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Where to find Royal Tern in September
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 September. 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	22	35	62.9%	46.3%
2			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	64	121	52.9%	44.0%
3			Plumb Beach	14.0	226	481	47.0%	42.6%
4			Sandy Hook	23.7	856	1953	43.8%	41.6%
5			Keansburg Beach	24.3	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
6			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	46	121	38.0%	29.9%
7			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	14	32	43.8%	28.2%
8			Seaside Wildlife Nature Park	19.0	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
9			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	95	336	28.3%	23.7%
10			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	15	41	36.6%	23.6%
11			Great Kills Park--Bathhouse	18.9	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
12			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	17	52	32.7%	21.5%
13			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	21	68	30.9%	21.2%
14			Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh	13.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
15			Lower New York Bay (Staten Island)	20.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
16			Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course)	15.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
17			Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot	12.9	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
18			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	9	25	36.0%	20.2%
19			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	12	37	32.4%	19.6%
20			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	17	58	29.3%	19.2%
21			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	8	24	33.3%	18.0%
22			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	17	64	26.6%	17.3%
23			Joline Ave. Beach	23.9	4	11	36.4%	15.2%
24			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	7	24	29.2%	14.9%
25			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	33	167	19.8%	14.4%
26			Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)	15.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
27			Fort Tilden	15.7	30	186	16.1%	11.5%
28			Miller Field	16.3	45	303	14.9%	11.3%
29			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
30			Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)	15.9	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
31			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
32			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	22	159	13.8%	9.3%
33			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	5	24	20.8%	9.2%
34			Great Kills Park	18.0	16	119	13.4%	8.4%
35			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
36			Oakwood Beach	17.4	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
37			Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd.	14.3	3	14	21.4%	7.6%
38			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	10	76	13.2%	7.3%
39			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
40			Coney Island Beach	14.5	5	32	15.6%	6.9%
41			Miller Field--Beach	16.4	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
42			Coney Island Pier	14.6	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
43			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	7	53	13.2%	6.5%
44			Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot	22.3	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
45			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	3	17	17.6%	6.2%
46			Nickerson Beach	23.3	20	213	9.4%	6.2%
47			Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner	13.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
48			Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch	13.5	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
49			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	6	51	11.8%	5.5%
50			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
51			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	5	46	10.9%	4.7%
52			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
53			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	33	516	6.4%	4.6%
54			Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol	12.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
55			Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club	15.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
56			Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook	14.6	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
57			Jones Beach Bay Islands	24.8	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
58			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	9	129	7.0%	3.7%
59			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
60			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
61			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
62			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	3	32	9.4%	3.2%
63			Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)	17.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
64			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
65			Jamaica Bay, South Shore	15.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
66			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	3	36	8.3%	2.9%
67			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	40	1051	3.8%	2.8%
68			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	2	20	10.0%	2.8%
69			Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.)	23.6	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
70			Arbutus Lake	21.0	3	44	6.8%	2.3%
71			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
72			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
73			Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)	15.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
74			Dead Horse Point	14.4	4	73	5.5%	2.2%
75			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	7	160	4.4%	2.1%
76			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	4	74	5.4%	2.1%
77			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh	14.7	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
78			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
79			Spanish Camp, Former	20.7	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
80			Bay County Park	19.0	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
81			Conference House Park	24.5	5	148	3.4%	1.5%
82			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
83			Long Beach Park	20.7	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
84			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
85			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	5	228	2.2%	0.9%
86			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
87			Point Lookout	24.4	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
88			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
89			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
90			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	6	349	1.7%	0.8%
91			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	2	71	2.8%	0.8%
92			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
93			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	6	384	1.6%	0.7%
94			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
95			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	9	857	1.1%	0.6%
96			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
97			Randalls Island	2.4	3	242	1.2%	0.4%
98			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
99			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
100			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	2	181	1.1%	0.3%
101			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	3	469	0.6%	0.2%
102			"Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court"""	21.7	1	82	1.2%	0.2%
103			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	1	140	0.7%	0.1%
104			Piermont Pier	18.4	1	379	0.3%	0.0%