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Where to find Piping Plover in August
within 25 miles of New York City, United States

Piping Plover
© Forest Botial-Jarvis / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Piping Plover in August. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Breezy Point Tip
11.9 22 18 74 132 208 63.5% 56.7%
2 Prospect Point
18.8 0 8 2 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
3 Sandy Hook--North End
16.4 25 16 98 145 307 47.2% 41.7%
4 Sandy Hook
19.0 23 24 133 358 849 42.2% 38.9%
5 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty
24.6 0 4 10 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
6 Half Moon Bay and shoreline
17.4 0 3 3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
7 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)
14.8 1 8 21 22 53 41.5% 29.3%
8 Nickerson Beach
22.9 14 13 43 67 193 34.7% 28.4%
9 Breezy Point Beach
12.1 3 9 11 17 43 39.5% 26.4%
10 Plumb Beach
10.3 185 16 147 337 1360 24.8% 22.6%
11 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion
17.1 3 4 8 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
12 Arverne East Nature Preserve
14.7 1 1 3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
13 Sandy Hook--South Beach area
21.3 0 5 7 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
14 Point Lookout
24.1 0 6 6 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
15 Lido West Town Park
21.6 2 3 5 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
16 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty
14.3 0 2 3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
17 Lido Beach Town Park
22.3 0 1 1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
18 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond
16.8 2 7 15 12 74 16.2% 9.5%
19 Sandy Hook--C Lot & Beach
20.6 1 3 8 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
20 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)
16.9 0 5 4 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
21 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club
11.9 0 1 2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
22 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh
11.7 1 3 3 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
23 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot
12.2 1 4 7 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
24 Sandy Hook--Plum Island
21.3 3 4 6 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
25 Fort Tilden
12.3 2 6 12 11 103 10.7% 6.1%
26 Point Lookout--Firemans Park
24.1 1 1 2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
27 Point Lookout--Town Park
23.5 0 2 2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
28 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh
10.1 1 2 2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
29 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point
14.3 1 2 6 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
30 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd
13.6 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
31 Silver Point County Park
16.0 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
32 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive
18.0 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
33 Coney Island Creek Park
9.2 2 3 4 5 95 5.3% 2.3%
34 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot
15.3 3 1 5 5 104 4.8% 2.1%
35 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)
14.2 1 1 2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
36 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach
19.1 0 1 2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
37 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform
12.1 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
38 Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)
13.3 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
39 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area
18.5 0 2 1 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
40 Bayshore Waterfront Park
19.5 0 2 2 3 79 3.8% 1.3%
41 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch
10.5 1 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
42 Plumb Beach--West
9.9 1 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
43 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area
19.9 0 3 4 3 128 2.3% 0.8%
44 Jacob Riis Park
12.3 0 2 2 2 88 2.3% 0.6%
45 Jacob Riis Park--Beach
12.4 0 1 1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
46 Great Kills Park--Mudflats
13.0 2 2 3 3 182 1.6% 0.6%
47 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches
19.7 0 1 1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
48 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path
17.9 0 1 1 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
49 Raritan Bay Waterfront Park & Morgan Avenue Mudflats
21.4 2 3 2 3 252 1.2% 0.4%
50 Dead Horse Point
11.0 1 1 1 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
51 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 0 5 5 5 1324 0.4% 0.2%
52 Great Kills Park
13.0 0 1 1 1 155 0.6% 0.1%
53 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond
11.3 0 1 4 3 910 0.3% 0.1%
54 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
11.5 1 3 4 3 971 0.3% 0.1%
55 Pelham Bay Park
14.8 1 1 1 1 173 0.6% 0.1%
56 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
11.6 0 4 4 4 1709 0.2% 0.1%
57 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end
11.7 0 2 2 2 650 0.3% 0.1%
58 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area
23.1 0 1 1 1 221 0.5% 0.1%