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Where to find Black Skimmer in October
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

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 October. 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 Coney Island Beach
14.5 28 13 40 84 128 65.6% 57.0%
2 Coney Island Pier
14.6 5 7 17 20 28 71.4% 52.9%
3 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook
14.6 5 13 14 25 40 62.5% 47.0%
4 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end
12.7 4 2 48 30 90 33.3% 24.5%
5 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform
15.7 2 9 13 19 73 26.0% 17.3%
6 Plumb Beach
14.0 24 12 81 107 749 14.3% 12.0%
7 Point Lookout--Firemans Park
24.3 0 1 3 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
8 Nickerson Beach
23.3 7 4 23 20 137 14.6% 9.7%
9 Manhattan Beach Park
14.2 1 2 4 6 30 20.0% 9.5%
10 Breezy Point Tip
16.0 3 7 12 18 184 9.8% 6.3%
11 Coney Island Creek Park
14.0 5 6 8 11 111 9.9% 5.6%
12 Point Lookout--Town Park
23.9 1 1 34 8 76 10.5% 5.4%
13 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse
18.9 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
14 Jacob Riis Park--Beach
15.7 0 1 2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
15 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park
14.0 0 2 3 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
16 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)
17.2 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
17 Coney Island Creek
13.9 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
18 Fort Tilden
15.7 0 7 25 21 398 5.3% 3.5%
19 Sheepshead Bay
13.8 0 1 3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
20 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook
14.0 0 1 3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
21 Seguine Point
22.2 1 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
22 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)
13.6 4 7 11 16 333 4.8% 3.0%
23 Kingsborough Community College
14.2 0 2 1 4 56 7.1% 2.8%
24 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
13.3 1 3 14 13 278 4.7% 2.8%
25 Long Beach Park
20.7 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
26 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar
13.1 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
27 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd.
11.1 1 1 2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
28 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)
16.6 1 2 1 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
29 Brighton Beach
14.3 1 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
30 Great Neck Estates Park
11.4 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
31 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)
18.2 1 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
32 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot
15.9 0 2 3 4 79 5.1% 2.0%
33 St. George Ferry Terminal
11.0 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
34 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)
11.8 1 1 2 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
35 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge)
12.3 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
36 Stepping Stone Park
11.3 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
37 Point Lookout
24.4 0 3 3 3 70 4.3% 1.5%
38 Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin
1.0 0 1 3 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
39 Breezy Point Beach
16.1 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
40 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch
13.5 0 1 1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
41 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end
13.6 2 3 4 4 167 2.4% 0.9%
42 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
13.6 2 5 11 10 711 1.4% 0.8%
43 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot
12.6 0 1 1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
44 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar
13.8 0 1 2 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
45 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point
19.3 1 1 1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
46 Sandy Hook
23.7 2 9 13 16 2049 0.8% 0.5%
47 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge
12.1 1 1 1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
48 Bayonne Golf Club
10.5 0 1 1 2 161 1.2% 0.3%
49 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh
14.8 0 1 3 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
50 Floyd Bennett Field
13.6 0 2 6 6 826 0.7% 0.3%
51 Pelham Bay Park
10.2 1 1 2 2 189 1.1% 0.3%
52 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area
23.4 0 2 2 2 199 1.0% 0.3%
53 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)
11.0 0 1 2 1 67 1.5% 0.3%
54 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)
10.7 1 1 2 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
55 Dead Horse Point
14.4 0 1 1 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
56 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park
12.8 0 3 2 3 616 0.5% 0.2%
57 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot
10.7 1 1 1 1 108 0.9% 0.2%
58 Jacob Riis Park
15.5 0 1 1 1 116 0.9% 0.2%
59 Liberty SP
7.0 2 2 3 3 706 0.4% 0.1%
60 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula
9.8 0 1 1 1 177 0.6% 0.1%
61 Wolfe's Pond Park
21.8 0 1 1 1 211 0.5% 0.1%
62 Sandy Hook--North End
21.2 0 1 1 1 228 0.4% 0.1%
63 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 0 2 1 2 1059 0.2% 0.1%
64 Brooklyn Bridge Park
5.9 0 1 1 1 1080 0.1% 0.0%
65 Prospect Park
8.4 0 1 1 1 4993 0.0% 0.0%