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Where to find Least Tern in August
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 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 14.0 645 1042 61.9% 58.9%
2 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 23 40 57.5% 42.2%
3 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 69 151 45.7% 38.0%
4 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 15 31 48.4% 32.0%
5 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
6 Nickerson Beach 23.3 54 158 34.2% 27.2%
7 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
8 Sandy Hook 23.7 215 724 29.7% 26.5%
9 Prospect Point 14.7 10 23 43.5% 25.6%
10 Lemon Creek Pier 22.6 11 28 39.3% 23.6%
11 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 18 53 34.0% 22.7%
12 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 50 179 27.9% 21.9%
13 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
14 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 48 180 26.7% 20.7%
15 Oceanside Park 21.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
16 Parsonage Island, Oceanside 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
17 Baldwin Bay 22.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
18 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 10 30 33.3% 19.2%
19 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 12 38 31.6% 19.1%
20 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 54 239 22.6% 17.7%
21 Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach 23.7 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
22 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
23 Lido Beach Town Park 22.8 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
24 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 187 1147 16.3% 14.3%
25 Half Moon Bay and shoreline 13.3 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
26 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 209 1388 15.1% 13.3%
27 Huguenot Ave. Beach 21.3 6 22 27.3% 13.2%
28 Riis Landing 15.4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
29 Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock 13.6 9 44 20.5% 11.2%
30 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 98 815 12.0% 10.0%
31 Jacob Riis Park--Magic Corner (S of golf course) 15.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
32 Clason Point 6.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
33 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
34 Loop Parkway at Jones Inlet 24.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
35 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
36 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 12 77 15.6% 9.1%
37 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
38 Fort Tilden 15.7 10 64 15.6% 8.7%
39 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
40 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
41 Lido West Town Park 22.1 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
42 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 59 582 10.1% 7.9%
43 Great Kills Park 18.0 15 121 12.4% 7.7%
44 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 12 92 13.0% 7.6%
45 Lower Little Neck Bay off Cross Island Pkwy 10.9 3 14 21.4% 7.6%
46 Dead Horse Point 14.4 12 93 12.9% 7.5%
47 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 6 38 15.8% 7.4%
48 Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club 15.6 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
49 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 5 31 16.1% 7.1%
50 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 5 33 15.2% 6.7%
51 Plumb Beach--West 13.8 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
52 Arbutus Lake 21.0 5 34 14.7% 6.4%
53 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
54 Marshlands Conservancy--parking lot area 18.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
55 Morris Canal Basin 6.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
56 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 119 1632 7.3% 6.1%
57 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 5 38 13.2% 5.8%
58 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
59 Jacob Riis Park--Beach 15.7 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
60 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end 13.6 30 406 7.4% 5.2%
61 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end 12.7 24 316 7.6% 5.2%
62 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
63 Sprague Ave. Waterfront 24.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
64 Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary 15.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
65 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 4 35 11.4% 4.5%
66 Rockaway Beach--Rockaway Park (Beach 108th-125th St.) 15.7 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
67 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden 13.5 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
68 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
69 Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh 14.7 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
70 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
71 Willet's Hassock, pool and marsh 13.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
72 Rye Town Park 19.4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
73 Inwood Hill Park--Dyckman Fields 6.5 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
74 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn) 13.3 5 63 7.9% 3.4%
75 Shirley Chisholm SP (Fountain Ave. Landfill) 10.7 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
76 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn) 7.9 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
77 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh 8.8 4 53 7.5% 3.0%
78 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 21 473 4.4% 2.9%
79 Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill) 11.0 3 36 8.3% 2.9%
80 Matrix Global Logistics Park 16.1 6 105 5.7% 2.6%
81 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
82 Point Lookout 24.4 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
83 Liberty SP--Tidal Bay 8.0 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
84 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 4 76 5.3% 2.1%
85 Sandy Hook--Lighthouse & bike path 22.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
86 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
87 Coney Island Beach 14.5 5 115 4.3% 1.9%
88 Bayonne Golf Club 10.5 7 188 3.7% 1.8%
89 Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East 7.4 3 57 5.3% 1.8%
90 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 13 423 3.1% 1.8%
91 Hudson River Waterfront Walk 8.0 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
92 Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.) 15.8 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
93 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Willow Lake 8.0 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
94 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
95 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
96 Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh 13.3 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
97 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 4 97 4.1% 1.6%
98 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
99 Canarsie Beach Park 11.3 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
100 Broad Channel, south of JBWR HQ 13.9 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
101 Conference House Park 24.5 3 77 3.9% 1.3%
102 Bayswater Point SP 15.5 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
103 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
104 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 2 47 4.3% 1.2%
105 Sheepshead Bay 13.8 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
106 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 3 90 3.3% 1.1%
107 Liberty SP 7.0 8 376 2.1% 1.1%
108 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 2 52 3.8% 1.1%
109 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 2 53 3.8% 1.0%
110 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 2 58 3.4% 1.0%
111 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point 4.5 3 123 2.4% 0.8%
112 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 7 410 1.7% 0.8%
113 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
114 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
115 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
116 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
117 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 2 82 2.4% 0.7%
118 Laurel Hill Park 6.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
119 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 2 93 2.2% 0.6%
120 Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity 1.3 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
121 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) 4.9 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
122 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 1 39 2.6% 0.5%
123 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 41 2.4% 0.4%
124 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
125 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
126 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
127 River Barge Park 5.1 1 81 1.2% 0.2%
128 Miller Field 16.3 2 273 0.7% 0.2%
129 Clay Ave. Wetland (Tessie McNamara Park) 7.3 1 103 1.0% 0.2%
130 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 1 127 0.8% 0.1%
131 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 166 0.6% 0.1%
132 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 1 183 0.5% 0.1%
133 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh 4.5 1 265 0.4% 0.1%
134 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 1 533 0.2% 0.0%
135 Piermont Pier 18.4 1 555 0.2% 0.0%
136 Prospect Park 8.4 1 1968 0.1% 0.0%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.