Bird Finder

Where to find American Avocet in August
within 25 miles of New York City, United States

American Avocet
© Ian Davies / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including American Avocet 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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)
11.3 28 3 61 42 133 31.6% 24.3%
2 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end
11.1 27 9 84 79 443 17.8% 14.5%
3 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond
11.5 21 12 108 141 971 14.5% 12.4%
4 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
11.6 37 14 140 187 1709 10.9% 9.5%
5 Meadowlands IBA--Harrier Meadows (restricted access)
7.8 1 3 6 10 74 13.5% 7.5%
6 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond
11.3 20 6 104 80 910 8.8% 7.1%
7 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Marsh
6.1 15 1 24 25 318 7.9% 5.4%
8 Goethals Bridge Pond
10.7 1 1 2 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
9 Raritan Center (Restricted Access)
23.0 1 1 1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
10 Richard W. DeKorte Park
6.9 6 4 45 75 1922 3.9% 3.1%
11 Goethals Bridge Pond--Goethals Homes
10.8 0 1 2 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
12 Meadowlands District IBA
7.6 0 1 2 2 65 3.1% 0.8%
13 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end
11.7 0 3 17 9 650 1.4% 0.7%
14 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
21.0 0 1 7 12 1324 0.9% 0.5%
15 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail
7.0 0 1 2 2 130 1.5% 0.4%
16 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden
11.6 0 1 1 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
17 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond
11.5 0 1 1 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
18 Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave.
7.2 0 1 1 1 109 0.9% 0.2%
19 Meadowlands IBA--Mill Creek Point
6.7 0 1 1 1 161 0.6% 0.1%
20 Sandy Hook
19.0 0 1 1 2 849 0.2% 0.1%