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Where to find Least Tern in August
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Least Tern in August. 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 14.0 885 1356 65.3% 62.7%
2 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 36 60 60.0% 47.4%
3 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 109 207 52.7% 45.9%
4 Sandy Hook 23.7 269 847 31.8% 28.7%
5 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 18 43 41.9% 28.4%
6 Nickerson Beach 23.3 63 192 32.8% 26.6%
7 Prospect Point 14.7 10 24 41.7% 24.5%
8 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 19 53 35.8% 24.3%
9 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
10 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
11 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 63 220 28.6% 23.1%
12 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 12 33 36.4% 22.2%
13 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 22 70 31.4% 21.8%
14 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
15 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 54 206 26.2% 20.7%
16 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Marine Parkway Bridge (Queens Co.) 15.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Parsonage Island, Oceanside 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
19 Baldwin Bay 22.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
20 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet 24.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
21 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 67 306 21.9% 17.6%
22 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 16 66 24.2% 15.5%
23 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 7 25 28.0% 14.3%
24 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 202 1278 15.8% 13.9%
25 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 4 12 33.3% 13.8%
26 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
27 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 253 1688 15.0% 13.4%
28 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 16 78 20.5% 13.0%
29 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 23 124 18.5% 12.7%
30 Riis Landing 15.4 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
31 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 9 41 22.0% 12.0%
32 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 120 908 13.2% 11.2%
33 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
34 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 21 133 15.8% 10.6%
35 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
36 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 110 967 11.4% 9.5%
37 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
38 Clason Point 6.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
39 Floyd Bennett Field--Fisherman's Beach 14.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
40 Mamaroneck Harbor, end of Rushmore Ave. 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
41 McGuire Fields 11.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
42 Great Kills Park 18.0 21 155 13.5% 9.0%
43 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 7 39 17.9% 9.0%
44 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
45 New Creek Watershed, Olympia Blvd. bridge 15.4 6 33 18.2% 8.6%
46 Fort Tilden 15.7 14 100 14.0% 8.5%
47 Freshkills Park--North Park (Phase l) 17.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
48 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 64 648 9.9% 7.8%
49 Rye Town Park 19.4 6 37 16.2% 7.7%
50 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
51 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
52 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
53 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
54 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 41 439 9.3% 7.0%
55 Arbutus Lake 21.0 6 41 14.6% 6.9%
56 Dead Horse Point 14.4 12 102 11.8% 6.9%
57 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 19 182 10.4% 6.8%
58 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
59 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
60 Bay County Park 19.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
61 Seguine Point 22.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
62 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 5 37 13.5% 5.9%
63 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 12 123 9.8% 5.7%
64 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
65 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 6 50 12.0% 5.6%
66 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 124 1913 6.5% 5.5%
67 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 4 30 13.3% 5.3%
68 Lido West Town Park 22.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
69 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
70 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
71 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 3 23 13.0% 4.5%
72 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
73 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
74 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
75 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 4 41 9.8% 3.9%
76 Point Lookout 24.4 3 27 11.1% 3.9%
77 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East) 11.8 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
78 Jamaica Bay, Canarsie Pol 12.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
79 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
80 Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (West) 11.9 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
81 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 6 88 6.8% 3.2%
82 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
83 Sound View Park 5.4 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
84 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 2 18 11.1% 3.1%
85 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
86 Conference House Park 24.5 7 115 6.1% 3.0%
87 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 25 636 3.9% 2.7%
88 Coney Island Beach 14.5 7 129 5.4% 2.7%
89 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
90 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
91 Oakwood Beach--Kissam Ave. marshes 17.4 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
92 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 6 113 5.3% 2.5%
93 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 10 225 4.4% 2.4%
94 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
95 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
96 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
97 Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary 15.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
98 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station 18.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
99 Bayonne Waterfront Walkway 10.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
100 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 11 294 3.7% 2.1%
101 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
102 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 8 203 3.9% 2.0%
103 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
104 Oakwood Beach 17.4 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
105 Sunset Cove Park 14.7 2 29 6.9% 1.9%
106 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 16 522 3.1% 1.9%
107 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 3 59 5.1% 1.7%
108 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
109 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 4 95 4.2% 1.6%
110 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 3 63 4.8% 1.6%
111 Great Captain's Island 22.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
112 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
113 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
114 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
115 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 4 104 3.8% 1.5%
116 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 3 69 4.3% 1.5%
117 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
118 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
119 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
120 Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.) 15.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
121 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 4 116 3.4% 1.3%
122 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 2 43 4.7% 1.3%
123 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
124 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 4 135 3.0% 1.2%
125 Manorhaven Town Park 13.7 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
126 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
127 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
128 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 2 57 3.5% 1.0%
129 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
130 Liberty SP 7.0 9 502 1.8% 0.9%
131 North Woodmere Park 15.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
132 Morris Canal Basin 6.3 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
133 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
134 Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch 13.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
135 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 8 515 1.6% 0.8%
136 Oakwood Beach--Delwit Ave. marsh 17.7 4 199 2.0% 0.8%
137 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
138 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 2 81 2.5% 0.7%
139 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 3 160 1.9% 0.6%
140 Sandy Hook--Salt Marsh 23.0 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
141 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 92 2.2% 0.6%
142 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 30 3.3% 0.6%
143 Olympia Blvd. Pond 15.6 2 96 2.1% 0.6%
144 Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh 15.4 1 31 3.2% 0.6%
145 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 2 98 2.0% 0.6%
146 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
147 Richard A. Rutkowski Park 9.9 2 109 1.8% 0.5%
148 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
149 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
150 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
151 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
152 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 2 126 1.6% 0.4%
153 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
154 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 1 58 1.7% 0.3%
155 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
156 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
157 Brookfield Park 18.2 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
158 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
159 Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge 12.1 1 69 1.4% 0.3%
160 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 72 1.4% 0.2%
161 Miller Field 16.3 2 299 0.7% 0.2%
162 River Barge Park 5.1 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
163 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
164 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 1 172 0.6% 0.1%
165 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 1 174 0.6% 0.1%
166 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 315 0.3% 0.1%
167 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 441 0.2% 0.0%
168 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 876 0.1% 0.0%
169 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 1 944 0.1% 0.0%
170 Prospect Park 8.4 1 2681 0.0% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relSep-2025. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Sep 2025.