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Where to find Least Tern in May
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 Least Tern in May. 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			Plumb Beach	14.0	596	915	65.1%	62.0%
2			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	54	74	73.0%	61.9%
3			Prospect Point	14.7	31	44	70.5%	55.8%
4			Nickerson Beach	23.3	228	421	54.2%	49.4%
5			Stehli Beach, Lattingtown	21.6	14	20	70.0%	48.1%
6			Sandy Hook	23.7	967	2381	40.6%	38.7%
7			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	18	34	52.9%	36.7%
8			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	493	1258	39.2%	36.5%
9			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	98	235	41.7%	35.6%
10			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	66	161	41.0%	33.7%
11			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	182	487	37.4%	33.2%
12			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	11	22	50.0%	30.7%
13			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	8	15	53.3%	30.1%
14			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	9	20	45.0%	25.8%
15			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	16	41	39.0%	25.7%
16			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	19	51	37.3%	25.3%
17			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	7	15	46.7%	24.8%
18			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	8	18	44.4%	24.6%
19			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	3	5	60.0%	23.1%
20			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	192	764	25.1%	22.2%
21			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	32	111	28.8%	21.2%
22			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
23			Nassau Country Club	19.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
24			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	11	32	34.4%	20.4%
25			Dead Horse Point	14.4	21	72	29.2%	19.9%
26			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	6	16	37.5%	18.5%
27			Richard W. DeKorte Park	7.1	363	1827	19.9%	18.1%
28			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	9	28	32.1%	17.9%
29			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	29	118	24.6%	17.7%
30			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	4	10	40.0%	16.8%
31			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	6	18	33.3%	16.3%
32			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh	8.8	26	125	20.8%	14.6%
33			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	13	56	23.2%	14.1%
34			Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail	7.0	21	119	17.6%	11.8%
35			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	26	155	16.8%	11.7%
36			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	9	42	21.4%	11.7%
37			River Rd. marshes and RR tracks	16.5	16	94	17.0%	10.8%
38			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	37	255	14.5%	10.7%
39			Fort Tilden	15.7	21	139	15.1%	10.1%
40			Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes	15.3	10	57	17.5%	9.8%
41			Baldwin Harbor Park	21.6	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
42			Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St.	15.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
43			Jamaica Bay, Black Wall Marsh	13.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
44			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	192	1892	10.1%	8.9%
45			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	42	369	11.4%	8.5%
46			Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)	15.9	2	7	28.6%	8.2%
47			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	70	749	9.3%	7.5%
48			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	73	804	9.1%	7.3%
49			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	10	77	13.0%	7.2%
50			Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club	15.6	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
51			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	18	167	10.8%	6.9%
52			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	5	32	15.6%	6.9%
53			Half Moon Bay and shoreline	13.3	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
54			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	5	34	14.7%	6.4%
55			Four Sparrow Marsh	12.9	4	25	16.0%	6.4%
56			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	11	98	11.2%	6.4%
57			Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.)	22.2	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
58			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	2	9	22.2%	6.3%
59			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	4	26	15.4%	6.1%
60			Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch	13.5	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
61			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West)	11.9	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
62			Broad Channel American Park	14.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
63			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	14	140	10.0%	6.1%
64			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	3	18	16.7%	5.8%
65			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	20	230	8.7%	5.7%
66			Joline Ave. Beach	23.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
67			Bay County Park	19.0	3	19	15.8%	5.5%
68			Meadowlands District IBA	6.5	13	141	9.2%	5.5%
69			Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive	22.9	14	157	8.9%	5.4%
70			Point Lookout	24.4	3	20	15.0%	5.2%
71			Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access	13.4	5	42	11.9%	5.2%
72			Dead Horse Bay, Marina	14.0	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
73			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	14	175	8.0%	4.8%
74			"Sandy Hook--Hudson Rd (""The Garden"", etc)"	21.9	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
75			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	4	33	12.1%	4.8%
76			Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)	17.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
77			Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course)	15.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
78			Pryibil Beach	19.7	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
79			Floyd Bennett Field--NE Corner	13.0	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
80			1-E Landfill (Restricted Access)	7.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
81			Great Kills Park--Education Field Station	18.4	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
82			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	4	35	11.4%	4.5%
83			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	9	106	8.5%	4.5%
84			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	21	325	6.5%	4.3%
85			Welwyn Preserve	18.5	5	52	9.6%	4.2%
86			Saw Mill Creek Trail	7.5	3	26	11.5%	4.0%
87			Miller Field--Beach	16.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
88			Crescent Beach Park	19.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
89			Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park	17.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
90			Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park)	7.3	5	60	8.3%	3.6%
91			Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)	8.0	14	241	5.8%	3.5%
92			Goethals Bridge Pond	15.2	4	48	8.3%	3.3%
93			Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.)	15.7	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
94			Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh	23.0	3	38	7.9%	2.7%
95			Spring Creek Park--Jamaica Bay shoreline	11.4	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
96			Lido West Town Park	22.1	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
97			Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh	13.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
98			Arbutus Lake	21.0	2	22	9.1%	2.5%
99			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
100			Ellis Rd., waterfront (Richmond Co.)	22.1	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
101			Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park	14.9	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
102			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	5	99	5.1%	2.2%
103			Great Kills Park	18.0	10	269	3.7%	2.0%
104			"Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court"""	21.7	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
105			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
106			Lincoln Park West	7.5	5	119	4.2%	1.8%
107			William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge	16.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
108			Long Beach Park	20.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
109			Seaside Wildlife Nature Park	19.0	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
110			Meadowlands IBA--Ballfield	6.8	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
111			Spanish Camp, Former	20.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
112			Centre Island Town Park	24.4	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
113			Matrix Global Logistics Park	16.1	3	64	4.7%	1.6%
114			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	2	37	5.4%	1.5%
115			Liberty SP	7.0	19	825	2.3%	1.5%
116			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	5	146	3.4%	1.5%
117			Rockaway Community Park	15.7	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
118			Upper New York Bay (Staten Island)	10.3	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
119			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	6	218	2.8%	1.3%
120			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
121			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
122			River Barge Park	5.1	4	134	3.0%	1.2%
123			Spring Creek Park	10.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
124			Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes	17.4	2	55	3.6%	1.0%
125			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	4	156	2.6%	1.0%
126			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	2	57	3.5%	1.0%
127			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	2	61	3.3%	0.9%
128			Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark	9.9	1	22	4.5%	0.8%
129			Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary	19.2	7	437	1.6%	0.8%
130			Tremley Point (Private/Restricted Access)	18.2	1	26	3.8%	0.7%
131			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ	20.4	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
132			Sheepshead Bay	13.8	1	27	3.7%	0.7%
133			Chelsea Rd. and Bloomfield Ave., wetlands	16.4	1	28	3.6%	0.6%
134			Canarsie Beach Park	11.3	2	89	2.2%	0.6%
135			Oakwood Beach	17.4	1	29	3.4%	0.6%
136			Laurel Hill Park	6.3	2	92	2.2%	0.6%
137			Freshkills Park	18.2	1	30	3.3%	0.6%
138			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
139			Coney Island Beach	14.5	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
140			North Woodmere Park	15.5	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
141			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point	4.5	2	109	1.8%	0.5%
142			Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh	4.5	3	211	1.4%	0.5%
143			Darlington Park	22.3	1	38	2.6%	0.5%
144			Disposal Rd.	7.7	2	123	1.6%	0.4%
145			Trap House	21.3	1	42	2.4%	0.4%
146			Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform	15.2	1	43	2.3%	0.4%
147			Old Place Creek--Kayak Access Site	15.5	1	50	2.0%	0.4%
148			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	2	168	1.2%	0.3%
149			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	1	85	1.2%	0.2%
150			Garvies Point Preserve	17.4	1	87	1.1%	0.2%
151			Richard A. Rutkowski Park	9.9	1	91	1.1%	0.2%
152			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	1	98	1.0%	0.2%
153			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	1	102	1.0%	0.2%
154			Stephen R. Gregg County Park	10.4	1	148	0.7%	0.1%
155			Conference House Park	24.5	1	184	0.5%	0.1%
156			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	1	199	0.5%	0.1%
157			Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn	9.0	2	2407	0.1%	0.0%
158			Forest Park	8.2	1	1147	0.1%	0.0%
159			Prospect Park	8.4	2	8052	0.0%	0.0%