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Where to find Forster's Tern in June
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 June. 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 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 979 1199 81.7% 79.4%
2 Little Neck Bay, Marsh 11.5 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
3 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 26 35 74.3% 57.9%
4 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
5 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 487 878 55.5% 52.2%
6 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 95 166 57.2% 49.6%
7 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 44 79 55.7% 44.7%
8 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 187 390 47.9% 43.0%
9 Plumb Beach 14.0 285 607 47.0% 43.0%
10 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 227 487 46.6% 42.2%
11 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
12 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 28 54 51.9% 38.9%
13 Shellbank Basin 11.0 10 16 62.5% 38.6%
14 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
15 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 31 68 45.6% 34.3%
16 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 163 433 37.6% 33.2%
17 Bay County Park 19.0 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
18 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 34 80 42.5% 32.3%
19 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 19 41 46.3% 32.1%
20 Hempstead Lake SP--north end 18.3 27 62 43.5% 31.9%
21 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
22 Canarsie Pier 11.4 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
23 BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn) 13.2 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
24 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 76 211 36.0% 29.8%
25 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 31 80 38.8% 28.8%
26 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 31 82 37.8% 28.1%
27 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
28 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 24 67 35.8% 25.4%
29 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 8 19 42.1% 23.1%
30 Baldwin Harbor Park 21.6 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
31 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
32 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 196 761 25.8% 22.8%
33 Paerdegat Basin 11.5 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
34 River Barge Park 5.1 24 80 30.0% 21.1%
35 Tribute Park, Beach Channel Drive 15.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
36 The Narrows (Staten Island) 12.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
37 Hawtree Creek 11.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
38 Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd. 11.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
39 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
40 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--Duck Creek 14.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
41 Bard Ave. Waterfront 12.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
42 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 16 51 31.4% 20.3%
43 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 7 18 38.9% 20.3%
44 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 13 41 31.7% 19.6%
45 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
46 Dead Horse Point 14.4 23 84 27.4% 19.0%
47 Great Neck Estates Park 11.4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
48 Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline 11.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
49 Prospect Point 14.7 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
50 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
51 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
52 St. George Ferry Terminal 11.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
53 Powells Cove Park 6.9 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
54 Sandy Hook 23.7 81 396 20.5% 16.8%
55 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 19 76 25.0% 16.6%
56 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
57 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
58 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 30 134 22.4% 16.2%
59 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
60 Parsonage Island, Oceanside 21.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
61 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 10 38 26.3% 15.0%
62 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 26 124 21.0% 14.7%
63 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
64 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
65 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 38 207 18.4% 13.7%
66 Twin Lakes Preserve 24.7 15 69 21.7% 13.6%
67 Liberty SP 7.0 60 371 16.2% 12.8%
68 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 10 45 22.2% 12.5%
69 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
70 Dead Horse Bay, Marina 14.0 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
71 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
72 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
73 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 6 25 24.0% 11.5%
74 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
75 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
76 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
77 Alley Pond Park--Alley Creek 11.3 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
78 Great Kills Park 18.0 29 199 14.6% 10.3%
79 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 16 98 16.3% 10.3%
80 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 22 152 14.5% 9.8%
81 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
82 Broad Channel American Park 14.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
83 Freshkills Park--North Mound 17.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge--Travis Ave. bridge 16.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Bay Walk Park 14.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
86 Hamilton Beach (Queens Co.) 11.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
87 Bayswater Park 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
88 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
89 Spring Creek, Fountain Ave. (Brooklyn) 10.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
90 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh 14.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
91 Norton Basin Natural Resource Area 16.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
92 Staten Island Zoo 13.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
93 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 12 75 16.0% 9.4%
94 Lincoln Park West 7.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
95 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 6 32 18.8% 8.9%
96 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 5 25 20.0% 8.9%
97 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 13 88 14.8% 8.8%
98 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 20 151 13.2% 8.7%
99 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 10 66 15.2% 8.4%
100 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
101 Great Neck Estates Wildlife Sanctuary 11.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
102 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 7 43 16.3% 8.1%
103 Nickerson Beach 23.3 119 1259 9.5% 8.0%
104 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
105 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
106 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 6 40 15.0% 7.1%
107 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
108 Oakwood Beach 17.4 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
109 Fort Tilden 15.7 14 127 11.0% 6.7%
110 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
111 Udalls Cove Park Preserve 11.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
112 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 7 53 13.2% 6.5%
113 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 37 440 8.4% 6.2%
114 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
115 Silver Lake Park (Nassau Co.) 20.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
116 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
117 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
118 Meadowlands--Cromakill Creek Marsh 3.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
119 Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner 13.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
120 Society Hill Walkway--Droyer's Point 8.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
121 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
122 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 6 46 13.0% 6.1%
123 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
124 Eisenhower Park 21.0 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
125 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
126 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 9 87 10.3% 5.5%
127 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
128 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 4 29 13.8% 5.5%
129 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 7 64 10.9% 5.4%
130 Coney Island Pier 14.6 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
131 North Woodmere Park 15.5 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
132 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 3 20 15.0% 5.2%
133 Cedarmere Preserve 16.9 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
134 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
135 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 8 84 9.5% 4.9%
136 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
137 Hendrix Creek 10.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
138 Bayside Marina (Queens Co.) 10.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
139 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
140 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach 14.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
141 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
142 Idlewild Park 14.1 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
143 Brookfield Park 18.2 5 50 10.0% 4.3%
144 Baisley Pond Park 11.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
145 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 6 66 9.1% 4.2%
146 Arbutus Lake 21.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
147 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 5 55 9.1% 3.9%
148 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
149 Cammanns Pond Park 23.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
150 Meadowlands--Richard Kane Natural Area (restricted access) 4.9 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
151 Point Lookout 24.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
152 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
153 Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park 17.5 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
154 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
155 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
156 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 6 84 7.1% 3.3%
157 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
158 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 22 447 4.9% 3.3%
159 Owls Head Park 10.3 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
160 Pier 44 Waterfront Garden 7.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
161 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
162 Mill Pond, Port Washington 14.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
163 Dubos Point 15.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
164 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
165 Arthur J. Hendrickson Park 16.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
166 Lister Park 18.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
167 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
168 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
169 Five Islands Park 13.9 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
170 Conference House Park 24.5 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
171 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn) 7.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
172 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
173 Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd. 22.0 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
174 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve 13.2 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
175 Riis Landing 15.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
176 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
177 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
178 Udall's Mill Pond 11.5 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
179 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 4 68 5.9% 2.3%
180 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 7 150 4.7% 2.3%
181 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 4 69 5.8% 2.3%
182 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
183 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
184 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
185 Disposal Rd. 7.7 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
186 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
187 Brookville Park 14.3 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
188 Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook 8.0 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
189 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
190 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.) 17.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
191 Sandy Hook--Atlantic Drive 22.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
192 Olympia Blvd. Pond 15.6 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
193 Gerritsen Beach--Shell Bank Creek 13.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
194 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
195 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 4 Beach 6.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
196 Swinburne Island 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
197 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
198 Spanish Camp, Former 20.7 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
199 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
200 Glen Island Park 12.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
201 Ellis Island (NJ) 6.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
202 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
203 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
204 Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park 14.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
205 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
206 Long Beach Park 20.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
207 Richmond Creek 18.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
208 Coney Island Beach 14.5 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
209 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 2 40 5.0% 1.4%
210 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
211 South Ferry incl. Staten I. + Gov. I. Ferry Terminals 6.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
212 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
213 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Porpoise Bridge 6.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
214 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
215 Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove 10.1 2 49 4.1% 1.1%
216 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
217 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
218 Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier 7.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
219 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
220 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
221 Garden City (Nassau Co.) 17.7 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
222 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
223 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
224 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 3 99 3.0% 1.0%
225 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
226 Newark Liberty International Airport 12.8 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
227 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
228 Meadowlands IBA--Skeetkill Marsh 4.1 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
229 Nassau County Stormwater Basin No. 21 14.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
230 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
231 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
232 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
233 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
234 Saw Mill Creek Marsh 16.7 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
235 Garvies Point Preserve 17.4 1 28 3.6% 0.6%
236 Cunningham Park 10.8 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
237 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 3 172 1.7% 0.6%
238 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
239 Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site 15.5 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
240 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
241 Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access) 18.2 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
242 Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes 17.4 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
243 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
244 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
245 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
246 Miller Field 16.3 1 88 1.1% 0.2%
247 Alley Pond Park 11.9 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
248 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 1 108 0.9% 0.2%
249 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 2 395 0.5% 0.1%
250 Prospect Park 8.4 4 1193 0.3% 0.1%
251 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 178 0.6% 0.1%
252 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 411 0.2% 0.0%