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Where to find American Oystercatcher in March
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

American Oystercatcher
© Dorian Anderson / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including American Oystercatcher in March. 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Arverne East Nature Preserve
16.4 2 3 12 11 11 100.0% 74.1%
2 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)
16.6 7 11 28 46 55 83.6% 71.7%
3 Plumb Beach
14.0 44 17 112 197 274 71.9% 66.3%
4 Point Lookout--Town Park
23.9 18 16 110 126 186 67.7% 60.7%
5 Great Kills Park--Mudflats
18.1 10 16 41 101 159 63.5% 55.8%
6 Dead Horse Point
14.4 5 21 27 53 80 66.2% 55.4%
7 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area
24.6 13 12 87 104 166 62.7% 55.1%
8 Sandy Hook
23.7 86 27 309 706 1248 56.6% 53.8%
9 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 3 27 40 602 1088 55.3% 52.4%
10 Breezy Point Tip
16.0 25 19 89 139 245 56.7% 50.5%
11 Jacob Riis Park--Beach
15.7 2 5 19 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
12 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot
15.9 3 10 38 40 66 60.6% 48.5%
13 Sandy Hook--North End
21.2 11 13 75 85 154 55.2% 47.3%
14 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty
16.3 1 9 11 15 23 65.2% 44.9%
15 Point Lookout
24.4 14 27 104 145 291 49.8% 44.1%
16 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty
25.0 8 7 32 35 63 55.6% 43.3%
17 Point Lookout--Firemans Park
24.3 4 10 18 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
18 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club
15.6 0 6 8 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
19 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area
23.4 5 11 62 83 173 48.0% 40.7%
20 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)
17.2 3 6 25 25 46 54.3% 40.2%
21 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar
13.8 0 4 2 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
22 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)
18.2 2 2 3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
23 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)
11.0 9 6 53 47 107 43.9% 34.9%
24 Fort Tilden
15.7 8 17 57 81 202 40.1% 33.6%
25 Nickerson Beach
23.3 15 12 58 66 163 40.5% 33.3%
26 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)
16.2 0 5 5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
27 Breezy Point Beach
16.1 4 8 14 18 38 47.4% 32.5%
28 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest
13.2 0 14 19 29 67 43.3% 32.1%
29 Great Kills Park
18.0 9 20 90 128 347 36.9% 32.0%
30 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach
14.6 0 3 7 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
31 Lido Beach Town Park
22.8 0 2 2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
32 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands
11.3 8 7 16 48 131 36.6% 28.9%
33 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)
10.7 5 7 58 53 149 35.6% 28.3%
34 Sunset Cove Park
14.7 3 5 11 13 30 43.3% 27.4%
35 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch
13.5 3 8 19 16 41 39.0% 25.7%
36 Bayswater Point SP
15.5 1 5 5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
37 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock
13.6 1 2 2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
38 Wolfe's Pond Park
21.8 1 19 36 108 372 29.0% 24.7%
39 Glen Island Park
12.0 2 6 11 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
40 Jacob Riis Park
15.5 3 11 33 28 85 32.9% 23.9%
41 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline
11.4 0 3 1 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
42 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course)
15.7 0 2 7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
43 Dubos Point
15.5 0 4 4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
44 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive
22.7 0 5 7 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
45 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park
12.8 9 20 125 236 996 23.7% 21.2%
46 Floyd Bennett Field
13.6 16 20 97 213 894 23.8% 21.1%
47 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches
24.3 1 8 13 14 42 33.3% 21.0%
48 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West)
11.9 0 2 2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
49 Jacob Riis Park--Golf Course
15.6 0 2 1 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
50 Gerritsen Beach--Shell Bank Creek
13.5 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
51 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh
14.7 1 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)
11.8 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)
15.6 1 6 3 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
54 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh
14.8 0 7 6 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
55 Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary
15.3 0 2 3 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
56 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh
23.0 1 6 13 12 39 30.8% 18.6%
57 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion
21.8 2 7 21 20 73 27.4% 18.5%
58 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd.
14.3 0 4 8 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
59 Plumb Beach--West
13.8 0 6 19 17 65 26.2% 17.0%
60 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform
15.7 1 3 3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
61 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area
23.2 3 10 15 15 59 25.4% 16.1%
62 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh
15.4 1 3 4 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
63 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
13.6 2 24 127 138 783 17.6% 15.1%
64 Rockaway Community Park
15.7 0 2 2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
65 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek
14.4 0 1 1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
66 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
23.1 0 5 12 18 81 22.2% 14.5%
67 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner
13.0 0 4 9 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
68 Marina West Town Boat Launch
23.5 1 7 10 10 42 23.8% 13.5%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond
13.3 2 16 94 93 583 16.0% 13.2%
70 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path
22.6 2 11 10 16 81 19.8% 12.5%
71 Fort Wadsworth
13.3 0 14 8 24 134 17.9% 12.3%
72 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary
20.3 19 16 78 119 826 14.4% 12.2%
73 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway
10.4 1 2 2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
74 Rye Town Park
19.4 3 9 8 21 117 17.9% 12.0%
75 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)
15.8 0 1 3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
76 Jamaica Bay, South Shore
15.2 0 3 3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
77 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse
18.9 0 2 4 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
78 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island
11.4 9 9 33 27 179 15.1% 10.6%
79 Sandy Hook--Nike Pond
24.1 0 3 4 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
80 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh
13.3 0 1 2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Thomas Mundy Peterson Park
24.1 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Hamilton Beach Park
11.6 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Beach 43rd Street, Unnamed Park
16.0 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)
15.9 0 2 2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
85 Milton Point, Rye
17.9 2 4 4 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
86 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)
13.6 8 12 17 33 300 11.0% 7.9%
87 Five Islands Park
13.9 1 6 6 7 44 15.9% 7.9%
88 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge
12.1 0 5 8 8 54 14.8% 7.7%
89 "Sandy Hook--Hudson Rd (""The Garden"", etc)"
21.9 0 3 5 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
90 Huguenot Ave. Beach
21.3 0 4 3 7 46 15.2% 7.6%
91 Oakwood Beach
17.4 0 3 6 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
92 Manorhaven Town Park
13.7 1 1 3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
93 Mill Creek
23.1 0 4 2 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
94 Marshlands Conservancy
18.3 8 14 34 62 702 8.8% 7.0%
95 Joline Ave. Beach
23.9 0 4 1 5 32 15.6% 6.9%
96 Pelham Bay Park
10.2 1 9 14 20 200 10.0% 6.6%
97 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive
22.9 0 4 7 7 53 13.2% 6.5%
98 Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront
22.7 0 4 3 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
99 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve
23.2 0 4 7 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
100 Conference House Park
24.5 0 5 18 17 171 9.9% 6.3%
101 Pelham Bay Park--Hawk Watch
10.8 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
102 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St.
15.7 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
103 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol
12.1 0 1 2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
104 Lido West Town Park
22.1 0 2 4 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
105 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot
10.7 1 7 19 13 132 9.8% 5.8%
106 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond
21.5 2 7 10 11 109 10.1% 5.7%
107 Oakwood Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant
17.7 0 1 1 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
108 Liberty SP
7.0 10 9 30 53 721 7.4% 5.7%
109 Riis Landing
15.4 0 4 10 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
110 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end
12.7 0 2 2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
111 Midland Beach
15.8 0 3 4 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
112 Canarsie Beach Park
11.3 1 7 9 10 108 9.3% 5.1%
113 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point
19.3 0 5 5 6 57 10.5% 4.9%
114 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden
13.2 0 3 4 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
115 Long Beach Park
20.7 0 2 2 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
116 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay
8.0 1 3 6 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
117 Long Beach (Nassau Co.)
20.9 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
118 Kirby Lane Ponds, Rye
20.8 0 1 1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
119 Bayonne Golf Club
10.5 1 3 6 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
120 Coney Island Beach
14.5 0 5 11 11 138 8.0% 4.5%
121 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach
23.7 1 3 4 4 36 11.1% 4.4%
122 Coney Island Creek Park
14.0 1 7 6 7 79 8.9% 4.4%
123 Beach Channel Drive, Gravel Lot
15.4 1 2 3 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
124 Canarsie Pier
11.4 1 5 13 6 67 9.0% 4.2%
125 Crescent Beach Park
19.4 0 1 1 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
126 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach
14.9 1 3 3 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
127 New York Aquarium, Coney Island
14.3 0 2 2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
128 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn)
14.8 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
129 City Island--Kilroe St. Beach
10.6 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
130 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula
9.8 2 3 6 8 114 7.0% 3.6%
131 Kingsborough Community College
14.2 1 2 1 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
132 Hendrix Creek
10.4 0 6 7 7 107 6.5% 3.2%
133 Caven Point Rd
8.3 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
134 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)
15.7 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
135 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet
24.1 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
136 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh
13.7 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
137 Manhattan Beach Park
14.2 0 2 5 5 74 6.8% 2.9%
138 Brighton Beach
14.3 0 2 2 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
139 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden
13.5 0 3 3 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
140 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.
17.8 0 5 3 5 80 6.2% 2.7%
141 Spring Creek Park
10.9 0 2 2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
142 Prospect Point
14.7 0 1 2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
143 Sprague Ave. Waterfront
24.0 0 1 2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
144 Point Lookout--East Marina
23.8 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
145 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach
14.9 0 2 3 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
146 Four Sparrow Marsh
12.9 0 2 2 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
147 Hoffman Island
14.7 0 1 32 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
148 Hoboken 13th & 14th Piers
3.5 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
149 Fort Wadsworth Beach
13.5 1 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
150 Swinburne Island
15.5 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
151 North Woodmere Park
15.5 0 1 2 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
152 Lemon Creek Park
22.2 0 4 4 5 121 4.1% 1.8%
153 Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes
17.4 0 1 1 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
154 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)
13.3 0 3 5 4 91 4.4% 1.7%
155 Coney Island Creek
13.9 0 1 3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
156 Mt. Loretto Unique Area
23.0 0 4 5 7 205 3.4% 1.7%
157 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook
14.6 0 2 5 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
158 Greenbelt Nature Center
16.1 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
159 Keansburg Beach
24.3 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
160 Paerdegat Basin
11.5 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
161 Hudson Park and Beach
13.5 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
162 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
13.3 0 4 6 5 142 3.5% 1.5%
163 Lemon Creek Pier
22.6 0 2 2 3 68 4.4% 1.5%
164 Alvin P. Williams Park (Sewaren Marina Park)
21.8 1 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
165 Coney Island Pier
14.6 1 3 3 4 112 3.6% 1.4%
166 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn)
16.4 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
167 Charles Memorial Park
11.5 1 2 1 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
168 Miller Field--Beach
16.4 0 1 1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
169 Six Diamonds Ballfields
13.7 0 1 1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
170 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ
13.9 0 1 2 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
171 Waterfront Park, Dobbs Ferry
16.7 1 1 1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
172 Piermont Pier
18.4 7 4 10 10 602 1.7% 0.9%
173 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.)
17.4 0 1 1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
174 Cedar Grove Beach
17.0 0 1 1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
175 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station
18.4 0 1 1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
176 Randalls Island
2.4 5 5 5 6 376 1.6% 0.7%
177 Miller Field
16.3 0 2 2 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
178 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs
9.0 1 1 2 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
179 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve
13.2 0 1 1 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
180 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park
14.2 2 2 2 2 113 1.8% 0.5%
181 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area
14.1 0 1 1 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
182 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn)
13.2 0 1 1 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
183 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park
19.0 0 1 1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
184 Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn)
8.0 0 1 1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
185 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
13.4 0 2 2 2 135 1.5% 0.4%
186 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond
13.4 0 1 1 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
187 The Narrows (Brooklyn)
11.9 1 1 1 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
188 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline
2.9 0 1 1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
189 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path
22.1 1 1 1 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
190 Arden Ave. Beach
20.3 0 1 1 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
191 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end
13.6 0 1 1 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
192 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing
6.1 0 1 2 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
193 Gravesend Bay
13.2 0 1 1 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
194 LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
4.9 0 1 1 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
195 Veterans Memorial Pier
10.5 0 1 1 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
196 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)
7.0 0 2 3 2 299 0.7% 0.2%
197 Bush Terminal Piers Park
9.2 3 2 4 3 611 0.5% 0.2%
198 Flushing Meadows Corona Park
7.2 0 1 1 1 108 0.9% 0.2%
199 Bayshore Waterfront Park
24.5 0 1 1 1 121 0.8% 0.1%
200 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge
15.4 0 1 2 1 191 0.5% 0.1%