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Where to find Black Skimmer in August
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 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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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Nickerson Beach 23.3 178 192 92.7% 88.1%
2 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 171 220 77.7% 71.8%
3 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 134 207 64.7% 58.0%
4 Plumb Beach 14.0 820 1356 60.5% 57.8%
5 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
6 Silver Point County Park 17.5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
7 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
8 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 495 1278 38.7% 36.1%
9 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet 24.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
10 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 19 41 46.3% 32.1%
11 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
12 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 25 63 39.7% 28.5%
13 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 20 50 40.0% 27.6%
14 Point Lookout 24.4 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
15 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 16 43 37.2% 24.4%
16 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 121 439 27.6% 23.6%
17 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 20 60 33.3% 22.7%
18 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 17 53 32.1% 21.1%
19 Marine Parkway Bridge (Queens Co.) 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Parsonage Island, Oceanside 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel 22.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Baldwin Bay 22.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
24 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 102 515 19.8% 16.6%
25 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
26 Dead Horse Point 14.4 23 102 22.5% 15.5%
27 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 276 1688 16.4% 14.7%
28 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 15 66 22.7% 14.3%
29 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
30 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 149 908 16.4% 14.1%
31 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
32 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
33 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 13 58 22.4% 13.6%
34 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 104 648 16.0% 13.4%
35 Sandy Hook 23.7 133 847 15.7% 13.4%
36 Lido West Town Park 22.1 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
37 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 142 967 14.7% 12.6%
38 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 38 225 16.9% 12.6%
39 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 16 92 17.4% 11.0%
40 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 28 182 15.4% 10.9%
41 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 16 98 16.3% 10.3%
42 Long Beach Park 20.7 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
43 Global Terminal 9.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
44 Marine Parkway Bridge (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
45 Norton Basin Natural Resource Area 16.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
46 Fighting Island, west side 23.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach 14.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Fort Tilden 15.7 15 100 15.0% 9.3%
49 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
50 Liberty SP 7.0 58 502 11.6% 9.0%
51 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 14 95 14.7% 9.0%
52 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 18 133 13.5% 8.7%
53 Coney Island Pier 14.6 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
54 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 57 522 10.9% 8.5%
55 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
56 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
57 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
58 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
59 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station 18.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
60 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
61 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
62 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
63 Coney Island Beach 14.5 14 129 10.9% 6.6%
64 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 9 78 11.5% 6.2%
65 Bay County Park 19.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
66 Lister Park 18.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
70 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 26 306 8.5% 5.9%
71 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
72 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
73 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
74 Great Kills Park 18.0 13 155 8.4% 5.0%
75 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
76 Brighton Beach 14.3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
77 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
78 Coney Island Creek 13.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
79 Waterfront Park, Freeport 22.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
80 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek 14.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
81 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 9 110 8.2% 4.4%
82 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
83 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
84 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 9 124 7.3% 3.9%
85 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
86 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
87 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
89 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
90 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 6 77 7.8% 3.6%
91 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 12 203 5.9% 3.4%
92 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
93 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
94 Paerdegat Basin Natural Area and Ecology Park 11.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
95 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
96 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
97 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
98 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
99 East River, 34th St. to Pier 11 4.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
100 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
101 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
102 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
103 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh 14.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
104 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 7 199 3.5% 1.7%
105 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
106 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
107 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
108 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
109 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
110 Riis Landing 15.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
111 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
112 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 6 206 2.9% 1.3%
113 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
114 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
115 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
116 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
117 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
118 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 11.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
119 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn) 7.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
120 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
121 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 3 116 2.6% 0.9%
122 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
123 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
124 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 2 69 2.9% 0.8%
125 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1 5.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
126 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes 15.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
127 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
128 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
129 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
130 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
131 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
132 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
133 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 2 135 1.5% 0.4%
134 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
135 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
136 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
137 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
138 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
139 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
140 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
141 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
142 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 4 1913 0.2% 0.1%
143 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 1 294 0.3% 0.1%
144 Central Park 0.7 1 1921 0.1% 0.0%