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Where to find Little Blue Heron 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 Little Blue Heron 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			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	106	168	63.1%	55.6%
2			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	57	167	34.1%	27.4%
3			Oakwood Beach	17.4	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
4			Hoffman Island	14.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
5			Parsonage Island, Oceanside	21.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
6			Great Kills Park--Bathhouse	18.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
7			Great Kills Park	18.0	58	269	21.6%	17.1%
8			Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh	17.6	10	36	27.8%	15.8%
9			Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh	17.7	14	55	25.5%	15.8%
10			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	295	1892	15.6%	14.0%
11			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	190	1258	15.1%	13.2%
12			Plumb Beach	14.0	135	915	14.8%	12.6%
13			Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park	17.5	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
14			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	90	749	12.0%	9.9%
15			North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp	22.7	13	90	14.4%	8.6%
16			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	52	487	10.7%	8.2%
17			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
18			Reeds Basket Willow Swamp Park	14.4	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
19			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	29	325	8.9%	6.3%
20			Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel	22.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
21			Seaside Wildlife Nature Park	19.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
22			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
23			Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes	17.4	6	55	10.9%	5.1%
24			High Rock Park	15.9	10	111	9.0%	5.0%
25			St. Francis Woodlands	14.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
26			Great Kills Park--Education Field Station	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
27			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	9	106	8.5%	4.5%
28			Brookfield Park	18.2	6	64	9.4%	4.4%
29			North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh	22.6	7	81	8.6%	4.2%
30			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
31			Trap House	21.3	4	42	9.5%	3.8%
32			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
33			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
34			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
35			Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve	20.5	17	345	4.9%	3.1%
36			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	9	156	5.8%	3.1%
37			Long Pond Park--Beaver Pond	23.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
38			New Creek Watershed, Graham Blvd. bridge	15.5	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
39			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	11	241	4.6%	2.6%
40			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
41			Blue Heron Park	20.6	4	70	5.7%	2.2%
42			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	5	98	5.1%	2.2%
43			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	10	255	3.9%	2.1%
44			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	4	77	5.2%	2.0%
45			Galloping Hill Park	17.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
46			New Creek Watershed, Jefferson Ave.	15.6	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
47			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
48			Richmond Town Swamp, LaTourette Park	17.2	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
49			Flushing Airport	6.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
50			Sandy Hook	23.7	47	2381	2.0%	1.5%
51			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	4	112	3.6%	1.4%
52			Upper New York Bay (Staten Island)	10.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
53			Prospect Point	14.7	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
54			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
55			Clove Lakes Park	13.6	19	1085	1.8%	1.1%
56			Gravesend Bay	13.2	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
57			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	2	53	3.8%	1.0%
58			Bay County Park	19.0	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
59			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
60			Baisley Pond Park	11.9	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
61			Wolfe's Pond Park--Acme Pond	21.5	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
62			Irvington Woods	18.8	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
63			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
64			Cemetery of the Resurrection--scrub W of maint. bldgs	22.6	2	73	2.7%	0.8%
65			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	3	137	2.2%	0.7%
66			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	6	369	1.6%	0.7%
67			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	10	764	1.3%	0.7%
68			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	3	146	2.1%	0.7%
69			Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island	11.3	2	83	2.4%	0.7%
70			Chelsea Rd. and Bloomfield Ave., wetlands	16.4	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
71			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	2	91	2.2%	0.6%
72			Miller Field	16.3	3	177	1.7%	0.6%
73			Conference House Park	24.5	3	184	1.6%	0.6%
74			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
75			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	2	102	2.0%	0.5%
76			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
77			Otter Creek Preserve	17.3	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
78			Mission of Immaculate Virgin, Mt. Loretto	22.9	1	39	2.6%	0.5%
79			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	3	230	1.3%	0.4%
80			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	2	141	1.4%	0.4%
81			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
82			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	2	155	1.3%	0.4%
83			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	1	52	1.9%	0.3%
84			Liberty SP	7.0	6	825	0.7%	0.3%
85			Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd.	22.0	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
86			Willowbrook Park	16.0	1	58	1.7%	0.3%
87			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	1	61	1.6%	0.3%
88			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	3	373	0.8%	0.3%
89			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	5	804	0.6%	0.3%
90			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	2	233	0.9%	0.2%
91			Mill Pond Park, Bellmore	24.7	1	76	1.3%	0.2%
92			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	8	1827	0.4%	0.2%
93			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	1	85	1.2%	0.2%
94			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	1	94	1.1%	0.2%
95			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	1	98	1.0%	0.2%
96			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	1	99	1.0%	0.2%
97			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	1	111	0.9%	0.2%
98			Van Cortlandt Park	9.1	1	112	0.9%	0.2%
99			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	1	125	0.8%	0.1%
100			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	1	157	0.6%	0.1%
101			Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook	22.5	1	157	0.6%	0.1%
102			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond	22.4	1	158	0.6%	0.1%
103			The Celery Farm	19.5	4	1399	0.3%	0.1%
104			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	1	161	0.6%	0.1%
105			Hillside Woods & Children's Village	15.6	1	175	0.6%	0.1%
106			Pond Park, Great Neck Estates	11.8	1	179	0.6%	0.1%
107			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	1	199	0.5%	0.1%
108			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	1	211	0.5%	0.1%
109			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	1	213	0.5%	0.1%
110			Wagner College	13.3	1	424	0.2%	0.0%
111			Alley Pond Park	11.9	1	644	0.2%	0.0%
112			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	1	757	0.1%	0.0%
113			Forest Park	8.2	1	1147	0.1%	0.0%
114			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	1	2407	0.0%	0.0%
115			Prospect Park	8.4	2	8052	0.0%	0.0%
116			Garret Mountain Reservation (Park)	13.8	1	3846	0.0%	0.0%