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Where to find Purple Sandpiper in January
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 Purple Sandpiper in January. 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 Hudson River Park--Pier 26 (featuring a Tide Deck, TriBeCa) 4.9 38 67 56.7% 44.8%
2 Gravesend Bay 13.2 47 85 55.3% 44.7%
3 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 172 350 49.1% 43.9%
4 Coney Island Beach 14.5 136 295 46.1% 40.5%
5 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 22 42 52.4% 37.7%
6 Long Beach Park 20.7 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
7 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 48 122 39.3% 31.1%
8 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 49 128 38.3% 30.3%
9 Brighton Beach 14.3 31 78 39.7% 29.6%
10 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
11 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 149 505 29.5% 25.7%
12 Point Lookout 24.4 166 684 24.3% 21.2%
13 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 32 116 27.6% 20.3%
14 Rye Town Park 19.4 44 183 24.0% 18.4%
15 Coney Island--Norton Pt. 14.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
16 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 19 85 22.4% 14.8%
17 Coney Island Pier 14.6 45 237 19.0% 14.5%
18 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 11 47 23.4% 13.6%
19 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 14 70 20.0% 12.3%
20 Lido West Town Park 22.1 6 24 25.0% 12.0%
21 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 37 240 15.4% 11.4%
22 Midland Beach 15.8 21 135 15.6% 10.4%
23 Breezy Point Beach 16.1 10 55 18.2% 10.2%
24 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 41 323 12.7% 9.5%
25 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 25 (N Moore St.) 4.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
26 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 27 205 13.2% 9.2%
27 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
28 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty 16.3 4 21 19.0% 7.7%
29 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 5 35 14.3% 6.3%
30 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St. 15.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
31 Rockaway Beach--W of Cross Bay Blvd 15.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
32 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot 15.9 9 89 10.1% 5.4%
33 Fort Tilden 15.7 18 238 7.6% 4.8%
34 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 7 72 9.7% 4.8%
35 Seaview Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd. 15.1 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
36 Hudson River Greenway--Chambers to W Houston St. 4.6 16 211 7.6% 4.7%
37 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 52 859 6.1% 4.6%
38 Keansburg Beach 24.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
39 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd 15.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
40 Bensonhurst Park 12.9 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
41 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 6 71 8.5% 3.9%
42 Shore Road Park 11.7 4 42 9.5% 3.8%
43 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.) 16.2 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
44 Morgan Memorial Park 17.4 2 16 12.5% 3.5%
45 Piermont Pier 18.4 31 662 4.7% 3.3%
46 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
47 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
48 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 9 174 5.2% 2.7%
49 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 6 107 5.6% 2.6%
50 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.) 15.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
51 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 3 44 6.8% 2.3%
52 Owls Head Park 10.3 5 104 4.8% 2.1%
53 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
54 Davenport Park 12.9 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
55 Glen Island Park 12.0 3 53 5.7% 1.9%
56 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn) 7.9 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
57 Swinburne Island 15.5 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
58 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach 14.9 2 35 5.7% 1.6%
59 Roosevelt Is. 1.6 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
60 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn) 14.8 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
61 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 7 253 2.8% 1.3%
62 Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier 7.6 2 44 4.5% 1.3%
63 Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook 8.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
64 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 6 261 2.3% 1.1%
65 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 3 101 3.0% 1.0%
66 Nickerson Beach 23.3 6 291 2.1% 0.9%
67 Prospect Point 14.7 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
68 Milton Point, Rye 17.9 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
69 Miller Field 16.3 3 149 2.0% 0.7%
70 Conference House Park 24.5 2 89 2.2% 0.6%
71 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 2 95 2.1% 0.6%
72 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 2 105 1.9% 0.5%
73 Miller Field--Beach 16.4 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
74 Sandy Hook 23.7 10 1282 0.8% 0.4%
75 Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier 4 Beach 6.1 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
76 Stepping Stone Park 11.3 1 56 1.8% 0.3%
77 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.) 3.9 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
78 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 65 1.5% 0.3%
79 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 2 218 0.9% 0.3%
80 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown 21.6 1 96 1.0% 0.2%
81 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 99 1.0% 0.2%
82 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline 2.9 1 139 0.7% 0.1%
83 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
84 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 1 158 0.6% 0.1%
85 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area 24.6 1 165 0.6% 0.1%
86 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 2 538 0.4% 0.1%
87 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 9.8 1 232 0.4% 0.1%
88 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 317 0.3% 0.1%
89 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 331 0.3% 0.1%
90 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 1 377 0.3% 0.0%
91 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 13.6 1 448 0.2% 0.0%
92 Randalls Island 2.4 1 497 0.2% 0.0%
93 Brooklyn Bridge Park 5.9 1 891 0.1% 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.