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Where to find Little Blue Heron in July
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 July. 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 89 105 84.8% 76.7%
2 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 70 102 68.6% 59.1%
3 Oakwood Beach 17.4 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
4 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 32 54 59.3% 46.0%
5 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
6 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
7 Great Kills Park 18.0 51 150 34.0% 26.9%
8 Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh 17.6 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
9 Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel 22.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
10 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 250 1084 23.1% 20.7%
11 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 44 170 25.9% 19.9%
12 Plumb Beach 14.0 134 745 18.0% 15.4%
13 North Mt. Loretto SF--Snag Swamp 22.7 12 47 25.5% 15.3%
14 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 96 525 18.3% 15.2%
15 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 30 167 18.0% 12.9%
16 Prospect Point 14.7 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
17 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 60 441 13.6% 10.7%
18 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
19 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 25 177 14.1% 9.8%
20 The Narrows (Staten Island) 12.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
21 19th Drive, East Elmhurst 4.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
22 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
24 Oceanside Park 21.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
25 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 107 1140 9.4% 7.8%
26 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
27 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
28 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 24 244 9.8% 6.7%
29 High Rock Park 15.9 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
30 Inwood Hill Park--Spuyten Duyvil Creek 6.9 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
31 Midland Beach 15.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
32 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 16 162 9.9% 6.2%
33 Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes 17.4 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
34 Rockaway Community Park 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
35 Corporate Park of Staten Island 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
36 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 34 491 6.9% 5.0%
37 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 8 87 9.2% 4.7%
38 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 6 63 9.5% 4.4%
39 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
40 Rahway River--Yacht Club Overlook 19.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
41 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 4 40 10.0% 4.0%
42 Cleveland Ave. Swamp 18.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
43 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond 22.4 11 179 6.1% 3.5%
44 Blue Heron Park 20.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
45 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
46 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 19 390 4.9% 3.1%
47 New Creek Watershed, Slater Blvd. bridge 15.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
48 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
49 Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook 8.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
50 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
51 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
52 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
53 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
54 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 11 248 4.4% 2.5%
55 Bronx River, Mouth to Hunts Point Riverside Park 5.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
56 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
57 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 14 392 3.6% 2.1%
58 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
59 Blue Heron Park--Barclay Ave. Ponds 20.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
60 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
61 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 13 404 3.2% 1.9%
62 Old Place Creek Tidal Wetlands Area 15.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
63 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
64 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
65 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond 22.3 3 69 4.3% 1.5%
66 Miller Field 16.3 5 149 3.4% 1.4%
67 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
68 North Mt. Loretto SF 22.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
69 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
70 Manorhaven Town Park 13.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
71 Five Islands Park 13.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
72 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 25 1377 1.8% 1.2%
73 Coney Island Pier 14.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
74 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
75 Olympia Blvd. Pond 15.6 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
76 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
77 Arbutus Lake 21.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
78 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
79 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
80 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
81 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
82 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
83 Brookfield Park 18.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
84 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
85 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
86 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
87 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 4 253 1.6% 0.6%
88 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
89 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 3 184 1.6% 0.6%
90 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
91 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
92 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 4 294 1.4% 0.5%
93 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 2 110 1.8% 0.5%
94 Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform 15.2 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
95 Sandy Hook 23.7 4 357 1.1% 0.4%
96 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. 15.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
97 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
98 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
99 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
100 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
101 Inwood Hill Park--Muscota Marsh 6.9 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
102 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
103 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
104 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
105 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
106 Alley Pond Park 11.9 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
107 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
108 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
109 Coney Island Beach 14.5 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
110 Randalls Island 2.4 1 118 0.8% 0.1%
111 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 1 243 0.4% 0.1%
112 Liberty SP 7.0 1 323 0.3% 0.1%
113 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 407 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.