Bird Finder

Where to find Common Tern in October
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 Common Tern in October. 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 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
2 Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform 15.7 16 62 25.8% 16.6%
3 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
4 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 22 152 14.5% 9.8%
5 Great Kills Park--Bathhouse 18.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
6 City Island, Belden Point 10.4 4 19 21.1% 8.5%
7 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
8 Coney Island Pier 14.6 4 26 15.4% 6.1%
9 Captains Cove 17.5 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
10 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
11 Great Neck Estates Park 11.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
12 Wantagh Parkway, trails (Jerusalem Ave. to Park Ave.) 24.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
13 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
14 Plumb Beach 14.0 38 605 6.3% 4.6%
15 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 13 184 7.1% 4.2%
16 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
17 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 64 (W 24th St) 3.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
18 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
19 Coney Island Creek--23rd St. overlook 14.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
20 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 7 96 7.3% 3.6%
21 Point Lookout 24.4 5 63 7.9% 3.4%
22 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 4 47 8.5% 3.4%
23 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 7 110 6.4% 3.1%
24 Sandy Hook 23.7 68 1737 3.9% 3.1%
25 Lower New York Bay (Staten Island) 20.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
26 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
27 Great Kills Park--Education Field Station 18.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
28 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 2 20 10.0% 2.8%
29 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 4 60 6.7% 2.6%
30 Jones Beach Bay Islands 24.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
31 Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar 13.8 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 2 23 8.7% 2.4%
33 Canarsie Pier 11.4 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
34 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
35 Coney Island Beach 14.5 5 97 5.2% 2.2%
36 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 5 105 4.8% 2.1%
37 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay) 18.2 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
38 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
39 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 6 186 3.2% 1.5%
40 Joline Ave. Beach 23.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
41 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
42 Fort Tilden 15.7 9 330 2.7% 1.4%
43 Arverne East Nature Preserve 16.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
44 Lido Beach Passive Nature Area 23.4 5 160 3.1% 1.3%
45 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park 19.0 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
46 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 15 740 2.0% 1.2%
47 Five Islands Park 13.9 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
48 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
49 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
50 Marina West Town Boat Launch 23.5 2 60 3.3% 0.9%
51 Nickerson Beach 23.3 3 121 2.5% 0.8%
52 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
53 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
54 Lemon Creek Park 22.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
55 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 3 122 2.5% 0.8%
56 Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area 23.2 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
57 Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd. 14.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
58 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 3 160 1.9% 0.6%
59 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 7 600 1.2% 0.6%
60 Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches 24.3 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
61 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 4 298 1.3% 0.5%
62 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond 13.3 4 301 1.3% 0.5%
63 Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs 9.0 2 119 1.7% 0.5%
64 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 45 2.2% 0.4%
65 Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park 14.2 1 49 2.0% 0.4%
66 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
67 Lake Parsippany 24.8 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
68 Midland Beach 15.8 1 63 1.6% 0.3%
69 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond 13.3 2 204 1.0% 0.3%
70 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 5 914 0.5% 0.2%
71 Dead Horse Point 14.4 1 76 1.3% 0.2%
72 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 1 94 1.1% 0.2%
73 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
74 Conference House Park 24.5 1 153 0.7% 0.1%
75 Miller Field 16.3 1 224 0.4% 0.1%
76 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 1 572 0.2% 0.0%
77 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 846 0.1% 0.0%
78 Prospect Park 8.4 1 3473 0.0% 0.0%