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Where to find Black Skimmer 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 Skimmer 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			Nickerson Beach	23.3	339	421	80.5%	76.5%
2			Plumb Beach	14.0	527	915	57.6%	54.4%
3			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	26	74	35.1%	25.2%
4			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	124	487	25.5%	21.8%
5			Gerritsen Beach--Shell Bank Creek	13.5	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
6			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	57	235	24.3%	19.2%
7			River Barge Park	5.1	33	134	24.6%	18.1%
8			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	9	34	26.5%	14.6%
9			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
10			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
11			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
12			Jamaica Bay, Black Wall Marsh	13.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
13			Lido Beach Town Park	22.8	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
14			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
15			Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh	13.7	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
16			Liberty SP	7.0	79	825	9.6%	7.8%
17			Sandy Hook	23.7	198	2381	8.3%	7.3%
18			Keansburg Beach	24.3	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
19			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
20			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	15	161	9.3%	5.7%
21			Long Beach Park	20.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
22			Coney Island Pier	14.6	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
23			Anderson Creek Marsh	6.1	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
24			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	104	1827	5.7%	4.7%
25			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	6	61	9.8%	4.6%
26			Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)	17.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
27			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	11	141	7.8%	4.4%
28			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	2	14	14.3%	4.0%
29			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	4	42	9.5%	3.8%
30			Long Beach (Nassau Co.)	20.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
31			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	57	1258	4.5%	3.5%
32			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	17	325	5.2%	3.3%
33			Milton Point, Rye	17.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
34			Bay County Park	19.0	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
35			Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline	11.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
36			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	11	241	4.6%	2.6%
37			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	6	109	5.5%	2.5%
38			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	8	167	4.8%	2.4%
39			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	6	118	5.1%	2.4%
40			Great Kills Park	18.0	11	269	4.1%	2.3%
41			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
42			Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club	15.6	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
43			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	25	764	3.3%	2.2%
44			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
45			Dead Horse Point	14.4	4	72	5.6%	2.2%
46			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	2	26	7.7%	2.1%
47			Sheepshead Bay	13.8	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
48			Fort Tilden	15.7	6	139	4.3%	2.0%
49			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
50			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	5	111	4.5%	1.9%
51			Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield	6.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
52			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	6	155	3.9%	1.8%
53			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	45	1892	2.4%	1.8%
54			Coney Island Beach	14.5	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
55			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
56			Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh	4.1	2	36	5.6%	1.5%
57			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	18	749	2.4%	1.5%
58			Canarsie Pier	11.4	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
59			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	4	119	3.4%	1.3%
60			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
61			Hendrix Creek	10.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
62			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	3	98	3.1%	1.0%
63			Hudson River Waterfront Walk	8.0	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
64			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	3	99	3.0%	1.0%
65			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	5	211	2.4%	1.0%
66			Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access)	4.9	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
67			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	7	369	1.9%	0.9%
68			Point Lookout	24.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
69			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
70			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	5	255	2.0%	0.8%
71			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	3	125	2.4%	0.8%
72			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
73			Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity	1.3	1	23	4.3%	0.8%
74			The Narrows (Brooklyn)	11.9	1	24	4.2%	0.7%
75			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	2	75	2.7%	0.7%
76			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
77			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
78			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	3	156	1.9%	0.7%
79			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	6	437	1.4%	0.6%
80			Freshkills Park	18.2	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
81			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
82			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	2	106	1.9%	0.5%
83			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	1	35	2.9%	0.5%
84			Prospect Point	14.7	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
85			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
86			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	1	57	1.8%	0.3%
87			Brookfield Park	18.2	1	64	1.6%	0.3%
88			Dyker Beach Park	12.0	1	72	1.4%	0.2%
89			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
90			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	1	85	1.2%	0.2%
91			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	1	92	1.1%	0.2%
92			Lincoln Park West	7.5	1	119	0.8%	0.1%
93			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	1	140	0.7%	0.1%
94			Miller Field	16.3	1	177	0.6%	0.1%
95			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	1	199	0.5%	0.1%
96			Prospect Park--Prospect Lake	8.7	1	388	0.3%	0.0%
97			Battery Park, Manhattan	6.0	1	441	0.2%	0.0%
98			Prospect Park	8.4	3	8052	0.0%	0.0%
99			Central Park	0.7	1	8750	0.0%	0.0%