Bird Finder

Where to find Boat-tailed Grackle in August
within 25 miles of New York City, United States

Boat-tailed Grackle
© Marie Hosch / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Boat-tailed Grackle 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock
11.2 2 9 9 46 66 69.7% 57.8%
2 Broad Channel American Park
12.6 1 2 3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
3 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)
9.9 0 4 4 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
4 Sunset Cove Park
12.5 6 4 13 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
5 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh
13.2 1 4 3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
6 Jones Beach Bay Islands
25.0 0 6 20 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
7 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh
12.5 0 9 26 20 40 50.0% 35.2%
8 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
11.6 16 26 411 626 1709 36.6% 34.4%
9 Fighting Island, west side
23.8 0 1 3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
10 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek
13.0 0 1 1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
11 Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park
10.6 1 5 5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
12 Liberty SP
2.4 11 15 46 181 508 35.6% 31.6%
13 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area
23.1 1 13 57 83 221 37.6% 31.4%
14 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek
13.4 0 1 1 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
15 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond
11.3 12 22 355 300 910 33.0% 30.0%
16 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh
10.8 1 5 4 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
17 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar
11.1 1 8 10 21 60 35.0% 24.2%
18 Charles Memorial Park
10.1 3 8 1 14 37 37.8% 24.1%
19 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge
10.5 2 5 24 23 70 32.9% 23.0%
20 Conaskonk Point
20.1 2 4 17 36 122 29.5% 22.1%
21 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end
11.1 4 16 93 109 443 24.6% 20.8%
22 Parsonage Island, Oceanside
21.4 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Baldwin Bay
22.5 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
24 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
11.5 1 21 181 224 971 23.1% 20.5%
25 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end
11.7 4 17 158 143 650 22.0% 19.0%
26 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)
11.3 1 6 56 34 133 25.6% 18.9%
27 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park
9.9 1 5 7 17 59 28.8% 18.8%
28 Plumb Beach
10.3 11 10 137 246 1360 18.1% 16.1%
29 Great Kills Park
13.0 0 14 13 33 155 21.3% 15.6%
30 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve
23.5 0 13 23 24 110 21.8% 15.1%
31 Waterfront Park, Freeport
22.9 0 1 1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
32 Great Kills Park--Mudflats
13.0 0 13 17 36 182 19.8% 14.6%
33 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay
3.4 0 4 12 11 44 25.0% 14.6%
34 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West)
9.7 0 3 2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
35 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet
24.1 0 2 5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
36 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh
12.2 0 4 4 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
37 Hook Creek Park
14.6 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach--North End (South Beach)
9.0 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden
11.6 0 6 15 10 77 13.0% 7.2%
40 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway
5.7 0 1 2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
41 Keyport--waterfront area
21.6 1 6 5 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
42 Lincoln Park West
4.5 1 2 12 9 73 12.3% 6.6%
43 Sandy Hook
19.0 1 18 48 63 849 7.4% 5.8%
44 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)
14.1 0 2 1 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
45 Nickerson Beach
22.9 4 7 16 16 193 8.3% 5.2%
46 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park
14.0 1 3 5 5 43 11.6% 5.1%
47 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh
10.1 0 2 2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
48 Potamogeton Pond
13.4 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
49 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.
12.7 0 3 4 9 116 7.8% 4.1%
50 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park
9.1 0 5 23 29 515 5.6% 3.9%
51 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest
9.4 0 5 5 5 59 8.5% 3.7%
52 Oakwood Beach
12.4 0 2 3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
53 Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark
7.4 0 3 2 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
54 Sandy Hook--South Beach area
21.3 0 2 3 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
55 Old Bridge Waterfront Park
21.7 0 3 4 5 82 6.1% 2.6%
56 Shellbank Basin
9.7 0 1 3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
57 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.)
16.1 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
58 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden
11.3 0 2 2 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
59 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 0 14 13 40 1324 3.0% 2.2%
60 Saw Mill Creek Marsh
12.1 0 1 3 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
61 Cliffwood Beach Waterfront Park
21.5 0 4 4 4 78 5.1% 2.0%
62 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh
12.6 0 4 7 7 199 3.5% 1.7%
63 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches
19.7 0 2 2 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
64 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline
9.8 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
65 Pirates Cove
21.4 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
66 Raritan Bay Waterfront Park & Morgan Avenue Mudflats
21.4 1 4 6 8 252 3.2% 1.6%
67 Point Lookout--Town Park
23.5 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
68 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach
19.1 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
69 Matrix Global Logistics Park
11.5 0 1 4 4 113 3.5% 1.4%
70 Coney Island Creek
9.2 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
71 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform
12.1 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
72 Bayonne Golf Club
5.8 0 2 7 6 203 3.0% 1.4%
73 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area
18.5 1 2 2 2 41 4.9% 1.3%
74 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ
11.9 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
75 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)
13.8 0 2 1 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
76 Willowbrook Park
11.2 0 1 1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
77 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula
4.9 0 2 2 3 98 3.1% 1.0%
78 Wolfe's Pond Park
16.8 0 4 3 5 206 2.4% 1.0%
79 Dead Horse Point
11.0 0 3 3 3 102 2.9% 1.0%
80 Sandy Hook--Plum Island
21.3 0 2 2 2 61 3.3% 0.9%
81 Hudson River Waterfront Walk
3.6 0 1 1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
82 Bayswater Point SP
14.2 0 1 1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
83 Canarsie Beach Park
8.4 1 2 2 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
84 Pelham Bay Park
14.8 0 2 2 3 173 1.7% 0.6%
85 Sandy Hook--C Lot & Beach
20.6 0 1 1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
86 Lemon Creek Pier
17.7 0 1 1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
87 Fort Tilden
12.3 1 2 2 2 103 1.9% 0.5%
88 Richard A. Rutkowski Park
5.8 0 1 1 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
89 Laurel Hill Park
5.2 0 1 1 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
90 Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh
12.5 0 1 1 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
91 Mt. Loretto Unique Area
18.0 0 2 2 2 135 1.5% 0.4%
92 Bridge Creek, Western Ave.
10.9 0 1 1 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
93 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)
8.7 0 1 1 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
94 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)
16.9 0 1 1 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
95 Sandy Hook--North End
16.4 2 2 4 3 307 1.0% 0.3%
96 Meadowlands District IBA
7.6 0 1 1 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
97 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point
14.3 0 1 1 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
98 Sands Point Preserve
19.0 0 1 2 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
99 Jacob Riis Park
12.3 0 1 2 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
100 Floyd Bennett Field
10.3 0 3 3 3 522 0.6% 0.2%
101 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond
11.5 0 1 1 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
102 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area
19.9 0 1 1 1 128 0.8% 0.1%
103 Breezy Point Tip
11.9 0 1 1 1 208 0.5% 0.1%
104 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary
14.8 0 1 1 1 208 0.5% 0.1%
105 Alley Pond Park
14.0 0 1 1 1 223 0.4% 0.1%
106 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)
9.0 0 1 5 1 226 0.4% 0.1%
107 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)
1.9 0 1 1 1 441 0.2% 0.0%
108 Marshlands Conservancy
22.9 1 1 1 1 638 0.2% 0.0%