Bird Finder

Where to find Piping Plover in April
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 Piping Plover in April. 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 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 38 47 80.9% 67.5%
2 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
3 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 88 161 54.7% 46.9%
4 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
5 Prospect Point 14.7 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
6 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 47 100 47.0% 37.5%
7 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 35 74 47.3% 36.3%
8 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
9 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 10 20 50.0% 29.9%
10 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
11 Nickerson Beach 23.3 42 134 31.3% 24.1%
12 Fort Tilden 15.7 37 118 31.4% 23.7%
13 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
14 Sandy Hook 23.7 337 1500 22.5% 20.4%
15 Point Lookout 24.4 18 59 30.5% 20.3%
16 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
17 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
18 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
19 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
20 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 11 74 14.9% 8.5%
21 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
22 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
23 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
24 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
25 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
26 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
27 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
28 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
29 Plumb Beach 14.0 11 291 3.8% 2.1%
30 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
31 Garden City (Nassau Co.) 17.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
32 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
33 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
34 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
35 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
36 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 1 439 0.2% 0.0%
37 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 1 814 0.1% 0.0%
38 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 1 1116 0.1% 0.0%