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Where to find Common Goldeneye in December
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 December. 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 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
2 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 30 46 65.2% 50.8%
3 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
4 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
5 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 47 82 57.3% 46.5%
6 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 35 65 53.8% 41.9%
7 Ransom Beach, Bayville 22.0 19 33 57.6% 40.8%
8 Fort Totten Park 10.0 18 33 54.5% 38.0%
9 Seguine Pond and waterfront 20.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
10 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 25 49 51.0% 37.5%
11 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
12 Little Neck Bay 10.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
13 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 16 32 50.0% 33.6%
14 Prospect Point 14.7 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
15 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 171 496 34.5% 30.4%
16 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 72 198 36.4% 30.0%
17 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
18 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 14 34 41.2% 26.4%
19 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
20 Sandy Hook 23.7 283 1001 28.3% 25.6%
21 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
22 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 17 48 35.4% 23.4%
23 Sea Cliff Beach 17.3 14 39 35.9% 22.7%
24 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 47 163 28.8% 22.4%
25 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
26 Davenport Park 12.9 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
27 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
29 Rye Playland 20.0 16 54 29.6% 19.1%
30 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 40 170 23.5% 17.8%
31 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 15 56 26.8% 17.0%
32 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
33 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 22 93 23.7% 16.2%
34 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 18 75 24.0% 15.8%
35 Point View Reservoir 19.8 16 67 23.9% 15.3%
36 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 16 72 22.2% 14.2%
37 Great Kills Park 18.0 57 323 17.6% 13.9%
38 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
39 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
40 Liberty SP 7.0 57 330 17.3% 13.6%
41 Rye Town Park 19.4 17 84 20.2% 13.0%
42 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 19 100 19.0% 12.5%
43 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 9 41 22.0% 12.0%
44 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 20 114 17.5% 11.7%
45 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
46 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 41 279 14.7% 11.0%
47 Midland Beach 15.8 18 107 16.8% 10.9%
48 Playland Lake 20.4 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
49 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
50 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
51 Canarsie Pier 11.4 8 43 18.6% 9.7%
52 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
53 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
54 City Island (Bronx Co.) 10.5 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
55 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 31 280 11.1% 7.9%
56 Randalls Island 2.4 31 281 11.0% 7.9%
57 Glen Island Park 12.0 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
58 Dosoris Pond, Glen Cove 19.3 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
59 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
60 Bergen Beach 12.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
61 SUNY Maritime College (Fort Schuyler) 9.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
62 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 22 209 10.5% 7.1%
63 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 18 172 10.5% 6.7%
64 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 7 52 13.5% 6.7%
65 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
66 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
67 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd. 11.1 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
68 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
69 Arbutus Lake 21.0 6 45 13.3% 6.3%
70 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 46 578 8.0% 6.0%
72 Gravesend Bay 13.2 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
73 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 27 323 8.4% 5.8%
74 Kings Point Pond Preserve 11.9 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
75 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
76 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
77 Morgan Memorial Park 17.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
78 Piermont Pier 18.4 31 413 7.5% 5.3%
79 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
80 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
81 Spring Creek Park 10.9 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
82 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 12 148 8.1% 4.7%
83 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
84 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
85 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
86 Front St., Waterfront 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
87 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
88 Bruce Park (Greenwich) 24.8 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
89 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
90 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
91 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
92 Conference House Park 24.5 6 75 8.0% 3.7%
93 Pryibil Beach 19.7 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
94 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
95 Manursing Way, Rye 20.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
96 Little Bay Park, Bayside 9.3 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
97 Grant Park, Hewlett 17.4 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
98 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
99 Tappen Beach 16.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
100 Byram Park 22.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
101 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
102 Hudson River waterfront, Tarrytown 20.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
103 Greenwich -- End of Steamboat Rd 24.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
104 Coney Island Pier 14.6 5 72 6.9% 3.0%
105 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 6 94 6.4% 3.0%
106 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
107 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 5 76 6.6% 2.8%
108 Miller Field 16.3 5 82 6.1% 2.6%
109 Port Liberte 8.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
110 Spanish Camp, Former 20.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
111 Fort Tilden 15.7 8 186 4.3% 2.2%
112 Overpeck County Park--Palisades Park 5.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
113 Silver Lake Preserve 21.8 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
114 Newark Bay--Old Tressel 12.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
115 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
116 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
117 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 5 110 4.5% 2.0%
118 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
119 Trap House 21.3 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
120 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 4 83 4.8% 1.9%
121 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
122 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
123 Five Islands Park 13.9 4 86 4.7% 1.8%
124 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
125 Milburn Pond Park 21.0 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
126 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 5 122 4.1% 1.8%
127 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 4 93 4.3% 1.7%
128 Kingsland Point County Park 21.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
129 Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park 17.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
130 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson 15.6 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
131 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 6 196 3.1% 1.4%
132 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
133 Premium Mill Pond 14.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
134 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
135 Hastings Meadowlands & Rowley's Bridge Trail 14.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
136 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 6 202 3.0% 1.4%
137 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station 18.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
138 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 3 88 3.4% 1.2%
139 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
140 Bay County Park 19.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
141 Sound View Park 5.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
142 Larchmont (Westchester Co.) 15.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
143 MacNeil Park 6.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
144 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
145 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
146 Coney Island Creek 13.9 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
147 Point Lookout 24.4 5 237 2.1% 0.9%
148 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
149 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
150 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
151 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
152 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 2 68 2.9% 0.8%
153 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
154 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 2 71 2.8% 0.8%
155 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
156 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
157 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 3 134 2.2% 0.8%
158 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 6 366 1.6% 0.8%
159 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
160 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
161 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 2 75 2.7% 0.7%
162 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 4 214 1.9% 0.7%
163 Coney Island Beach 14.5 3 145 2.1% 0.7%
164 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Rockwood Hall 23.7 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
165 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 3 159 1.9% 0.6%
166 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
167 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
168 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
169 Moravian Cemetery 15.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
170 Harbor Island Park, Mamaroneck 16.7 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
171 Prospect Park 8.4 18 2088 0.9% 0.5%
172 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
173 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 3 211 1.4% 0.5%
174 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 8 842 1.0% 0.5%
175 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
176 Battery Park City--South Cove and environs 5.8 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
177 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
178 Plumb Beach 14.0 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
179 Floyd Bennett Field--Community Gardens 14.0 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
180 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
181 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
182 Halifax Road 23.9 2 139 1.4% 0.4%
183 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
184 Astoria Park 2.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
185 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
186 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
187 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 6 819 0.7% 0.3%
188 Lake Parsippany 24.8 2 164 1.2% 0.3%
189 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 2 164 1.2% 0.3%
190 Liberty Island, onshore (New York Co.) 7.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
191 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
192 Schlegel Lake 15.0 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
193 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 3 379 0.8% 0.3%
194 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
195 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
196 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
197 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
198 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 2 232 0.9% 0.2%
199 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 3 463 0.6% 0.2%
200 Bronx Zoo 6.7 2 257 0.8% 0.2%
201 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
202 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
203 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
204 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
205 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 1 101 1.0% 0.2%
206 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
207 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
208 Nickerson Beach 23.3 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
209 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 132 0.8% 0.1%
210 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 1 161 0.6% 0.1%
211 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
212 The Celery Farm 19.5 2 588 0.3% 0.1%
213 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 1 220 0.5% 0.1%
214 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 1 224 0.4% 0.1%
215 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 261 0.4% 0.1%
216 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 1 280 0.4% 0.1%
217 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 1 559 0.2% 0.0%
218 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 1 734 0.1% 0.0%