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Where to find Purple Sandpiper in February
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 Purple Sandpiper in February. 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 Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty 25.0 38 64 59.4% 47.1%
2 Gravesend Bay 13.2 27 58 46.6% 34.3%
3 Coney Island Beach 14.5 59 143 41.3% 33.5%
4 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
5 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 43 125 34.4% 26.6%
6 Rye Town Park 19.4 20 77 26.0% 17.5%
7 Brighton Beach 14.3 6 21 28.6% 13.8%
8 Veterans Memorial Pier 10.5 18 90 20.0% 13.0%
9 Coney Island Beach--35th St. Overlook 14.6 13 64 20.3% 12.3%
10 Long Beach (Nassau Co.) 20.9 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
11 The Narrows (Brooklyn) 11.9 10 48 20.8% 11.7%
12 Point Lookout 24.4 48 316 15.2% 11.7%
13 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 30 190 15.8% 11.3%
14 Manhattan Beach Park 14.2 13 73 17.8% 10.7%
15 Cedar Grove Beach 17.0 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
16 Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park 2.1 3 17 17.6% 6.2%
17 Shore Road Park 11.7 4 27 14.8% 5.9%
18 Coney Island Pier 14.6 12 136 8.8% 5.1%
19 Upper New York Bay (Brooklyn) 7.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
20 Hoffman Island 14.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
21 Midland Beach 15.8 4 37 10.8% 4.3%
22 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 15 220 6.8% 4.2%
23 Ceasar's Bay Bazaar 13.1 4 38 10.5% 4.2%
24 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 3 25 12.0% 4.2%
25 Rye Playland 20.0 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
26 Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.) 17.2 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
27 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
28 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 17 352 4.8% 3.0%
29 Bensonhurst Park 12.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
30 Swinburne Island 15.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
31 Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.) 15.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
32 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 8 162 4.9% 2.5%
33 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 7 142 4.9% 2.4%
34 Coney Island Creek 13.9 3 55 5.5% 1.9%
35 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
36 Conference House Park 24.5 2 39 5.1% 1.4%
37 Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.) 16.6 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
38 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 2 50 4.0% 1.1%
39 Fort Tilden 15.7 3 120 2.5% 0.9%
40 Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot 12.9 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
41 Roosevelt Is. 1.6 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
42 Verrazano Bridge Scenic View (N of bridge) 12.3 1 27 3.7% 0.7%
43 Owls Head Park 10.3 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
44 Playland Lake 20.4 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
45 Nickerson Beach 23.3 2 118 1.7% 0.5%
46 Piermont Pier 18.4 4 402 1.0% 0.4%
47 Sands Point Preserve 15.1 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
48 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 1 110 0.9% 0.2%
49 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
50 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
51 Great Kills Park 18.0 1 268 0.4% 0.1%
52 Bush Terminal Piers Park 9.2 1 367 0.3% 0.0%
53 Sandy Hook 23.7 1 817 0.1% 0.0%