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Where to find Short-billed Dowitcher in May
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 Short-billed Dowitcher in May. 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 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 560 1258 44.5% 41.8%
2 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 193 487 39.6% 35.4%
3 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
4 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
5 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 67 255 26.3% 21.3%
6 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
7 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
8 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 8 26 30.8% 16.5%
9 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 50 241 20.7% 16.1%
10 Plumb Beach 14.0 158 915 17.3% 15.0%
11 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
12 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 249 1827 13.6% 12.1%
13 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 16 98 16.3% 10.3%
14 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 17 106 16.0% 10.3%
15 Jamaica Bay, Black Wall Marsh 13.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
16 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 182 1892 9.6% 8.4%
17 Sandy Hook 23.7 198 2381 8.3% 7.3%
18 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 15 141 10.6% 6.6%
19 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 62 749 8.3% 6.5%
20 North Woodmere Park 15.5 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
21 Liberty SP 7.0 44 825 5.3% 4.0%
22 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
23 Miller Field 16.3 9 177 5.1% 2.7%
24 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 16 369 4.3% 2.7%
25 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 8 167 4.8% 2.4%
26 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 6 119 5.0% 2.3%
27 Disposal Rd. 7.7 6 123 4.9% 2.3%
28 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
29 Nickerson Beach 23.3 13 421 3.1% 1.8%
30 Great Kills Park 18.0 9 269 3.3% 1.8%
31 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
32 Coney Island Pier 14.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
33 Alley Pond Park--LIE (CIP Intersection) 11.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
34 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 4 102 3.9% 1.5%
35 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
36 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 5 168 3.0% 1.3%
37 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
38 Prospect Point 14.7 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
39 Piermont Pier 18.4 7 282 2.5% 1.2%
40 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 6 235 2.6% 1.2%
41 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
42 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
43 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 4 155 2.6% 1.0%
44 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 4 156 2.6% 1.0%
45 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
46 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 4 161 2.5% 1.0%
47 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
48 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 5 230 2.2% 0.9%
49 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 2 64 3.1% 0.9%
50 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 12 804 1.5% 0.9%
51 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 2 74 2.7% 0.7%
52 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 4 211 1.9% 0.7%
53 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
54 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 10 764 1.3% 0.7%
55 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
56 Mill Creek 23.1 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
57 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
58 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
59 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
60 Oakwood Beach 17.4 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
61 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 2 94 2.1% 0.6%
62 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
63 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
64 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
65 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 4 325 1.2% 0.5%
66 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
67 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
68 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 2 137 1.5% 0.4%
69 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
70 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
71 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
72 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
73 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
74 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
75 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
76 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
77 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 85 1.2% 0.2%
78 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 3 493 0.6% 0.2%
79 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
80 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
81 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 1 118 0.8% 0.1%
82 River Barge Park 5.1 1 134 0.7% 0.1%
83 Fort Tilden 15.7 1 139 0.7% 0.1%
84 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 1 373 0.3% 0.0%
85 The Celery Farm 19.5 1 1399 0.1% 0.0%
86 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 1 2407 0.0% 0.0%