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Where to find Royal Tern in October
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Royal Tern in October. 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 Midland Beach 15.8 57 67 85.1% 74.7%
2 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 10 10 100.0% 72.2%
3 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
4 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 48 69 69.6% 57.9%
5 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 40 64 62.5% 50.3%
6 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
7 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
8 Plumb Beach 14.0 326 665 49.0% 45.2%
9 Sandy Hook 23.7 859 1905 45.1% 42.9%
10 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
11 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 82 170 48.2% 40.8%
12 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 72 156 46.2% 38.5%
13 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 51 110 46.4% 37.3%
14 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St. 15.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
15 Hamilton Beach Park 11.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
16 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 28 62 45.2% 33.4%
17 Coney Island Beach 14.5 43 106 40.6% 31.7%
18 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 80 212 37.7% 31.5%
19 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
20 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
21 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 13 28 46.4% 29.5%
22 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 14 31 45.2% 29.2%
23 Fort Tilden 15.7 120 362 33.1% 28.5%
24 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
25 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
26 Miller Field 16.3 77 228 33.8% 27.9%
27 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 16 41 39.0% 25.7%
28 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
29 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
30 Marine Parkway Bridge (Brooklyn) 14.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
31 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
32 Jamaica Bay--Duck Point Marshes 12.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
33 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 52 203 25.6% 20.1%
34 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 10 31 32.3% 18.6%
35 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 6 16 37.5% 18.5%
36 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
37 Great Kills Park 18.0 31 130 23.8% 17.3%
38 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 10 34 29.4% 16.8%
39 Spanish Camp, Former 20.7 5 14 35.7% 16.3%
40 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
41 Coney Island Pier 14.6 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
42 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
43 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
44 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
45 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 6 23 26.1% 12.5%
46 Kingsborough Community College 14.2 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
47 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 101 778 13.0% 10.8%
48 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
49 Dead Horse Point 14.4 14 80 17.5% 10.7%
50 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 15 91 16.5% 10.3%
51 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 16 101 15.8% 10.0%
52 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 6 29 20.7% 9.8%
53 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
55 Swinburne Island 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
56 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach 14.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
57 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
58 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
59 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 8 48 16.7% 8.7%
60 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 16 116 13.8% 8.7%
61 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
62 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
63 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 11.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
64 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
65 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
66 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 8 51 15.7% 8.2%
67 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 10 76 13.2% 7.3%
68 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
69 Arbutus Lake 21.0 6 43 14.0% 6.6%
70 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
71 Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.) 15.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 6 47 12.8% 6.0%
73 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
74 Riis Landing 15.4 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
75 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
76 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 New Creek Watershed, Jefferson Ave. 15.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
79 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 9 119 7.6% 4.0%
80 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
81 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
82 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
83 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
84 Long Beach Park 20.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Dubos Point 15.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
86 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
87 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
89 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 5 66 7.6% 3.3%
90 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive 22.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
91 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 6 100 6.0% 2.8%
92 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
93 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
94 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
95 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 11 261 4.2% 2.4%
96 Conference House Park 24.5 8 179 4.5% 2.3%
97 Canarsie Pier 11.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
98 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
99 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
100 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
101 Mill Pond, Port Washington 14.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
102 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
103 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
104 Trap House 21.3 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
105 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
106 Shellbank Basin 11.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
107 Bayswater Park 16.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
108 Point Lookout 24.4 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
109 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.) 23.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
110 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
111 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
112 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station 18.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
113 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 8 313 2.6% 1.3%
114 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront 22.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
115 Ocean Breeze Park 14.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
116 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 8 361 2.2% 1.1%
117 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
118 Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary 15.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
119 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 4 147 2.7% 1.1%
120 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
121 "Sandy Hook--Hudson Rd (""The Garden"", etc)" 21.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
122 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 2 54 3.7% 1.0%
123 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 4 179 2.2% 0.9%
124 Nickerson Beach 23.3 3 128 2.3% 0.8%
125 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 4 206 1.9% 0.8%
126 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 8 658 1.2% 0.6%
127 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 95 2.1% 0.6%
128 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
129 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
130 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 8 975 0.8% 0.4%
131 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
132 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 5 584 0.9% 0.4%
133 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
134 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
135 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
136 Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity 2.9 1 125 0.8% 0.1%
137 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
138 Liberty SP 7.0 1 638 0.2% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.