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

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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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Coney Island Beach 14.5 70 106 66.0% 56.6%
2 Coney Island Pier 14.6 19 27 70.4% 51.5%
3 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 23 34 67.6% 50.8%
4 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 30 91 33.0% 24.2%
5 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 18 69 26.1% 17.2%
6 Plumb Beach 14.0 96 665 14.4% 12.0%
7 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
8 Nickerson Beach 23.3 19 128 14.8% 9.7%
9 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 18 170 10.6% 6.8%
10 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 11 101 10.9% 6.2%
11 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
12 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
13 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
14 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
15 Long Beach Park 20.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
16 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
17 Great Neck Estates Park 11.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
18 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd. 11.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
19 Fort Tilden 15.7 19 362 5.2% 3.4%
20 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 16 313 5.1% 3.2%
21 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
22 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 12 261 4.6% 2.6%
23 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
24 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 4 64 6.2% 2.5%
25 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
26 St. George Ferry Terminal 11.0 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
27 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
28 Kingsborough Community College 14.2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
29 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
30 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
31 Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin 1.0 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
32 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
33 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
34 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
35 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
36 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 4 147 2.7% 1.1%
37 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 10 658 1.5% 0.8%
38 Point Lookout 24.4 2 67 3.0% 0.8%
39 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
40 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
41 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
42 Sandy Hook 23.7 14 1905 0.7% 0.4%
43 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 47 2.1% 0.4%
44 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 6 778 0.8% 0.4%
45 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 2 159 1.3% 0.3%
46 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
47 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 2 176 1.1% 0.3%
48 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 2 179 1.1% 0.3%
49 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
50 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
51 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
52 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 3 584 0.5% 0.2%
53 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
54 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
55 Liberty SP 7.0 3 638 0.5% 0.2%
56 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 164 0.6% 0.1%
57 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 1 203 0.5% 0.1%
58 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 1 212 0.5% 0.1%
59 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 2 975 0.2% 0.1%
60 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 988 0.1% 0.0%
61 Prospect Park 8.4 1 4109 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.