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Where to find Black-bellied Plover in August
within 25 miles of New York City, United States

Black-bellied Plover
© Matt Davis / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Black-bellied Plover in August. 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 Sandy Hook
19.0 19 25 168 479 849 56.4% 53.1%
2 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area
19.9 5 10 57 78 128 60.9% 52.3%
3 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock
11.2 2 8 7 42 66 63.6% 51.6%
4 Plumb Beach
10.3 88 18 197 688 1360 50.6% 47.9%
5 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh
11.7 1 8 4 20 31 64.5% 46.9%
6 Sandy Hook--North End
16.4 17 16 111 159 307 51.8% 46.2%
7 Jamaica Bay, Black Wall Marsh
11.7 0 2 5 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
8 Prospect Point
18.8 0 8 1 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
9 Dead Horse Point
11.0 7 17 24 53 102 52.0% 42.4%
10 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)
9.9 1 3 4 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
11 Breezy Point Tip
11.9 19 14 48 92 208 44.2% 37.6%
12 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end
11.1 3 16 129 164 443 37.0% 32.7%
13 Wolfe's Pond Park
16.8 4 15 25 79 206 38.3% 32.0%
14 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar
11.1 1 8 8 26 60 43.3% 31.6%
15 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 2 25 43 437 1324 33.0% 30.5%
16 Jamaica Bay, Ruler's Bar
11.9 0 2 3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
17 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot
12.2 0 6 17 18 41 43.9% 29.9%
18 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh
10.8 0 6 3 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
19 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
11.5 5 24 191 284 971 29.2% 26.5%
20 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh
12.2 1 3 3 8 17 47.1% 26.2%
21 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
11.6 5 26 264 481 1709 28.1% 26.1%
22 Bayonne Golf Club
5.8 4 12 57 63 203 31.0% 25.1%
23 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty
24.6 0 4 8 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
24 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula
4.9 1 9 8 30 98 30.6% 22.4%
25 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh
12.5 0 6 18 14 40 35.0% 22.1%
26 Jerome Park Reservoir
12.7 6 1 21 20 62 32.3% 22.0%
27 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club
11.9 0 3 5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
28 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway
5.7 1 3 4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
29 Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel
21.7 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Breezy Point Beach
12.1 1 8 8 14 43 32.6% 20.5%
31 Liberty SP
2.4 12 17 22 110 508 21.7% 18.3%
32 Great Kills Park--Mudflats
13.0 2 9 14 43 182 23.6% 18.0%
33 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion
17.1 1 3 5 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
34 Fort Tilden
12.3 4 7 21 22 103 21.4% 14.5%
35 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West)
9.7 0 3 4 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
36 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)
14.8 1 6 12 12 53 22.6% 13.5%
37 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform
12.1 1 4 4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
38 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond
16.8 2 5 14 14 74 18.9% 11.6%
39 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area
23.1 2 11 27 35 221 15.8% 11.6%
40 Great Kills Park
13.0 1 12 13 24 155 15.5% 10.6%
41 Point Lookout
24.1 0 2 6 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
42 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course)
12.3 0 1 2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
43 Sandy Hook--C Lot & Beach
20.6 0 5 6 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
44 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge
10.5 0 5 20 11 70 15.7% 9.0%
45 Nickerson Beach
22.9 2 10 24 25 193 13.0% 8.9%
46 Marina West Town Boat Launch
23.2 0 3 2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
47 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh
10.1 1 2 3 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
48 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond
11.3 1 17 124 93 910 10.2% 8.4%
49 Floyd Bennett Field
10.3 5 18 27 55 522 10.5% 8.2%
50 Sunset Cove Park
12.5 1 3 5 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
51 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)
16.9 1 5 2 7 50 14.0% 7.0%
52 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet
24.1 0 2 3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
53 Broad Channel American Park
12.6 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
54 Conaskonk Point
20.1 1 7 10 12 122 9.8% 5.7%
55 Dead Horse Bay, Marina
10.5 0 2 2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
56 Point Lookout--Firemans Park
24.1 0 2 5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
57 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)
8.8 0 2 5 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
58 Marshlands Conservancy
22.9 7 13 20 46 638 7.2% 5.4%
59 Sandy Hook--South Beach area
21.3 0 2 3 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
60 Jacob Riis Park
12.3 0 6 6 8 88 9.1% 4.7%
61 Caven Point Rd
3.9 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
62 Keansburg Beach
19.3 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
63 Floyd Bennett Field--Cricket Field area
10.0 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
64 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek
13.4 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
65 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve
23.5 0 6 9 9 110 8.2% 4.4%
66 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point
14.3 0 3 6 6 70 8.6% 4.0%
67 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end
11.7 2 16 53 35 650 5.4% 3.9%
68 Port Liberte
4.0 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
69 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn)
11.0 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
70 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay
3.4 0 3 4 4 44 9.1% 3.6%
71 Oakwood Beach
12.4 0 2 2 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
72 Raritan Bay Waterfront Park & Morgan Avenue Mudflats
21.4 3 9 13 14 252 5.6% 3.3%
73 Hartshorne Woods
22.4 0 1 4 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
74 Silver Point County Park
16.0 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
75 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive
18.0 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
76 Charles Memorial Park
10.1 1 3 1 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
77 Hudson River Waterfront Walk
3.6 0 2 4 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
78 Crescent Beach Park
14.4 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
79 Coney Island Creek Park
9.2 2 3 7 5 95 5.3% 2.3%
80 Half Moon Bay and shoreline
17.4 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
81 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)
11.3 0 5 7 6 133 4.5% 2.1%
82 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park
9.1 0 9 17 17 515 3.3% 2.1%
83 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)
14.2 0 1 2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
84 Cliffwood Beach Waterfront Park
21.5 1 3 4 4 78 5.1% 2.0%
85 Arverne East Nature Preserve
14.7 0 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
86 Brooklyn Golf Center Driving Range
10.1 0 3 2 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
87 Dubos Point
13.8 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
88 "Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court"""
17.0 0 1 2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
89 Cedar Grove Beach
11.9 0 2 2 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
90 Sandy Hook--Plum Island
21.3 0 2 3 3 61 4.9% 1.7%
91 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches
19.7 0 2 2 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
92 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline
9.8 1 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
93 Pirates Cove
21.4 0 1 1 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
94 Meadowlands District IBA
7.6 0 3 4 3 65 4.6% 1.6%
95 Jones Beach Bay Islands
25.0 1 1 16 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
96 Point Lookout--Town Park
23.5 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
97 Page Ave. Beach
18.7 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
98 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach
19.1 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
99 Piermont Pier
23.4 3 10 10 20 876 2.3% 1.5%
100 Lemon Creek Park
17.2 0 2 2 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
101 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden
11.6 0 3 1 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
102 Richard W. DeKorte Park
6.9 1 13 24 35 1922 1.8% 1.3%
103 Flushing Airport
10.0 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
104 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ
11.9 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
105 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)
13.7 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
106 Ferry Point Park
11.1 2 1 3 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
107 Long Beach Park
19.8 0 1 1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
108 Miller Field--Beach
11.3 0 1 1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
109 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path
17.4 0 1 1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
110 Lido West Town Park
21.6 0 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
111 Midland Beach
10.7 0 1 1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
112 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary
24.9 1 2 5 5 294 1.7% 0.7%
113 Huguenot Ave. Beach
16.3 0 1 1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
114 Bayshore Waterfront Park
19.5 0 2 2 2 79 2.5% 0.7%
115 Old Bridge Waterfront Park
21.7 0 2 2 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
116 Saw Mill Creek Trail
7.3 0 2 2 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
117 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes
10.8 0 1 1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
118 City Island, Belden Point
14.5 0 1 1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
119 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands
15.9 0 1 1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
120 Jacob Riis Park--Beach
12.4 0 1 1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
121 Lemon Creek Pier
17.7 0 1 1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
122 River Barge Park
7.0 0 2 2 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
123 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path
17.9 0 1 1 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
124 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.)
1.5 1 1 1 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
125 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island
15.9 1 1 1 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
126 Stephen R. Gregg County Park
6.1 0 1 1 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
127 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry
22.1 1 2 2 2 154 1.3% 0.4%
128 Pelham Bay Park
14.8 1 2 2 2 173 1.2% 0.3%
129 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
23.7 0 1 1 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
130 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest
9.4 0 1 1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
131 Brookfield Park
13.3 0 1 1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
132 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East
5.9 0 1 1 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
133 Lincoln Park West
4.5 0 1 1 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
134 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)
7.8 0 1 1 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
135 Sands Point Preserve
19.0 0 1 2 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
136 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson
20.6 0 1 1 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
137 Miller Field
11.3 0 2 2 2 299 0.7% 0.2%
138 Richard A. Rutkowski Park
5.8 1 1 1 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
139 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail
7.0 0 1 1 1 130 0.8% 0.1%
140 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond
17.5 0 2 1 2 451 0.4% 0.1%
141 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary
14.8 0 1 1 1 208 0.5% 0.1%
142 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)
9.0 0 1 1 1 226 0.4% 0.1%
143 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove
14.7 0 1 1 1 250 0.4% 0.1%
144 Inwood Hill Park
11.7 1 1 4 1 945 0.1% 0.0%