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Where to find Black Skimmer in September
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 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 23.3 236 303 77.9% 72.9%
2 Coney Island Pier 14.6 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
3 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 29 59 49.2% 36.8%
4 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
5 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 86 232 37.1% 31.1%
6 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 54 142 38.0% 30.5%
7 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 9 18 50.0% 29.0%
8 Point Lookout 24.4 12 28 42.9% 26.5%
9 Plumb Beach 14.0 169 574 29.4% 25.9%
10 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
11 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
12 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
13 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 26 90 28.9% 20.5%
14 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
15 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 22 85 25.9% 17.8%
16 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
17 Coney Island Beach 14.5 11 42 26.2% 15.3%
18 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
19 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 41 215 19.1% 14.4%
20 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
21 Silver Point County Park 17.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
22 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 78 566 13.8% 11.2%
23 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
24 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet 24.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
25 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 5 26 19.2% 8.5%
26 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 105 1128 9.3% 7.7%
27 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 46 459 10.0% 7.6%
28 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
29 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
30 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 91 1063 8.6% 7.0%
31 Sandy Hook 23.7 166 2304 7.2% 6.2%
32 Long Beach Park 20.7 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
33 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
34 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 7 61 11.5% 5.7%
35 Fort Tilden 15.7 19 221 8.6% 5.6%
36 Lido West Town Park 22.1 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
37 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 36 532 6.8% 4.9%
38 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 7 75 9.3% 4.6%
39 Dead Horse Point 14.4 7 77 9.1% 4.5%
40 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
41 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
42 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 5 57 8.8% 3.8%
43 Hempstead Harbor Park 16.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
44 Brooklyn Bridge Walkway, Brooklyn 5.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
45 East River, Pier 11 to Pier 6 5.8 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
46 Jamaica Bay, South Shore 15.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
47 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
48 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 8 145 5.5% 2.8%
49 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
50 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
51 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 13 345 3.8% 2.2%
53 Kingsborough Community College 14.2 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
54 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 19 579 3.3% 2.1%
55 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh 14.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
56 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
57 Midland Beach 15.8 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
58 Bay County Park 19.0 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
59 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
60 Liberty SP 7.0 14 602 2.3% 1.4%
61 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
62 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
63 North Woodmere Park 15.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
64 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 2 45 4.4% 1.2%
65 Paerdegat Basin 11.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
66 Brighton Beach 14.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
67 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 6 255 2.4% 1.1%
68 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 3 99 3.0% 1.0%
69 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 4 208 1.9% 0.8%
70 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 4 218 1.8% 0.7%
71 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
72 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
73 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
74 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
75 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
76 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
77 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 2 139 1.4% 0.4%
78 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
79 Great Kills Park 18.0 2 140 1.4% 0.4%
80 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
81 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
82 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
83 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
84 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
85 River Barge Park 5.1 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
86 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
87 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 1 75 1.3% 0.2%
88 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
89 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
90 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 2 291 0.7% 0.2%
91 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 1 98 1.0% 0.2%
92 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
93 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 2 585 0.3% 0.1%
94 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 1 207 0.5% 0.1%
95 Miller Field 16.3 1 313 0.3% 0.1%
96 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 1069 0.1% 0.0%
97 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 1 1584 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.