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Where to find Piping Plover in August
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 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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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 96 151 63.6% 55.7%
2 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 117 239 49.0% 42.7%
3 Prospect Point 14.7 14 23 60.9% 40.8%
4 Sandy Hook 23.7 320 724 44.2% 40.6%
5 Nickerson Beach 23.3 64 158 40.5% 33.2%
6 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 18 38 47.4% 32.5%
7 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
8 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
9 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 12 31 38.7% 23.7%
10 Lido West Town Park 22.1 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
11 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
12 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
13 Point Lookout 24.4 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
14 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 8 38 21.1% 11.1%
15 Plumb Beach 14.0 133 1042 12.8% 10.9%
16 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 9 47 19.1% 10.4%
17 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
18 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
19 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
20 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
21 Fort Tilden 15.7 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
22 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 6 53 11.3% 5.3%
23 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
24 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
25 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
26 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
27 Silver Point County Park 17.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
28 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 5 87 5.7% 2.5%
29 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
30 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
31 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
32 Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.) 15.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
33 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 3 76 3.9% 1.4%
34 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
35 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 3 97 3.1% 1.1%
36 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
37 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
38 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 93 1.1% 0.2%
39 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 3 582 0.5% 0.2%
40 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
41 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 1 180 0.6% 0.1%
42 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 3 1147 0.3% 0.1%
43 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 3 1388 0.2% 0.1%
44 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 2 815 0.2% 0.1%
45 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 1 406 0.2% 0.0%