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Where to find Least Tern in July
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 July. 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 14.0 664 745 89.1% 86.7%
2 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 20 22 90.9% 72.2%
3 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 130 168 77.4% 70.5%
4 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 33 40 82.5% 68.0%
5 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 39 49 79.6% 66.4%
6 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 95 134 70.9% 62.7%
7 Sandy Hook 23.7 237 357 66.4% 61.3%
8 Prospect Point 14.7 20 25 80.0% 60.9%
9 Nickerson Beach 23.3 272 447 60.9% 56.3%
10 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 671 1140 58.9% 56.0%
11 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 138 244 56.6% 50.3%
12 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
13 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 654 1377 47.5% 44.9%
14 Coney Island Pier 14.6 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
15 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 471 1084 43.5% 40.5%
16 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 46 94 48.9% 39.1%
17 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 71 162 43.8% 36.4%
18 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 27 55 49.1% 36.4%
19 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
20 Silver Point County Park 17.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
21 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
22 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
23 Pryibil Beach 19.7 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
24 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
25 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 23 49 46.9% 33.7%
26 Fort Tilden 15.7 46 108 42.6% 33.7%
27 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 191 525 36.4% 32.4%
28 Dead Horse Point 14.4 34 80 42.5% 32.3%
29 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
30 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
31 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
32 Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh 14.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
33 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 14 31 45.2% 29.2%
34 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 25 63 39.7% 28.5%
35 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 136 441 30.8% 26.7%
36 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
37 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 13 32 40.6% 25.5%
38 Oceanside Park 21.1 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
39 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 141 491 28.7% 24.9%
40 Conference House Park 24.5 22 62 35.5% 24.7%
41 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 53 170 31.2% 24.7%
42 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 18 49 36.7% 24.7%
43 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
44 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 53 177 29.9% 23.7%
45 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 71 248 28.6% 23.4%
46 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
47 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 18 52 34.6% 23.2%
48 Marine Parkway Bridge (Queens Co.) 15.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
49 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
50 Point Lookout 24.4 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
51 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 9 24 37.5% 21.2%
52 Crescent Beach Park 19.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
53 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
54 Tottenville Marina 23.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel 22.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 62 243 25.5% 20.4%
57 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 14 45 31.1% 19.5%
58 Arbutus Lake 21.0 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
59 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 11 37 29.7% 17.5%
60 Four Sparrow Marsh 12.9 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
61 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 15 56 26.8% 17.0%
62 Great Kills Park 18.0 33 150 22.0% 16.1%
63 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 23 102 22.5% 15.5%
64 Bergen Beach 12.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
65 Canarsie Pier 11.4 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
66 Freeport's Nautical Mile 22.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
67 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
68 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 16 72 22.2% 14.2%
69 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 13 61 21.3% 12.9%
70 Edgemere Landfill (restricted access) 15.6 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
71 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
72 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 11.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
73 Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn) 16.4 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
74 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 7 32 21.9% 11.0%
75 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
76 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 4 15 26.7% 10.9%
77 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
78 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 7 33 21.2% 10.7%
79 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 7 34 20.6% 10.3%
80 Gravesend Bay 13.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Sea Cliff Beach 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.) 15.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Point Lookout--East Marina 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Oyster Bay Marine Center (Sagamore Yacht Club) 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
86 Paerdegat Basin Natural Area and Ecology Park 11.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
87 North Woodmere Park 15.5 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
88 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
89 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
90 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
91 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 5 27 18.5% 8.2%
92 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
93 River Rd. marshes and RR tracks 16.5 8 52 15.4% 8.0%
94 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
95 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 7 45 15.6% 7.7%
96 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 9 63 14.3% 7.7%
97 Coney Island Creek 13.9 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
98 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 11 87 12.6% 7.2%
99 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
100 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
101 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 36 392 9.2% 6.7%
102 Essex County Riverfront Park in Newark 9.9 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
103 Midland Beach 15.8 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
104 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
105 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 7 55 12.7% 6.3%
106 Floyd Bennett Field--North Forty Preserve 13.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
107 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
108 Marine Parkway Bridge (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
109 Rockaway Community Park 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
110 Centre Island Town Park 24.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
111 Rockaway Beach--W of Cross Bay Blvd 15.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
112 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
113 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
114 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
115 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
116 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
117 Shellbank Basin 11.0 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
118 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
119 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 4 31 12.9% 5.1%
120 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 12 139 8.6% 5.0%
121 Spring Creek Park 10.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
122 Sandy Hook--Nike Pond 24.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
123 Dubos Point 15.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
124 Six Diamonds Ballfields 13.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
125 Lister Park 18.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
126 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
127 Spring Creek Park Preserve (Brooklyn) 10.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
128 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 6 62 9.7% 4.5%
129 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
130 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden 13.2 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
131 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
132 Idlewild Park 14.1 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
133 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
134 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 8 105 7.6% 3.9%
135 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
136 Coney Island Beach 14.5 7 93 7.5% 3.7%
137 Bay County Park 19.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
138 Riis Landing 15.4 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
139 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 5 60 8.3% 3.6%
140 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 4 48 8.3% 3.3%
141 Upper New York Bay (Staten Island) 10.3 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
142 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
143 Long Beach Park 20.7 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
144 Liberty SP 7.0 15 323 4.6% 2.8%
145 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
146 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 5 82 6.1% 2.6%
147 Goethals Bridge Pond 15.2 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
148 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
149 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
150 Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area 4.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
151 Bay Walk Park 14.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
152 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
153 Oakwood Beach 17.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
154 River Barge Park 5.1 5 90 5.6% 2.4%
155 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
156 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
157 Morris Canal Basin 6.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
158 Bridge Creek (Queens Co.) 17.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
159 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
160 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 3 48 6.2% 2.1%
161 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Queens Zoo 6.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
162 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
163 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
164 Stephen R. Gregg County Park 10.4 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
165 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
166 Jersey Gardens Mall--Bayfront Wetlands--Restricted Access 13.4 2 38 5.3% 1.5%
167 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
168 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park (Nassau Co.) 23.6 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
169 Mill Pond, Port Washington 14.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
170 Manorhaven Town Park 13.7 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
171 Five Islands Park 13.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
172 John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 13.4 3 83 3.6% 1.2%
173 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave. 6.7 3 90 3.3% 1.1%
174 St. George Ferry Terminal 11.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
175 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
176 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
177 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
178 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Porpoise Bridge 6.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
179 Chelsea Rd. and Bloomfield Ave., wetlands 16.4 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
180 Prospect Park 8.4 14 883 1.6% 0.9%
181 Prospect Park--Prospect Lake 8.7 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
182 Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing 6.1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
183 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 7 390 1.8% 0.9%
184 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
185 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond 13.4 2 72 2.8% 0.8%
186 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
187 Brookfield Park 18.2 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
188 Miller Field 16.3 3 149 2.0% 0.7%
189 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
190 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 3 165 1.8% 0.6%
191 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
192 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
193 Goethals Bridge Pond--Observation Platform 15.2 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
194 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 3 294 1.0% 0.3%
195 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 1 54 1.9% 0.3%
196 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
197 Liberty Island, onshore (New York Co.) 7.5 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
198 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 1 61 1.6% 0.3%
199 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access) 8.0 1 64 1.6% 0.3%
200 Battery Park, Manhattan 6.0 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
201 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 184 0.5% 0.1%
202 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 379 0.3% 0.0%
203 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 407 0.2% 0.0%