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Where to find Black Skimmer in July
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 July. 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 23.3 422 447 94.4% 91.9%
2 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 195 244 79.9% 74.4%
3 Plumb Beach 14.0 439 745 58.9% 55.4%
4 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 103 168 61.3% 53.8%
5 Point Lookout 24.4 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
6 Silver Point County Park 17.5 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
7 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
8 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 29 49 59.2% 45.2%
9 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 24 40 60.0% 44.6%
10 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 501 1140 43.9% 41.1%
11 Liberty SP 7.0 123 323 38.1% 33.0%
12 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 65 170 38.2% 31.3%
13 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 359 1084 33.1% 30.4%
14 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 179 525 34.1% 30.2%
15 Bergen Beach 12.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
16 North Woodmere Park 15.5 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
17 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
18 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
19 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
20 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 121 441 27.4% 23.5%
21 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 52 177 29.4% 23.2%
22 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 132 491 26.9% 23.2%
23 Dead Horse Point 14.4 25 80 31.2% 22.2%
24 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 66 248 26.6% 21.5%
25 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
26 Sandy Hook 23.7 89 357 24.9% 20.7%
27 City Island (Bronx Co.) 10.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
28 Waterfront Park, Freeport 22.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
29 Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel 22.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
30 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 14 49 28.6% 17.8%
31 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
32 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
33 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 15 56 26.8% 17.0%
34 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
35 Fort Tilden 15.7 24 108 22.2% 15.4%
36 Great Neck Estates Park 11.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
37 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 12 49 24.5% 14.6%
38 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
39 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
40 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 42 243 17.3% 13.0%
41 Great Kills Park 18.0 26 150 17.3% 12.1%
42 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 18 102 17.6% 11.5%
43 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 12 63 19.0% 11.2%
44 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 20 134 14.9% 9.9%
45 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
46 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
47 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Port Liberte 8.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Fresh Creek Park 10.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
51 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
52 Point Lookout--East Marina 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
53 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
54 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
55 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 6 31 19.4% 9.2%
56 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 10 63 15.9% 8.9%
57 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 11 72 15.3% 8.8%
58 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
59 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
60 Oceanside Park 21.1 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
61 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
62 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
63 Coney Island Creek 13.9 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
64 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 122 1377 8.9% 7.5%
65 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
66 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
67 Coney Island Pier 14.6 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
68 River Barge Park 5.1 11 90 12.2% 7.0%
69 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
70 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 16 162 9.9% 6.2%
71 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
72 Marine Parkway Bridge (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
73 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
74 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
75 Rockaway Beach--W of Cross Bay Blvd 15.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
76 Bayswater Park 16.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
77 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
78 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
79 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
80 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
81 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 6 48 12.5% 5.9%
82 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
83 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 15 165 9.1% 5.6%
84 Coney Island Beach 14.5 9 93 9.7% 5.2%
85 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 8 87 9.2% 4.7%
86 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
87 Lido West Town Park 22.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
88 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 6 60 10.0% 4.7%
89 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 6 61 9.8% 4.6%
90 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 8 90 8.9% 4.6%
91 Canarsie Pier 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
92 Dubos Point 15.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
93 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
94 Hendrix Creek 10.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
95 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
96 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
97 Little Neck Bay, Marsh 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
98 Conference House Park 24.5 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
99 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
100 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
101 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
102 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
103 Richmond Creek 18.2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
104 Idlewild Park 14.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
105 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
106 Flushing Airport 6.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
107 Marine Parkway Bridge (Queens Co.) 15.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
108 Riis Landing 15.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
109 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
110 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
111 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 3 31 9.7% 3.3%
112 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
113 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
114 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 4 52 7.7% 3.0%
115 Upper New York Bay (Staten Island) 10.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
116 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
117 Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook 8.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
118 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
119 Lincoln Park West 7.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
120 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 4 61 6.6% 2.6%
121 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
122 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
123 Paerdegat Basin 11.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
124 William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge--Travis Ave. bridge 16.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
125 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Area 11.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
126 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
127 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
128 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.) 17.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
129 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
130 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 5 108 4.6% 2.0%
131 Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn) 8.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
132 Moravian Cemetery 15.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
133 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
134 Brighton Beach 14.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
135 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
136 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
137 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
138 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 4 94 4.3% 1.7%
139 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
140 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
141 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
142 Freshkills Park 18.2 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
143 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 4 105 3.8% 1.5%
144 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
145 Spring Creek Park 10.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
146 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
147 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
148 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 3 72 4.2% 1.4%
149 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.) 23.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
150 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
151 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
152 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
153 Central Park 0.7 14 716 2.0% 1.2%
154 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 7 294 2.4% 1.2%
155 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
156 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
157 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
158 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
159 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
160 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
161 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
162 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
163 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
164 Prospect Point 14.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
165 Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes 17.4 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
166 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
167 Pelham Bay Park--Thomas Pell WS and Goose Creek Marsh 10.2 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
168 Prospect Park 8.4 10 883 1.1% 0.6%
169 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
170 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
171 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
172 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 2 117 1.7% 0.5%
173 Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
174 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 4 379 1.1% 0.4%
175 Miller Field 16.3 2 149 1.3% 0.4%
176 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
177 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
178 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
179 Disposal Rd. 7.7 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
180 Alley Pond Park 11.9 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
181 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
182 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
183 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7.8 1 113 0.9% 0.2%
184 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 2 390 0.5% 0.1%
185 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 174 0.6% 0.1%
186 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 407 0.2% 0.0%