 0.1%
71 Echo Lake Park 21.2 1 123 0.8% 0.1%
72 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 4 1153 0.3% 0.1%
73 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 1 132 0.8% 0.1%
74 Nickerson Beach 23.3 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
75 The Celery Farm 19.5 5 1652 0.3% 0.1%
76 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 146 0.7% 0.1%
77 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 1 160 0.6% 0.1%
78 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond 22.4 1 205 0.5% 0.1%
79 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 1 208 0.5% 0.1%
80 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 1 217 0.5% 0.1%
81 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 1 220 0.5% 0.1%
82 Lenape Park 19.7 1 244 0.4% 0.1%
83 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 2 769 0.3% 0.1%
84 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 1 317 0.3% 0.1%
85 Alley Pond Park 11.9 1 409 0.2% 0.0%
86 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 1 499 0.2% 0.0%
87 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 1 602 0.2% 0.0%
88 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 2 2294 0.1% 0.0%
89 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 1 1052 0.1% 0.0%