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Top Birds at Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek in May
relative to other locations within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

based on 102 checklists

This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist at Swindler Cove Park and Sherman Creek 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   European Starling 58.4% 90.2% 31.8%
2   American Robin 73.3% 89.2% 15.9%
3   House Sparrow 56.9% 88.2% 31.3%
4   Canada Goose 45.1% 88.2% 43.2%
5   Song Sparrow 35.5% 83.3% 47.8%
6   Red-winged Blackbird 53.3% 81.4% 28.1%
7   Mallard 49.3% 77.5% 28.2%
8   Common Grackle 54.9% 76.5% 21.6%
9   Mourning Dove 53.4% 74.5% 21.1%
10   Double-crested Cormorant 34.0% 72.5% 38.6%
11   Gray Catbird 65.9% 71.6% 5.6%
12   Northern Mockingbird 26.7% 70.6% 43.9%
13   Warbling Vireo 32.1% 69.6% 37.5%
14   Ring-billed Gull 14.3% 67.6% 53.4%
15   Northern Cardinal 59.0% 53.9% 5.1%
16   Yellow Warbler 42.6% 52.9% 10.3%
17   Barn Swallow 31.7% 52.9% 21.2%
18   American Goldfinch 28.6% 50.0% 21.4%
19   Baltimore Oriole 44.7% 48.0% 3.4%
20   Blue Jay 49.3% 42.2% 7.1%
21   Great Egret 25.4% 40.2% 14.8%
22   Rock Pigeon 35.5% 37.3% 1.8%
23   Common Yellowthroat 47.5% 33.3% 14.2%
24   Herring Gull 23.4% 33.3% 9.9%
25   House Finch 16.0% 33.3% 17.3%
26   Spotted Sandpiper 12.4% 33.3% 21.0%
27   Great Black-backed Gull 13.3% 30.4% 17.1%
28   White-throated Sparrow 34.3% 25.5% 8.8%
29   Red-tailed Hawk 19.8% 24.5% 4.7%
30   Northern Flicker 29.1% 21.6% 7.5%
31   Northern Waterthrush 23.2% 20.6% 2.6%
32   Downy Woodpecker 28.1% 19.6% 8.5%
33   Tree Swallow 22.4% 19.6% 2.8%
34   Chimney Swift 29.8% 17.6% 12.2%
35   Blackpoll Warbler 21.9% 17.6% 4.2%
36   Black-crowned Night-Heron 11.6% 17.6% 6.0%
37   Red-bellied Woodpecker 38.2% 15.7% 22.5%
38   Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12.0% 15.7% 3.7%
39   Cedar Waxwing 16.8% 14.7% 2.1%
40   Killdeer 9.3% 14.7% 5.4%
41   Northern Parula 35.7% 12.7% 23.0%
42   Swamp Sparrow 13.1% 10.8% 2.3%
43   Black-and-white Warbler 39.5% 9.8% 29.7%
44   American Crow 17.7% 8.8% 8.8%
45   Eastern Kingbird 16.9% 8.8% 8.0%
46   American Redstart 40.4% 7.8% 32.6%
47   Yellow-rumped Warbler 33.8% 6.9% 27.0%
48   House Wren 26.8% 6.9% 19.9%
49   Least Sandpiper 7.1% 5.9% 1.2%
50   Magnolia Warbler 27.5% 4.9% 22.6%
51   Eastern Wood-Pewee 11.1% 4.9% 6.2%
52   Greater Yellowlegs 5.9% 4.9% 1.0%
53   Savannah Sparrow 5.5% 4.9% 0.6%
54   Ovenbird 32.7% 3.9% 28.8%
55   Red-eyed Vireo 22.8% 3.9% 18.8%
56   Veery 20.1% 3.9% 16.1%
57   Scarlet Tanager 18.9% 3.9% 15.0%
58   Belted Kingfisher 4.2% 3.9% 0.3%
59   American Kestrel 2.2% 3.9% 1.7%
60   Brown-headed Cowbird 20.8% 2.9% 17.9%
61   Orchard Oriole 10.2% 2.9% 7.3%
62   Green Heron 9.0% 2.9% 6.1%
63   Wilson's Warbler 8.8% 2.9% 5.9%
64   Bay-breasted Warbler 8.0% 2.9% 5.0%
65   American Black Duck 5.0% 2.9% 2.1%
66   Mourning Warbler 1.9% 2.9% 1.1%
67   Black-throated Blue Warbler 28.0% 2.0% 26.1%
68   Black-throated Green Warbler 20.2% 2.0% 18.2%
69   Swainson's Thrush 17.8% 2.0% 15.8%
70   Fish Crow 10.9% 2.0% 8.9%
71   Great Blue Heron 9.6% 2.0% 7.6%
72   Least Flycatcher 5.9% 2.0% 4.0%
73   Solitary Sandpiper 5.8% 2.0% 3.8%
74   Willow Flycatcher 5.4% 2.0% 3.5%
75   Palm Warbler 5.3% 2.0% 3.3%
76   White-crowned Sparrow 3.7% 2.0% 1.7%
77   Lincoln's Sparrow 2.9% 2.0% 1.0%
78   Red-throated Loon 1.1% 2.0% 0.9%
79   Eastern Towhee 19.9% 1.0% 18.9%
80   Rose-breasted Grosbeak 16.5% 1.0% 15.5%
81   Osprey 16.4% 1.0% 15.5%
82   Chestnut-sided Warbler 16.3% 1.0% 15.3%
83   Blue-headed Vireo 14.3% 1.0% 13.3%
84   Canada Warbler 11.7% 1.0% 10.7%
85   Hermit Thrush 11.1% 1.0% 10.1%
86   White-breasted Nuthatch 10.7% 1.0% 9.7%
87   Snowy Egret 9.9% 1.0% 9.0%
88   Wood Duck 9.3% 1.0% 8.3%
89   Hairy Woodpecker 8.3% 1.0% 7.3%
90   Brown Thrasher 7.3% 1.0% 6.4%
91   Cape May Warbler 7.0% 1.0% 6.0%
92   Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6.3% 1.0% 5.3%
93   Eastern Phoebe 4.9% 1.0% 3.9%
94   Peregrine Falcon 2.7% 1.0% 1.7%
95   Common Raven 2.5% 1.0% 1.5%
96   Bald Eagle 2.5% 1.0% 1.5%
97   Black Vulture 2.2% 1.0% 1.2%
98   Cooper's Hawk 2.0% 1.0% 1.0%
99   Olive-sided Flycatcher 1.3% 1.0% 0.3%