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Where to find American Wigeon in February
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 American Wigeon in February. 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 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 108 121 89.3% 82.5%
2 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 307 367 83.7% 79.5%
3 Kings Point Pond Preserve 11.9 9 9 100.0% 70.1%
4 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 396 554 71.5% 67.6%
5 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 34 48 70.8% 56.8%
6 Tottenville Train Station (Ellis St.), Arthur Kill 23.8 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
7 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 32 48 66.7% 52.5%
8 Dosoris Pond, Glen Cove 19.3 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
9 DiDomenico Park Bayonne. 11.9 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
10 Tottenville Train Station (Bentley St.), Arthur Kill 23.9 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
11 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 88 158 55.7% 47.9%
12 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 75 137 54.7% 46.4%
13 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
14 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 66 122 54.1% 45.3%
15 Seguine Pond and waterfront 20.7 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
16 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
17 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 73 157 46.5% 38.9%
18 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 36 76 47.4% 36.5%
19 Mill Creek 23.1 19 37 51.4% 35.9%
20 Veterans Park 11.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
21 Pier 44 Waterfront Garden 7.8 23 52 44.2% 31.6%
22 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 22 50 44.0% 31.2%
23 Premium Mill Pond 14.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
24 Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park 14.9 22 52 42.3% 29.9%
25 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 138 416 33.2% 28.8%
26 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 101 307 32.9% 27.9%
27 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 22 56 39.3% 27.6%
28 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 39 112 34.8% 26.6%
29 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 76 246 30.9% 25.5%
30 Bush Terminal waterfront, 51st St. access 9.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
31 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 143 560 25.5% 22.1%
32 Marine Parkway Bridge (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Faber Park 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
35 Sharrotts Shoreline 22.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
36 West Side Park (Paterson) 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Pryibil Beach 19.7 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
38 Darlington Park 22.3 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
39 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 170 759 22.4% 19.6%
40 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 40 162 24.7% 18.7%
41 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 28 108 25.9% 18.6%
42 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 23 86 26.7% 18.5%
43 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
44 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 31 142 21.8% 15.8%
45 Liberty SP 7.0 66 370 17.8% 14.3%
46 Rye Town Park 19.4 17 77 22.1% 14.3%
47 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 9 36 25.0% 13.8%
48 North Shore Esplanade 11.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
49 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
50 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
51 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 24 133 18.0% 12.4%
52 Gravesend Bay 13.2 12 58 20.7% 12.3%
53 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 17 91 18.7% 12.0%
54 Hendrix Creek 10.4 17 91 18.7% 12.0%
55 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
56 Kensico Lake 24.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
57 Troy Meadows--Alan Dr. access, gas-line trails and deer exclosure 22.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
58 Coney Island Creek 13.9 11 55 20.0% 11.6%
59 Prospect Park 8.4 251 1997 12.6% 11.2%
60 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 50 352 14.2% 10.9%
61 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 9 46 19.6% 10.7%
62 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 19 117 16.2% 10.6%
63 Hommocks Conservation Area 15.7 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
64 North Mt. Loretto SF--Reed Marsh 22.6 10 54 18.5% 10.4%
65 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
66 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 23 154 14.9% 10.2%
67 Packanack Lake 18.5 8 42 19.0% 10.0%
68 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
70 Gerritsen Beach--Shell Bank Creek 13.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
71 Spring Creek, Fountain Ave. (Brooklyn) 10.2 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
72 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
73 Thomas Mundy Peterson Park 24.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
74 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
75 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 8 49 16.3% 8.5%
76 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 23 187 12.3% 8.3%
77 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 12 87 13.8% 8.1%
78 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 11 82 13.4% 7.7%
79 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
80 Lake Parsippany 24.8 17 147 11.6% 7.3%
81 Spring Creek Park 10.9 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
82 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 30 313 9.6% 6.8%
83 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 10 83 12.0% 6.7%
84 Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook 8.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
85 Echo Lake Park 21.2 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
86 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 20 212 9.4% 6.2%
87 Sound View Park 5.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
88 Industry City, Sunset Park 8.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
89 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 10 90 11.1% 6.1%
90 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
91 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 27 312 8.7% 6.0%
92 Dead Horse Point 14.4 7 62 11.3% 5.6%
93 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 5 41 12.2% 5.3%
94 Ransom Beach, Bayville 22.0 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
95 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
96 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 6 55 10.9% 5.1%
97 The Celery Farm 19.5 42 628 6.7% 5.0%
98 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 7 70 10.0% 4.9%
99 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
100 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 57 940 6.1% 4.7%
101 Commerce Road Wetlands 19.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
102 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
103 MacNeil Park 6.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
104 Point View Reservoir 19.8 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
105 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 12 159 7.5% 4.4%
106 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 9 110 8.2% 4.4%
107 Riis Landing 15.4 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
108 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 13 181 7.2% 4.2%
109 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 5 53 9.4% 4.1%
110 Rye Playland 20.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
111 Kirby Lane Ponds, Rye 20.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
112 Arbutus Lake 21.0 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
113 Butler Manor Waterfront 23.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
114 Goffle Brook Park 15.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
115 Sandy Hook 23.7 38 817 4.7% 3.4%
116 Plumb Beach 14.0 8 122 6.6% 3.4%
117 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
118 South Brooklyn Marine Terminal 8.7 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
119 Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn) 8.0 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
120 Port Liberte 8.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
121 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
122 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 8 143 5.6% 2.9%
123 Mill Pond, Oyster Bay 23.2 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
124 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
125 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
126 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 4 58 6.9% 2.7%
127 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
128 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
129 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
130 Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier 7.6 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
131 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
132 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
133 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
134 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
135 Newark Bay--Old Tressel 12.6 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
136 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 4 73 5.5% 2.2%
137 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 5 102 4.9% 2.1%
138 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
139 Hawtree Creek at Howard Beach Station 11.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
140 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond 22.3 5 113 4.4% 1.9%
141 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
142 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
143 Lincoln Park West 7.5 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
144 Mariners Marsh 14.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
145 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
146 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
147 Red Hook Recreation Area 7.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
148 Carteret Waterfront Park 19.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
149 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 7 226 3.1% 1.5%
150 Playland Lake 20.4 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
151 Pelham Bay Park--The Meadow and adj. woodland 10.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
152 Bay County Park 19.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
153 Newport Yacht Club and Marina 5.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
154 Milburn Pond Park 21.0 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
155 Glen Island Park 12.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
156 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
157 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 3 76 3.9% 1.4%
158 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 3 78 3.8% 1.3%
159 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
160 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
161 Bronxville Lake, Tuckahoe 13.3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
162 Columbia St. Pier 8.2 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
163 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
164 Elizabeth River--1st st bridge 15.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
165 North Woodmere Park 15.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
166 Milton Point, Rye 17.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
167 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
168 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 4 135 3.0% 1.2%
169 Van Name-Van Pelt Cove 14.0 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
170 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
171 Great Kills Park 18.0 6 268 2.2% 1.0%
172 Bradys Pond 13.5 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
173 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 2 59 3.4% 0.9%
174 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
175 Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd. 18.9 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
176 Verona Park 15.0 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
177 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 2 66 3.0% 0.8%
178 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
179 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 3 132 2.3% 0.8%
180 Greenwich Harbor 24.1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
181 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 4 213 1.9% 0.7%
182 Coney Island Beach 14.5 3 143 2.1% 0.7%
183 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
184 Troy Meadows Natural Area--So. Beverwyck Rd/Patriots Path 22.3 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
185 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 2 78 2.6% 0.7%
186 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
187 Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve 18.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
188 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
189 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
190 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 3 161 1.9% 0.6%
191 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
192 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 5.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
193 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
194 Owls Head Park 10.3 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
195 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 2 102 2.0% 0.5%
196 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
197 Lister Park 18.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
198 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
199 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
200 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
201 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
202 Fort Tilden 15.7 2 120 1.7% 0.5%
203 Conference House Park 24.5 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
204 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
205 Five Islands Park 13.9 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
206 Barbour Pond Park 18.7 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
207 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 5 548 0.9% 0.4%
208 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 2 141 1.4% 0.4%
209 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
210 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
211 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
212 Randalls Island 2.4 2 184 1.1% 0.3%
213 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
214 Sheldrake Lake (Larchmont Reservoir) 15.6 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
215 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
216 Canarsie Pier 11.4 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
217 Weequahic Park 13.5 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
218 Prospect Park--Vale of Cashmere 7.8 1 68 1.5% 0.3%
219 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 2 220 0.9% 0.2%
220 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
221 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 1 99 1.0% 0.2%
222 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 123 0.8% 0.1%
223 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
224 Piermont Pier 18.4 2 402 0.5% 0.1%
225 Warinanco Park 16.7 1 131 0.8% 0.1%
226 Coney Island Pier 14.6 1 136 0.7% 0.1%
227 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
228 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 2 560 0.4% 0.1%
229 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 1 235 0.4% 0.1%
230 Halifax Road 23.9 1 250 0.4% 0.1%
231 Point Lookout 24.4 1 316 0.3% 0.1%
232 Central Park 0.7 2 1730 0.1% 0.0%