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Where to find Semipalmated 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 Semipalmated 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 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 893 1258 71.0% 68.4%
2 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
3 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 250 487 51.3% 46.9%
4 Plumb Beach 14.0 448 915 49.0% 45.7%
5 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 88 167 52.7% 45.1%
6 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 129 255 50.6% 44.5%
7 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
8 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 140 325 43.1% 37.8%
9 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 105 241 43.6% 37.5%
10 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 12 22 54.5% 34.7%
11 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 33 74 44.6% 33.8%
12 Liberty SP 7.0 271 825 32.8% 29.7%
13 Dead Horse Point 14.4 29 72 40.3% 29.7%
14 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
15 Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens 13.6 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
16 Great Kills Park 18.0 83 269 30.9% 25.6%
17 Whitney Pond Park 13.7 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
18 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 500 1892 26.4% 24.5%
19 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 44 141 31.2% 24.1%
20 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 25 75 33.3% 23.7%
21 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 15 42 35.7% 23.0%
22 North Woodmere Park 15.5 12 34 35.3% 21.5%
23 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
24 Manhasset Bay Marina 14.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
25 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
26 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 174 749 23.2% 20.3%
27 River Barge Park 5.1 34 134 25.4% 18.8%
28 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 39 168 23.2% 17.5%
29 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 51 230 22.2% 17.3%
30 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 22 91 24.2% 16.5%
31 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
32 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
33 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 10 37 27.0% 15.4%
34 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 14 57 24.6% 15.2%
35 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 46 235 19.6% 15.0%
36 Sandy Hook 23.7 362 2381 15.2% 13.8%
37 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
38 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 8 32 25.0% 13.3%
39 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 13 60 21.7% 13.1%
40 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 13 61 21.3% 12.9%
41 Ferry Point Park 7.1 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
42 Nickerson Beach 23.3 65 421 15.4% 12.3%
43 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 13 64 20.3% 12.3%
44 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 57 369 15.4% 12.1%
45 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 24 137 17.5% 12.1%
46 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
47 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 29 175 16.6% 11.8%
48 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
49 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 109 804 13.6% 11.4%
50 Prospect Point 14.7 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
51 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 18 106 17.0% 11.0%
52 Piermont Pier 18.4 41 282 14.5% 10.9%
53 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
54 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
55 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
56 Miller Field 16.3 27 177 15.3% 10.7%
57 Spring Creek Park 10.9 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
58 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 210 1827 11.5% 10.1%
59 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 9 49 18.4% 10.0%
60 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
61 Flushing Airport 6.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
62 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 17 112 15.2% 9.7%
63 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 8 44 18.2% 9.5%
64 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
65 Whitney Lake, Manhasset 13.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
66 Jamaica Bay, Black Wall Marsh 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
67 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 27 211 12.8% 8.9%
68 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
69 Blazing Star Cemetery 20.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
70 Bay County Park 19.0 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
71 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
72 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 9 58 15.5% 8.4%
73 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
74 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 20 161 12.4% 8.2%
75 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
76 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 8 51 15.7% 8.2%
77 Chelsea Rd. and Bloomfield Ave., wetlands 16.4 5 28 17.9% 7.9%
78 Oakwood Beach 17.4 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
79 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 12 94 12.8% 7.5%
80 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 71 764 9.3% 7.4%
81 Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark 9.9 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
82 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 8 57 14.0% 7.3%
83 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
84 Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform 15.2 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
85 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 11 99 11.1% 6.3%
86 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 12 111 10.8% 6.3%
87 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
88 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 10 102 9.8% 5.4%
89 Disposal Rd. 7.7 11 123 8.9% 5.1%
90 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
91 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
92 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
93 Bayswater Park 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
94 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
95 Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh 17.6 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
96 Brookfield Park 18.2 6 64 9.4% 4.4%
97 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 8 98 8.2% 4.2%
98 Lincoln Park West 7.5 9 119 7.6% 4.0%
99 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
100 Mill Creek 23.1 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
101 Hendrix Creek 10.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
102 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
103 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
104 Port Liberte 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
105 Mill Pond, Port Washington 14.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
106 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
107 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
108 Manhasset Valley County Park 13.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
109 Powells Cove Park 6.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
110 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 12 213 5.6% 3.3%
111 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
112 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 9 155 5.8% 3.1%
113 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
114 Silver Lake (Bergen Co.) 18.1 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
115 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 7 119 5.9% 2.9%
116 Idlewild Park 14.1 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
117 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 4 55 7.3% 2.9%
118 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
119 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
120 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
121 Linden Airport 18.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
122 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
123 Five Islands Park 13.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
124 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
125 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 7 148 4.7% 2.3%
126 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
127 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
128 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
129 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 6 125 4.8% 2.2%
130 Van Saun Park 11.1 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
131 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
132 Fort Tilden 15.7 6 139 4.3% 2.0%
133 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
134 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
135 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
136 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 14 437 3.2% 1.9%
137 Freshkills Park 18.2 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
138 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
139 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
140 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive 22.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
141 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
142 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
143 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 4 97 4.1% 1.6%
144 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 4 98 4.1% 1.6%
145 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
146 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 5 156 3.2% 1.4%
147 Udall's Mill Pond 11.5 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
148 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 2 42 4.8% 1.3%
149 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
150 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
151 Manorhaven Town Park 13.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
152 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 3 91 3.3% 1.1%
153 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 4 140 2.9% 1.1%
154 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
155 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
156 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
157 Pelham Bay Park--Bridle Path around golf courses 10.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
158 Fort Totten Park 10.0 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
159 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 5 233 2.1% 0.9%
160 Point Lookout 24.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
161 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
162 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 3 118 2.5% 0.9%
163 Neck Creek Preserve 17.4 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
164 Union County College 20.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
165 Randalls Island 2.4 4 209 1.9% 0.7%
166 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
167 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
168 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 2 77 2.6% 0.7%
169 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry 17.0 2 80 2.5% 0.7%
170 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
171 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
172 Overpeck County Park 6.2 3 153 2.0% 0.7%
173 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
174 "Sandy Hook--Hudson Rd (""The Garden"", etc)" 21.9 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
175 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
176 Coney Island Beach 14.5 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
177 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
178 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
179 Bronxville Lake, Tuckahoe 13.3 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
180 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 2 157 1.3% 0.4%
181 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 5 620 0.8% 0.3%
182 Twin Lakes Park, Eastchester 14.4 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
183 Bridge Creek, Western Ave. 15.3 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
184 Goodhue Park 12.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
185 Florham Park Fields 22.8 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
186 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
187 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 1 83 1.2% 0.2%
188 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 85 1.2% 0.2%
189 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 89 1.1% 0.2%
190 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
191 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
192 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 1 124 0.8% 0.1%
193 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 1 146 0.7% 0.1%
194 The Celery Farm 19.5 4 1399 0.3% 0.1%
195 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 1 178 0.6% 0.1%
196 Conference House Park 24.5 1 184 0.5% 0.1%
197 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 218 0.5% 0.1%
198 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 5 3846 0.1% 0.1%
199 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 1 345 0.3% 0.1%
200 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 1 373 0.3% 0.0%
201 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 1 1085 0.1% 0.0%
202 Prospect Park 8.4 1 8052 0.0% 0.0%