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Where to find American Oystercatcher 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 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 20 23 87.0% 67.9%
2 Plumb Beach 14.0 401 605 66.3% 62.4%
3 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 16 20 80.0% 58.4%
4 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 91 152 59.9% 51.9%
5 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 33 62 53.2% 41.0%
6 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
7 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
8 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
9 Dead Horse Point 14.4 27 76 35.5% 25.7%
10 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
11 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
12 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 20 56 35.7% 24.5%
13 Nickerson Beach 23.3 38 121 31.4% 23.8%
14 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
15 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 11.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
16 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Jamaica Bay--Duck Point Marshes 12.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek 14.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
20 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
21 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 17 60 28.3% 18.5%
22 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
23 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 28 122 23.0% 16.4%
24 Long Beach Park 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
25 Sandy Hook 23.7 272 1737 15.7% 14.0%
26 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 20 105 19.0% 12.7%
27 Fort Tilden 15.7 53 330 16.1% 12.5%
28 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 75 600 12.5% 10.1%
29 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 7 36 19.4% 9.8%
30 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
31 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
32 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
35 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
36 Point Lookout 24.4 9 63 14.3% 7.7%
37 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
38 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
39 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
40 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
41 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
42 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet 24.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
43 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
44 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 15 160 9.4% 5.8%
45 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
46 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
47 Lido West Town Park 22.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
48 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
49 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
50 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 16 301 5.3% 3.3%
51 Five Islands Park 13.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
52 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
53 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
54 Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens 13.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
55 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 4 54 7.4% 2.9%
56 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 8 155 5.2% 2.6%
57 Spring Creek Park 10.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
58 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 9 186 4.8% 2.6%
59 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
60 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 9 204 4.4% 2.3%
61 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
62 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
63 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
64 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
65 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
66 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 4 103 3.9% 1.5%
67 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
68 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 17 740 2.3% 1.4%
69 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
70 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 4 152 2.6% 1.0%
71 Great Kills Park 18.0 3 110 2.7% 0.9%
72 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
73 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
74 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
75 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 11 914 1.2% 0.7%
76 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 7 512 1.4% 0.7%
77 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
78 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 2 90 2.2% 0.6%
79 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
80 Coney Island Beach 14.5 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
81 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 2 121 1.7% 0.5%
82 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
83 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
84 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
85 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 2 184 1.1% 0.3%
86 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
87 Midland Beach 15.8 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
88 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
89 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
90 Miller Field 16.3 1 224 0.4% 0.1%
91 Liberty SP 7.0 1 520 0.2% 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.