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Where to find Semipalmated Sandpiper 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 Sandpiper 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 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 14 15 93.3% 70.2%
2 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 16 20 80.0% 58.4%
3 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 154 255 60.4% 54.3%
4 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 703 1258 55.9% 53.1%
5 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 276 487 56.7% 52.2%
6 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
7 Plumb Beach 14.0 493 915 53.9% 50.6%
8 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
9 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 767 1827 42.0% 39.7%
10 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 103 241 42.7% 36.7%
11 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 18 37 48.6% 33.4%
12 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 259 749 34.6% 31.3%
13 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 79 211 37.4% 31.2%
14 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 54 141 38.3% 30.7%
15 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 597 1892 31.6% 29.5%
16 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
17 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
18 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 37 106 34.9% 26.5%
19 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 54 167 32.3% 25.7%
20 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
21 Nickerson Beach 23.3 122 421 29.0% 24.9%
22 Dead Horse Point 14.4 25 72 34.7% 24.8%
23 Bay County Park 19.0 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
24 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
25 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 65 230 28.3% 22.8%
26 Oakwood Beach 17.4 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
27 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 23 74 31.1% 21.7%
28 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
29 Silver Point County Park 17.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
31 Dutch Broadway Park 14.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Jamaica Bay, Ruler's Bar 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Jamaica Bay--Duck Point Marshes 12.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
34 Miller Field 16.3 47 177 26.6% 20.6%
35 Liberty SP 7.0 189 825 22.9% 20.2%
36 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 31 119 26.1% 19.0%
37 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 24 98 24.5% 17.0%
38 River Barge Park 5.1 28 134 20.9% 14.9%
39 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 57 325 17.5% 13.8%
40 Great Kills Park 18.0 48 269 17.8% 13.7%
41 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
42 Sandy Hook 23.7 351 2381 14.7% 13.4%
43 Chelsea Rd. and Bloomfield Ave., wetlands 16.4 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
44 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
45 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 28 168 16.7% 11.8%
46 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
47 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
48 Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh 17.6 8 36 22.2% 11.7%
49 Disposal Rd. 7.7 21 123 17.1% 11.4%
50 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
51 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
52 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 25 161 15.5% 10.7%
53 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 6 28 21.4% 10.2%
54 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
55 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 32 235 13.6% 9.8%
56 Flushing Airport 6.9 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
57 Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens 13.6 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
58 Willson's Woods Park 12.1 5 23 21.7% 9.7%
59 Jamaica Bay, Black Wall Marsh 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
60 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 12 75 16.0% 9.4%
61 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 10 62 16.1% 9.0%
62 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 87 804 10.8% 8.9%
63 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 9 57 15.8% 8.5%
64 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
65 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
66 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
67 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 12 91 13.2% 7.7%
68 Hendrix Creek 10.4 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
69 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 35 369 9.5% 6.9%
70 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 7 51 13.7% 6.8%
71 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
72 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
73 Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform 15.2 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
74 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 8 64 12.5% 6.5%
75 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
76 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Train Bridge 12.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
77 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
78 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
79 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
80 Piermont Pier 18.4 22 282 7.8% 5.2%
81 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 8 80 10.0% 5.2%
82 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 6 58 10.3% 4.8%
83 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
84 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
85 Bergen Beach 12.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
86 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
87 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
88 Tribute Park, Beach Channel Drive 15.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
89 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 10 125 8.0% 4.4%
90 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 8 94 8.5% 4.4%
91 Udall's Mill Pond 11.5 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
92 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 8 99 8.1% 4.2%
93 Lincoln Park West 7.5 9 119 7.6% 4.0%
94 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 8 102 7.8% 4.0%
95 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 25 437 5.7% 3.9%
96 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
97 Port Liberte 8.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
98 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
99 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
100 Alley Pond Park--John Riedl Wildflower Meadow 11.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
101 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 5 60 8.3% 3.6%
102 Prospect Point 14.7 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
103 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
104 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 8 118 6.8% 3.5%
105 Van Saun Park--Walden Pond 10.8 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
106 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 3 34 8.8% 3.0%
107 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
108 Milton Point, Rye 17.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
109 Oakwood Beach--Bluebelt, Lynn St. 17.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
110 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 5 77 6.5% 2.8%
111 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 4 57 7.0% 2.8%
112 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 6 111 5.4% 2.5%
113 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 7 137 5.1% 2.5%
114 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 3 42 7.1% 2.5%
115 Brookfield Park 18.2 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
116 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 5 91 5.5% 2.4%
117 Baxter Pond Park 14.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
118 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
119 West Shore Rentention Pond 19.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
120 Last Chance Pond Park 15.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
121 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 2 25 8.0% 2.2%
122 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 5 98 5.1% 2.2%
123 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 7 156 4.5% 2.2%
124 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
125 Whitney Pond Park 13.7 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
126 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
127 Piermont Marsh 17.6 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
128 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 23 764 3.0% 2.0%
129 Fort Tilden 15.7 6 139 4.3% 2.0%
130 Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.) 22.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
131 Crystal Lake Park 6.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
132 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
133 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 3 56 5.4% 1.8%
134 Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield 6.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
135 Domino Park 4.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
136 Flatbush - Ditmas Park (Kings Co.) 9.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
137 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 6 155 3.9% 1.8%
138 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
139 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 3 64 4.7% 1.6%
140 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
141 Blazing Star Cemetery 20.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
142 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
143 Olympia Blvd. Pond 15.6 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
144 Byram Park 22.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
145 New Creek Watershed, Slater Blvd. bridge 15.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
146 Lenape Park 19.7 8 303 2.6% 1.3%
147 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 6 213 2.8% 1.3%
148 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 5 175 2.9% 1.2%
149 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
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 Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site 15.5 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
153 Saddle River County Park 11.2 2 51 3.9% 1.1%
154 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 5 199 2.5% 1.1%
155 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 4 148 2.7% 1.1%
156 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
157 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 3 109 2.8% 0.9%
158 Silver Lake (Bergen Co.) 18.1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
159 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 3 112 2.7% 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 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 8 493 1.6% 0.8%
163 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
164 Glen Island Park 12.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
165 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
166 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 6 373 1.6% 0.7%
167 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 3 140 2.1% 0.7%
168 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
169 Mill Creek 23.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
170 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
171 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
172 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
173 Randalls Island 2.4 3 209 1.4% 0.5%
174 Mission of Immaculate Virgin, Mt. Loretto 22.9 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
175 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
176 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 3 233 1.3% 0.4%
177 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
178 Van Saun Park 11.1 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
179 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 2 146 1.4% 0.4%
180 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
181 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 5 620 0.8% 0.3%
182 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
183 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
184 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
185 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
186 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 3 399 0.8% 0.3%
187 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 7 1383 0.5% 0.2%
188 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
189 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 2 247 0.8% 0.2%
190 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
191 Echo Lake Park 21.2 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
192 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 1 124 0.8% 0.1%
193 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
194 Conference House Park 24.5 1 184 0.5% 0.1%
195 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 218 0.5% 0.1%
196 The Celery Farm 19.5 3 1399 0.2% 0.1%
197 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 1 243 0.4% 0.1%
198 Mary Patrick Park 24.0 1 287 0.3% 0.1%
199 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 1 345 0.3% 0.1%
200 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 4 3846 0.1% 0.0%
201 Prospect Park 8.4 6 8052 0.1% 0.0%