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Top Birds at Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 37 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Fort Tilden--Rocky Point Marsh in May. The difference in probability relative to other nearby locations is also shown, to highlight which birds are particularly likely to be found (or not found) at this specific location. The chart shows how many distinct species have historically been observed at this location for each month of the year.

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Rank Info Pics Species Entire Region This Location Difference
1   American Oystercatcher 7.9% 91.9% 84.0%
2   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 67.6% 55.2%
3   Ruddy Turnstone 2.2% 54.1% 51.9%
4   Semipalmated Sandpiper 4.9% 48.6% 43.8%
5   Black-bellied Plover 3.5% 40.5% 37.1%
6   Willet 5.8% 37.8% 32.0%
7   Piping Plover 1.4% 35.1% 33.7%
8   Semipalmated Plover 4.5% 27.0% 22.5%
9   Sanderling 1.6% 16.2% 14.6%
10   Laughing Gull 16.9% 13.5% 3.4%
11   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 10.8% 36.7%
12   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 10.8% 24.7%
13   Herring Gull 23.4% 10.8% 12.6%
14   Brant 10.8% 10.8% 0.1%
15   Killdeer 9.3% 10.8% 1.5%
16   European Starling 58.4% 8.1% 50.3%
17   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 8.1% 45.2%
18   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 8.1% 11.8%
19   American Robin 73.3% 5.4% 67.9%
20   Gray Catbird 66.0% 5.4% 60.5%
21   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 5.4% 53.6%
22   House Sparrow 57.0% 5.4% 51.6%
23   Mourning Dove 53.4% 5.4% 48.0%
24   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 5.4% 37.2%
25   Song Sparrow 35.5% 5.4% 30.1%
26   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 5.4% 21.3%
27   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 5.4% 8.9%
28   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 5.4% 7.9%
29   Common Tern 5.8% 5.4% 0.4%
30   Least Tern 3.9% 5.4% 1.5%
31   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 2.7% 42.0%
32   Warbling Vireo 32.2% 2.7% 29.5%
33   Barn Swallow 31.7% 2.7% 29.0%
34   Northern Flicker 29.1% 2.7% 26.4%
35   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 2.7% 25.4%
36   House Wren 26.7% 2.7% 24.0%
37   Great Egret 25.4% 2.7% 22.7%
38   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 2.7% 20.5%
39   Tree Swallow 22.4% 2.7% 19.7%
40   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 2.7% 18.1%
41   American Crow 17.7% 2.7% 14.9%
42   Osprey 16.4% 2.7% 13.7%
43   Black-capped Chickadee 12.1% 2.7% 9.4%
44   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 2.7% 8.4%
45   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 2.7% 7.5%
46   Snowy Egret 9.9% 2.7% 7.2%
47   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 2.7% 3.2%
48   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 2.7% 2.7%
49   American Black Duck 5.0% 2.7% 2.3%
50   White-eyed Vireo 4.3% 2.7% 1.6%
51   Lesser Yellowlegs 2.7% 2.7% 0.0%
52   Dunlin 2.2% 2.7% 0.5%
53   Short-billed Dowitcher 1.8% 2.7% 0.9%
54   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 2.7% 1.6%