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Where to find Forster's Tern in April
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 April. 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			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	284	439	64.7%	60.1%
2			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	34	46	73.9%	59.7%
3			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	25	44	56.8%	42.2%
4			Meadowlands IBA--Sawmill Creek mudflats (Hudson Co)	7.7	6	9	66.7%	35.4%
5			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	423	1116	37.9%	35.1%
6			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	409	1153	35.5%	32.8%
7			Plumb Beach	14.0	111	291	38.1%	32.8%
8			Freshkills Park	18.2	6	10	60.0%	31.3%
9			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	280	816	34.3%	31.1%
10			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	256	814	31.4%	28.4%
11			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	133	419	31.7%	27.5%
12			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	28	77	36.4%	26.5%
13			Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill)	10.7	19	58	32.8%	22.1%
14			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
15			Great Neck Estates Park	11.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
16			Norton Basin Natural Resource Area	16.1	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
17			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	22	77	28.6%	19.7%
18			Jones Beach Bay Islands	24.8	7	19	36.8%	19.1%
19			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	13	42	31.0%	19.1%
20			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	17	59	28.8%	18.8%
21			Spring Creek Park	10.9	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
22			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	9	28	32.1%	17.9%
23			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	132	690	19.1%	16.4%
24			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
25			River Barge Park	5.1	20	84	23.8%	16.0%
26			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	34	162	21.0%	15.4%
27			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	25	115	21.7%	15.2%
28			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
29			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	2	4	50.0%	15.0%
30			Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd.	14.3	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
31			Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon	10.9	7	27	25.9%	13.2%
32			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
33			Sandy Hook	23.7	198	1500	13.2%	11.6%
34			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	9	43	20.9%	11.4%
35			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	25	153	16.3%	11.3%
36			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	10	51	19.6%	11.0%
37			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	69	506	13.6%	10.9%
38			Point Lookout	24.4	11	59	18.6%	10.7%
39			Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek	11.3	16	95	16.8%	10.6%
40			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	5	21	23.8%	10.6%
41			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	14	83	16.9%	10.3%
42			Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline	11.4	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
43			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	12	74	16.2%	9.5%
44			Clason Point	6.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
45			Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd.	11.1	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
46			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	5	26	19.2%	8.5%
47			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	19	147	12.9%	8.4%
48			Hempstead Lake SP--north end	18.3	8	50	16.0%	8.3%
49			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	5	27	18.5%	8.2%
50			Dubos Point	15.5	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
51			Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch	13.5	4	20	20.0%	8.1%
52			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	34	323	10.5%	7.6%
53			Port Liberte	8.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
54			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	12	103	11.7%	6.8%
55			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	17	161	10.6%	6.7%
56			Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes	15.3	10	84	11.9%	6.6%
57			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	9	74	12.2%	6.5%
58			Leeds Pond Preserve	14.1	8	64	12.5%	6.5%
59			Brookfield Park	18.2	7	54	13.0%	6.4%
60			Great Neck Estates Wildlife Sanctuary	11.6	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
61			Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway	10.2	5	35	14.3%	6.3%
62			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	11	100	11.0%	6.3%
63			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	13	125	10.4%	6.2%
64			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
65			Freshkills Park--East Mound	17.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
66			Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck	10.1	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
67			Plandome Heights Preserve	13.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
68			Little Neck Bay, Marsh	11.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
69			Broad Channel American Park	14.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
70			Pelham Bay Park--Bartow-Pell Mansion	10.5	4	27	14.8%	5.9%
71			Nickerson Beach	23.3	13	134	9.7%	5.8%
72			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	28	343	8.2%	5.7%
73			William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge--Travis Ave. bridge	16.7	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
74			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	18	208	8.7%	5.5%
75			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	4	32	12.5%	5.0%
76			Liberty SP	7.0	45	688	6.5%	4.9%
77			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	14	178	7.9%	4.7%
78			Sound View Park	5.4	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
79			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	4	34	11.8%	4.7%
80			Bay County Park	19.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
81			Shell Creek Park	20.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
82			Hendrix Creek	10.4	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
83			Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve	13.2	3	25	12.0%	4.2%
84			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	4	41	9.8%	3.9%
85			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
86			Disposal Rd.	7.7	9	131	6.9%	3.7%
87			Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)	15.7	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
88			Anderson Creek Marsh	6.1	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
89			BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn)	13.2	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
90			Bayside Marina (Queens Co.)	10.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
91			1-E Landfill (Restricted Access)	7.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
92			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	3	29	10.3%	3.6%
93			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	11	194	5.7%	3.2%
94			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	3	33	9.1%	3.1%
95			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	5	69	7.2%	3.1%
96			Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area	4.5	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
97			Udalls Cove Park Preserve	11.6	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
98			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	6	91	6.6%	3.1%
99			Seaside Wildlife Nature Park	19.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
100			Paerdegat Basin	11.5	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
101			Cedarmere Preserve	16.9	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
102			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
103			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	8	146	5.5%	2.8%
104			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	16	372	4.3%	2.7%
105			Pelham Bay Park--Bridle Path around golf courses	10.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
106			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
107			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
108			Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ	13.9	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
109			Spring Creek, Fountain Ave. (Brooklyn)	10.2	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
110			Arbutus Lake	21.0	3	44	6.8%	2.3%
111			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	3	46	6.5%	2.2%
112			Dosoris Pond, Glen Cove	19.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
113			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	3	47	6.4%	2.2%
114			Dead Horse Point	14.4	3	47	6.4%	2.2%
115			Great Kills Park	18.0	9	220	4.1%	2.2%
116			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	5	100	5.0%	2.2%
117			Coney Island Pier	14.6	2	27	7.4%	2.1%
118			Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn)	7.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
119			Meadowlands--Cromakill Creek Marsh	3.8	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
120			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
121			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	3	53	5.7%	1.9%
122			Oakwood Beach	17.4	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
123			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	4	83	4.8%	1.9%
124			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Porpoise Bridge	6.9	2	30	6.7%	1.8%
125			Fort Tilden	15.7	5	118	4.2%	1.8%
126			Flushing Airport	6.9	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
127			Fort Washington Park--Dyckman St. Boat Marina	6.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
128			Carteret Waterfront Park	19.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
129			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake	8.0	6	160	3.8%	1.7%
130			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	5	128	3.9%	1.7%
131			Baisley Pond Park	11.9	2	34	5.9%	1.6%
132			Bluebelt Stormwater Mgmt Facility, Springfield Gardens	13.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
133			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meridian Rd. Circle (Museum, Unisphere etc.)	6.9	2	35	5.7%	1.6%
134			Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island	11.4	6	175	3.4%	1.6%
135			Joline Ave. Beach	23.9	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
136			Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy	10.9	2	38	5.3%	1.5%
137			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	3	74	4.1%	1.4%
138			Shellbank Basin	11.0	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
139			Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.)	23.6	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
140			Springfield Park	13.6	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
141			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	13	602	2.2%	1.3%
142			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	2	44	4.5%	1.3%
143			Canarsie Pier	11.4	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
144			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	2	47	4.3%	1.2%
145			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	3	88	3.4%	1.2%
146			Saw Mill Creek Marsh	16.7	2	50	4.0%	1.1%
147			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	2	54	3.7%	1.0%
148			Mill Pond, Port Washington	14.5	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
149			Udall's Mill Pond	11.5	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
150			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	1	18	5.6%	1.0%
151			Prospect Point	14.7	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
152			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
153			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
154			Cemetery of the Resurrection	22.3	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
155			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
156			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
157			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
158			Twin Lakes Preserve	24.7	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
159			Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area	18.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
160			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	14	1052	1.3%	0.8%
161			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	2	74	2.7%	0.7%
162			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	2	75	2.7%	0.7%
163			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	2	78	2.6%	0.7%
164			Idlewild Park	14.1	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
165			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	2	90	2.2%	0.6%
166			Five Islands Park	13.9	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
167			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
168			Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh	4.1	1	33	3.0%	0.5%
169			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
170			Trap House	21.3	1	41	2.4%	0.4%
171			Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site	15.5	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
172			Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform	15.2	1	46	2.2%	0.4%
173			Garvies Point Preserve	17.4	1	47	2.1%	0.4%
174			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	1	55	1.8%	0.3%
175			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	2	174	1.1%	0.3%
176			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	2	183	1.1%	0.3%
177			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	1	67	1.5%	0.3%
178			Neck Creek Preserve	17.4	1	70	1.4%	0.3%
179			Brookville Park	14.3	1	71	1.4%	0.2%
180			Flushing Meadows Corona Park	7.2	1	74	1.4%	0.2%
181			Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water	9.2	1	77	1.3%	0.2%
182			Blue Heron Park	20.6	1	80	1.2%	0.2%
183			Lake Tappan	16.9	1	80	1.2%	0.2%
184			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	1	82	1.2%	0.2%
185			Bridge Creek, Western Ave.	15.3	1	84	1.2%	0.2%
186			Kissena Park	8.6	2	270	0.7%	0.2%
187			Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd.	22.0	1	98	1.0%	0.2%
188			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	1	130	0.8%	0.1%
189			Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park	5.5	1	135	0.7%	0.1%
190			Conference House Park	24.5	1	183	0.5%	0.1%
191			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	5	2294	0.2%	0.1%
192			Piermont Pier	18.4	1	230	0.4%	0.1%
193			Prospect Park	8.4	8	7240	0.1%	0.1%
194			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	1	317	0.3%	0.1%
195			Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond	22.5	1	481	0.2%	0.0%
196			Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake	10.9	1	499	0.2%	0.0%