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Where to find Cackling Goose 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 Cackling Goose 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 Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School 15.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
2 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 25 98 25.5% 17.9%
3 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 25 105 23.8% 16.7%
4 Cameron Field Park Pond 15.5 11 40 27.5% 16.1%
5 Mattano Park 15.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
6 Bowman Ave. Pond at Rye Ridge Plaza 21.2 15 94 16.0% 9.9%
7 Hawthorne Street Retention Basin 18.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
8 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 16 110 14.5% 9.2%
9 Verona Park 15.0 12 79 15.2% 8.9%
10 Miller Field 16.3 12 82 14.6% 8.6%
11 Weequahic Park 13.5 10 69 14.5% 8.1%
12 Warinanco Park 16.7 5 30 16.7% 7.3%
13 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 8 74 10.8% 5.6%
14 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 7 72 9.7% 4.8%
15 Last Chance Pond Park 15.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
16 Overpeck County Park 6.2 16 261 6.1% 3.8%
17 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 12 185 6.5% 3.7%
18 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
19 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
20 Olympia Blvd. Pond 15.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
21 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
22 West Shore Rentention Pond 19.8 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
23 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 7 122 5.7% 2.8%
24 Canoe Brook Reservoir (Restricted Access) 20.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
25 Grover Cleveland Park and Essex Fells 17.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
26 Westchester Country Club (private property) 20.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
27 Rahway River Park 20.1 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
28 Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir # 3 20.4 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
29 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 4 88 4.5% 1.8%
30 Point View Reservoir 19.8 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
31 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 8 280 2.9% 1.5%
32 Orange Reservoir 16.7 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
33 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
34 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 5 181 2.8% 1.2%
35 Wyckoff Lake 20.4 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
36 Lake Tappan (NY) 18.7 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
37 Branch Brook Park--South 11.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
38 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
39 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
40 South Mountain Reservation 17.6 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
41 Van Saun Park--Walden Pond 10.8 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
42 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
43 Clarks Pond 11.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
44 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
45 Playland Lake 20.4 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
46 Packanack Lake 18.5 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
47 Lake Tappan (NY), Convent Rd. 18.9 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
48 Tarrytown Lakes Park 21.8 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
49 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
50 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
51 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
52 The Celery Farm 19.5 5 588 0.9% 0.4%
53 Cedar Grove Reservoir 14.0 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
54 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
55 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 4 496 0.8% 0.3%
56 Schlegel Lake 15.0 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
57 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
58 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
59 Lenape Park 19.7 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
60 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
61 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
62 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 100 1.0% 0.2%
63 Midland Beach 15.8 1 107 0.9% 0.2%
64 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
65 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 2 463 0.4% 0.1%
66 Lake Parsippany 24.8 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
67 Prospect Park 8.4 5 2088 0.2% 0.1%
68 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 1 177 0.6% 0.1%
69 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 1 214 0.5% 0.1%
70 Bronx Zoo 6.7 1 257 0.4% 0.1%
71 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 413 0.2% 0.0%
72 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 1 578 0.2% 0.0%