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Where to find Forster's Tern in October
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 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 50 60 83.3% 72.0%
2 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 37 62 59.7% 47.3%
3 Point Lookout--East Marina 23.8 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
4 Coney Island Pier 14.6 15 26 57.7% 38.9%
5 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
6 Plumb Beach 14.0 231 605 38.2% 34.4%
7 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd. 11.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
8 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
9 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 60 152 39.5% 32.1%
10 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
11 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
12 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 23 60 38.3% 27.1%
13 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
14 Coney Island Beach 14.5 34 97 35.1% 26.3%
15 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
16 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
17 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
18 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 17 56 30.4% 19.9%
19 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 29 110 26.4% 19.0%
20 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 8 23 34.8% 18.8%
21 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 38 160 23.8% 17.8%
22 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 145 740 19.6% 16.9%
23 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
24 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 24 105 22.9% 15.9%
25 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
26 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 7 23 30.4% 15.6%
27 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 8 28 28.6% 15.3%
28 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 5 15 33.3% 15.2%
29 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
30 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
31 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
32 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
33 Fort Tilden 15.7 54 330 16.4% 12.8%
34 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 32 184 17.4% 12.6%
35 Dead Horse Point 14.4 15 76 19.7% 12.3%
36 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 18 96 18.8% 12.2%
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 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
40 Point Lookout 24.4 12 63 19.0% 11.2%
41 Midland Beach 15.8 12 63 19.0% 11.2%
42 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 11 57 19.3% 11.1%
43 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
44 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
45 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
46 Bergen Beach 12.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
47 Manhasset Bay 13.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
48 Hamilton Beach (Queens Co.) 11.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
49 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
50 Gravesend Bay 13.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
51 Sandy Hook 23.7 173 1737 10.0% 8.6%
52 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 8 50 16.0% 8.3%
53 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 33 298 11.1% 8.0%
54 Nickerson Beach 23.3 15 121 12.4% 7.7%
55 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 52 600 8.7% 6.7%
56 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 6 44 13.6% 6.4%
57 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 14 133 10.5% 6.4%
58 Great Neck Estates Park 11.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
59 LIRR Douglaston Station 11.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
60 Wantagh Parkway, trails (Jerusalem Ave. to Park Ave.) 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
62 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
63 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
64 Great Kills Park 18.0 11 110 10.0% 5.7%
65 Bar Beach Town Park 16.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
66 Mill Pond, Port Washington 14.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
67 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
68 Riverside Park--79th St. Boat Basin 1.0 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
69 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 3 21 14.3% 5.0%
70 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
71 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
72 Alice Austen Park 12.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
73 Town Dock Park, Port Washington 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
74 Little Neck Bay, Marsh 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
75 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 5 48 10.4% 4.5%
76 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 10 122 8.2% 4.5%
77 Fort Totten Park 10.0 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
78 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 13 204 6.4% 3.8%
79 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
80 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
81 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
82 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 5 60 8.3% 3.6%
83 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
84 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
85 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 3 33 9.1% 3.1%
86 Ferry Point Park 7.1 4 51 7.8% 3.1%
87 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
88 Sandy Hook--Gunnison Lot 22.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
89 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
90 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
91 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 10 186 5.4% 2.9%
92 Prospect Point 14.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
93 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
94 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
95 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 7 121 5.8% 2.8%
96 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 3 38 7.9% 2.7%
97 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
98 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
99 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
100 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
101 Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Trail, May Newburger Cove 16.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
102 Ocean Breeze Park 14.7 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
103 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
104 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
105 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 12 301 4.0% 2.3%
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 Main St. Park (Brooklyn) 5.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
109 Conference House Park 24.5 7 153 4.6% 2.2%
110 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
111 Playland Lake 20.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
112 Riis Landing 15.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
113 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
114 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
115 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
116 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 25 914 2.7% 1.9%
117 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
118 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
119 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 6 171 3.5% 1.6%
120 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 20 822 2.4% 1.6%
121 Roslyn Pond Town Park 16.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
122 Pryibil Beach 19.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
123 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
124 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
125 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
126 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
127 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
128 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 12 512 2.3% 1.3%
129 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 6 206 2.9% 1.3%
130 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 4 119 3.4% 1.3%
131 Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon 10.9 2 46 4.3% 1.2%
132 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 11 551 2.0% 1.1%
133 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 3 94 3.2% 1.1%
134 Randalls Island 2.4 10 508 2.0% 1.1%
135 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 4 152 2.6% 1.0%
136 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
137 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 3 103 2.9% 1.0%
138 Pier 44 Waterfront Garden 7.8 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
139 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 10 572 1.7% 1.0%
140 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
141 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
142 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
143 Miller Field 16.3 4 224 1.8% 0.7%
144 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 3 155 1.9% 0.7%
145 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
146 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 2 84 2.4% 0.7%
147 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 3 160 1.9% 0.6%
148 Mill Creek 23.1 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
149 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 2 97 2.1% 0.6%
150 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.) 6.9 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
151 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 2 107 1.9% 0.5%
152 Lake Tappan 16.9 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
153 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
154 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 2 121 1.7% 0.5%
155 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson 15.6 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
156 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
157 Liberty SP 7.0 5 520 1.0% 0.4%
158 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
159 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
160 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
161 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 1 70 1.4% 0.3%
162 Riverside Park--South of 96th St. 1.0 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
163 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
164 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 1 90 1.1% 0.2%
165 Riverside Park--North of 96th St. 1.8 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
166 Astoria Park 2.3 1 137 0.7% 0.1%
167 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 137 0.7% 0.1%
168 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 2 505 0.4% 0.1%
169 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 1 166 0.6% 0.1%
170 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 169 0.6% 0.1%
171 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 1 224 0.4% 0.1%
172 Overpeck County Park 6.2 1 239 0.4% 0.1%
173 Prospect Park 8.4 1 3473 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.