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Where to find Common Tern in September
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 September. 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			Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook	14.6	9	13	69.2%	42.4%
2			Nickerson Beach	23.3	104	213	48.8%	42.2%
3			Plumb Beach	14.0	217	481	45.1%	40.7%
4			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	59	121	48.8%	40.0%
5			BJs Wholesale Club Waterfront (Brooklyn)	13.2	2	2	100.0%	34.2%
6			Jamaica Bay, Yellow Bar Hassock	13.6	15	32	46.9%	30.9%
7			Coney Island Creek Park	14.0	49	129	38.0%	30.1%
8			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
9			Stehli Beach, Lattingtown	21.6	4	6	66.7%	30.0%
10			Sandy Hook--North End	21.2	111	336	33.0%	28.2%
11			Marina West Town Boat Launch	23.5	11	25	44.0%	26.7%
12			Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot	12.6	5	9	55.6%	26.7%
13			Sandy Hook	23.7	546	1953	28.0%	26.0%
14			Fort Wadsworth	13.3	17	51	33.3%	22.0%
15			Ceasar's Bay Bazaar	13.1	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
16			Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge)	12.3	2	3	66.7%	20.8%
17			Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail	12.7	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
18			Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook	8.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
19			Coney Island--Norton Pt.	14.3	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
20			Ingraham Hassock, Reynold's Channel	22.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
21			Fighting Island, west side	23.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
22			Beczak Enviromental Education Center	11.4	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
23			Bayshore Waterfront Park	24.5	11	32	34.4%	20.4%
24			Seaside Wildlife Nature Park	19.0	7	18	38.9%	20.3%
25			Great Kills Park--Mudflats	18.1	19	64	29.7%	19.9%
26			Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)	13.6	57	228	25.0%	19.8%
27			Great Kills Park	18.0	31	119	26.1%	19.0%
28			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	21	76	27.6%	18.8%
29			Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)	15.9	3	6	50.0%	18.8%
30			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	175	857	20.4%	17.9%
31			Jacob Riis Park	15.5	16	58	27.6%	17.8%
32			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	5	13	38.5%	17.7%
33			Great Kills Park--Crookes Point	19.3	12	41	29.3%	17.6%
34			Dead Horse Point	14.4	19	73	26.0%	17.3%
35			Point Lookout	24.4	7	21	33.3%	17.2%
36			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	103	516	20.0%	16.7%
37			Floyd Bennett Field--End of Archery Rd.	14.3	5	14	35.7%	16.3%
38			Fort Tilden	15.7	39	186	21.0%	15.7%
39			Wolfe's Pond Park	21.8	34	167	20.4%	15.0%
40			Jamaica Bay, Ruffle Bar	13.8	7	24	29.2%	14.9%
41			Breezy Point Beach	16.1	7	24	29.2%	14.9%
42			Charles Memorial Park	11.5	11	46	23.9%	13.9%
43			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
44			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	3	8	37.5%	13.7%
45			Fort Tilden--Battery Harris Platform	15.7	9	37	24.3%	13.4%
46			Bayonne Golf Club	10.5	21	109	19.3%	13.0%
47			Oakwood Beach	17.4	4	13	30.8%	12.7%
48			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	27	160	16.9%	11.9%
49			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--West Pond	13.3	53	349	15.2%	11.8%
50			Great Kills Park--Bathhouse	18.9	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
51			Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot	15.9	13	68	19.1%	11.5%
52			Huguenot Ave. Beach	21.3	5	20	25.0%	11.2%
53			Liberty SP	7.0	67	484	13.8%	11.0%
54			Coney Island Beach	14.5	7	32	21.9%	11.0%
55			Jones Beach Bay Islands	24.8	4	15	26.7%	10.9%
56			Sandy Hook--E & D Lot Beaches	24.3	10	52	19.2%	10.8%
57			Floyd Bennett Field	13.6	69	516	13.4%	10.7%
58			Shirley Chisholm SP (Pennsylvania Ave. Landfill)	11.0	7	34	20.6%	10.3%
59			Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area	24.6	19	121	15.7%	10.3%
60			Midland Beach	15.8	7	35	20.0%	10.0%
61			St. George Ferry Terminal	11.0	3	11	27.3%	9.7%
62			Jamaica Bay, Little Egg Marsh	14.7	2	6	33.3%	9.7%
63			Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh	14.8	5	23	21.7%	9.7%
64			Lemon Creek Park	22.2	4	17	23.5%	9.6%
65			Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park	14.0	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
66			J. Owen Grundy Park	5.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
67			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
68			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh--JoCo Creek	14.9	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
69			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	10	61	16.4%	9.2%
70			City Island, Belden Point	10.4	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
71			Jamaica Bay, Stony Creek Marsh	13.3	3	12	25.0%	8.9%
72			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Terrapin Point (Brooklyn)	13.3	6	34	17.6%	8.3%
73			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond	13.3	42	384	10.9%	8.2%
74			Sunset Cove Park	14.7	3	13	23.1%	8.2%
75			Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula	9.8	12	94	12.8%	7.5%
76			Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn)	7.9	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
77			Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh	15.4	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
78			Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)	15.8	2	8	25.0%	7.1%
79			Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve	23.1	6	41	14.6%	6.9%
80			Jacob Riis Park--Beach	15.7	4	24	16.7%	6.7%
81			Coney Island Pier	14.6	3	16	18.8%	6.6%
82			Brooklyn Bridge Park	5.9	67	810	8.3%	6.6%
83			Port Liberte	8.6	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
84			Great Captain's Island	22.7	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
85			Plumb Beach--West	13.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
86			Lower New York Bay (Brooklyn)	16.4	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
87			Jamaica Bay, Elder's Point Marsh (East)	11.8	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
88			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	2	10	20.0%	5.7%
89			Jamaica Bay, North Channel Bridge	12.1	5	40	12.5%	5.5%
90			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	70	1051	6.7%	5.3%
91			East River, Brooklyn Bridge to S.I. Ferry	5.7	2	11	18.2%	5.1%
92			Sandy Hook--F Lot/Fishing Beach	23.7	3	22	13.6%	4.7%
93			Prospect Point	14.7	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
94			Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier	7.6	2	12	16.7%	4.7%
95			Ellis Island (NJ)	6.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
96			Coney Island Creek	13.9	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
97			Captains Cove	17.5	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
98			Little Neck Bay, Shore Rd.	11.1	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
99			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, north end	12.7	9	109	8.3%	4.4%
100			Brighton Beach	14.3	2	13	15.4%	4.3%
101			Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path	22.6	6	74	8.1%	3.8%
102			South St. Seaport	5.6	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
103			Keansburg Beach	24.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
104			Point Lookout--Firemans Park	24.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
105			Pugsley Creek Park	6.4	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
106			Cedarmere Preserve	16.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
107			Silver Point County Park	17.5	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
108			Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park	14.9	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
109			Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond	21.5	10	159	6.3%	3.5%
110			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond, south end	13.6	11	181	6.1%	3.4%
111			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park	12.8	22	469	4.7%	3.1%
112			Pier 44 Waterfront Garden	7.8	2	18	11.1%	3.1%
113			Upper New York Bay (Staten Island)	10.3	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
114			Rye Playland	20.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
115			Erie Basin Park, IKEA (Brooklyn)	8.0	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
116			Playland Lake	20.4	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
117			Jamaica Bay, South Shore	15.2	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
118			Sheepshead Bay	13.8	2	19	10.5%	2.9%
119			Conference House Park	24.5	8	148	5.4%	2.8%
120			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	7	129	5.4%	2.7%
121			Hudson River Waterfront Walk	8.0	2	21	9.5%	2.7%
122			Page Ave. Beach	23.7	1	7	14.3%	2.6%
123			Miller Field	16.3	13	303	4.3%	2.5%
124			Shore Road Park	11.7	5	95	5.3%	2.3%
125			Byram Park	22.8	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
126			Riis Landing	15.4	1	8	12.5%	2.2%
127			Cedar Grove Beach	17.0	2	25	8.0%	2.2%
128			Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 1	5.7	3	47	6.4%	2.2%
129			Upper New York Bay (Manhattan)	6.5	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
130			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
131			Jamaica Bay, JoCo Marsh	14.7	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
132			Liberty Island, onshore (New York Co.)	7.5	2	28	7.1%	2.0%
133			Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot	10.7	3	53	5.7%	1.9%
134			Sandy Hook--Horseshoe Cove area	23.2	2	29	6.9%	1.9%
135			Owls Head Park	10.3	5	118	4.2%	1.8%
136			Arden Ave. Beach	20.3	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
137			Floyd Bennett Field--Boat Launch	13.5	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
138			Seaview Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd.	15.1	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
139			Great Kills Park--Education Field Station	18.4	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
140			Riverside Park--North of 96th St.	1.8	3	59	5.1%	1.7%
141			Joline Ave. Beach	23.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
142			The Narrows (Brooklyn)	11.9	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
143			Mt. Loretto Unique Area	23.0	5	140	3.6%	1.5%
144			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--North Garden	13.2	1	12	8.3%	1.5%
145			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--South Garden	13.5	2	40	5.0%	1.4%
146			Breezy Point--Silver Gull Beach Club	15.6	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
147			Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing	6.1	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
148			Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park	14.2	1	13	7.7%	1.4%
149			Freshkills Park	18.2	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
150			Edgemere Landfill (restricted access)	15.6	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
151			Kirby Lane Ponds, Rye	20.8	1	14	7.1%	1.3%
152			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--Big Johns Pond	13.4	2	49	4.1%	1.1%
153			Miller Field--Beach	16.4	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
154			Long Beach Park	20.7	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
155			Rye Town Park	19.4	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
156			Peter Detmold Park	1.9	1	16	6.2%	1.1%
157			Bayswater Point SP	15.5	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
158			Lemon Creek Pier	22.6	1	17	5.9%	1.0%
159			Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd.	17.8	2	53	3.8%	1.0%
160			Lemon Creek, bridge at Hylan Blvd.	22.0	2	58	3.4%	1.0%
161			Lido West Town Park	22.1	1	19	5.3%	0.9%
162			Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest	13.2	2	62	3.2%	0.9%
163			Randalls Island	2.4	5	242	2.1%	0.9%
164			Riverside Park South--Pier i, W 70th and vicinity	1.3	1	21	4.8%	0.8%
165			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	8	493	1.6%	0.8%
166			Pelham Bay Park--Turtle Cove	10.1	3	133	2.3%	0.8%
167			Six Diamonds Ballfields	13.7	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
168			Pelham Bay Park--Southern Meadow and environs	9.0	4	226	1.8%	0.7%
169			Cow Meadow Park and Preserve	23.2	1	31	3.2%	0.6%
170			Hudson River Greenway--Chambers to W Houston St.	4.6	2	104	1.9%	0.5%
171			LaGuardia Airport (LGA)	4.9	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
172			Brooklyn Golf Center Driving Range	13.6	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
173			Beaver Lake (Nassau Co.)	22.2	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
174			Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion	21.8	1	36	2.8%	0.5%
175			Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake	7.3	3	227	1.3%	0.5%
176			Sands Point Preserve	15.1	2	136	1.5%	0.4%
177			Meadowlands IBA--Kearny Marsh East	7.4	1	45	2.2%	0.4%
178			Hudson River Greenway--22nd-29th St.	3.0	1	48	2.1%	0.4%
179			Pelham Bay Park--The Lagoon	10.9	1	54	1.9%	0.3%
180			Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center	11.2	1	56	1.8%	0.3%
181			Cemetery of the Resurrection	22.3	1	63	1.6%	0.3%
182			Lincoln Park West	7.5	1	69	1.4%	0.3%
183			"Sandy Hook-- K & J Lots, ""Tennis Court"""	21.7	1	82	1.2%	0.2%
184			Carl Schurz Park	1.3	1	83	1.2%	0.2%
185			Battery Park, Manhattan	6.0	2	333	0.6%	0.2%
186			Willow Pond, Hewlett Bay Park	17.5	1	109	0.9%	0.2%
187			Hempstead Lake SP	18.4	1	114	0.9%	0.2%
188			Piermont Pier	18.4	2	379	0.5%	0.1%
189			Alley Pond Park	11.9	2	463	0.4%	0.1%
190			Pelham Bay Park	10.2	1	163	0.6%	0.1%
191			Hempstead Lake SP--south end	18.2	1	302	0.3%	0.1%
192			Central Park--North End	1.2	1	881	0.1%	0.0%
193			Prospect Park	8.4	1	4000	0.0%	0.0%