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

based on 384 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge--East Pond in September. 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   Canada Goose 37.6% 78.6% 41.1%
2   Double-crested Cormorant 31.7% 78.1% 46.4%
3   Mute Swan 11.0% 78.1% 67.1%
4   Mallard 36.4% 75.5% 39.1%
5   Snowy Egret 11.8% 72.4% 60.6%
6   Great Egret 19.7% 71.9% 52.1%
7   Lesser Yellowlegs 6.1% 71.4% 65.3%
8   Greater Yellowlegs 8.5% 69.5% 61.0%
9   Semipalmated Sandpiper 7.6% 68.5% 60.9%
10   Laughing Gull 18.4% 66.4% 48.0%
11   Herring Gull 30.7% 65.6% 35.0%
12   Ring-billed Gull 25.0% 61.2% 36.2%
13   Northern Shoveler 3.5% 60.4% 56.9%
14   Gray Catbird 60.6% 59.1% 1.5%
15   Least Sandpiper 6.9% 58.6% 51.7%
16   American Black Duck 7.7% 57.6% 49.8%
17   Blue-winged Teal 1.8% 54.4% 52.6%
18   Great Blue Heron 24.5% 52.6% 28.1%
19   Great Black-backed Gull 18.4% 52.1% 33.7%
20   Semipalmated Plover 6.8% 52.1% 45.3%
21   Osprey 25.3% 51.6% 26.2%
22   Short-billed Dowitcher 2.7% 51.6% 48.9%
23   Gadwall 4.3% 49.7% 45.5%
24   Green-winged Teal 3.4% 44.8% 41.4%
25   European Starling 48.5% 44.0% 4.5%
26   Red-winged Blackbird 11.9% 41.9% 30.0%
27   Black-crowned Night-Heron 7.8% 39.3% 31.5%
28   Common Yellowthroat 45.2% 37.8% 7.5%
29   White-rumped Sandpiper 1.1% 36.7% 35.6%
30   Stilt Sandpiper 0.9% 36.5% 35.5%
31   Northern Waterthrush 15.7% 36.2% 20.5%
32   American Robin 60.5% 34.1% 26.3%
33   Peregrine Falcon 7.3% 32.8% 25.5%
34   Carolina Wren 26.8% 32.0% 5.2%
35   Pectoral Sandpiper 1.8% 31.0% 29.2%
36   American Wigeon 0.8% 29.9% 29.2%
37   Northern Cardinal 50.5% 29.4% 21.1%
38   Forster's Tern 4.0% 27.6% 23.6%
39   Glossy Ibis 0.8% 27.6% 26.8%
40   Northern Mockingbird 31.6% 27.1% 4.6%
41   Western Sandpiper 0.7% 27.1% 26.4%
42   Cedar Waxwing 16.4% 25.8% 9.4%
43   Mourning Dove 53.4% 25.5% 27.9%
44   Song Sparrow 28.7% 24.5% 4.2%
45   Caspian Tern 1.4% 24.5% 23.1%
46   American Oystercatcher 4.9% 22.7% 17.7%
47   American Goldfinch 27.8% 21.4% 6.4%
48   Belted Kingfisher 12.0% 21.4% 9.3%
49   Tree Swallow 6.9% 20.8% 13.9%
50   Barn Swallow 4.7% 20.6% 15.9%
51   Hudsonian Godwit 0.4% 20.3% 19.9%
52   Rock Pigeon 36.9% 19.5% 17.4%
53   Black-bellied Plover 4.4% 18.8% 14.4%
54   American Redstart 43.2% 18.2% 24.9%
55   Eastern Phoebe 17.9% 18.0% 0.0%
56   Spotted Sandpiper 4.9% 17.7% 12.8%
57   House Sparrow 46.1% 16.4% 29.7%
58   Northern Flicker 43.3% 16.1% 27.2%
59   Pied-billed Grebe 1.7% 16.1% 14.4%
60   Ruddy Duck 1.4% 16.1% 14.8%
61   Boat-tailed Grackle 1.2% 16.1% 14.9%
62   American Crow 17.0% 13.8% 3.2%
63   American Avocet 0.2% 13.5% 13.3%
64   Eastern Towhee 7.7% 13.3% 5.5%
65   Merlin 5.3% 13.0% 7.7%
66   Killdeer 7.4% 12.8% 5.3%
67   Little Blue Heron 2.1% 12.8% 10.7%
68   Yellow Warbler 12.3% 12.5% 0.2%
69   Northern Harrier 3.5% 12.0% 8.4%
70   Northern Pintail 0.7% 12.0% 11.3%
71   Downy Woodpecker 31.9% 11.5% 20.5%
72   Common Tern 3.9% 10.9% 7.0%
73   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4.0% 10.4% 6.5%
74   Dunlin 0.6% 8.9% 8.2%
75   Wilson's Phalarope 0.3% 8.9% 8.6%
76   Common Grackle 24.1% 8.6% 15.5%
77   Eastern Kingbird 3.0% 8.6% 5.6%
78   Baird's Sandpiper 0.6% 8.6% 8.0%
79   Black Tern 0.4% 8.6% 8.2%
80   Solitary Sandpiper 3.1% 8.1% 5.0%
81   Sora 1.0% 8.1% 7.1%
82   Northern Parula 27.1% 7.3% 19.8%
83   Wood Duck 10.0% 7.3% 2.7%
84   Ruddy Turnstone 1.3% 7.3% 6.0%
85   Chimney Swift 22.5% 7.0% 15.5%
86   House Finch 14.9% 6.2% 8.7%
87   Blue Jay 52.0% 6.0% 46.1%
88   House Wren 17.3% 6.0% 11.4%
89   Brant 0.5% 6.0% 5.5%
90   Long-billed Dowitcher 0.3% 6.0% 5.7%
91   Yellow-rumped Warbler 8.5% 5.7% 2.7%
92   Black Skimmer 1.6% 5.7% 4.1%
93   Red Knot 0.4% 5.5% 5.1%
94   Eurasian Wigeon 0.1% 5.5% 5.4%
95   Marbled Godwit 0.2% 5.2% 5.0%
96   Palm Warbler 15.2% 4.9% 10.2%
97   Marsh Wren 3.5% 4.9% 1.4%
98   Brown Thrasher 8.7% 4.7% 4.0%
99   Willet 0.9% 4.7% 3.7%
100   Red-eyed Vireo 25.2% 4.4% 20.8%
101   Fish Crow 2.9% 4.4% 1.5%
102   American White Pelican 0.3% 4.4% 4.1%
103   Bald Eagle 4.8% 4.2% 0.6%
104   Buff-breasted Sandpiper 0.5% 4.2% 3.7%
105   Savannah Sparrow 6.3% 3.9% 2.4%
106   Black-and-white Warbler 31.9% 3.6% 28.2%
107   Swamp Sparrow 5.0% 3.6% 1.3%
108   American Golden-Plover 0.8% 3.6% 2.8%
109   Magnolia Warbler 22.9% 3.4% 19.5%
110   Green Heron 7.6% 3.4% 4.2%
111   Common Raven 5.4% 3.4% 2.0%
112   Sanderling 2.9% 3.4% 0.5%
113   Brown-headed Cowbird 4.0% 3.1% 0.9%
114   Ovenbird 12.7% 2.6% 10.1%
115   Cooper's Hawk 7.4% 2.6% 4.8%
116   Sharp-shinned Hawk 5.3% 2.6% 2.7%
117   White-eyed Vireo 3.5% 2.6% 0.9%
118   Eastern Wood-Pewee 19.6% 2.3% 17.3%
119   Greater Scaup 0.1% 2.3% 2.2%
120   Baltimore Oriole 7.8% 2.1% 5.7%
121   Bobolink 3.2% 2.1% 1.1%
122   American Coot 1.0% 2.1% 1.0%
123   Bank Swallow 0.3% 2.1% 1.8%
124   Red-necked Phalarope 0.1% 2.1% 2.0%
125   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 16.7% 1.8% 14.9%
126   Blackpoll Warbler 10.4% 1.8% 8.6%
127   Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2.6% 1.8% 0.8%
128   Black-throated Blue Warbler 16.9% 1.6% 15.4%
129   Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4.9% 1.6% 3.3%
130   Royal Tern 2.9% 1.6% 1.4%
131   Red-tailed Hawk 18.8% 1.3% 17.5%
132   Veery 11.6% 1.3% 10.3%
133   American Kestrel 10.9% 1.3% 9.6%
134   White-throated Sparrow 9.6% 1.3% 8.3%
135   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8.1% 1.3% 6.8%
136   Black-headed Gull 0.1% 1.3% 1.2%
137   Gull-billed Tern 0.0% 1.3% 1.3%
138   Turkey Vulture 8.4% 1.0% 7.4%
139   Pine Warbler 5.4% 1.0% 4.4%
140   Great Crested Flycatcher 5.2% 1.0% 4.2%
141   Indigo Bunting 4.5% 1.0% 3.4%
142   Least Flycatcher 3.4% 1.0% 2.4%
143   Bonaparte's Gull 0.2% 1.0% 0.9%
144   Snow Goose 0.1% 1.0% 1.0%
145   Black-capped Chickadee 12.8% 0.8% 12.0%
146   Chestnut-sided Warbler 10.3% 0.8% 9.5%
147   Warbling Vireo 8.2% 0.8% 7.5%
148   Prairie Warbler 4.4% 0.8% 3.6%
149   Clapper Rail 1.9% 0.8% 1.1%
150   Least Bittern 0.3% 0.8% 0.5%
151   Red-bellied Woodpecker 29.7% 0.5% 29.2%
152   Swainson's Thrush 14.9% 0.5% 14.4%
153   Black-throated Green Warbler 12.3% 0.5% 11.8%
154   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 11.6% 0.5% 11.1%
155   Scarlet Tanager 9.8% 0.5% 9.3%
156   Tennessee Warbler 6.0% 0.5% 5.5%
157   Bay-breasted Warbler 4.4% 0.5% 3.9%
158   Broad-winged Hawk 3.2% 0.5% 2.7%
159   Connecticut Warbler 2.0% 0.5% 1.5%
160   Blue-winged Warbler 1.5% 0.5% 0.9%
161   Black-billed Cuckoo 0.6% 0.5% 0.1%
162   Whimbrel 0.5% 0.5% 0.0%
163   Wilson's Snipe 0.3% 0.5% 0.3%
164   Common Gallinule 0.2% 0.5% 0.3%
165   Lesser Scaup 0.1% 0.5% 0.4%
166   White-breasted Nuthatch 13.6% 0.3% 13.3%
167   Red-breasted Nuthatch 7.6% 0.3% 7.4%
168   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 0.3% 6.7%
169   Wood Thrush 5.2% 0.3% 4.9%
170   Nashville Warbler 4.7% 0.3% 4.4%
171   Canada Warbler 4.1% 0.3% 3.9%
172   Blue-headed Vireo 3.3% 0.3% 3.1%
173   Blackburnian Warbler 3.0% 0.3% 2.7%
174   Common Nighthawk 2.8% 0.3% 2.6%
175   Yellow-throated Vireo 0.8% 0.3% 0.6%
176   Piping Plover 0.8% 0.3% 0.5%
177   Lesser Black-backed Gull 0.7% 0.3% 0.4%
178   Tricolored Heron 0.2% 0.3% 0.0%
179   American Woodcock 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
180   Budgerigar 0.2% 0.3% 0.1%
181   Purple Martin 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
182   Acadian Flycatcher 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
183   Ring-necked Duck 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
184   Cattle Egret 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
185   Black Swan 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
186   Redhead 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
187   White-faced Ibis 0.0% 0.3% 0.3%
188   Common Ringed Plover 0% 0.3% 0.3%