Bird Finder

Where to find Purple Sandpiper in January
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

Purple Sandpiper
© Ryan Schain / Cornell Lab Macaulay Library

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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Evidence Sampling Score
# Location Chart Dist Media Years Birders Hits Lists Freq Conf
1 Gravesend Bay
13.2 8 14 32 49 87 56.3% 45.9%
2 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot
12.6 50 17 77 186 375 49.6% 44.6%
3 Hudson River Park--Pier 26 (featuring a Tide Deck, TriBeCa)
4.9 13 1 34 38 69 55.1% 43.4%
4 Coney Island Beach
14.5 32 16 114 161 345 46.7% 41.5%
5 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail
12.7 12 12 19 27 49 55.1% 41.3%
6 Long Beach Park
20.7 3 7 11 11 19 57.9% 36.3%
7 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty
25.0 16 7 86 68 167 40.7% 33.6%
8 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook
14.6 9 15 41 52 132 39.4% 31.5%
9 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)
16.6 5 7 17 18 41 43.9% 29.9%
10 Brighton Beach
14.3 4 10 33 32 82 39.0% 29.2%
11 Point Lookout--Town Park
23.9 37 16 142 175 555 31.5% 27.8%
12 Point Lookout
24.4 18 27 160 172 703 24.5% 21.4%
13 Manhattan Beach Park
14.2 5 9 23 34 119 28.6% 21.2%
14 Rye Town Park
19.4 7 10 28 48 206 23.3% 18.0%
15 Lido West Town Park
22.1 0 4 3 8 27 29.6% 15.9%
16 Coney Island Pier
14.6 2 15 45 48 264 18.2% 14.0%
17 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot
12.9 1 7 8 12 52 23.1% 13.7%
18 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach
14.9 2 6 14 20 103 19.4% 12.9%
19 Coney Island--Norton Pt.
14.3 0 2 2 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
20 The Narrows (Brooklyn)
11.9 7 5 9 14 71 19.7% 12.1%
21 Long Beach (Nassau Co.)
20.9 1 3 4 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
22 Rockaway Beach--W of Beach 125th St.
15.7 0 2 2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
23 Breezy Point Tip
16.0 10 13 68 50 339 14.7% 11.4%
24 Breezy Point Beach
16.1 1 6 16 11 59 18.6% 10.7%
25 Midland Beach
15.8 4 8 15 22 142 15.5% 10.5%
26 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)
7.0 19 6 25 38 270 14.1% 10.4%
27 Hudson River Greenway--Pier 25 (N Moore St.)
4.9 0 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
28 New York Aquarium, Coney Island
14.3 1 1 1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
29 Veterans Memorial Pier
10.5 4 10 22 27 209 12.9% 9.0%
30 Fort Tilden--Fishermans Parking Lot
15.9 1 7 15 11 96 11.5% 6.5%
31 Rockaway Beach--W of Cross Bay Blvd
15.8 0 1 1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
32 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park
2.1 4 1 4 5 36 13.9% 6.1%
33 Fort Tilden
15.7 2 9 29 23 258 8.9% 6.0%
34 Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty
16.3 0 3 4 4 28 14.3% 5.7%
35 Seaview Ave. and Father Capodanno Blvd.
15.1 0 2 2 3 22 13.6% 4.7%
36 Keansburg Beach
24.3 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
37 Rockaway Beach--E of Cross Bay Blvd
15.9 0 1 1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
38 Old Glory Lookout, The Narrows (80th St. Overpass & vicinity)
11.1 1 1 3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
39 Jacob Riis Park
15.5 2 4 9 7 76 9.2% 4.5%
40 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary
20.3 2 14 31 54 973 5.5% 4.3%
41 Hudson River Greenway--Chambers to W Houston St.
4.6 14 1 3 16 240 6.7% 4.1%
42 Bensonhurst Park
12.9 0 1 3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
43 Davenport Park
12.9 1 3 4 3 29 10.3% 3.6%
44 Shore Road Park
11.7 1 4 5 4 45 8.9% 3.5%
45 Morgan Memorial Park
17.4 0 2 2 2 17 11.8% 3.3%
46 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar
13.1 1 4 10 6 93 6.5% 3.0%
47 Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)
16.2 1 2 2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
48 Point Lookout--Firemans Park
24.3 0 3 6 5 74 6.8% 2.9%
49 Piermont Pier
18.4 20 2 27 31 796 3.9% 2.8%
50 Coney Island Creek Park
14.0 0 4 11 9 177 5.1% 2.7%
51 Cedar Grove Beach
17.0 0 2 2 3 40 7.5% 2.6%
52 Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)
15.8 0 1 3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
53 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands
11.3 2 3 7 6 117 5.1% 2.4%
54 Page Ave. Beach
23.7 0 3 1 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
55 Owls Head Park
10.3 0 4 3 5 105 4.8% 2.1%
56 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)
15.9 0 1 1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
57 Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)
18.2 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
58 Swinburne Island
15.5 0 1 1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
59 Glen Island Park
12.0 1 3 4 3 58 5.2% 1.8%
60 Larchmont Manor Park and Beach
14.9 0 2 1 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
61 Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn)
14.8 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
62 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn)
7.9 0 1 1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
63 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island
11.4 2 5 11 7 258 2.7% 1.3%
64 Pelham Bay Park
10.2 2 5 2 7 276 2.5% 1.2%
65 Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier
7.6 0 2 2 2 48 4.2% 1.2%
66 Van Brunt St. Pier, Red Hook
8.0 1 1 2 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
67 Roosevelt Is.
1.6 0 2 2 2 56 3.6% 1.0%
68 Sands Point Preserve
15.1 0 3 2 3 105 2.9% 1.0%
69 Prospect Point
14.7 0 1 1 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
70 Milton Point, Rye
17.9 0 1 1 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
71 Nickerson Beach
23.3 1 5 5 6 311 1.9% 0.9%
72 Arverne East Nature Preserve
16.4 0 1 1 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
73 Miller Field
16.3 1 2 4 3 155 1.9% 0.7%
74 Sandy Hook
23.7 3 6 28 13 1374 0.9% 0.6%
75 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point
19.3 0 2 2 2 103 1.9% 0.5%
76 Conference House Park
24.5 0 2 2 2 111 1.8% 0.5%
77 Great Kills Park--Mudflats
18.1 0 2 2 2 115 1.7% 0.5%
78 Miller Field--Beach
16.4 0 1 2 1 44 2.3% 0.4%
79 Stepping Stone Park
11.3 0 1 1 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
80 Hudson River Greenway--Greenwich Village (W Houston-14th St.)
3.9 1 1 1 1 62 1.6% 0.3%
81 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)
17.2 0 1 1 1 71 1.4% 0.2%
82 Fort Wadsworth
13.3 0 2 2 2 231 0.9% 0.2%
83 Coney Island Creek
13.9 0 1 1 1 101 1.0% 0.2%
84 Stehli Beach, Lattingtown
21.6 0 1 1 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
85 Randalls Island--NE fields and shoreline
2.9 0 1 1 1 150 0.7% 0.1%
86 Arden Ave. Beach
20.3 0 1 1 1 166 0.6% 0.1%
87 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot
10.7 1 1 1 1 171 0.6% 0.1%
88 Sandy Hook--Spermaceti Cove area
24.6 0 1 1 1 188 0.5% 0.1%
89 Bush Terminal Piers Park
9.2 0 2 2 2 598 0.3% 0.1%
90 Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4
9.8 0 1 1 1 260 0.4% 0.1%
91 Plumb Beach
14.0 1 1 4 1 281 0.4% 0.1%
92 Great Kills Park
18.0 0 1 1 1 344 0.3% 0.1%
93 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park)
13.6 1 1 1 1 394 0.3% 0.0%
94 Marshlands Conservancy
18.3 0 1 1 1 441 0.2% 0.0%
95 Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
13.6 0 1 1 1 474 0.2% 0.0%
96 Randalls Island
2.4 0 1 1 1 541 0.2% 0.0%
97 Brooklyn Bridge Park
5.9 0 1 1 1 977 0.1% 0.0%