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Where to find Black-bellied Plover in May
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 Black-bellied Plover in May. 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			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	364	487	74.7%	70.7%
2			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	18	20	90.0%	69.9%
3			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	12	15	80.0%	54.8%
4			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	15	22	68.2%	47.3%
5			Prospect Point	14.7	27	44	61.4%	46.6%
6			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	567	1258	45.1%	42.3%
7			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	123	255	48.2%	42.2%
8			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
9			Lido Beach Town Park	22.8	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
10			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	17	34	50.0%	34.1%
11			Plumb Beach	14.0	330	915	36.1%	33.0%
12			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	663	1892	35.0%	32.9%
13			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	260	749	34.7%	31.4%
14			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	82	235	34.9%	29.1%
15			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	15	37	40.5%	26.3%
16			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	36	106	34.0%	25.6%
17			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	11	28	39.3%	23.6%
18			Sandy Hook	23.7	565	2381	23.7%	22.1%
19			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	20	64	31.2%	21.2%
20			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
21			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh	14.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
22			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	43	167	25.7%	19.7%
23			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	31	118	26.3%	19.2%
24			Fort Tilden	15.7	33	139	23.7%	17.4%
25			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	37	161	23.0%	17.2%
26			Great Kills Park	18.0	58	269	21.6%	17.1%
27			Liberty SP	7.0	142	825	17.2%	14.8%
28			Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club	15.6	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
29			Nickerson Beach	23.3	60	421	14.3%	11.2%
30			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	7	32	21.9%	11.0%
31			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	51	369	13.8%	10.7%
32			Half Moon Bay and shoreline	13.3	4	16	25.0%	10.2%
33			Dead Horse Point	14.4	12	72	16.7%	9.8%
34			Oceanside Park	21.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
35			Great Captain's Island	22.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
36			Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline	11.4	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
37			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	13	102	12.7%	7.6%
38			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	10	74	13.5%	7.5%
39			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	10	75	13.3%	7.4%
40			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
41			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	12	98	12.2%	7.1%
42			Piermont Pier	18.4	28	282	9.9%	7.0%
43			Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch	13.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
44			Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel	22.0	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
45			Bay County Park	19.0	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
46			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	17	230	7.4%	4.7%
47			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	47	804	5.8%	4.4%
48			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	10	141	7.1%	3.9%
49			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	4	42	9.5%	3.8%
50			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
51			Port Liberte	8.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
52			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
53			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	4	44	9.1%	3.6%
54			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	2	16	12.5%	3.5%
55			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
56			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
57			Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)	15.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
58			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	6	156	3.8%	1.8%
59			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	8	241	3.3%	1.7%
60			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	2	33	6.1%	1.7%
61			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
62			Coney Island Pier	14.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
63			Centre Island Town Park	24.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
64			Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd.	14.3	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
65			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	5	155	3.2%	1.4%
66			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	35	1827	1.9%	1.4%
67			Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth	5.8	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
68			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
69			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
70			Randalls Island--saltmarsh and backstop 42 vicinity	2.9	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
71			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	4	140	2.9%	1.1%
72			Jones Beach Bay Islands	24.8	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
73			Waterfront Park, Dobbs Ferry	16.7	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
74			Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields	6.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
75			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	3	99	3.0%	1.0%
76			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
77			Miller Field	16.3	4	177	2.3%	0.9%
78			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
79			Five Islands Park	13.9	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
80			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
81			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
82			Mariners Marsh	14.7	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
83			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
84			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
85			Piermont Marsh	17.6	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
86			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
87			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	2	91	2.2%	0.6%
88			Freshkills Park	18.2	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
89			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	3	175	1.7%	0.6%
90			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
91			Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline	2.9	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
92			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
93			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
94			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	2	111	1.8%	0.5%
95			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	7	764	0.9%	0.4%
96			Silver Lake Park (Nassau Co.)	20.4	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
97			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	1	49	2.0%	0.4%
98			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	1	53	1.9%	0.3%
99			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
100			Saw Mill Creek Marsh	16.7	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
101			Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes	15.3	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
102			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
103			Brookfield Park	18.2	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
104			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
105			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	1	94	1.1%	0.2%
106			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	1	125	0.8%	0.1%
107			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	1	137	0.7%	0.1%
108			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	2	437	0.5%	0.1%
109			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	1	157	0.6%	0.1%
110			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	1	168	0.6%	0.1%
111			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	1	211	0.5%	0.1%
112			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	1	218	0.5%	0.1%
113			Walker Avenue Wetlands	19.4	1	233	0.4%	0.1%
114			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	1	325	0.3%	0.1%
115			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	1	373	0.3%	0.0%
116			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	1	493	0.2%	0.0%
117			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	1	2407	0.0%	0.0%