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Where to find American Oystercatcher 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 American Oystercatcher 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 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 25 28 89.3% 72.8%
2 Plumb Beach 14.0 439 665 66.0% 62.3%
3 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 105 170 61.8% 54.3%
4 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 17 23 73.9% 53.5%
5 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 37 69 53.6% 42.0%
6 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
7 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
8 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
9 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
10 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 35 91 38.5% 29.1%
11 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
12 Dead Horse Point 14.4 28 80 35.0% 25.5%
13 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 23 64 35.9% 25.3%
14 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
15 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
16 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 11.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
17 Nickerson Beach 23.3 40 128 31.2% 23.9%
18 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
19 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
20 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
21 Jamaica Bay--Duck Point Marshes 12.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek 14.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 18 64 28.1% 18.6%
24 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 35 156 22.4% 16.6%
25 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
26 Sandy Hook 23.7 308 1905 16.2% 14.6%
27 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 23 110 20.9% 14.4%
28 Fort Tilden 15.7 60 362 16.6% 13.1%
29 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 10 47 21.3% 12.0%
30 Long Beach Park 20.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
31 Point Lookout 24.4 12 67 17.9% 10.6%
32 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 84 658 12.8% 10.4%
33 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St. 15.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
37 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 9 61 14.8% 8.0%
38 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
39 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
40 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 24 261 9.2% 6.3%
41 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet 24.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
42 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
43 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 16 179 8.9% 5.6%
44 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 6 52 11.5% 5.4%
45 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
46 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
47 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
48 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
49 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
50 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
51 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
52 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
53 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 23 361 6.4% 4.3%
54 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway 10.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
55 McGuire Fields 11.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
56 Lido West Town Park 22.1 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
57 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
58 Five Islands Park 13.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
59 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 4 59 6.8% 2.7%
60 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 10 212 4.7% 2.6%
61 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 8 159 5.0% 2.6%
62 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
63 Spring Creek Park 10.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
64 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
65 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 29 975 3.0% 2.1%
66 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 5 119 4.2% 1.8%
67 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
68 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
69 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
70 Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens 13.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
71 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
72 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 5 147 3.4% 1.5%
73 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
74 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 17 778 2.2% 1.4%
75 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
76 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
77 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 4 176 2.3% 0.9%
78 Great Kills Park 18.0 3 130 2.3% 0.8%
79 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
80 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
81 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
82 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
83 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 2 94 2.1% 0.6%
84 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 7 584 1.2% 0.6%
85 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 2 101 2.0% 0.5%
86 Coney Island Beach 14.5 2 106 1.9% 0.5%
87 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
88 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
89 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
90 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 2 203 1.0% 0.3%
91 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
92 Midland Beach 15.8 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
93 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
94 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
95 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 116 0.9% 0.2%
96 Conference House Park 24.5 1 179 0.6% 0.1%
97 Liberty SP 7.0 2 638 0.3% 0.1%
98 Miller Field 16.3 1 228 0.4% 0.1%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

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