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Where to find Common Goldeneye in January
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 Common Goldeneye in January. 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 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 71 82 86.6% 77.6%
2 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 30 37 81.1% 65.8%
3 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 63 83 75.9% 65.7%
4 Ransom Beach, Bayville 22.0 44 58 75.9% 63.5%
5 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 40 53 75.5% 62.4%
6 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 33 45 73.3% 59.0%
7 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 22 29 75.9% 57.9%
8 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 61 93 65.6% 55.5%
9 Davenport Park 12.9 18 24 75.0% 55.1%
10 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 30 43 69.8% 54.9%
11 Prospect Point 14.7 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
12 Front St., Waterfront 12.3 53 83 63.9% 53.1%
13 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 40 61 65.6% 53.0%
14 Rye Town Park 19.4 92 153 60.1% 52.2%
15 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 53 85 62.4% 51.7%
16 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 309 554 55.8% 51.6%
17 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 66 110 60.0% 50.7%
18 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 136 255 53.3% 47.2%
19 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 159 317 50.2% 44.7%
20 Hoffman Island 14.7 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
21 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 8 11 72.7% 43.4%
22 Fort Totten Park 10.0 34 63 54.0% 41.8%
23 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 104 230 45.2% 38.9%
24 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 48 99 48.5% 38.9%
25 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
26 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 64 140 45.7% 37.7%
27 Sandy Hook 23.7 479 1185 40.4% 37.7%
28 Seguine Pond and waterfront 20.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
29 Gravesend Bay 13.2 40 85 47.1% 36.8%
30 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 46 101 45.5% 36.2%
31 Tappen Beach Lookout 16.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
32 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 28 60 46.7% 34.6%
33 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
34 Liberty SP 7.0 203 540 37.6% 33.6%
35 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 75 204 36.8% 30.4%
36 Keansburg Beach 24.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
37 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
38 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 84 236 35.6% 29.8%
39 Great Kills Park 18.0 98 284 34.5% 29.2%
40 City Island (Bronx Co.) 10.5 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
41 MacNeil Park 6.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
42 Rye Playland 20.0 21 51 41.2% 28.8%
43 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 16 38 42.1% 27.9%
44 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 29 77 37.7% 27.7%
45 Midland Beach 15.8 41 123 33.3% 25.6%
46 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 44 143 30.8% 23.8%
47 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
48 Canarsie Pier 11.4 27 85 31.8% 22.8%
49 Piermont Pier 18.4 140 536 26.1% 22.6%
50 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 33 110 30.0% 22.2%
51 Two Bridges (Lincoln Park) 17.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
52 Little Neck Bay 10.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
53 Great Captain's Island 22.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh 14.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Bicentennial Veterans Memorial Park 8.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Glen Island Park 12.0 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
57 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 19 66 28.8% 19.3%
58 City Island--Kilroe St. Beach 10.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
59 Mamaroneck Harbor, Orienta Ave. X Flagler Dr. Overlook 16.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
60 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
61 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 24 92 26.1% 18.2%
62 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 9 28 32.1% 17.9%
63 Point View Reservoir 19.8 18 68 26.5% 17.4%
64 Sea Cliff Beach 17.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
65 Stapleton Waterfront Park 11.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
66 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
67 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 15 58 25.9% 16.3%
68 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 9 31 29.0% 16.1%
69 Captains Cove 17.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
70 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 96 507 18.9% 15.8%
71 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 11 41 26.8% 15.7%
72 Morgan Memorial Park 17.4 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
73 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
74 Pryibil Beach 19.7 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
75 Alice Austen Park 12.5 7 24 29.2% 14.9%
76 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 33 164 20.1% 14.7%
77 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
78 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 26 131 19.8% 13.9%
79 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
80 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 120 761 15.8% 13.4%
81 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 12 57 21.1% 12.5%
82 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 10 46 21.7% 12.3%
83 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
84 Coney Island Creek 13.9 18 98 18.4% 11.9%
85 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 22 125 17.6% 11.9%
86 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
87 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 12 63 19.0% 11.2%
88 Playland Lake 20.4 10 50 20.0% 11.2%
89 Pierson Park, Tarrytown 21.0 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
90 Spanish Camp, Former 20.7 5 20 25.0% 11.2%
91 Randalls Island 2.4 61 443 13.8% 10.9%
92 Schlegel Lake 15.0 18 108 16.7% 10.8%
93 Conference House Park 24.5 14 82 17.1% 10.5%
94 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 28 199 14.1% 9.9%
95 Tappen Beach 16.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
96 City Island, Kirby St. Marina 10.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
97 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
98 Jamaica Bay--Duck Point Marshes 12.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
99 Five Islands Park 13.9 14 91 15.4% 9.4%
100 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 37 291 12.7% 9.4%
101 Garvies Point Preserve 17.4 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
102 Kensico Lake 24.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
103 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 10 66 15.2% 8.4%
104 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
105 Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site) 20.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
106 Swinburne Island 15.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
107 Battery Park City--Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park 5.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
108 Bensonhurst Park 12.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
109 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
110 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 10 71 14.1% 7.8%
111 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
112 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
113 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 17 147 11.6% 7.3%
114 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 9 68 13.2% 7.1%
115 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 33 337 9.8% 7.1%
116 Newark Bay--Old Tressel 12.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
117 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 40 423 9.5% 7.0%
118 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 7 51 13.7% 6.8%
119 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 15 140 10.7% 6.6%
120 Spring Creek Park 10.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
121 Tribute Park, Beach Channel Drive 15.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
122 Rockaway Community Park 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
123 DiDomenico Park Bayonne. 11.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
124 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 8 68 11.8% 6.1%
125 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 11 107 10.3% 5.8%
126 Milton Point, Rye 17.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
127 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
128 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 82 1167 7.0% 5.7%
129 Oakwood Beach 17.4 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
130 Coney Island--Norton Pt. 14.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
131 North Shore Esplanade 11.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
132 Kirby Lane Ponds, Rye 20.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
133 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
134 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 8 85 9.4% 4.8%
135 Plumb Beach 14.0 14 177 7.9% 4.8%
136 Potash Lake 22.6 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
137 Seaview Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd. 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
138 Landing Rd., Oyster Bay Cove 24.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
139 Arbutus Lake 21.0 7 75 9.3% 4.6%
140 Gerritsen Beach--Shell Bank Creek 13.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
141 Fort Washington Park--N of GWB (Dyckman St. to GW Bridge) 5.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
142 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 87 1560 5.6% 4.5%
143 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
144 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
145 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
146 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
147 Staten Island Zoo 13.3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
148 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 6 65 9.2% 4.3%
149 Coney Island Beach 14.5 17 259 6.6% 4.1%
150 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
151 Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook 8.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
152 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
153 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
154 Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck 16.7 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
155 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 13 192 6.8% 4.0%
156 Dead Horse Point 14.4 9 123 7.3% 3.9%
157 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 10 142 7.0% 3.9%
158 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 5 57 8.8% 3.8%
159 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 8 108 7.4% 3.8%
160 Pier 44 Waterfront Garden 7.8 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
161 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve 13.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
162 Manhasset Bay 13.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
163 Moravian Cemetery 15.9 10 154 6.5% 3.6%
164 The Narrows (Staten Island) 12.1 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
165 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
166 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 4 46 8.7% 3.4%
167 Coney Island Pier 14.6 13 230 5.7% 3.3%
168 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
169 Sound View Park 5.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
170 Kingsland Point County Park 21.8 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
171 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
172 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
173 St. George Ferry Terminal 11.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
174 John Paul Jones Park 12.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
175 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
176 Miller Field 16.3 8 137 5.8% 3.0%
177 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 7 120 5.8% 2.9%
178 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
179 CT DEEP Toll Gate Pond Site - Greenwich 24.4 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
180 Fort Tilden 15.7 11 224 4.9% 2.8%
181 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 5 79 6.3% 2.7%
182 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
183 Port Liberte 8.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
184 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
185 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 27 801 3.4% 2.3%
186 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
187 Randalls Island--Ferry Dock and environs 2.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
188 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 9 213 4.2% 2.2%
189 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
190 Brighton Beach 14.3 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
191 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 11 289 3.8% 2.1%
192 Battery Park City--South Cove and environs 5.8 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
193 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
194 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn) 7.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
195 Central Park--East Meadow (East Dr. to 102nd St.) 0.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
196 Bush Terminal waterfront, 51st St. access 9.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
197 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
198 Halifax Road 23.9 12 357 3.4% 1.9%
199 Central Park 0.7 65 2751 2.4% 1.9%
200 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
201 Point Lookout 24.4 18 638 2.8% 1.8%
202 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
203 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 6 155 3.9% 1.8%
204 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 5 122 4.1% 1.8%
205 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
206 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
207 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
208 Paerdegat Basin 11.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
209 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
210 Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier 7.6 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
211 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.) 23.6 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
212 Bayside Marina (Queens Co.) 10.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
213 Riis Landing 15.4 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
214 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 18 803 2.2% 1.4%
215 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 10 389 2.6% 1.4%
216 Byram Park 22.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
217 Barretto Point Park 4.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
218 Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park 17.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
219 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 3 81 3.7% 1.3%
220 SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler) 9.2 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
221 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 5 185 2.7% 1.2%
222 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
223 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 4 147 2.7% 1.1%
224 Mill Creek 23.1 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
225 Memorial Park, Village of Nyack 21.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
226 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
227 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
228 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 8 456 1.8% 0.9%
229 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
230 Randalls Island--Freshwater Wetlands (Little Hell Gate Inlet) 2.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
231 Liberty Island, onshore (New York Co.) 7.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
232 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
233 Central Park--Tennis Center and vicinity 0.6 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
234 Arthur Von Briesen Park 12.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
235 Dosoris Pond, Glen Cove 19.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
236 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
237 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 3 155 1.9% 0.7%
238 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd. 11.1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
239 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 2 85 2.4% 0.6%
240 Little Bay Park, Bayside 9.3 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
241 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 3 167 1.8% 0.6%
242 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
243 Lister Park 18.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
244 Roosevelt Is. 1.6 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
245 Tibbetts Brook Park 10.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
246 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
247 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 2 103 1.9% 0.5%
248 River Barge Park 5.1 3 192 1.6% 0.5%
249 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 2 106 1.9% 0.5%
250 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
251 Hendrix Creek 10.4 2 113 1.8% 0.5%
252 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
253 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 2 116 1.7% 0.5%
254 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 2 117 1.7% 0.5%
255 Greenwich Harbor 24.1 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
256 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 2 134 1.5% 0.4%
257 Hommocks Conservation Area 15.7 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
258 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
259 Lake Parsippany 24.8 2 146 1.4% 0.4%
260 Randalls Island--NW fields and shoreline 2.6 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
261 Central Park--North End 1.2 3 288 1.0% 0.4%
262 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
263 Bruce Park (Greenwich) 24.8 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
264 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 4 446 0.9% 0.3%
265 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 4 452 0.9% 0.3%
266 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 4 Beach 6.1 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
267 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
268 Mill Pond, Oyster Bay 23.2 2 172 1.2% 0.3%
269 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 2 178 1.1% 0.3%
270 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 5 737 0.7% 0.3%
271 Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn) 8.0 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
272 Stuyvesant Cove Park (18th-23rd St.) 3.4 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
273 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 4 628 0.6% 0.2%
274 Huguenot Lake 13.8 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
275 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
276 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
277 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
278 Overpeck County Park 6.2 2 313 0.6% 0.2%
279 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 2 323 0.6% 0.2%
280 Central Park--West of Reservoir (86th-97th St.) 0.5 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
281 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
282 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 1 298 0.3% 0.1%
283 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 1 446 0.2% 0.0%
284 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 448 0.2% 0.0%
285 Prospect Park 8.4 1 2779 0.0% 0.0%