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Where to find Royal Tern in October
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 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	54	63	85.7%	75.0%
2			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	10	10	100.0%	72.2%
3			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	43	62	69.4%	57.0%
4			Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course)	15.7	5	5	100.0%	56.6%
5			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	39	60	65.0%	52.4%
6			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	16	23	69.6%	49.1%
7			Seaside Wildlife Nature Park	19.0	10	14	71.4%	45.4%
8			Plumb Beach	14.0	297	605	49.1%	45.1%
9			Miller Field--Beach	16.4	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
10			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
11			Sandy Hook	23.7	784	1737	45.1%	42.8%
12			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	73	152	48.0%	40.2%
13			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	56	122	45.9%	37.3%
14			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	46	105	43.8%	34.7%
15			Marine Parkway Bridge (Brooklyn)	14.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
16			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	22	47	46.8%	33.3%
17			Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)	15.7	5	8	62.5%	30.6%
18			Coney Island Beach	14.5	38	97	39.2%	30.1%
19			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	15	33	45.5%	29.8%
20			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	13	28	46.4%	29.5%
21			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	66	186	35.5%	29.0%
22			Miller Field	16.3	77	224	34.4%	28.5%
23			Fort Tilden	15.7	101	330	30.6%	25.9%
24			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	10	23	43.5%	25.6%
25			Ceasar's Bay Bazaar	13.1	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
26			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
27			Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)	15.8	5	10	50.0%	23.7%
28			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	52	184	28.3%	22.3%
29			Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St.	15.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
30			Keansburg Beach	24.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
31			Jamaica Bay--Duck Point Marshes	12.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
32			Great Kills Park	18.0	29	110	26.4%	19.0%
33			Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook	14.6	9	27	33.3%	18.6%
34			Spanish Camp, Former	20.7	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
35			Coney Island Pier	14.6	8	26	30.8%	16.5%
36			Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd.	14.3	8	27	29.6%	15.9%
37			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	7	23	30.4%	15.6%
38			Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch	13.5	5	15	33.3%	15.2%
39			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
40			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
41			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	16	96	16.7%	10.5%
42			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	94	740	12.7%	10.5%
43			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	6	28	21.4%	10.2%
44			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	8	42	19.0%	10.0%
45			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)	11.8	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
46			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
47			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
48			Swinburne Island	15.5	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
49			Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)	15.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
50			Great Kills Park--Bathhouse	18.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
51			Dead Horse Point	14.4	12	76	15.8%	9.3%
52			Joline Ave. Beach	23.9	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
53			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	4	19	21.1%	8.5%
54			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	15	110	13.6%	8.4%
55			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	8	50	16.0%	8.3%
56			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
57			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	10	71	14.1%	7.8%
58			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	4	21	19.0%	7.7%
59			Arbutus Lake	21.0	6	38	15.8%	7.4%
60			Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd	15.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
61			Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol	12.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
62			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
63			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
64			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
65			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
66			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
67			Long Beach Park	20.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
68			Sprague Ave. Waterfront	24.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
69			New Creek Watershed, Jefferson Ave.	15.6	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
70			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	4	36	11.1%	4.4%
71			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
72			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
73			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	8	103	7.8%	4.0%
74			Dubos Point	15.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
75			Crescent Beach Park	19.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
76			Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail	12.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
77			Jamaica Bay, South Shore	15.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
78			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West)	11.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
79			Oakwood Beach	17.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
80			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
81			Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive	22.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
82			Great Kills Park--Education Field Station	18.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
83			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	6	94	6.4%	3.0%
84			Conference House Park	24.5	8	153	5.2%	2.7%
85			Jones Beach Bay Islands	24.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
86			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
87			Ocean Breeze Park	14.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
88			Canarsie Pier	11.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
89			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
90			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
91			Shellbank Basin	11.0	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
92			Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn)	16.4	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
93			Long Beach (Nassau Co.)	20.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
94			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	3	56	5.4%	1.8%
95			Mill Pond, Port Washington	14.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
96			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	3	60	5.0%	1.7%
97			Trap House	21.3	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
98			Point Lookout	24.4	3	63	4.8%	1.6%
99			Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.)	23.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
100			Gravesend Bay	13.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
101			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
102			Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront	22.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
103			Arverne East Nature Preserve	16.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
104			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	8	298	2.7%	1.4%
105			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	4	160	2.5%	1.0%
106			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	4	171	2.3%	0.9%
107			Nickerson Beach	23.3	3	121	2.5%	0.8%
108			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
109			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	1	37	2.7%	0.5%
110			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
111			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	8	914	0.9%	0.4%
112			"Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court"""	21.7	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
113			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	5	512	1.0%	0.4%
114			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
115			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
116			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
117			Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina	6.4	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
118			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	2	204	1.0%	0.3%
119			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	4	600	0.7%	0.3%
120			Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity	2.9	1	125	0.8%	0.1%
121			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	1	160	0.6%	0.1%
122			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	1	301	0.3%	0.1%
123			Liberty SP	7.0	1	520	0.2%	0.0%