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Top Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in March
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 110 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in March. 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   Ruddy Duck 15.2% 89.1% 73.9%
2   Mute Swan 16.8% 82.7% 66.0%
3   Canada Goose 56.8% 70.9% 14.2%
4   Bufflehead 26.9% 56.4% 29.5%
5   Herring Gull 34.9% 53.6% 18.7%
6   Double-crested Cormorant 17.1% 50.0% 32.9%
7   Red-winged Blackbird 43.1% 49.1% 6.0%
8   Mallard 53.5% 44.5% 9.0%
9   Song Sparrow 50.8% 44.5% 6.3%
10   American Black Duck 22.7% 42.7% 20.0%
11   Northern Shoveler 16.8% 40.9% 24.1%
12   American Robin 58.7% 36.4% 22.3%
13   Northern Cardinal 49.7% 36.4% 13.3%
14   Ring-billed Gull 42.7% 30.9% 11.8%
15   Great Black-backed Gull 23.6% 29.1% 5.5%
16   Yellow-rumped Warbler 5.7% 25.5% 19.7%
17   White-throated Sparrow 42.4% 24.5% 17.8%
18   Carolina Wren 18.7% 24.5% 5.9%
19   Green-winged Teal 7.8% 24.5% 16.8%
20   Greater Scaup 6.2% 24.5% 18.3%
21   Lesser Scaup 3.6% 24.5% 20.9%
22   American Coot 10.4% 23.6% 13.2%
23   Snow Goose 2.3% 22.7% 20.4%
24   Red-breasted Merganser 16.3% 20.9% 4.6%
25   Gadwall 14.1% 20.9% 6.8%
26   Northern Mockingbird 27.4% 20.0% 7.4%
27   American Crow 24.5% 17.3% 7.3%
28   American Wigeon 6.7% 17.3% 10.6%
29   Downy Woodpecker 31.7% 15.5% 16.2%
30   Redhead 1.4% 15.5% 14.0%
31   Hooded Merganser 14.2% 14.5% 0.3%
32   Fish Crow 13.1% 12.7% 0.4%
33   Mourning Dove 42.7% 10.9% 31.8%
34   Brant 19.2% 10.9% 8.3%
35   Canvasback 2.0% 10.0% 8.0%
36   House Sparrow 44.1% 9.1% 35.0%
37   Northern Harrier 3.1% 9.1% 6.0%
38   Boat-tailed Grackle 2.0% 9.1% 7.1%
39   Gray Catbird 1.6% 9.1% 7.5%
40   Common Grackle 33.7% 8.2% 25.5%
41   European Starling 46.4% 7.3% 39.1%
42   Eastern Phoebe 14.0% 6.4% 7.6%
43   Osprey 7.1% 6.4% 0.7%
44   Black-capped Chickadee 26.0% 5.5% 20.6%
45   Northern Flicker 14.0% 5.5% 8.6%
46   Ring-necked Duck 9.4% 5.5% 3.9%
47   Rock Pigeon 30.2% 4.5% 25.7%
48   House Finch 15.3% 4.5% 10.8%
49   Wood Duck 11.9% 4.5% 7.4%
50   Great Cormorant 3.8% 4.5% 0.8%
51   Golden-crowned Kinglet 8.3% 3.6% 4.6%
52   Tree Swallow 6.3% 3.6% 2.7%
53   American Oystercatcher 5.4% 3.6% 1.7%
54   Laughing Gull 0.7% 3.6% 2.9%
55   Dark-eyed Junco 26.5% 2.7% 23.8%
56   Red-tailed Hawk 25.3% 2.7% 22.6%
57   American Goldfinch 15.2% 2.7% 12.5%
58   Cooper's Hawk 5.6% 2.7% 2.8%
59   Bald Eagle 4.6% 2.7% 1.9%
60   American Tree Sparrow 4.5% 2.7% 1.8%
61   Swamp Sparrow 4.4% 2.7% 1.7%
62   Common Goldeneye 3.2% 2.7% 0.5%
63   Blue Jay 41.4% 1.8% 39.6%
64   Fox Sparrow 12.0% 1.8% 10.2%
65   Great Blue Heron 11.7% 1.8% 9.9%
66   Hairy Woodpecker 8.8% 1.8% 7.0%
67   Pied-billed Grebe 5.1% 1.8% 3.3%
68   Great Egret 4.6% 1.8% 2.8%
69   Northern Pintail 2.6% 1.8% 0.7%
70   Field Sparrow 2.3% 1.8% 0.5%
71   Chipping Sparrow 1.7% 1.8% 0.1%
72   Black-crowned Night-Heron 1.6% 1.8% 0.3%
73   Little Blue Heron 0.0% 1.8% 1.8%
74   Red-bellied Woodpecker 30.4% 0.9% 29.5%
75   Common Merganser 8.6% 0.9% 7.7%
76   Brown-headed Cowbird 8.4% 0.9% 7.5%
77   Horned Grebe 7.5% 0.9% 6.6%
78   Red-throated Loon 6.8% 0.9% 5.8%
79   American Woodcock 5.2% 0.9% 4.3%
80   Common Raven 4.0% 0.9% 3.1%
81   Peregrine Falcon 4.0% 0.9% 3.1%
82   Eastern Towhee 2.3% 0.9% 1.3%
83   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2.2% 0.9% 1.3%
84   Ring-necked Pheasant 1.2% 0.9% 0.3%
85   Iceland Gull 0.3% 0.9% 0.6%
86   Marsh Wren 0.2% 0.9% 0.7%