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

Black Skimmer
© Dorian Anderson / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Black Skimmer 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 Nickerson Beach
22.9 45 17 123 179 193 92.7% 88.2%
2 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area
23.1 8 14 111 171 221 77.4% 71.4%
3 Breezy Point Tip
11.9 17 17 79 135 208 64.9% 58.2%
4 Plumb Beach
10.3 79 18 280 822 1360 60.4% 57.8%
5 Point Lookout--Town Park
23.5 2 6 9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
6 Silver Point County Park
16.0 0 3 5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
7 Lido Beach Town Park
22.3 0 2 2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
8 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 9 26 92 539 1324 40.7% 38.1%
9 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet
24.1 0 4 5 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
10 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot
12.2 0 5 15 19 41 46.3% 32.1%
11 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh
10.1 1 4 5 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
12 Sheepshead Bay
9.7 6 6 28 25 63 39.7% 28.5%
13 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)
16.9 6 10 7 20 50 40.0% 27.6%
14 Point Lookout
24.1 1 7 11 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
15 Breezy Point Beach
12.1 2 6 9 16 43 37.2% 24.4%
16 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end
11.1 4 16 93 121 443 27.3% 23.4%
17 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar
11.1 0 6 9 20 60 33.3% 22.7%
18 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)
14.8 1 8 21 17 53 32.1% 21.1%
19 Marine Parkway Bridge (Queens Co.)
11.7 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Parsonage Island, Oceanside
21.4 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel
21.7 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Baldwin Bay
22.5 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Point Lookout--Firemans Park
24.1 0 2 7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
24 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park
9.1 3 19 52 102 515 19.8% 16.6%
25 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)
15.7 0 3 3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
26 Dead Horse Point
11.0 2 12 9 23 102 22.5% 15.5%
27 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
11.6 20 26 237 279 1709 16.3% 14.6%
28 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock
11.2 0 6 4 15 66 22.7% 14.3%
29 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond
11.3 11 20 198 150 910 16.5% 14.2%
30 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty
24.6 0 4 8 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
31 Manhattan Beach Park
10.1 0 2 3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
32 Long Beach (Nassau Co.)
20.1 0 3 2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
33 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end
11.7 10 12 129 104 650 16.0% 13.4%
34 Sandy Hook
19.0 5 19 62 133 849 15.7% 13.4%
35 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest
9.4 0 6 12 13 59 22.0% 13.4%
36 Lido West Town Park
21.6 0 5 6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
37 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
11.5 5 18 110 142 971 14.6% 12.5%
38 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)
9.0 1 16 17 38 226 16.8% 12.5%
39 Canarsie Beach Park
8.4 1 4 10 16 92 17.4% 11.0%
40 Great Kills Park--Mudflats
13.0 1 6 17 28 182 15.4% 10.9%
41 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula
4.9 0 5 3 16 98 16.3% 10.3%
42 Long Beach Park
19.8 0 2 4 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
43 Fort Tilden
12.3 1 8 17 16 103 15.5% 9.8%
44 Global Terminal
4.5 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
45 Marine Parkway Bridge (Brooklyn)
11.4 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
46 Norton Basin Natural Resource Area
14.6 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Fighting Island, west side
23.8 0 1 2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach
11.3 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Bayswater Point SP
14.2 2 3 1 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
50 Coney Island Creek Park
9.2 0 5 7 14 95 14.7% 9.0%
51 Liberty SP
2.4 5 13 13 58 508 11.4% 8.9%
52 Marina West Town Boat Launch
23.2 0 3 4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
53 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)
11.3 1 5 47 18 133 13.5% 8.7%
54 Coney Island Pier
10.1 0 2 7 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
55 Floyd Bennett Field
10.3 2 14 33 57 522 10.9% 8.5%
56 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform
12.1 0 2 3 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
57 Sunset Cove Park
12.5 3 2 4 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
58 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch
10.5 0 2 3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
59 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club
11.9 0 2 3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
60 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station
13.3 0 1 3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
61 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh
11.7 0 2 3 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
62 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)
9.9 1 2 2 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
63 Sandy Hook--Plum Island
21.3 1 6 9 8 61 13.1% 6.8%
64 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)
13.0 1 1 4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
65 Coney Island Beach
9.9 1 3 21 14 131 10.7% 6.5%
66 Bay County Park
18.9 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Lister Park
18.9 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Gravesend Bay
8.4 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Broad Channel American Park
12.6 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
70 Sandy Hook--North End
16.4 2 11 25 27 307 8.8% 6.1%
71 Bayshore Waterfront Park
19.5 1 3 3 9 79 11.4% 6.1%
72 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
23.7 0 4 11 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
73 Dead Horse Bay, Marina
10.5 0 2 2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
74 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)
8.8 1 4 6 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
75 Great Kills Park
13.0 1 8 9 13 155 8.4% 5.0%
76 Lemon Creek Pier
17.7 0 2 1 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
77 Brighton Beach
10.0 0 3 3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
78 Plumb Beach--West
9.9 0 3 3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
79 Waterfront Park, Freeport
22.9 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
80 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek
13.4 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
81 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve
23.5 0 6 9 9 110 8.2% 4.4%
82 Coney Island Creek
9.2 0 1 2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
83 Charles Memorial Park
10.1 2 2 2 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
84 Jacob Riis Park
12.3 0 5 7 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
85 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)
14.2 0 2 4 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
86 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area
19.9 1 5 8 9 128 7.0% 3.7%
87 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park
9.2 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn)
11.0 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
89 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook
9.8 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
90 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol
9.5 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
91 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden
11.6 1 4 30 6 77 7.8% 3.6%
92 Bayonne Golf Club
5.8 0 2 13 12 203 5.9% 3.4%
93 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh
12.2 0 2 3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
94 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd
13.6 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
95 Paerdegat Basin Natural Area and Ecology Park
8.1 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
96 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse
13.8 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
97 Raritan Bay Waterfront Park & Morgan Avenue Mudflats
21.4 0 7 9 12 252 4.8% 2.7%
98 Veterans Memorial Pier
5.4 0 1 5 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
99 Crescent Beach Park
14.4 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
100 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point
14.3 0 3 3 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
101 Old Glory Lookout, The Narrows (80th St. Overpass & vicinity)
6.1 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
102 Jamaica Bay, South Shore
12.7 0 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
103 East River, 34th St. to Pier 11
2.0 0 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
104 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)
14.1 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
105 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh
13.2 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
106 Sandy Hook--C Lot & Beach
20.6 0 2 2 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
107 Jacob Riis Park--Beach
12.4 0 2 2 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
108 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh
12.6 1 2 4 7 199 3.5% 1.7%
109 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches
19.7 0 2 3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
110 Jones Beach Bay Islands
25.0 1 1 16 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
111 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach
19.1 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
112 Lemon Creek Park
17.2 0 1 1 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
113 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh
12.5 0 2 2 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
114 Riis Landing
12.0 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
115 Idlewild Park
13.8 0 1 4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
116 Wolfe's Pond Park
16.8 0 5 3 6 206 2.9% 1.3%
117 Cliffwood Beach Waterfront Park
21.5 0 2 3 3 78 3.8% 1.3%
118 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ
11.9 1 1 3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
119 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)
13.7 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
120 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay
3.4 0 1 1 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
121 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)
8.7 0 1 2 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
122 The Narrows (Brooklyn)
6.8 0 1 1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
123 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West)
9.7 0 1 1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
124 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn)
2.9 0 1 1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
125 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh
10.8 0 1 2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
126 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.
12.7 0 2 3 3 116 2.6% 0.9%
127 Sandy Hook--South Beach area
21.3 0 1 2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
128 Hudson River Waterfront Walk
3.6 0 1 1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
129 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden
11.3 0 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
130 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge
10.5 0 2 3 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
131 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes
10.8 1 1 1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
132 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway
13.1 0 1 1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
133 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1
1.0 0 1 1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
134 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh
18.3 0 1 1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
135 Cedar Grove Beach
11.9 0 1 1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
136 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge
10.3 1 1 1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
137 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path
17.9 0 1 1 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
138 Conaskonk Point
20.1 0 2 2 2 122 1.6% 0.5%
139 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park
14.0 0 1 1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
140 Mt. Loretto Unique Area
18.0 0 2 2 2 135 1.5% 0.4%
141 Cemetery of the Resurrection
17.4 0 1 1 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
142 Fort Wadsworth
8.3 0 1 1 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
143 Flushing Meadows Corona Park
8.8 0 1 1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
144 Meadowlands District IBA
7.6 0 1 1 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
145 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East
5.9 0 1 1 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
146 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond
16.8 1 1 1 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
147 Sands Point Preserve
19.0 0 1 1 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
148 Old Bridge Waterfront Park
21.7 0 1 1 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
149 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond
11.5 0 1 1 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
150 Richard W. DeKorte Park
6.9 0 4 3 4 1922 0.2% 0.1%
151 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary
24.9 0 1 1 1 294 0.3% 0.1%
152 Central Park
4.3 0 1 1 1 1958 0.1% 0.0%