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Where to find Black Skimmer in August
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 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Nickerson Beach
23.3 45 17 123 179 193 92.7% 88.2%
2 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area
23.4 8 14 111 171 221 77.4% 71.4%
3 Breezy Point Tip
16.0 17 17 79 135 208 64.9% 58.2%
4 Plumb Beach
14.0 79 18 280 822 1360 60.4% 57.8%
5 Point Lookout--Town Park
23.9 2 6 9 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
6 Silver Point County Park
17.5 0 3 5 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
7 Lido Beach Town Park
22.8 0 2 2 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
8 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 9 26 92 539 1324 40.7% 38.1%
9 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet
24.1 0 4 5 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
10 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot
15.9 0 5 15 19 41 46.3% 32.1%
11 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh
13.7 1 4 5 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
12 Sheepshead Bay
13.8 6 6 28 25 63 39.7% 28.5%
13 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)
18.2 6 10 7 20 50 40.0% 27.6%
14 Point Lookout
24.4 1 7 11 11 27 40.7% 24.5%
15 Breezy Point Beach
16.1 2 6 9 16 43 37.2% 24.4%
16 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end
12.7 4 16 93 121 443 27.3% 23.4%
17 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar
13.8 0 6 9 20 60 33.3% 22.7%
18 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)
16.6 1 8 21 17 53 32.1% 21.1%
19 Marine Parkway Bridge (Queens Co.)
15.0 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Parsonage Island, Oceanside
21.6 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
21 Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel
22.0 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
22 Baldwin Bay
22.2 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
23 Point Lookout--Firemans Park
24.3 0 2 7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
24 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park
12.8 3 19 52 102 515 19.8% 16.6%
25 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)
17.2 0 3 3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
26 Dead Horse Point
14.4 2 12 9 23 102 22.5% 15.5%
27 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
13.6 20 26 237 279 1709 16.3% 14.6%
28 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock
13.6 0 6 4 15 66 22.7% 14.3%
29 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond
13.3 11 20 198 150 910 16.5% 14.2%
30 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty
25.0 0 4 8 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
31 Manhattan Beach Park
14.2 0 2 3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
32 Long Beach (Nassau Co.)
20.9 0 3 2 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
33 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end
13.6 10 12 129 104 650 16.0% 13.4%
34 Sandy Hook
23.7 5 19 62 133 849 15.7% 13.4%
35 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest
13.2 0 6 12 13 59 22.0% 13.4%
36 Lido West Town Park
22.1 0 5 6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
37 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
13.3 5 18 110 142 971 14.6% 12.5%
38 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)
13.6 1 16 17 38 226 16.8% 12.5%
39 Canarsie Beach Park
11.3 1 4 10 16 92 17.4% 11.0%
40 Great Kills Park--Mudflats
18.1 1 6 17 28 182 15.4% 10.9%
41 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula
9.8 0 5 3 16 98 16.3% 10.3%
42 Long Beach Park
20.7 0 2 4 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
43 Fort Tilden
15.7 1 8 17 16 103 15.5% 9.8%
44 Global Terminal
9.4 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
45 Marine Parkway Bridge (Brooklyn)
14.8 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
46 Norton Basin Natural Resource Area
16.1 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Fighting Island, west side
23.4 0 1 2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach
14.6 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Bayswater Point SP
15.5 2 3 1 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
50 Coney Island Creek Park
14.0 0 5 7 14 95 14.7% 9.0%
51 Liberty SP
7.0 5 13 13 58 508 11.4% 8.9%
52 Marina West Town Boat Launch
23.5 0 3 4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
53 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)
13.3 1 5 47 18 133 13.5% 8.7%
54 Coney Island Pier
14.6 0 2 7 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
55 Floyd Bennett Field
13.6 2 14 33 57 522 10.9% 8.5%
56 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform
15.7 0 2 3 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
57 Sunset Cove Park
14.7 3 2 4 5 29 17.2% 7.6%
58 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch
13.5 0 2 3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
59 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club
15.6 0 2 3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
60 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station
18.4 0 1 3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
61 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh
15.4 0 2 3 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
62 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)
11.8 1 2 2 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
63 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)
15.7 1 1 4 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
64 Coney Island Beach
14.5 1 3 21 14 131 10.7% 6.5%
65 Bay County Park
19.0 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
66 Lister Park
18.5 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
67 Gravesend Bay
13.2 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
68 Broad Channel American Park
14.8 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
69 Sandy Hook--North End
21.2 2 11 25 27 307 8.8% 6.1%
70 Bayshore Waterfront Park
24.5 1 3 3 9 79 11.4% 6.1%
71 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve
23.1 0 4 11 7 57 12.3% 6.1%
72 Dead Horse Bay, Marina
14.0 0 2 2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
73 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)
10.7 1 4 6 5 39 12.8% 5.6%
74 Great Kills Park
18.0 1 8 9 13 155 8.4% 5.0%
75 Lemon Creek Pier
22.6 0 2 1 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
76 Brighton Beach
14.3 0 3 3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
77 Plumb Beach--West
13.8 0 3 3 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
78 Waterfront Park, Freeport
22.7 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
79 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek
14.9 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
80 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve
23.2 0 6 9 9 110 8.2% 4.4%
81 Coney Island Creek
13.9 0 1 2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
82 Charles Memorial Park
11.5 2 2 2 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
83 Jacob Riis Park
15.5 0 5 7 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
84 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)
16.2 0 2 4 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
85 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area
24.6 1 5 8 9 128 7.0% 3.7%
86 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park
14.0 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
87 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn)
14.8 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook
14.6 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
89 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol
12.1 0 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
90 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden
13.5 1 4 30 6 77 7.8% 3.6%
91 Bayonne Golf Club
10.5 0 2 13 12 203 5.9% 3.4%
92 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh
14.7 0 2 3 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
93 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd
15.9 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
94 Paerdegat Basin Natural Area and Ecology Park
11.3 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
95 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse
18.9 0 1 1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
96 Veterans Memorial Pier
10.5 0 1 5 3 39 7.7% 2.7%
97 Crescent Beach Park
19.4 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
98 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point
19.3 0 3 3 4 70 5.7% 2.2%
99 Old Glory Lookout, The Narrows (80th St. Overpass & vicinity)
11.1 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
100 Jamaica Bay, South Shore
15.2 0 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
101 East River, 34th St. to Pier 11
4.1 0 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
102 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)
15.6 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
103 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh
14.7 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
104 Jacob Riis Park--Beach
15.7 0 2 2 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
105 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh
17.7 1 2 4 7 199 3.5% 1.7%
106 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches
24.3 0 2 3 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
107 Jones Beach Bay Islands
24.8 1 1 16 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
108 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach
23.7 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
109 Lemon Creek Park
22.2 0 1 1 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
110 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh
14.8 0 2 2 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
111 Riis Landing
15.4 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
112 Idlewild Park
14.1 0 1 4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
113 Wolfe's Pond Park
21.8 0 5 3 6 206 2.9% 1.3%
114 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ
13.9 1 1 3 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
115 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)
15.9 0 1 1 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
116 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay
8.0 0 1 1 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
117 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)
11.0 0 1 2 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
118 The Narrows (Brooklyn)
11.9 0 1 1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
119 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West)
11.9 0 1 1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
120 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn)
7.9 0 1 1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
121 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh
13.3 0 1 2 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
122 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.
17.8 0 2 3 3 116 2.6% 0.9%
123 Hudson River Waterfront Walk
8.0 0 1 1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
124 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden
13.2 0 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
125 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge
12.1 0 2 3 2 70 2.9% 0.8%
126 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes
15.3 1 1 1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
127 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway
10.2 0 1 1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
128 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1
5.7 0 1 1 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
129 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh
23.0 0 1 1 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
130 Cedar Grove Beach
17.0 0 1 1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
131 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge
15.4 1 1 1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
132 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path
22.6 0 1 1 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
133 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park
19.0 0 1 1 1 43 2.3% 0.4%
134 Mt. Loretto Unique Area
23.0 0 2 2 2 135 1.5% 0.4%
135 Cemetery of the Resurrection
22.3 0 1 1 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
136 Fort Wadsworth
13.3 0 1 1 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
137 Flushing Meadows Corona Park
7.2 0 1 1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
138 Meadowlands District IBA
6.5 0 1 1 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
139 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East
7.4 0 1 1 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
140 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond
21.5 1 1 1 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
141 Sands Point Preserve
15.1 0 1 1 1 79 1.3% 0.2%
142 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond
13.4 0 1 1 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
143 Richard W. DeKorte Park
7.1 0 4 3 4 1922 0.2% 0.1%
144 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary
20.3 0 1 1 1 294 0.3% 0.1%
145 Central Park
0.7 0 1 1 1 1958 0.1% 0.0%