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Where to find Royal Tern in August
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 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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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 47 77 61.0% 49.9%
2 Sandy Hook 23.7 338 724 46.7% 43.1%
3 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 20 34 58.8% 42.2%
4 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 16 30 53.3% 36.1%
5 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
6 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
7 Parsonage Island, Oceanside 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
8 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 14 53 26.4% 16.4%
9 Plumb Beach 14.0 194 1042 18.6% 16.4%
10 Midland Beach 15.8 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
11 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 45 239 18.8% 14.4%
12 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 7 28 25.0% 12.7%
13 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 30 179 16.8% 12.0%
14 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
15 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
16 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 15 97 15.5% 9.6%
17 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
18 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
19 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 7 38 18.4% 9.2%
20 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
21 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
22 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 19 151 12.6% 8.2%
23 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
24 Miller Field 16.3 28 273 10.3% 7.2%
25 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
26 Nickerson Beach 23.3 17 158 10.8% 6.8%
27 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
28 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
29 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
30 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
31 Oakwood Beach 17.4 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
32 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
33 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 8 82 9.8% 5.0%
34 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
35 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
36 Jamaica Bay, Ruler's Bar 14.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
37 Point Lookout 24.4 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
38 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
39 Great Kills Park 18.0 8 121 6.6% 3.4%
40 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
41 Silver Point County Park 17.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
42 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
43 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 42 1147 3.7% 2.7%
44 Fort Tilden 15.7 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
45 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court""" 21.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
46 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
47 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
48 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
49 Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.) 15.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
50 Coney Island Pier 14.6 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
51 Dead Horse Point 14.4 4 93 4.3% 1.7%
52 Arbutus Lake 21.0 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
53 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
54 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
55 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
56 Lido West Town Park 22.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
57 Conference House Park 24.5 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
58 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 10 423 2.4% 1.3%
59 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
60 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
61 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
62 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
63 Coney Island Beach 14.5 3 115 2.6% 0.9%
64 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 6 316 1.9% 0.9%
65 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 12 815 1.5% 0.8%
66 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
67 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
68 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
69 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
70 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
71 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
72 Brooklyn Golf Center Driving Range 13.6 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
73 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
74 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
75 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
76 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina 6.4 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
77 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
78 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 2 166 1.2% 0.3%
79 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 2 180 1.1% 0.3%
80 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 8 1388 0.6% 0.3%
81 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 4 582 0.7% 0.3%
82 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 3 406 0.7% 0.3%
83 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 2 410 0.5% 0.1%
84 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 2 1632 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.