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Where to find Piping Plover in May
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 May. 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 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 31 34 91.2% 77.0%
2 Prospect Point 14.7 38 44 86.4% 73.3%
3 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 60 74 81.1% 70.7%
4 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
5 Nickerson Beach 23.3 288 421 68.4% 63.8%
6 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 146 235 62.1% 55.8%
7 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 13 20 65.0% 43.3%
8 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 82 161 50.9% 43.3%
9 Fort Tilden 15.7 60 139 43.2% 35.2%
10 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 14 28 50.0% 32.6%
11 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
12 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
13 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
14 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
15 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
16 Sandy Hook 23.7 668 2381 28.1% 26.3%
17 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
18 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
19 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
20 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
21 Silver Point County Park 17.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
24 Point Lookout 24.4 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
25 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
26 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
27 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
28 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
29 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 15 155 9.7% 6.0%
30 Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.) 15.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
31 Plumb Beach 14.0 47 915 5.1% 3.9%
32 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
33 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
34 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 7 140 5.0% 2.4%
35 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
36 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
37 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
38 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
39 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
40 Whitney Pond Park 13.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
41 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 2 99 2.0% 0.6%
42 "Sandy Hook--Hudson Rd (""The Garden"", etc)" 21.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
43 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
44 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 3 218 1.4% 0.5%
45 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 2 118 1.7% 0.5%
46 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 2 157 1.3% 0.4%
47 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 4 487 0.8% 0.3%
48 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
49 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 8 1892 0.4% 0.2%
50 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 4 1258 0.3% 0.1%
51 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 1 156 0.6% 0.1%
52 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 2 749 0.3% 0.1%