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Where to find American Oystercatcher in April
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 April. 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			Plumb Beach	14.0	265	291	91.1%	87.2%
2			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	45	47	95.7%	85.8%
3			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	66	74	89.2%	80.1%
4			Dead Horse Point	14.4	43	47	91.5%	80.1%
5			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	84	100	84.0%	75.6%
6			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	132	161	82.0%	75.3%
7			Nickerson Beach	23.3	110	134	82.1%	74.7%
8			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	337	439	76.8%	72.6%
9			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	28	32	87.5%	71.9%
10			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	14	15	93.3%	70.2%
11			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	9	9	100.0%	70.1%
12			Fort Tilden	15.7	92	118	78.0%	69.7%
13			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	66	83	79.5%	69.6%
14			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
15			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
16			Davenport Park	12.9	7	7	100.0%	64.6%
17			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	33	42	78.6%	64.1%
18			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	10	11	90.9%	62.3%
19			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	710	1116	63.6%	60.8%
20			Sandy Hook	23.7	946	1500	63.1%	60.6%
21			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	30	41	73.2%	58.1%
22			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	66	100	66.0%	56.3%
23			Point Lookout	24.4	39	59	66.1%	53.4%
24			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	437	816	53.6%	50.1%
25			Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club	15.6	6	7	85.7%	48.7%
26			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	46	77	59.7%	48.6%
27			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	403	814	49.5%	46.1%
28			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	175	343	51.0%	45.7%
29			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	210	419	50.1%	45.4%
30			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	33	58	56.9%	44.1%
31			Great Captain's Island	22.7	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
32			Milton Point, Rye	17.9	3	3	100.0%	43.8%
33			Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)	17.2	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
34			Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline	11.4	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
35			Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)	15.9	5	6	83.3%	43.6%
36			Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)	15.8	8	11	72.7%	43.4%
37			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	13	20	65.0%	43.3%
38			Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands	11.3	28	49	57.1%	43.3%
39			Dubos Point	15.5	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
40			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	32	59	54.2%	41.7%
41			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	25	46	54.3%	40.2%
42			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	294	690	42.6%	39.0%
43			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
44			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	5	7	71.4%	35.9%
45			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	202	506	39.9%	35.7%
46			Plum Point, Sands Point	13.0	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
47			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	124	317	39.1%	33.9%
48			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	28	62	45.2%	33.4%
49			Riis Landing	15.4	9	16	56.2%	33.2%
50			Great Kills Park	18.0	85	220	38.6%	32.4%
51			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	20	44	45.5%	31.7%
52			Rye Town Park	19.4	18	39	46.2%	31.6%
53			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	66	175	37.7%	30.9%
54			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	20	46	43.5%	30.2%
55			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	3	4	75.0%	30.1%
56			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	10	20	50.0%	29.9%
57			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	16	36	44.4%	29.5%
58			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	13	28	46.4%	29.5%
59			Spring Creek Park	10.9	8	16	50.0%	28.0%
60			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	30	82	36.6%	27.0%
61			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	32	90	35.6%	26.4%
62			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
63			Oakwood Beach	17.4	12	29	41.4%	25.5%
64			Hudson River Waterfront Walk	8.0	4	7	57.1%	25.0%
65			Prospect Point	14.7	8	19	42.1%	23.1%
66			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	24	74	32.4%	22.9%
67			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	86	323	26.6%	22.1%
68			Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch	13.5	8	20	40.0%	21.9%
69			Glen Island Park	12.0	7	17	41.2%	21.6%
70			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	55	208	26.4%	20.9%
71			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
72			Ellis Rd., waterfront (Richmond Co.)	22.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
73			Blazing Star Cemetery	20.2	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
74			Tottenville Marina	23.5	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
75			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
76			Broad Channel American Park	14.8	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
77			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
78			Bergen Beach	12.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
79			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
80			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
81			Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel	22.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
82			Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol	12.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
83			Norton Basin Natural Resource Area	16.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
84			Mamaroneck Harbor, Orienta Ave. X Flagler Dr. Overlook	16.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
85			Lido Beach Town Park	22.8	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
86			Rye Playland	20.0	8	22	36.4%	19.7%
87			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	21	74	28.4%	19.4%
88			Sandy Hook--Nike Pond	24.1	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
89			Bridge Creek (Queens Co.)	17.4	5	12	41.7%	19.3%
90			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	11	34	32.4%	19.1%
91			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	19	67	28.4%	19.0%
92			Jamaica Bay, South Shore	15.2	4	9	44.4%	18.9%
93			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
94			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	19	74	25.7%	17.1%
95			Half Moon Bay and shoreline	13.3	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
96			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
97			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
98			Five Islands Park	13.9	8	29	27.6%	14.7%
99			City Island--Kilroe St. Beach	10.6	5	16	31.2%	14.2%
100			Liberty SP	7.0	115	688	16.7%	14.1%
101			Rockaway Community Park	15.7	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
102			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	5	18	27.8%	12.5%
103			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	5	19	26.3%	11.8%
104			Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)	15.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
105			Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)	15.8	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
106			Long Beach (Nassau Co.)	20.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
107			Coney Island Beach	14.5	10	52	19.2%	10.8%
108			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	13	75	17.3%	10.4%
109			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	22	153	14.4%	9.7%
110			Brighton Beach	14.3	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
111			Mill Creek	23.1	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
112			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	19	130	14.6%	9.6%
113			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	6	30	20.0%	9.5%
114			Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd	15.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
115			Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet	24.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
116			Duckpond Drive Park	24.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
117			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	17	125	13.6%	8.7%
118			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
119			Long Beach Park	20.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
120			Alvin P. Williams Park (Sewaren Marina Park)	21.8	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
121			Canarsie Pier	11.4	3	15	20.0%	7.0%
122			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	7	51	13.7%	6.8%
123			Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve	13.2	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
124			Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn)	14.8	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
125			Coney Island Pier	14.6	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
126			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
127			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	9	103	8.7%	4.7%
128			Conference House Park	24.5	14	183	7.7%	4.6%
129			West Mill Basin	12.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
130			Playland Lake	20.4	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
131			Hendrix Creek	10.4	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
132			"Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court"""	21.7	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
133			Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh	17.7	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
134			Trap House	21.3	4	41	9.8%	3.9%
135			Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path	22.1	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
136			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
137			"Sandy Hook--Hudson Rd (""The Garden"", etc)"	21.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
138			Crescent Beach Park	19.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
139			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ	20.4	3	30	10.0%	3.5%
140			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
141			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	10	174	5.7%	3.2%
142			Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes	17.4	4	52	7.7%	3.0%
143			Fresh Creek Park	10.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
144			Baldwin Harbor Park	21.6	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
145			Allentown Ln. x Windward Ct. Waterfront	22.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
146			Lido West Town Park	22.1	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
147			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
148			Jones Beach Bay Islands	24.8	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
149			Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area	18.3	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
150			Miller Field	16.3	5	93	5.4%	2.3%
151			Port Liberte	8.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
152			Playland Lake Overlook (Hawk Watch Site)	20.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
153			Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary	15.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
154			Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook	14.6	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
155			Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot	22.3	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
156			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
157			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	3	53	5.7%	1.9%
158			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
159			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	3	55	5.5%	1.9%
160			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	5	128	3.9%	1.7%
161			Upper New York Bay (Staten Island)	10.3	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
162			Larchmont Manor Park and Beach	14.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
163			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
164			Oakwood Beach--Riga St. marsh	17.6	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
165			Joline Ave. Beach	23.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
166			Shellbank Basin	11.0	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
167			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	2	43	4.7%	1.3%
168			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	5	183	2.7%	1.2%
169			City Island, Belden Point	10.4	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
170			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
171			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
172			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
173			Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion	10.5	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
174			Otter Creek Preserve	17.3	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
175			Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon	10.9	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
176			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
177			Idlewild Park	14.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
178			Randalls Island	2.4	4	248	1.6%	0.6%
179			North Woodmere Park	15.5	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
180			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	2	99	2.0%	0.6%
181			Wolfe's Pond Park--Acme Pond	21.5	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
182			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
183			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	8	1153	0.7%	0.4%
184			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
185			John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK)	13.4	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
186			Welwyn Preserve	18.5	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
187			Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes	15.3	1	84	1.2%	0.2%
188			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	1	88	1.1%	0.2%
189			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	1	91	1.1%	0.2%
190			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	1	146	0.7%	0.1%
191			Piermont Pier	18.4	1	230	0.4%	0.1%
192			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	1	602	0.2%	0.0%