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Where to find Black Skimmer in September
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 September. 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 23.3 169 213 79.3% 73.4%
2 Coney Island Pier 14.6 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
3 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 47 121 38.8% 30.6%
4 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
5 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
6 Plumb Beach 14.0 146 481 30.4% 26.4%
7 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 26 76 34.2% 24.5%
8 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
9 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
10 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
11 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
13 Coney Island Beach 14.5 10 32 31.2% 18.0%
14 Point Lookout 24.4 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
15 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 31 160 19.4% 14.0%
16 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
17 Silver Point County Park 17.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
18 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 13 68 19.1% 11.5%
19 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
20 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 44 336 13.1% 9.9%
21 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
22 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
23 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet 24.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
24 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 5 24 20.8% 9.2%
25 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 16 109 14.7% 9.2%
26 Lido West Town Park 22.1 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
27 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 103 1051 9.8% 8.1%
28 Sandy Hook 23.7 158 1953 8.1% 7.0%
29 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
30 Long Beach Park 20.7 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
31 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 7 58 12.1% 6.0%
32 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
33 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 55 857 6.4% 5.0%
34 Fort Tilden 15.7 15 186 8.1% 4.9%
35 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 4 34 11.8% 4.7%
36 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 24 349 6.9% 4.7%
37 East River, Pier 11 to Pier 6 5.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
38 Dead Horse Point 14.4 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
39 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 22 384 5.7% 3.8%
40 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
41 Brooklyn Bridge Walkway, Brooklyn 5.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
42 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
43 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
44 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
45 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
46 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 7 129 5.4% 2.7%
47 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
48 Paerdegat Basin 11.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
49 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
50 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh 14.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
51 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 15 469 3.2% 1.9%
52 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
53 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 7 181 3.9% 1.9%
54 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
55 Liberty SP 7.0 14 484 2.9% 1.7%
56 Midland Beach 15.8 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
57 Bay County Park 19.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
58 North Woodmere Park 15.5 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
59 Brighton Beach 14.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
60 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
61 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 6 228 2.6% 1.2%
62 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
63 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 3 94 3.2% 1.1%
64 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
65 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
66 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
67 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
68 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
69 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
70 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 3 159 1.9% 0.6%
71 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
72 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
73 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
74 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
75 River Barge Park 5.1 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
76 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
77 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
78 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 2 226 0.9% 0.2%
79 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 74 1.4% 0.2%
80 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
81 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 119 0.8% 0.1%
82 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 1 163 0.6% 0.1%
83 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 2 516 0.4% 0.1%
84 Miller Field 16.3 1 303 0.3% 0.1%
85 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 1 1381 0.1% 0.0%