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Where to find Forster's Tern in October
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 Forster's Tern in October. 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 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 54 66 81.8% 70.9%
2 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 39 69 56.5% 44.8%
3 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 45 91 49.5% 39.4%
4 Coney Island Pier 14.6 15 27 55.6% 37.3%
5 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
6 Plumb Beach 14.0 253 665 38.0% 34.4%
7 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
8 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
9 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 64 170 37.6% 30.7%
10 Coney Island Beach 14.5 38 106 35.8% 27.4%
11 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 24 64 37.5% 26.7%
12 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
13 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 19 64 29.7% 19.9%
14 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
15 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 31 116 26.7% 19.5%
16 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
17 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
18 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
19 Point Lookout--East Marina 23.8 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
20 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 5 13 38.5% 17.7%
21 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 41 179 22.9% 17.4%
22 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
23 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 26 110 23.6% 16.7%
24 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 148 778 19.0% 16.4%
25 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
26 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
27 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
28 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
29 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
30 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 21 101 20.8% 14.0%
31 Kingsborough Community College 14.2 7 26 26.9% 13.7%
32 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
33 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 8 31 25.8% 13.7%
34 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
35 Fort Tilden 15.7 62 362 17.1% 13.6%
36 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
37 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
38 Staten Island 9/11 Memorial Site 10.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
39 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd. 11.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
40 Dead Horse Point 14.4 15 80 18.8% 11.7%
41 Point Lookout 24.4 13 67 19.4% 11.7%
42 Midland Beach 15.8 13 67 19.4% 11.7%
43 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 32 203 15.8% 11.4%
44 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
45 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
46 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
47 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 11 65 16.9% 9.7%
48 Manhasset Bay 13.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
50 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 37 313 11.8% 8.7%
51 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
52 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
53 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
54 Gravesend Bay 13.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
55 Sandy Hook 23.7 178 1905 9.3% 8.1%
56 Nickerson Beach 23.3 16 128 12.5% 7.8%
57 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
58 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 28 261 10.7% 7.5%
59 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 61 658 9.3% 7.3%
60 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
61 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
62 Bergen Beach 12.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
63 Wantagh Parkway, trails (Jerusalem Ave. to Park Ave.) 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
64 Hamilton Beach (Queens Co.) 11.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
65 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 14 147 9.5% 5.8%
66 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 14 148 9.5% 5.7%
67 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
68 Bar Beach Town Park 16.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
69 Mill Pond, Port Washington 14.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
70 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 7 62 11.3% 5.6%
71 Great Kills Park 18.0 12 130 9.2% 5.4%
72 Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin 1.0 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
73 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
74 Alice Austen Park 12.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
75 Town Dock Park, Port Washington 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
76 LIRR Douglaston Station 11.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
77 Little Neck Bay, Marsh 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
78 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
79 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 3 24 12.5% 4.3%
80 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
81 Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l) 17.6 6 66 9.1% 4.2%
82 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
83 Ferry Point Park 7.1 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
84 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
85 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
86 Great Neck Estates Park 11.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
87 McGuire Fields 11.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
88 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
89 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
90 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 5 61 8.2% 3.6%
91 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 10 156 6.4% 3.5%
92 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
93 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 17 361 4.7% 3.0%
94 Prospect Point 14.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
95 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 11 212 5.2% 2.9%
96 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
97 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 8 149 5.4% 2.7%
98 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
99 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
100 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
101 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
102 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 11.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
103 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 3 41 7.3% 2.5%
104 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
105 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
106 Canarsie Pier 11.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
107 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
108 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 3 47 6.4% 2.2%
109 Fort Totten Park 10.0 4 72 5.6% 2.2%
110 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
111 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 3 51 5.9% 2.0%
112 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
113 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 3 52 5.8% 2.0%
114 Conference House Park 24.5 7 179 3.9% 1.9%
115 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
116 Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove 16.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
117 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
118 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
119 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
120 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 25 975 2.6% 1.7%
121 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 7 206 3.4% 1.7%
122 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
123 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
124 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
125 Riis Landing 15.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
126 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 21 924 2.3% 1.5%
127 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
128 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
129 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
130 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 13 584 2.2% 1.3%
131 Ocean Breeze Park 14.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
132 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 7 270 2.6% 1.3%
133 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
134 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
135 Randalls Island 2.4 11 545 2.0% 1.1%
136 Pryibil Beach 19.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
137 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 12 633 1.9% 1.1%
138 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 3 100 3.0% 1.0%
139 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
140 Miller Field 16.3 5 228 2.2% 0.9%
141 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 4 176 2.3% 0.9%
142 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 3 119 2.5% 0.9%
143 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 10 679 1.5% 0.8%
144 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
145 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
146 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
147 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
148 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 3 159 1.9% 0.6%
149 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 2 88 2.3% 0.6%
150 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 3 164 1.8% 0.6%
151 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
152 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 95 2.1% 0.6%
153 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
154 Mill Creek 23.1 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
155 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 2 102 2.0% 0.5%
156 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
157 Lake Tappan 16.9 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
158 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 2 114 1.8% 0.5%
159 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
160 Liberty SP 7.0 6 638 0.9% 0.4%
161 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 2 129 1.6% 0.4%
162 Pier 44 Waterfront Garden 7.8 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
163 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson 15.6 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
164 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
165 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
166 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 1 51 2.0% 0.3%
167 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
168 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 2 190 1.1% 0.3%
169 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 1 73 1.4% 0.2%
170 Riverside Park--South of 96th St. 1.0 1 85 1.2% 0.2%
171 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
172 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 103 1.0% 0.2%
173 Riverside Park--North of 96th St. 1.8 1 115 0.9% 0.2%
174 Astoria Park 2.3 1 146 0.7% 0.1%
175 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 148 0.7% 0.1%
176 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 2 508 0.4% 0.1%
177 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 181 0.6% 0.1%
178 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 1 246 0.4% 0.1%
179 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 268 0.4% 0.1%
180 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 406 0.2% 0.0%
181 Prospect Park 8.4 1 4109 0.0% 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.