Bird Finder

Top Birds in October
within 25 miles of 40.781243, -73.966507

based on 77977 checklists in 1992 hotspots

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of October. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. Species that peak in October are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.

Rank Info Species Chart Peak September October Change
1   White-throated Sparrow
11.3% 58.7% 47.4%
2   American Robin
59.4% 57.7% 1.7%
3   Blue Jay
51.8% 56.7% 4.9%
4   Song Sparrow
27.5% 54.9% 27.4%
5   Yellow-rumped Warbler
7.9% 49.7% 41.9%
6   House Sparrow
45.4% 46.8% 1.4%
7   European Starling
46.6% 45.8% 0.8%
8   Mourning Dove
52.5% 45.6% 6.9%
9   Northern Cardinal
50.3% 45.1% 5.2%
10   Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7.8% 45.1% 37.3%
11   Canada Goose
37.2% 40.5% 3.3%
12   Mallard
35.4% 38.2% 2.8%
13   Northern Flicker
42.2% 38.1% 4.1%
14   Gray Catbird
60.2% 37.3% 22.8%
15   Northern Mockingbird
30.9% 36.3% 5.4%
16   Eastern Phoebe
17.3% 36.3% 19.0%
17   Red-bellied Woodpecker
30.7% 35.7% 5.1%
18   Rock Pigeon
37.0% 35.7% 1.3%
19   Swamp Sparrow
5.2% 32.9% 27.7%
20   American Herring Gull
29.6% 31.8% 2.2%
21   Double-crested Cormorant
30.9% 31.0% 0.1%
22   Palm Warbler
14.7% 30.3% 15.7%
23   Downy Woodpecker
31.5% 30.0% 1.5%
24   Golden-crowned Kinglet
1.8% 29.7% 27.9%
25   Ring-billed Gull
24.3% 29.7% 5.4%
26   Dark-eyed Junco
1.3% 26.6% 25.3%
27   Common Yellowthroat
44.2% 25.4% 18.8%
28   Hermit Thrush
0.5% 24.3% 23.8%
29   American Crow
17.7% 23.4% 5.7%
30   American Goldfinch
26.4% 23.3% 3.1%
31   Carolina Wren
27.0% 23.2% 3.9%
32   Red-tailed Hawk
18.3% 23.1% 4.8%
33   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3.5% 22.5% 19.1%
34   Great Blue Heron
24.6% 22.2% 2.4%
35   Common Grackle
23.8% 21.9% 2.0%
36   White-breasted Nuthatch
12.6% 21.6% 9.1%
37   Chipping Sparrow
6.3% 20.5% 14.2%
38   Eastern Towhee
7.2% 20.5% 13.3%
39   Tufted Titmouse
9.0% 20.3% 11.2%
40   Savannah Sparrow
6.3% 18.7% 12.4%
41   Black-capped Chickadee
11.2% 18.1% 6.8%
42   House Finch
14.4% 18.0% 3.6%
43   Great Black-backed Gull
17.1% 17.9% 0.8%
44   Red-winged Blackbird
11.5% 15.6% 4.2%
45   Cooper's Hawk
7.4% 14.8% 7.4%
46   Great Egret
18.9% 13.9% 5.0%
47   Laughing Gull
18.7% 13.5% 5.2%
48   American Black Duck
8.0% 13.4% 5.4%
49   Belted Kingfisher
11.3% 12.7% 1.4%
50   American Kestrel
10.6% 12.6% 2.0%
51   Black-throated Blue Warbler
16.7% 12.1% 4.7%
52   Osprey
24.5% 11.7% 12.8%
53   Blue-headed Vireo
3.3% 11.4% 8.1%
54   Field Sparrow
2.2% 11.3% 9.1%
55   Brown Creeper
1.3% 11.2% 9.9%
56   Northern Parula
26.3% 10.7% 15.7%
57   Winter Wren
1.6% 10.6% 9.0%
58   Mute Swan
10.9% 10.6% 0.3%
59   White-crowned Sparrow
0.3% 10.2% 9.9%
60   Wood Duck
9.8% 9.9% 0.1%
61   Blackpoll Warbler
9.5% 9.8% 0.3%
62   Turkey Vulture
7.9% 9.7% 1.8%
63   Cedar Waxwing
15.3% 9.6% 5.6%
64   Sharp-shinned Hawk
4.7% 9.4% 4.7%
65   Brant
0.5% 9.0% 8.5%
66   Black-and-white Warbler
31.4% 9.0% 22.4%
67   House Wren
15.7% 8.9% 6.8%
68   Northern Shoveler
3.7% 8.8% 5.1%
69   Gadwall
4.4% 7.9% 3.6%
70   Ruddy Duck
1.5% 7.8% 6.4%
71   Red-breasted Nuthatch
7.6% 7.8% 0.2%
72   Hairy Woodpecker
8.4% 7.8% 0.6%
73   American Redstart
42.5% 7.7% 34.8%
74   Chimney Swift
20.7% 7.6% 13.1%
75   Peregrine Falcon
6.9% 7.5% 0.6%
76   Merlin
5.1% 7.4% 2.3%
77   Swainson's Thrush
13.9% 7.3% 6.6%
78   Magnolia Warbler
21.4% 7.1% 14.3%
79   Greater Yellowlegs
8.2% 7.0% 1.2%
80   Purple Finch
1.1% 6.7% 5.6%
81   Green-winged Teal
3.8% 6.4% 2.6%
82   Lincoln's Sparrow
3.7% 6.3% 2.6%
83   Pine Warbler
5.1% 6.3% 1.2%
84   Common Raven
6.1% 6.2% 0.2%
85   Killdeer
6.9% 6.0% 0.9%
86   Northern Harrier
3.3% 5.6% 2.3%
87   Red-eyed Vireo
24.4% 5.6% 18.9%
88   Brown-headed Cowbird
3.8% 5.5% 1.7%
89   Bald Eagle
4.8% 5.5% 0.8%
90   Ovenbird
13.3% 5.5% 7.8%
91   Snowy Egret
11.5% 5.3% 6.2%
92   Black-throated Green Warbler
11.1% 5.2% 5.9%
93   Brown Thrasher
7.9% 5.1% 2.8%
94   Tree Swallow
6.2% 5.1% 1.1%
95   Indigo Bunting
4.0% 4.5% 0.5%
96   Eastern Wood-Pewee
18.6% 4.3% 14.3%
97   Black-crowned Night-Heron
7.6% 4.1% 3.5%
98   Pine Siskin
0.0% 3.9% 3.9%
99   American Coot
0.9% 3.9% 3.1%
100   Black-bellied Plover
4.0% 3.9% 0.1%
101   Pied-billed Grebe
1.8% 3.6% 1.8%
102   Nashville Warbler
4.6% 3.6% 1.0%
103   Scarlet Tanager
9.5% 3.6% 5.9%
104   Royal Tern
3.3% 3.3% 0.0%
105   American Wigeon
1.0% 2.9% 1.9%
106   Fish Crow
2.9% 2.7% 0.2%
107   Monk Parakeet
2.5% 2.6% 0.1%
108   Northern Waterthrush
16.0% 2.6% 13.4%
109   Black Vulture
2.5% 2.5% 0.0%
110   Cape May Warbler
7.3% 2.5% 4.8%
111   Lesser Yellowlegs
6.0% 2.4% 3.6%
112   Dunlin
0.6% 2.4% 1.8%
113   American Pipit
0.4% 2.4% 2.0%
114   Forster's Tern
4.3% 2.4% 1.9%
115   Tennessee Warbler
6.1% 2.3% 3.7%
116   Marsh Wren
3.4% 2.2% 1.1%
117   Vesper Sparrow
0.0% 2.2% 2.1%
118   Common Loon
0.5% 2.1% 1.6%
119   American Oystercatcher
4.9% 2.1% 2.9%
120   Rose-breasted Grosbeak
11.0% 2.0% 9.0%
121   Nelson's Sparrow
0.2% 2.0% 1.8%
122   Red-shouldered Hawk
1.2% 2.0% 0.8%
123   Eastern Bluebird
0.7% 1.9% 1.2%
124   Wood Thrush
5.3% 1.8% 3.5%
125   Northern Pintail
0.7% 1.7% 1.0%
126   Eastern Meadowlark
0.0% 1.7% 1.7%
127   Sanderling
2.6% 1.6% 1.1%
128   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
2.5% 1.5% 1.0%
129   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
3.8% 1.5% 2.4%
130   Bufflehead
0.0% 1.4% 1.4%
131   Rusty Blackbird
0.1% 1.4% 1.4%
132   Saltmarsh Sparrow
1.1% 1.4% 0.3%
133   Pileated Woodpecker
2.1% 1.4% 0.7%
134   Semipalmated Plover
7.1% 1.4% 5.7%
135   Wild Turkey
1.4% 1.3% 0.1%
136   Semipalmated Sandpiper
7.7% 1.2% 6.4%
137   Hooded Merganser
0.2% 1.2% 1.0%
138   Baltimore Oriole
7.3% 1.2% 6.1%
139   Green Heron
7.4% 1.2% 6.3%
140   Gray-cheeked Thrush
1.4% 1.1% 0.3%
141   Great Cormorant
0.3% 1.1% 0.8%
142   Ruby-throated Hummingbird
16.3% 1.1% 15.2%
143   Yellow Warbler
12.1% 1.1% 11.1%
144   Clapper Rail
1.8% 1.0% 0.8%
145   Orange-crowned Warbler
0.1% 1.0% 0.9%
146   Blue-winged Teal
2.1% 1.0% 1.1%
147   Pectoral Sandpiper
1.8% 0.9% 0.9%
148   American Woodcock
0.1% 0.9% 0.8%
149   Clay-colored Sparrow
0.6% 0.9% 0.2%
150   Dickcissel
0.8% 0.9% 0.0%
151   Spotted Sandpiper
4.7% 0.8% 3.9%
152   Common Nighthawk
2.8% 0.8% 2.1%
153   Wilson's Snipe
0.2% 0.8% 0.5%
154   Black Scoter
0.1% 0.8% 0.6%
155   Lesser Black-backed Gull
0.7% 0.8% 0.0%
156   Surf Scoter
0.1% 0.8% 0.7%
157   Chestnut-sided Warbler
9.5% 0.7% 8.8%
158   Yellow-breasted Chat
1.0% 0.7% 0.2%
159   Red-headed Woodpecker
0.6% 0.7% 0.1%
160   Boat-tailed Grackle
1.3% 0.7% 0.6%
161   American Golden-Plover
0.8% 0.7% 0.1%
162   Red-throated Loon
0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
163   Broad-winged Hawk
2.7% 0.7% 2.0%
164   Solitary Sandpiper
3.3% 0.7% 2.6%
165   Least Sandpiper
6.9% 0.7% 6.2%
166   Fox Sparrow
0.0% 0.7% 0.7%
167   Blue Grosbeak
0.4% 0.6% 0.2%
168   Red-breasted Merganser
0.2% 0.6% 0.4%
169   Northern Gannet
0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
170   Great Horned Owl
0.4% 0.6% 0.1%
171   Black Skimmer
1.7% 0.6% 1.1%
172   Bobolink
2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
173   Short-billed Dowitcher
2.9% 0.6% 2.3%
174   Snow Goose
0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
175   Greater Scaup
0.2% 0.5% 0.4%
176   Wilson's Warbler
3.6% 0.5% 3.0%
177   Ring-necked Pheasant
0.4% 0.5% 0.2%
178   Ring-necked Duck
0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
179   Bay-breasted Warbler
4.2% 0.5% 3.7%
180   Prairie Warbler
4.2% 0.5% 3.7%
181   Lark Sparrow
0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
182   White-winged Scoter
0.0% 0.5% 0.4%
183   Sora
1.1% 0.5% 0.7%
184   Caspian Tern
1.7% 0.5% 1.2%
185   Little Blue Heron
1.9% 0.5% 1.4%
186   Common Tern
3.7% 0.4% 3.3%
187   Ruddy Turnstone
1.3% 0.4% 0.9%
188   Grasshopper Sparrow
0.1% 0.4% 0.4%
189   White-rumped Sandpiper
1.4% 0.4% 1.0%
190   Purple Gallinule
0% 0.4% 0.4%
191   Lesser Scaup
0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
192   Bonaparte's Gull
0.2% 0.4% 0.2%
193   Veery
11.3% 0.4% 10.9%
194   Long-billed Dowitcher
0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
195   American Bittern
0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
196   Stilt Sandpiper
1.1% 0.3% 0.8%
197   American Avocet
0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
198   Red Knot
0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
199   White-eyed Vireo
3.3% 0.3% 3.0%
200   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
4.3% 0.3% 4.0%
201   Blackburnian Warbler
2.7% 0.3% 2.4%
202   Seaside Sparrow
0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
203   Connecticut Warbler
2.0% 0.3% 1.7%
204   Hooded Warbler
0.9% 0.3% 0.6%
205   Horned Grebe
0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
206   Barred Owl
0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
207   Philadelphia Vireo
2.0% 0.3% 1.8%
208   Least Flycatcher
3.1% 0.2% 2.9%
209   Eastern Screech-Owl
0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
210   Western Kingbird
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
211   Hudsonian Godwit
0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
212   Eurasian Wigeon
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
213   Barn Swallow
4.2% 0.2% 4.0%
214   American White Pelican
0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
215   Virginia Rail
0.3% 0.2% 0.1%
216   Common Merganser
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
217   Black-billed Cuckoo
0.5% 0.2% 0.3%
218   Common Eider
0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
219   Common Gallinule
0.2% 0.1% 0.0%
220   Horned Lark
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
221   Mourning Warbler
0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
222   Wood Stork
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
223   Budgerigar
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
224   Brown Booby
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
225   LeConte's Sparrow
0% 0.1% 0.1%
226   Western Cattle-Egret
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
227   Glossy Ibis
1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
228   Redhead
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
229   Henslow's Sparrow
0% 0.1% 0.1%
230   Marbled Godwit
0.4% 0.1% 0.3%
231   Northern Saw-whet Owl
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
232   Willet
0.8% 0.1% 0.7%
233   Parasitic Jaeger
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
234   Muscovy Duck
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
235   Cackling Goose
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
236   Western Sandpiper
0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
237   Ash-throated Flycatcher
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
238   Eurasian Eagle-Owl
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
239   American Tree Sparrow
0% 0.1% 0.1%
240   Tropical Kingbird
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
241   Snow Bunting
0% 0.1% 0.1%
242   Piping Plover
0.7% 0.1% 0.6%
243   Northern Wheatear
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
244   Eared Grebe
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
245   Pacific-slope Flycatcher
0% 0.1% 0.1%
246   Yellow-headed Blackbird
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
247   Long-tailed Duck
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
248   Evening Grosbeak
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
249   Prothonotary Warbler
0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
250   Yellow-throated Vireo
0.7% 0.1% 0.7%
251   Canada Warbler
3.7% 0.1% 3.6%
252   Northern Red Bishop
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
253   Brown Pelican
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
254   Warbling Vireo
7.5% 0.1% 7.5%
255   European Goldfinch
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
256   Whimbrel
0.5% 0.1% 0.5%
257   Red-necked Grebe
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
258   Tricolored Heron
0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
259   Sedge Wren
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
260   Great Crested Flycatcher
5.0% 0.1% 5.0%
261   Short-eared Owl
0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
262   Lapland Longspur
0% 0.1% 0.1%
263   King Eider
0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
264   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
1.6% 0.1% 1.5%
265   Northern Rough-winged Swallow
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
266   American Barn Owl
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
267   Golden-winged Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
268   Blue-winged Warbler
1.3% 0.0% 1.3%
269   Lark Bunting
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
270   Black-headed Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
271   Barnacle Goose
0% 0.0% 0.0%
272   Harlequin Duck
0% 0.0% 0.0%
273   Black Swan
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
274   Mandarin Duck
0% 0.0% 0.0%
275   Carolina Chickadee
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
276   Golden Eagle
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
277   Wilson's Phalarope
0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
278   Painted Redstart
0% 0.0% 0.0%
279   Eastern Kingbird
2.8% 0.0% 2.8%
280   Baird's Sandpiper
0.6% 0.0% 0.5%
281   Black-legged Kittiwake
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
282   Summer Tanager
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
283   Tundra Swan
0% 0.0% 0.0%
284   Sage Thrasher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
285   Ross's Goose
0% 0.0% 0.0%
286   Red-necked Phalarope
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
287   Rufous Hummingbird
0% 0.0% 0.0%
288   American Goshawk
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
289   Greater White-fronted Goose
0% 0.0% 0.0%
290   Red Crossbill
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
291   Yellow-throated Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
292   Black Tern
0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
293   Buff-breasted Sandpiper
0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
294   Pin-tailed Whydah
0% 0.0% 0.0%
295   Say's Phoebe
0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
296   Worm-eating Warbler
0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
297   Least Bittern
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
298   Vermilion Flycatcher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
299   Bank Swallow
0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
300   Olive-sided Flycatcher
1.1% 0.0% 1.1%
301   Rough-legged Hawk
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
302   White Ibis
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
303   Pacific Loon
0% 0.0% 0.0%
304   Northern Bobwhite
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
305   Iceland Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
306   Townsend's Warbler
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
307   Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
308   Sandhill Crane
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
309   Swan Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
310   Leach's Storm-Petrel
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
311   Roseate Spoonbill
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
312   Red Phalarope
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
313   Lined Seedeater
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
314   Pomarine Jaeger
0% 0.0% 0.0%
315   Cliff Swallow
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
316   Graylag Goose
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
317   Hammond's Flycatcher
0% 0.0% 0.0%
318   Western Tanager
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
319   Fork-tailed Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
320   Bicknell's Thrush
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
321   Canvasback
0% 0.0% 0.0%
322   Franklin's Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
323   Northern Shrike
0% 0.0% 0.0%
324   Chukar
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
325   Purple Sandpiper
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
326   Least Tern
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
327   Wilson's Storm-Petrel
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
328   Acadian Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
329   Saffron Finch
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
330   Yellow-fronted Canary
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
331   Eastern Whip-poor-will
0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
332   Cockatiel
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
333   Orchard Oriole
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
334   White-winged Crossbill
0% 0.0% 0.0%
335   Willow Flycatcher
0.4% 0.0% 0.4%
336   Common Redpoll
0% 0.0% 0.0%
337   Purple Martin
0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
338   Mississippi Kite
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
339   Eurasian Linnet
0% 0.0% 0.0%
340   Helmeted Guineafowl
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
341   Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
342   Little Gull
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
343   Mitred Parakeet
0% 0.0% 0.0%
344   Red Junglefowl
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
345   European Serin
0% 0.0% 0.0%
346   Common Goldeneye
0% 0.0% 0.0%
347   Spotted Towhee
0% 0.0% 0.0%
348   Swainson's Hawk
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
349   Brewer's Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
350   Magnificent Frigatebird
0% 0.0% 0.0%
351   Varied Thrush
0% 0.0% 0.0%
352   Razorbill
0% 0.0% 0.0%
353   Cave Swallow
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
354   Tufted Duck
0% 0.0% 0.0%
355   Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
0% 0.0% 0.0%
356   Yellow-crowned Bishop
0% 0.0% 0.0%
357   Harris's Sparrow
0% 0.0% 0.0%
358   Kentucky Warbler
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
359   Whooper Swan
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
360   Yellow Rail
0% 0.0% 0.0%
361   Great Shearwater
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
362   Island Canary
0% 0.0% 0.0%
363   Orange-cheeked Waxbill
0% 0.0% 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.