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Where to find Black Tern in August
within 25 miles of New York City, United States

Black Tern
© Ian K Barker / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Black Tern 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 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point
6.7 26 1 45 46 161 28.6% 22.2%
2 DiDomenico Park Bayonne.
7.5 0 1 2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
3 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access)
8.7 1 1 6 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
4 Point View Reservoir
22.0 0 1 4 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
5 Sandy Hook
19.0 13 18 41 76 849 9.0% 7.2%
6 Prospect Point
18.8 0 4 1 4 24 16.7% 6.7%
7 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)
11.3 8 1 30 12 133 9.0% 5.2%
8 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
11.6 17 12 77 95 1709 5.6% 4.6%
9 Veterans Memorial Pier
5.4 1 2 5 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
10 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end
11.7 4 5 42 35 650 5.4% 3.9%
11 Point Lookout
24.1 0 1 3 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
12 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
11.5 8 10 50 48 971 4.9% 3.7%
13 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond
11.3 18 5 66 40 910 4.4% 3.2%
14 Pryibil Beach
23.7 0 1 1 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
15 Jacob Riis Park
12.3 0 5 6 5 88 5.7% 2.5%
16 Breezy Point Tip
11.9 5 5 7 9 208 4.3% 2.3%
17 Sandy Hook--North End
16.4 4 5 8 12 307 3.9% 2.2%
18 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St)
2.6 0 1 2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
19 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach
9.8 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
20 Old Glory Lookout, The Narrows (80th St. Overpass & vicinity)
6.1 0 1 1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
21 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula
4.9 0 3 3 4 98 4.1% 1.6%
22 Lake Tappan
21.5 0 1 1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
23 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end
11.1 4 5 16 10 443 2.3% 1.2%
24 Stephen R. Gregg County Park
6.1 1 1 3 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
25 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4
4.8 0 1 1 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
26 Raritan Bay Waterfront Park & Morgan Avenue Mudflats
21.4 1 4 7 5 252 2.0% 0.9%
27 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion
17.1 1 1 1 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
28 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond
16.8 0 2 2 2 74 2.7% 0.7%
29 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area
7.2 0 1 1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
30 Columbia University, Nevis Laboratories Environs
22.8 0 1 1 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
31 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands
15.9 1 1 1 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
32 Cedar Grove Beach
11.9 0 1 1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
33 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches
19.7 0 1 1 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
34 Fort Tilden
12.3 0 2 2 2 103 1.9% 0.5%
35 River Barge Park
7.0 0 1 2 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
36 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline
7.3 1 1 1 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
37 Wolfe's Pond Park
16.8 0 2 3 3 206 1.5% 0.5%
38 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.)
7.6 0 1 1 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
39 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park
8.8 0 1 1 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
40 Plumb Beach
10.3 7 6 11 11 1360 0.8% 0.5%
41 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay
3.4 0 1 1 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
42 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods
17.7 0 1 1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
43 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)
16.9 0 1 1 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
44 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary
24.9 0 2 4 3 294 1.0% 0.3%
45 Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina
11.4 1 1 1 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
46 Flushing Meadows Corona Park
8.8 0 1 1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
47 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park
9.9 0 1 1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
48 Sandy Hook--Plum Island
21.3 0 1 1 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
49 Nickerson Beach
22.9 1 2 2 2 193 1.0% 0.3%
50 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock
11.2 1 1 1 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
51 Old Bridge Waterfront Park
21.7 1 1 1 1 82 1.2% 0.2%
52 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson
20.6 0 1 1 1 95 1.1% 0.2%
53 Prospect Park
4.2 1 2 8 9 2691 0.3% 0.2%
54 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake
8.8 0 1 1 1 104 1.0% 0.2%
55 Piermont Pier
23.4 0 2 4 3 876 0.3% 0.1%
56 The Landing, Dobbs Ferry
22.1 0 1 1 1 154 0.6% 0.1%
57 Liberty SP
2.4 0 2 1 2 508 0.4% 0.1%
58 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake
4.5 0 1 1 1 174 0.6% 0.1%
59 Great Swamp NWR
23.9 0 1 1 1 223 0.4% 0.1%
60 Hempstead Lake SP--south end
18.9 0 1 1 1 265 0.4% 0.1%
61 The Celery Farm
23.1 0 2 2 2 922 0.2% 0.1%
62 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)
1.9 0 1 1 1 441 0.2% 0.0%
63 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park
9.1 0 1 2 1 515 0.2% 0.0%
64 Floyd Bennett Field
10.3 1 1 3 1 522 0.2% 0.0%
65 Inwood Hill Park
11.7 1 1 3 1 945 0.1% 0.0%
66 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 0 1 1 1 1324 0.1% 0.0%
67 Richard W. DeKorte Park
6.9 0 1 1 1 1922 0.1% 0.0%