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Where to find Purple Sandpiper in May
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 May. 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			Gravesend Bay	13.2	13	17	76.5%	52.7%
2			Gravesend Bay, southern parking lot	12.9	4	5	80.0%	37.6%
3			The Narrows (Brooklyn)	11.9	9	24	37.5%	21.2%
4			Jones Beach SP--West End beach and jetty	25.0	1	1	100.0%	20.7%
5			Rockaway Beach--Hammels (Beach 73rd-94th St.)	15.9	3	7	42.9%	15.8%
6			Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot	12.6	6	21	28.6%	13.8%
7			Ceasar's Bay Bazaar	13.1	2	5	40.0%	11.8%
8			Rockaway Beach--Arverne (Beach 56th-73rd St.)	16.2	3	10	30.0%	10.8%
9			Roosevelt Is.--FDR Four Freedoms and Southpoint Park	2.1	11	59	18.6%	10.7%
10			Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail	12.7	1	2	50.0%	9.5%
11			Point Lookout--Town Park	23.9	4	18	22.2%	9.0%
12			Manhattan Beach Park	14.2	1	3	33.3%	6.1%
13			Breezy Point Tip	16.0	20	235	8.5%	5.6%
14			Rockaway Beach--Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.)	16.6	7	74	9.5%	4.7%
15			Rockaway Beach--Far Rockaway (E of Beach 32nd St.)	17.2	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
16			Rockaway Beach--Seaside (Beach 94th-108th St.)	15.8	1	4	25.0%	4.6%
17			Veterans Memorial Pier	10.5	2	15	13.3%	3.7%
18			Rockaway Beach--Beach 59th St. Jetty	16.3	1	5	20.0%	3.6%
19			Peter Detmold Park	1.9	2	17	11.8%	3.3%
20			Rockaway Beach (Beach 9th-149th St.)	15.8	1	6	16.7%	3.0%
21			Fort Tilden	15.7	8	139	5.8%	2.9%
22			Glen Island Park	12.0	2	24	8.3%	2.3%
23			Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach	14.9	1	9	11.1%	2.0%
24			Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary	20.3	7	175	4.0%	2.0%
25			Long Beach Park	20.7	1	10	10.0%	1.8%
26			Coney Island Pier	14.6	1	11	9.1%	1.6%
27			Atlantic Beach (village, beach & bay)	18.2	1	15	6.7%	1.2%
28			Nickerson Beach	23.3	8	421	1.9%	1.0%
29			Point Lookout	24.4	1	20	5.0%	0.9%
30			Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021)	7.0	8	493	1.6%	0.8%
31			Roosevelt Is.	1.6	1	25	4.0%	0.7%
32			Liberty SP--Tidal Bay	8.0	1	32	3.1%	0.6%
33			Coney Island Beach	14.5	1	34	2.9%	0.5%
34			Prospect Point	14.7	1	44	2.3%	0.4%
35			Liberty SP	7.0	6	825	0.7%	0.3%
36			Bush Terminal Piers Park	9.2	1	76	1.3%	0.2%
37			Sandy Hook	23.7	8	2381	0.3%	0.2%
38			Great Kills Park	18.0	1	269	0.4%	0.1%
39			Lido Beach Passive Nature Area	23.4	1	487	0.2%	0.0%
40			Marshlands Conservancy	18.3	1	804	0.1%	0.0%
41			Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area	21.0	1	1258	0.1%	0.0%
42			Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	13.6	1	1892	0.1%	0.0%